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Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 770

Views 128.1M

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Michael James Smith provides oil painting tutorials and landscape painting techniques, focusing on how to paint, oil painting for beginners, and painting techniques. The channel features long-form instructional content with titles such as How to Paint Shallow Water, How to Paint Moonlight and Mist, and How to Paint Precise Lines Without Rulers or Tape, indicating a tutorial-driven style with step-by-step guidance. With 1.1M subscribers, 128.1M total views, 770 videos published, and an average of about 22.7K views per video, new uploads appear regularly as part of an ongoing instructional series.

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#1

Paint Coach

91% relevance

Subscribers 551K

Videos 469

Views 31.6M

Appearances 40

SERP 100%

Similarity 85%

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They share a high search overlap on oil painting tutorials and landscape painting techniques (100% search alignment) and similar content focus on painting process steps like layered painting, matching Michael James Smith’s audience but with slightly lower content alignment (85%) indicating similar style and topics.

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Malcolm Dewey

66% relevance

Subscribers 150K

Videos 819

Views 7.1M

Appearances 15

SERP 38%

Similarity 85%

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Both target viewers interested in oil painting tutorials and landscape techniques (high search overlap), with Malcolm Dewey’s content aligning strongly with the same topics, though his content emphasis and execution diverge enough to yield a mid-range overall match (85% content vs 38% search).

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Florent Farges - arts

64% relevance

Subscribers 423K

Videos 754

Views 27.6M

Appearances 15

SERP 39%

Similarity 80%

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They intersect on painting techniques and brushwork (glazing and brush stroke methods) and color/technique emphasis, but Florent Farges shows much lower search overlap (39%) while maintaining solid content alignment (80%), indicating similar technique focus with a different query prominence.

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#4

Studio Wildlife

62% relevance

Subscribers 275K

Videos 373

Views 31.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 33%

Similarity 80%

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Shares landscape painting techniques and layered painting processes, with moderate search overlap but strong content similarity (~80%), indicating a similar instructional niche that appeals to the same audience though through a distinct stylistic approach.

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In the Studio Art Instruction

61% relevance

Subscribers 149K

Videos 816

Views 11.8M

Appearances 10

SERP 28%

Similarity 82%

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Aligns with Michael James Smith on painting water reflections, mist/atmosphere, and grass techniques, evidenced by substantial content similarity (82%) and moderate search overlap (28%), showing a shared landscape/tutorial focus with some divergence in topics emphasized.

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Andrew Tischler

59% relevance

Subscribers 599K

Videos 528

Views 43.7M

Appearances 10

SERP 28%

Similarity 80%

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High overlap on oil painting tutorials and landscape techniques, plus glazing methods, yielding a solid audience similarity; however, their content style is sufficiently distinct to result in a lower overall search alignment (28%) but strong content alignment (80%).

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Discovered competitors include Paint Coach (91% match) and Malcolm Dewey (66% match) as top rivals, both sharing overlapping queries like oil painting tutorials and landscape painting techniques. Florent Farges - arts (64% match) and Studio Wildlife (62% match) also compete on related topics such as glazing painting methods and layered painting processes, while In the Studio Art Instruction (61% match) targets painting water reflections and atmosphere similar to Michael James Smith. Michael James Smith has 1.1M subscribers; Paint Coach leads with 551K, Malcolm Dewey has 150K, Florent Farges - arts has 423K, Studio Wildlife has 275K, and In the Studio Art Instruction has 148K, indicating varying audience sizes among competitors. Competing queries common to these channels include oil painting tutorials, landscape painting techniques, glazing painting methods, and painting water reflections.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Michael James Smith?

Paint Coach — 91% match, 551K subscribers; Malcolm Dewey — 66% match, 150K subscribers; Florent Farges - arts — 64% match, 423K subscribers. All channels are painting-focused creators offering tutorials and demonstrations that overlap with Michael James Smith's oil painting instructional content.

What type of content does Michael James Smith make?

Michael James Smith creates oil painting tutorial content, as seen in video titles like 'How to Paint Shallow Water,' 'Forget What You've Been Told... This is How You Paint Grass,' and 'How to Paint Moonlight and Mist.' He uploads with an average of about 0.6 videos per week and averages roughly 22.7K views per video.

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