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Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 742

Views 127.2M

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Michael James Smith focuses on oil painting tutorials and landscape painting techniques, offering how-to content and painting demonstrations. The channel emphasizes step-by-step instruction, with topics including water, grass, and atmospheric effects, and it maintains an upload cadence of about 0.6 videos per week, averaging roughly 22.7K views per video across a ~13-minute format.

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Paint Coach

91% relevance

Subscribers 551K

Videos 469

Views 31.6M

Appearances 40

SERP 100%

Similarity 85%

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They share a close audience for oil and landscape painting tutorials and techniques, matching on searches like 'oil painting tutorials' and 'landscape painting techniques' with high search alignment (100%) and strong content overlap (85%), similar to Michael James Smith's instructional painting focus.

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Malcolm Dewey

66% relevance

Subscribers 144K

Videos 794

Views 6.6M

Appearances 15

SERP 38%

Similarity 85%

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Similar channel focus on oil painting and landscape techniques, reflected by high search interest in those queries, though Malcolm's content diverges enough (66% overall match) that he aligns more with technique guidance and perspective rather than Michael James Smith's broader style approach.

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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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Shares emphasis on painting methods and brushwork, with the overlap driven by glazing and brushstroke techniques in queries, but lower overall alignment (64%) indicates a more technique-focused or stylistically different approach than Michael James Smith.

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Studio Wildlife

62% relevance

Subscribers 275K

Videos 373

Views 31.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 33%

Similarity 80%

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Overlaps with landscape painting techniques and layered painting processes in both search queries and content, yielding a solid 62% match though Studio Wildlife leans toward a wildlife-specific subject matter in a similar painting technique space.

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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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Key overlap exists in painting water reflections, atmosphere, and grass techniques, producing a 61% match where searches align but content shows some stylistic divergence from Michael James Smith.

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Andrew Tischler

59% relevance

Subscribers 590K

Videos 412

Views 41.1M

Appearances 10

SERP 28%

Similarity 80%

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Strong alignment on oil painting tutorials and landscape techniques with shared interest in glazing methods, giving a 59% overall match that reflects parallel instructional aims but varied stylistic execution.

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Top competitors by match strength are Paint Coach (91% match) and Malcolm Dewey (66% match). They share overlapping queries such as oil painting tutorials, landscape painting techniques, and layered painting processes, aligning closely with Michael James Smith’s content. Florent Farges - arts (64% match) also overlaps on glazing painting methods and brush techniques. In terms of audience size, Michael James Smith has 1.1M subscribers, while Paint Coach has 551K and Malcolm Dewey 144K, indicating that the channel sits between them in scale. Shared queries include oil painting tutorials, landscape painting techniques, and painting distance perspective, reinforcing the competitive landscape for oil painting instruction.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Michael James Smith?

Paint Coach — 91% match, 551K subscribers; Malcolm Dewey — 66% match, 144K subscribers; Florent Farges - arts — 64% match, 423K subscribers. All three are YouTube painters or painting educators who create painting tutorials and demonstrations, similar to Michael James Smith, focusing on painting techniques and tutorials.

What type of content does Michael James Smith make?

Michael James Smith creates oil painting tutorials and technique videos, with titles such as How to Paint Shallow Water, Fixing My Viewers Paintings, Forget What You've Been Told... This is How You Paint Grass, How to Paint Moonlight and Mist, and Painting my Favourite YouTubers.... The channel uploads about ~0.6 videos per week, with an average of ~22.7K views per video.

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