MyWildBackyard

Subscribers 338K

Videos 299

Views 68.5M

Channels Like MyWildBackyard

MyWildBackyard explores the natural world in and around home spaces, featuring wildlife, backyard exploration, and ecology through educational videos and backyard safaris. The channel emphasizes discoveries in tiny creatures under our noses, with a mix of tutorials, educational content, and discovery-driven episodes, published since May 2018 with an average of about 179.2K views per video.

Results last updated 3 months ago.

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#1

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83% relevance

Subscribers 14.3M

Videos 3.3K

Views 5.5B

Appearances 11

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Both target a broad audience interested in wildlife and insects, with strong search overlap on insect behavior and garden wildlife queries, and high content alignment in documentary-style wildlife coverage (search 100%, content 72%, 83% overall match).

#2

The Wildlife Homestead

75% relevance

Subscribers 664K

Videos 103

Views 58.3M

Appearances 5

SERP 81%

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Shares a backyard wildlife and ecosystem focus, aligning on backyard wildlife hotspots and ecosystem backyard studies (search 81%, content 71%, 75% overall match).

#3

Wild Life Documentary

68% relevance

Subscribers 33.7K

Videos 279

Views 6.7M

Appearances 3

SERP 56%

Similarity 77%

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Covers wildlife and insects in documentary format, matching on queries about insects and venomous arachnids, though content style skews more documentary than educational for kids (search 56%, content 77%, 68% overall match).

#4

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68% relevance

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Videos 39

Views 6.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 44%

Similarity 84%

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#5

Tarantula Collective

64% relevance

Subscribers 235K

Videos 1.1K

Views 39.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 36%

Similarity 82%

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Converges on venomous spiders and field guide content with high emphasis on spider identification, yet their content leans more specialized than MyWildBackyard’s broader backyard focus (search 36%, content 82%, 64% overall match).

#6

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Videos 947

Views 260.8M

Appearances 7

SERP 55%

Similarity 68%

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Targets insect life cycles and ecosystem backyard studies, sharing educational wildlife content and backyard ecology topics albeit with a stronger STEM/lesson format (search 55%, content 68%, 63% overall match).

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are BBC Earth (83% match) and The Wildlife Homestead (75% match). BBC Earth overlaps on insect behavior observation and creepy crawlies in gardens, while The Wildlife Homestead aligns with backyard wildlife topics and ecosystem backyard study. A smaller but relevant rival is Wild Life Documentary (68% match), sharing queries about venomous spiders and general wildlife documentary insects. MyWildBackyard has 338K subscribers, compared with BBC Earth’s 14.3M and The Wildlife Homestead’s 664K, indicating a larger gap in audience size but similar topic areas and search intent. Competitors often share queries around backyard biodiversity, arachnids, and insect identification, reinforcing the niche focus on backyard nature education.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to MyWildBackyard?

BBC Earth — 14.3M subscribers, 83% match; The Wildlife Homestead — 664K subscribers, 75% match; Wild Life Documentary — 33.7K subscribers, 68% match. All three channels produce wildlife and nature documentary content similar to MyWildBackyard, focusing on animals, natural history, and educational exploration.

What type of content does MyWildBackyard make?

MyWildBackyard creates educational wildlife content centered on backyard nature, exploration, and conservation, with video titles like The Terrifying Secret of the Red Widow, Are Garden Spiders Dangerous?, and The Biggest Spider I've Ever Seen!. The channel averages about 179.2K views per video, with recent uploads including several spider- and reptile-focused episodes, and the posting frequency implied by the 'average' could align with multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to MyWildBackyard?

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