Nomad Sam

Subscribers 78.3K

Videos 190

Views 8.6M

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Nomad Sam shares an off-grid, outdoor lifestyle focused on living freely with a loyal dog, featuring travels to remote trails, bushcraft skills, campfire cooking, and reflections on freedom, struggle, and happiness. The content style spans vlogs and lifestyle explorations, with occasional documentary-style videos, and an average of about 36K views per video across 190 published uploads since joining in 2020, indicating a steady output and ongoing activity.

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Outdoor Boys view on YouTube

87% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 493

Views 3.4B

Appearances 32

SERP 100%

Similarity 78%

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High search overlap on queries like living outdoors and campfire cooking; but content similarity is moderate (78%), indicating similar outdoor living topics with a more family/venture approach rather than Nomad Sam's solo nomadic focus.

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Exploring Alternatives view on YouTube

75% relevance

Subscribers 2.6M

Videos 448

Views 401.8M

Appearances 22

SERP 66%

Similarity 80%

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Significant overlap in off-grid and alternative living queries (66% search) with strong content alignment (80%), showing a shared audience interested in off-grid lifestyles, though Exploring Alternatives may emphasize lifestyle experimentation over Nomad Sam's travel-centric angle.

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Reflections of Life view on YouTube

56% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 372

Views 72.1M

Appearances 3

SERP 26%

Similarity 76%

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Moderate overall match driven by freedom lifestyle and solitude queries (26% search) but strong content alignment (76%), suggesting a similar interest in nature solitude yet a different thematic emphasis that appeals to a broader reflection-based lifestyle audience.

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Bushwacker Man

55% relevance

Subscribers 31.9K

Videos 307

Views 4.3M

Appearances 4

SERP 17%

Similarity 80%

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Overlap on living outdoors and long-term camping queries (17% search) with high content similarity (80%), indicating a shared outdoor endurance focus but a potentially different pacing or storytelling style than Nomad Sam.

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Shawn James - My Self Reliance

55% relevance

Subscribers 33.2K

Videos 89

Views 2.1M

Appearances 8

SERP 21%

Similarity 78%

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Self-reliance is a core theme overlapping with Nomad Sam; search alignment is modest (21%) but content similarity is high (78%), signaling a similar skills-first, independence-oriented approach.

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TA Outdoors view on YouTube

54% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 602

Views 377.3M

Appearances 10

SERP 27%

Similarity 73%

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Strong overlap on living outdoors and bushcraft/shelter topics (27% search) with solid content similarity (73%), showing a shared audience for bushcraft and minimalist shelters alongside Nomad Sam.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors are Outdoor Boys (87% match) and Exploring Alternatives (75% match). Outdoor Boys overlaps on living outdoors, hiking remote areas, and campfire cooking, while Exploring Alternatives shares themes around off grid living, living off grid, and alternative living. Nomad Sam has 78.3K subscribers, whereas Outdoor Boys dwarfs with 19.3M subscribers and Exploring Alternatives has 2.6M, highlighting substantial subscriber gaps but strong topic alignment. The connection is strong through overlapping queries like living outdoors, off grid living, and bushcraft-related content, with Nomad Sam competing for viewers interested in self-reliant, nomadic lifestyles.

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#7	53%	Living Big In A Tiny House	76%	4.7M	19%	9
#8	53%	Andraz Egart	77%	219K	16%	3
#9	52%	Living Different	75%	47.2K	16%	4
#10	51%	My Self Reliance	80%	2.2M	9%	4
#11	51%	DocRoom	79%	15.9K	9%	1
#12	51%	Paul Messner	78%	217K	11%	4
#13	51%	the exPAWers	79%	74.7K	9%	3
#14	50%	REI	77%	448K	10%	3
#15	50%	Ranger Survival and Field Craft	71%	331K	19%	3
#16	50%	Oscar Hikes	73%	84.4K	15%	4
#17	50%	KYLES CABIN	77%	319K	9%	3
#18	49%	Timothy Ward	73%	232K	13%	2
#19	49%	Amanda Outside	77%	132K	8%	3
#20	49%	The Forest House	76%	144K	9%	1
#21	49%	Men With The Pot	70%	2.1M	18%	9
#22	49%	The Minimalist Channel	77%	4.4K	7%	1
#23	49%	Simon, a bloke in the woods	77%	239K	6%	2
#24	49%	CleverJoe Off Grid	73%	11.8K	12%	2
#25	48%	Robin Greenfield	75%	477K	9%	3
#26	48%	Cyprien Outdoor Adventures	74%	2.9M	9%	2
#27	48%	The Hungry Hiker	74%	86K	9%	4
#28	48%	live in the moment	76%	28.3K	6%	2
#29	47%	Northern Outdoors	74%	13.5K	6%	1
#30	47%	JOG ON with Harry Morgan	72%	70.1K	9%	1
#31	47%	Clay Hayes	72%	920K	10%	5
#32	47%	Poetry Of Slow Life	73%	213K	7%	1
#33	47%	The Most Important Step	73%	5.5K	8%	3
#34	47%	The Travel Coaches	73%	68.9K	7%	1
#35	46%	OLEKSII WILD COOKING	67%	25.2K	15%	4
#36	46%	Rick Steves' Europe	70%	2.0M	9%	2
#37	45%	Arctic Bushcraft	70%	2.8K	8%	2
#38	45%	The Solar Lab	65%	117K	14%	4
#39	44%	Alien Being	68%	3.8M	8%	2
#40	44%	TEDx Talks	69%	44.2M	8%	3
#41	44%	Mindset Therapist	69%	23.6K	7%	2
#42	44%	Minecraft	67%	18.5M	9%	1
#43	44%	Andrew Millison	68%	712K	7%	1
#44	43%	LRN2DIY	67%	1.3M	7%	1
#45	43%	gideonstactical	66%	297K	9%	2
#46	43%	Evolution of Dave	67%	22K	6%	1
#47	42%	Jason's Knot Channel	66%	59.8K	7%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Nomad Sam?

Outdoor Boys — 87% match, 19.3M subscribers; Exploring Alternatives — 75% match, 2.6M subscribers; Reflections of Life — 56% match, 1.1M subscribers. They share a focus on outdoor living, survival, travel, and adventure content similar to Nomad Sam.

What type of content does Nomad Sam make?

Nomad Sam creates documentary-style and adventure videos about camping, hiking, off-grid living, homelessness themes, and outdoor survival, with an average of ~36,000 views per video. Upload frequency appears to multiple times per month, and recent videos have views ranging from 17K to 34.4K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Nomad Sam?

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