Noodle

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 83

Views 107.6M

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Noodle covers video essays and analysis on gaming, animation, and media critique, often exploring game design, indie development, retro gaming history, and crossovers between film and games. Content style includes in-depth analysis, design critique, and historical context with occasional commentary on animation pacing and set design, with a YouTube history dating back to 2013. Upload frequency is relatively steady but not specified, with an average of about 4.3 million views per video across 83 published pieces.

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Top competitors identified are Game Maker's Toolkit (74% match) and Artindi (73% match). They share overlapping queries with Noodle such as game design analysis, puzzle game design, indie game development, and video game storytelling. LauraKBuzz (83% match) also aligns on accessibility and game accessibility reviews. In terms of audience size, Noodle has 1.4M subscribers, while Game Maker's Toolkit has about 1.7M and Artindi around 78.7K, with LauraKBuzz at 21.9K. The connections are strongest for design analysis and storytelling themes, with similar focus on game design theory and retro or indie contexts.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Noodle?

Noodle's biggest YouTube competitors are Game Maker's Toolkit (74% match, 1.7M subscribers) and Artindi (73% match, 78.7K subscribers), with LauraKBuzz at 83% match and 21.9K subscribers. They share a focus on gaming, animation, and creative media analysis similar to Noodle.

What type of content does Noodle make?

Noodle creates analysis and creative content around gaming, animation, and media topics, as suggested by video titles such as The Art of Wasting Everyone's Time, how TV screens made watching movies worse, Ship of Theseus type beat, SPONGEBOB and the weird 90s band that SHAPED it, and NEED FOR SPEED - A Brief History. The channel averages 4.3M views per video and has about 0.0 uploads per week, indicating irregular or infrequent uploads.

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