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Noodle
Subscribers 1.4M
Videos 83
Views 107.6M

Channels Like Noodle

Noodle covers video essays, animation critique, and game design analysis with a focus on indie development, retro gaming history, and puzzle/arena-style design. Content style leans toward deep-dives and analytical discussions with occasional explorations of media crossovers, pacing, and accessibility, as evidenced by recent titles about game development, forgotten racing games, and animation topics. The channel publishes 83 videos since joining in 2013, with an average view count around 4.3 million per video, and an implied upload cadence of roughly zero per week based on the current catalog.

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83% relevance

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Appearances 11
SERP 100%
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Artindi

73% relevance

Subscribers 78.7K
Videos 160
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Appearances 9
SERP 64%
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Both touch on indie development, puzzle game design, and storytelling, matching closely on searches for puzzle design and storytelling; Artindi’s content style closely mirrors Noodle’s indie-oriented design focus (73% match; 64% search, 79% content).

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69% relevance

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64% relevance

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61% relevance

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SERP 39%
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Both cover broader game design and industry topics, sharing audience interest in industry trends and pacing analyses, though Noodle is more design-deep while Gameranx emphasizes trends (61% match; 39% search, 76% content).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors: Game Maker's Toolkit (74% match, 1.7M subscribers) and LauraKBuzz (83% match, 21.9K subscribers). Both share overlapping queries with Noodle such as game design analysis, puzzle game design, video game storytelling, and accessibility-related topics. A third contender is Artindi (73% match, 78.7K subscribers), aligned on indie game development and narrative design. Compared to Noodle's 1.4M subscriber base, these rivals vary widely in size, with Game Maker's Toolkit being far larger and LauraKBuzz substantially smaller; all three channels intersect around query themes of puzzle design and storytelling in games.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Noodle?

Noodle's biggest YouTube competitors are LauraKBuzz (83% match, 21.9K subscribers), Game Maker's Toolkit (74% match, 1.7M subscribers), and Artindi (73% match, 78.7K subscribers). They share a focus on game-related content and/or animation-style videos that explore gaming concepts, design, and history.

What type of content does Noodle make?

Noodle creates video essays and animations about gaming and media topics, as suggested by titles like 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 about 4.3M views per video and uploads at roughly 0.0 per week.

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