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Not The Expert
Subscribers 844K
Videos 807
Views 301.1M

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Not The Expert covers VR, sports gaming, and related topics, including content around football and baseball video games, as well as nostalgia-driven takes on sports titles. The channel uses a mix of tutorials, gameplay sessions, and long-form playthroughs (e.g., ‘I Spent an Entire NFL Season in VR Football’ and ‘The New Backyard Baseball is Amazing!’) with a frequent upload cadence and an average of about 309.3K views per video. Content style leans toward deep-dive gameplay experiences and sport-sim commentary, with a blend of challenge-style videos and opinion-based explorations.

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We found 48 YouTube channels similar to Not The Expert

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#1

79% relevance

Subscribers 7.0M
Videos 306K
Views 7.5B
Appearances 17
SERP 100%
Similarity 66%
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Both target baseball and sports gaming audiences with high search overlap on queries like "new baseball game" and "baseball batting practice vr," reflecting similar topics but MLB's content skews more towards official sports game simulations (66% content similarity vs Not The Expert's style).

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#2

79% relevance

Subscribers 3.4M
Videos 1.8K
Views 1.3B
Appearances 11
SERP 77%
Similarity 80%
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Shares a focus on sports gaming challenges and simulations via queries like "sports gaming challenges" and "sports sim challenges," indicating a similar audience; content style is somewhat aligned but not identical in tone or presentation (80% content match).

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#3
JayFish

69% relevance

Subscribers 191K
Videos 2.1K
Views 121.5M
Appearances 6
SERP 45%
Similarity 85%
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Targets backyard/indoor baseball gameplay searches such as "yard baseball" and "indoor baseball gameplay" and has moderate search overlap; however, its content emphasis on casual at-home play differs from Not The Expert's broader practice drills (45% search, 85% content indicate audience similarity but stylistic divergence).

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#4
First Down Training

63% relevance

Subscribers 436K
Videos 6.3K
Views 304.4M
Appearances 7
SERP 43%
Similarity 77%
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Catches quarterback-focused queries like "pocket passer quarterback" and "college quarterback training," aligning with the Not The Expert audience interested in football mechanics, though First Down Training leans more instructional coaching content (43% search, 77% content).

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#5
Deebo Buckets

63% relevance

Subscribers 2.6K
Videos 157
Views 924.3K
Appearances 2
SERP 36%
Similarity 82%
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Appeals to quarterback build topics via queries such as "rookie quarterback build"; shares audience with Not The Expert on football build guides, but with a narrower focus on builds rather than broad gameplay (36% search, 82% content).

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#6
Theo VRFS

62% relevance

Subscribers 36.8K
Videos 587
Views 14.0M
Appearances 4
SERP 37%
Similarity 78%
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Targets VR football gameplay and tips, overlapping on vr football searches; shares the VR sports gaming niche though Not The Expert typically blends traditional and VR content differently (37% search, 78% content).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors identified by match strength are MLB (79% match) with 7M subscribers and Troydan (79% match) with 3.4M subscribers, followed by JayFish (69% match) at 191K subscribers. The overlap centers on queries around new baseball games, sports game seasons, backyard/indoor baseball gameplay, and sports-sim content. Not The Expert sits between mid-size and larger gaming channels, with significantly fewer subscribers than MLB but similar thematic territory and overlapping interests in baseball and VR/sports simulations. First Down Training (63% match) and Deebo Buckets (63% match) also overlap on quarterback-building and football mechanic topics, expanding the competitive set into football QB training and build guides.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Not The Expert?

MLB — 79% match, 7M subscribers; Troydan — 79% match, 3.4M subscribers; JayFish — 69% match, 191K subscribers. All three have similar gaming-oriented content and audience overlap with Not The Expert, focusing on entertaining sports and gaming videos.

What type of content does Not The Expert make?

Not The Expert creates gaming and sports-themed content, as shown by video titles like I Spent an Entire NFL Season in VR Football, Can I survive Backyard Baseball with the WORST team?, and I am the #1 Freshman QB in College Football!. The channel averages about 309.3K views per video, with uploads occurring regularly (e.g., multiple videos listed), indicating a frequent posting schedule.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Not The Expert?

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