Back In The Day

Subscribers 43.9K

Videos 67

Views 3.5M

Channels Like Back In The Day

Back In The Day covers nostalgia-focused deep-dives into game shows, video games, music, toys, and movies from past decades, with a style that leans toward documentary-style explorations rather than tutorials or reviews. The channel publishes long-form content (averaging around 24 minutes per video) and maintains a frequent posting cadence since joining in January 2022, with an average views-per-video around 187.2K and a subscriber base of 43.9K across 3.5M total views and 67 videos.

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#1

Retrogamer Gen X

86% relevance

Subscribers 8.1K

Videos 380

Views 837.7K

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 77%

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Both target retro gaming history and arcade/console evolution, sharing high search alignment on queries like retro gaming history and arcade games history, with content focused on historical basics (77%) that aligns closely to Back In The Day's historical retro angle.

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#2

Chad Mosher

82% relevance

Subscribers 129K

Videos 953

Views 108.4M

Appearances 5

SERP 95%

Similarity 74%

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Both emphasize retro game shows from the 80s/90s, matching on queries like retro game shows and 80s/90s game shows, though Back In The Day’s style is more documentary/history-oriented while Chad Mosher often features show-focused content.

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#3

Weird History view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 1K

Views 716.5M

Appearances 6

SERP 90%

Similarity 73%

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Shares a general nostalgia and history angle for 90s pop culture and television nostalgia, with high search overlap on television nostalgia queries, while Weird History tends to broader pop-culture history rather than strictly gaming.

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#4

PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentaries

76% relevance

Subscribers 95.6K

Videos 327

Views 13.8M

Appearances 17

SERP 74%

Similarity 77%

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Both focus on arcade history and arcade cabinet history, with solid search overlap on arcade history queries; Back In The Day approaches similarly but may differ in documentary depth and presentation pace (content similarity around 77%).

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#5

TheGamer

76% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 3.1K

Views 429.2M

Appearances 5

SERP 83%

Similarity 71%

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Both cover retro gaming history and early video game history with strong search overlap on those queries; TheGamer’s content is more news/feature-driven while Back In The Day emphasizes archival history and timelines.

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#6

Retro Toy Seller

75% relevance

Subscribers 300K

Videos 449

Views 440.0M

Appearances 9

SERP 80%

Similarity 72%

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Overlaps on nostalgia-focused audience and 80s/90s toy nostalgia queries, indicating shared audience; however, Retro Toy Seller centers on nostalgia merchandising while Back In The Day centers on historical/game history.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include Weird History (80% match) with 4.7M subscribers and Chad Mosher (82% match) with 129K subscribers. They share overlapping queries such as television history nostalgia and 80s/90s game shows, as well as retro gaming history and arcade history themes. Retrogamer Gen X (86% match) with 8.1K subscribers and TheGamer (76% match) with 1.8M subscribers also align on retro gaming history, early video games history, and gaming console history; PatmanQC (76% match) with 95.6K subscribers covers arcade history mini documentaries. Compared to Back In The Day, Weird History has a much larger audience, while Chad Mosher, PatmanQC, and TheGamer sit at mid-to-large scales. All identified competitors emphasize nostalgia-driven content around classic game shows, retro gaming, and television history, creating overlapping search interest zones that Back In The Day competes within.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Back In The Day?

Back In The Day's biggest competitors on YouTube are Retrogamer Gen X (8.1K subscribers, 86% match) and Chad Mosher (129K subscribers, 82% match), with Weird History (4.7M subscribers, 80% match) also in the mix. They share a focus on retro culture, nostalgia, and pop culture history, covering older TV, games, and cultural artifacts.

What type of content does Back In The Day make?

Back In The Day creates nostalgia-focused documentary-style content about 80s/90s TV, movies, games, and pop culture, as shown by video titles like The Story of Play Your Cards Right, The Story of Art Attack, and Knightmare - A Retrospective. The channel averages about 187.2K views per video, and the upload frequency is described as ~? uploads per week.

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