Armchair Builder

Subscribers 114K

Videos 179

Views 19.0M

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Armchair Builder covers education and resources to help people build their own homes, sharing behind-the-scenes insights on costs, profit margins, and practical building tips. The content appears to include tutorials, cost analyses, and owner-builder guidance, with a focus on becoming an owner-builder and understanding home-building economics. It posts in a home-construction niche with a channel-wide emphasis on cost, labor, land checks, and budgeting, and shows an average view count around 48.6K per video, across 181 published videos since joining in 2009; frequency is described as ~0 uploads per week (implied by average) though new videos are presented in the recent list.

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83% relevance

Subscribers 60.1K

Videos 854

Views 2.8M

Appearances 15

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Both target DIY/build projects with a focus on construction processes and contractor coordination, matching searches like 'labor hours construction' and 'contractor communication' and sharing a practical, how-to style (71% content similarity).

#2

Wayne Turner

82% relevance

Subscribers 543K

Videos 565

Views 54.9M

Appearances 16

SERP 91%

Similarity 75%

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Shares a homebuilding/land purchase angle, aligning with searches like 'pre purchase land check' and 'land purchase considerations' while delivering broad land/home buying guidance similar in audience to Armchair Builder (content similarity 75%).

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62% relevance

Subscribers 4.5M

Videos 10K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 12

SERP 52%

Similarity 68%

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58% relevance

Subscribers 333K

Videos 826

Views 67.8M

Appearances 5

SERP 28%

Similarity 79%

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58% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 419

Views 197.3M

Appearances 4

SERP 29%

Similarity 77%

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58% relevance

Subscribers 5.9K

Videos 178

Views 29.7M

Appearances 4

SERP 42%

Similarity 68%

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match are Wayne Turner (82% match) and Jason Schroeder (83% match). They share overlapping queries with Armchair Builder such as pre purchase land check, land purchase considerations, contractor communication, and labor hours construction. The Ramsey Show Highlights (62% match) also overlaps on topics like home building savings and new home budget tips, expanding to a broader financial angle. Armchair Builder has 114K subscribers, while Jason Schroeder has 60.1K and Wayne Turner has 543K, indicating size differences with Wayne Turner being significantly larger. Kristina Smallhorn (58% match) and Ambition Strikes (58% match) also compete on similar cost and modular/home-building topics, though with smaller subscriber bases. All identified competitors align on core queries around cost to build, labor hours, and land-related considerations.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Armchair Builder?

Armchair Builder's biggest competitors on YouTube are Wayne Turner (82% match, 543K subscribers), Jason Schroeder (83% match, 60.1K subscribers), and The Ramsey Show Highlights (62% match, 4.5M subscribers). They share a focus on home building, construction costs, and DIY or owner-builder topics related to planning, budgeting, and building a home.

What type of content does Armchair Builder make?

Armchair Builder creates content about building or planning to build a home, including topics like costs, labor hours, and pre-purchase checks. It averages about 48.6K views per video, with recent titles ranging from 381.9K to 62.2K views, and appears to upload multiple videos per week.

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We analyze Armchair Builder's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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