Plainly

Subscribers 5.9K

Videos 145

Views 499.8K

Channels Like Plainly

Plainly concentrates on data-driven video creation and automation, featuring tutorials and how-to content on After Effects, data integration, and AI-driven video production. The channel emphasizes templates, CSV/Google Sheets/Airtable data pipelines, and automated workflows, with recent videos demonstrating data-driven animation, AI ad generation, and batch rendering. It posts content likely as tutorials and walkthroughs, with an average view count around 2.3K per video and a rough publishing pace indicated by 145 videos since joining in 2024.

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89% relevance

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Videos 192

Views 13.5M

Appearances 7

SERP 100%

Similarity 82%

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77% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 9.9K

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Appearances 9

SERP 84%

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Strong alignment on data-driven animation and after effects data integration queries (84% search match) with similar content around integrating data into motion design, but Adobe’s breadth and product-oriented tutorials broaden beyond Plainly’s narrower data-driven focus (72% content match).

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75% relevance

Subscribers 175K

Videos 6.5K

Views 77.6M

Appearances 9

SERP 66%

Similarity 81%

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High overlap in after effects automation and data-driven animation topics (81% content match) and relevant queries like Google Sheets to After Effects, indicating a shared niche with similar tutorial and plugin-based workflows (66% search match).

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Videos 348

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Appearances 4

SERP 56%

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70% relevance

Subscribers 15.5K

Videos 311

Views 6.0M

Appearances 4

SERP 61%

Similarity 76%

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Overlap on dynamic video templates and workflow-oriented content for rapid video production, with similar search interest, though 911 Templates centers on templated outputs while Plainly focuses more on data-driven and AI-assisted creation (61% search; 76% content).

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68% relevance

Subscribers 54.9K

Videos 51

Views 1.4M

Appearances 2

SERP 44%

Similarity 84%

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Top competitors by match strength are Adobe Creative Cloud (77% match) and aescripts + aeplugins (75% match). Youri van Hofwegen leads at 89% match. All three overlap on data-driven animation and after effects automation, linking queries like data-driven animation, after effects data integration, and google sheets/CSV to video. Plainly is smaller in subscribers (5.9K) compared with Adobe Creative Cloud (1.3M) and aescripts + aeplugins (175K), while Youri van Hofwegen has 266K. The shared queries indicate competition around automated video creation, dynamic templates, and data-driven workflows.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Plainly?

Youri van Hofwegen — 89% match, 266K subscribers; Adobe Creative Cloud — 77% match, 1.3M subscribers; aescripts + aeplugins — 75% match, 175K subscribers. All three have a strong overlap with Plainly in terms of focus on After Effects, motion graphics, and automation tutorials for video production.

What type of content does Plainly make?

Plainly creates video tutorials and automation-focused content around After Effects and data-driven or AI-assisted video creation, based on titles like 'Create data-driven videos on autopilot' and 'Data-Driven Animation in After Effects.' The channel average is about 2.3K views per video, with recent videos ranging from 322 to 3K views, and an approximate upload frequency of ~? uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Plainly?

We analyze Plainly'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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