Sam Culley YouTube channel thumbnail
Sam Culley
Subscribers 59.1K
Videos 231
Views 18.6M

Channels Like Sam Culley

Sam Culley’s channel focuses on mountain hiking, travels, and adventures across the United Kingdom, featuring long-distance treks and camping in diverse environments. The content style appears to be vlogs and expedition-style hiking videos, often documenting multi-day treks such as sections of the West Highland Way, The Peak District, The Snowdonia Way, The Great Glen Way, and other long-distance routes. Uploads are frequent since joining in 2020, with an average of about 36.2K views per video across 299 published uploads and a subscriber base of 69.8K.

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We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Sam Culley

Harmen Hoek YouTube channel thumbnail
#1

89% relevance

Subscribers 447K
Videos 41
Views 40.2M
Appearances 37
SERP 100%
Similarity 82%
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Both target mountain hiking and long distance trekking audiences with very high search overlap (100% for Harmen) and strong content similarity (82%), indicating they attract the same hikers though Harmen’s channel might explore broader or different mountain routes.

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#2
Kraig Adams

62% relevance

Subscribers 816K
Videos 296
Views 73.0M
Appearances 17
SERP 29%
Similarity 85%
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Shares mountain hiking and long distance hiking queries with Sam Culley and has strong content alignment (85%), suggesting similar hiking-focused road-trip or long-distance content, though Kraig’s content emphasis may skew more on extended treks.

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Abbie Barnes | Spend More Time In The WILD YouTube channel thumbnail
#3

59% relevance

Subscribers 72.5K
Videos 866
Views 13.7M
Appearances 6
SERP 18%
Similarity 86%
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Also targets highland walking and notable long-distance routes (e.g., Great Glen Way) in content (86%), with moderate search overlap (18%), implying an audience overlap but stylistic differences in presentation.

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#4
Backpacking UK

59% relevance

Subscribers 48.2K
Videos 314
Views 10.1M
Appearances 12
SERP 25%
Similarity 81%
the peak district hiking backpacking uk

Both address UK backpacking and specific trails like The Peak District, with solid content similarity (81%) and noticeable search overlap (25%), indicating a shared audience that appreciates UK hiking logistics and trip planning.

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#5
Liam Brown

59% relevance

Subscribers 197K
Videos 163
Views 18.7M
Appearances 4
SERP 15%
Similarity 88%
camping and hiking the peak district hiking backpacking uk

Covers camping and hiking along with Peak District and UK backpacking themes, yielding similar content (88%) and decent search overlap (15%), pointing to a common audience interested in practical hiking and overnight trips.

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Oscar Hikes YouTube channel thumbnail
#6

58% relevance

Subscribers 84.4K
Videos 116
Views 21.9M
Appearances 11
SERP 32%
Similarity 76%
long distance hiking backpacking uk map reading for hikers

Focuses on long distance hiking and UK backpacking with good content similarity (76%) and moderate search overlap (32%), suggesting overlap in audience while occasionally differing in specific tutorial or map-reading emphasis.

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Content Landscape

The top competitors by match strength are Harmen Hoek (89% match) and Kraig Adams (62% match). Harmen Hoek overlaps on mountain hiking, winter trekking, and long-distance hiking, while Kraig Adams overlaps on mountain hiking, highland walking, and long-distance hiking. Abbie Barnes | Spend More Time In The WILD (59% match) also shares overlap on highland walking, the Cotswolds hiking, and the Great Glen Way. These competitors collectively differ in audience size, with Sam Culley at 69.8K subscribers, compared to Harmen Hoek at 447K and Kraig Adams at 816K. The common queries driving competition include mountain hiking, highland walking, winter trekking, long-distance hiking, and hiking/camping routes in the UK.

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Sam Culley?

Harmen Hoek — 89% match, 447K subscribers; Kraig Adams — 62% match, 816K subscribers; Abbie Barnes | Spend More Time In The WILD — 59% match, 72.5K subscribers. All three channels focus on hiking, trekking, and wilderness adventures, similar to Sam Culley’s hiking and camping content.

What type of content does Sam Culley make?

Sam Culley creates hiking and camping videos, often about long-distance trails in winter in the UK. His videos have titles like Hiking 100 miles across the Scottish Highlands in winter along the West Highland Way, Hiking the entire length of Snowdonia, and 76 miles Hiking and Camping across Scotland along The Great Glen Way, suggesting a focus on multi-day treks and camping. Upload frequency is indicated by an average of 36.2K views per video, with an average video view count of about 36.2K, implying regular content production (specific weekly uploads are not provided).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Sam Culley?

We analyze Sam Culley'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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