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Sam Culley
Subscribers 59.1K
Videos 231
Views 18.6M

Channels Like Sam Culley

Sam Culley covers mountains, travels, and adventures with a focus on long-distance hiking and camping across UK and Scotland. The channel features descriptive, expedition-style videos about multi-day treks and winter hiking, likely in a vlog or documentary format, with tutorials and practical travel insights implied by the hiking and camping themes. Uploads appear to be relatively frequent, and the channel averages about 36.2K views per video across 231 published videos.

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#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 high search alignment (100% search) and very similar content focus (82% content), indicating a strong overlap in hiking/navigation content and trail exploration.

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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 the mountain hiking and long-distance hiking niche as well as high intent audiences (29% search overlap but 85% content overlap), suggesting similar trail-focused content with Kraig potentially exploring longer treks in a similar style.

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

59% relevance

Subscribers 72.4K
Videos 809
Views 13.3M
Appearances 6
SERP 18%
Similarity 86%
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Matches on highland walking and longer routes like the Great Glen Way, with content strongly aligned (86%), indicating Abbie's emphasis on immersive wild hiking parallels Sam Culley’s adventurous trail content.

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#4
Backpacking UK

59% relevance

Subscribers 42.9K
Videos 298
Views 7.9M
Appearances 12
SERP 25%
Similarity 81%
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Converges on the Peak District hikes and UK backpacking themes, showing substantial content similarity (81%) and a solid search footprint for UK trekking content.

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#5
Liam Brown

59% relevance

Subscribers 197K
Videos 163
Views 18.7M
Appearances 4
SERP 15%
Similarity 88%
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Overlap centers on camping and hiking in UK landscapes such as the Peak District and general backpacking, with high content similarity (88%) and shared audience interests.

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#6

58% relevance

Subscribers 84.4K
Videos 116
Views 21.9M
Appearances 11
SERP 32%
Similarity 76%
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Addresses long-distance hiking and UK backpacking with additional map-reading skill content, yielding notable content similarity (76%) and overlapping hiking-focused audience.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors identified by match strength are Harmen Hoek (89% match) and Kraig Adams (62% match). Both channels overlap with Sam Culley on mountain hiking, long-distance hiking, and winter trekking or highland walking, sharing search queries like mountain hiking and winter trekking. Abbie Barnes | Spend More Time In The WILD (59% match) also overlaps on highland walking and The Cotswolds/Hiking routes. In terms of subscribers, Sam Culley has 59.1K subscribers, while Harmen Hoek has 447K and Kraig Adams has 816K, indicating a significantly larger audience for the top competitors. The overlapping queries indicate competition around long-distance hikes and specific regional treks such as the West Highland Way, The Great Glen Way, and The Cotswolds.

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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, 72.4K subscribers. All three are outdoor/hiking creators focusing on long-distance trekking and backpacking content, similar to Sam Culley.

What type of content does Sam Culley make?

Sam Culley creates hiking and camping videos, often about long-distance trails in the UK (e.g., West Highland Way, Peak District, Snowdonia, The Great Glen Way). He uploads multiple times per week and videos average about 36.2K views each.

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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