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Subscribers 3.9M

Videos 2.1K

Views 712.1M

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SAM THE COOKING GUY covers easy, tasty cooking content geared toward quick and approachable home meals, offering tutorials and recipe videos. The channel emphasizes food that is high in flavor but low in effort, with a irreverent, entertaining style. It publishes a high volume of content (approx. 2,100 videos since 2011) and averages around 193.7K views per video, with a broad set of cooking-focused keywords and search queries.

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Videos 799

Views 2.4B

Appearances 20

SERP 100%

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Appearances 18

SERP 73%

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The topCompetitors identified are Joshua Weissman (85% match) and Ian Fujimoto (74% match), both sharing overlaps with SAM THE COOKING GUY on easy recipes and home cooking basics and simple dinner ideas. Tasty (73% match) also aligns via overlapping queries such as burger recipes and one-pan meals. Gordon Ramsay (72% match) similarly competes on easy recipes and home cooking basics. Allrecipes (67% match) overlaps on quick weeknight meals and kitchen hacks. SAM THE COOKING GUY has a subscriber base of 3.9M, while competitors range from about 2.3M (Ian Fujimoto) to 21.9M (Gordon Ramsay) and 21.3M (Tasty), indicating a mix of mid-size and large channels in the same topic space.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to SAM THE COOKING GUY?

SAM THE COOKING GUY's biggest competitors on YouTube are Joshua Weissman — 85% match, 10.5M subscribers; Ian Fujimoto — 74% match, 2.3M subscribers; and Tasty — 73% match, 21.3M subscribers. All three channels produce cooking-focused content with recipe demonstrations and step-by-step cooking instructions, sharing a strong emphasis on entertaining, approachable cooking for home audiences.

What type of content does SAM THE COOKING GUY make?

SAM THE COOKING GUY creates recipe and cooking videos, including burger-focused and secret-ingredient content, with titles like CRACK BURGER 2.0 and ALL THE SECRET CUTS THEY'VE BEEN HIDING FROM YOU. The channel averages about 193.7K views per video, with multiple uploads per week.

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