Silas Mercer

Subscribers 144K

Videos 143

Views 8.8M

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Silas Mercer focuses on frontier living and survival, offering tutorials and guidance on off-grid living, wilderness skills, and self-sufficiency. Content appears in long-form videos and tutorials with a few high-view counts, along with topics like primitive fire making, shelter building, foraging, and preppers outdoors, and uploads at a rate of about 6.5 videos per week with an average of roughly 144K views per video.

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Robin Greenfield view on YouTube

83% relevance

Subscribers 477K

Videos 479

Views 25.9M

Appearances 11

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Both target audiences interested in wilderness skills and foraging, with high search overlap (100% for queries like foraging basics, wild edibles) but Robin's content aligns 72% with Silas's style, indicating similar topics yet different presentation.

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#2

Outdoor Boys view on YouTube

80% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 493

Views 3.4B

Appearances 14

SERP 86%

Similarity 77%

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Shared focus on frontier survival and practical outdoor techniques, with strong search overlap (86%) for frontier survival and related topics, though content similarity is 77%, suggesting similar subjects delivered in a distinct family-friendly, adventure-forward style.

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#3

TA Outdoors view on YouTube

73% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 602

Views 377.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 70%

Similarity 76%

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Both channels cover bushcraft and backcountry skills, with solid search alignment (70%) on bushcraft and survival queries, and a higher content similarity (76%), indicating closely aligned topics delivered in a comparable instructional format.

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#4

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72% relevance

Subscribers 101K

Videos 309

Views 13.7M

Appearances 9

SERP 54%

Similarity 84%

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Overlap on frontier survival and mountain man skills shows 54% search overlap but 84% content similarity, meaning audiences search similarly while the content is more stylistically aligned with Silas than the search data alone suggests.

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#5

Woodsbound Outdoors view on YouTube

68% relevance

Subscribers 2.9M

Videos 416

Views 2.0B

Appearances 3

SERP 52%

Similarity 79%

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Similar focus on primitive fire making and preppers/outdoors readiness yields 52% search overlap and 79% content similarity, indicating related topics presented in a style closer to Silas's approach.

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#6

Campcraft Outdoors

65% relevance

Subscribers 3.8K

Videos 562

Views 258.4K

Appearances 5

SERP 50%

Similarity 75%

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Queries around campcraft signaling align with Silas's audience, but the low search overlap (50%) paired with 75% content similarity suggests shared niche topics explored in a distinct, camp-focused format.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Robin Greenfield (83% match) and Outdoor Boys (80% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as foraging basics, wild edibles, frontier survival, primitive fire making, and shelter building, connecting closely to Silas Mercer’s content. TA Outdoors (73% match) also overlaps on bushcraft skills, backcountry survival, and firestarting tips. Silas Mercer’s channel has 144K subscribers, while Robin Greenfield and Outdoor Boys have substantially larger audiences at 477K and 19.3M subscribers respectively, indicating Silas is smaller but operates in the same survival/off-grid niche with similar topic queries.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Silas Mercer?

Robin Greenfield (83% match, 477K subscribers) and Outdoor Boys (80% match, 19.3M subscribers) are Silas Mercer’s biggest competitors. TA Outdoors (73% match, 2.5M subscribers) is also a close competitor. They share a focus on outdoor living, survival, and frontier-style skills, similar to Silas Mercer.

What type of content does Silas Mercer make?

Silas Mercer creates outdoorsy, frontier- and survival-themed content, with video topics like DIY heating systems used by grandparents, frontier myths about hunting and defense, and forgotten safe-room tricks. The channel uploads about 6.5 videos per week, and each video averages roughly 144.4K views.

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