The Coding Train

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 1.2K

Views 132.4M

Channels Like The Coding Train

The Coding Train provides creative coding tutorials across topics from JavaScript basics to algorithmic art, machine learning, and generative poetry, with a focus on p5.js and visual programming. The channel emphasizes teaching and beginner-friendly guidance, producing videos that often explore coding concepts and art through tutorials and demonstrations. It has 1.8M subscribers and 132.4M total views across 1200 published videos, with an average view count per video around 443.7K and activity since 2006, suggesting a long-running, regular upload cadence.

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Similar Channels

We found 39 YouTube channels similar to The Coding Train

#1

Patt Vira

83% relevance

Subscribers 14.6K

Videos 209

Views 615.6K

Appearances 18

SERP 80%

Similarity 85%

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Both target p5.js and creative coding tutorials with strong overlap on p5.js shapes drawing and color in p5.js, matching Patt Vira's 83% overall alignment (high search and content similarity) to The Coding Train.

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#2

freeCodeCamp.org view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 11.5M

Videos 2.1K

Views 954.1M

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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They share a broad creative coding focus and produce p5.js tutorials and javascript graphics content, aligning with freeCodeCamp's high search overlap (100%) and solid content similarity (71%), similar audience interest to The Coding Train.

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#3

Franks laboratory

65% relevance

Subscribers 88.3K

Videos 146

Views 4.3M

Appearances 9

SERP 46%

Similarity 78%

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Both emphasize javascript graphics and canvas-based art; Franks laboratory has strong content alignment in creative coding projects (78%) and decent search overlap, indicating a shared audience though slightly less overall fit than The Coding Train.

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#4

Fireship view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 790

Views 673.5M

Appearances 7

SERP 54%

Similarity 69%

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Fireship covers javascript graphics and webGL basics with art-oriented topics, reflecting similar technical creativity as The Coding Train, with moderate search alignment and solid content similarity.

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#5

phase space

62% relevance

Subscribers 7.5K

Videos 10

Views 338.1K

Appearances 8

SERP 44%

Similarity 75%

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Phase Space focuses on p5.js tutorials and generative art coding, mirroring The Coding Train's emphasis on p5.js and generative techniques, yielding close content similarity and decent search overlap.

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#6

Cem Yuksel

60% relevance

Subscribers 22.8K

Videos 117

Views 1.4M

Appearances 8

SERP 39%

Similarity 74%

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Cem Yuksel offers interactive graphics tutorials, aligning with The Coding Train's interactive coding approach and visuals, with a fair mix of search interest and high-content alignment.

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Competitors include freeCodeCamp.org (82% match, 11.5M subscribers) and Fireship (63% match, 4.1M subscribers) as the top two by match strength. Both share overlapping queries with The Coding Train, such as creative coding tutorials, p5.js tutorials, javascript graphics, and webGL or machine learning art basics. Patt Vira (83% match, 14.6K subscribers) also aligns on p5.js shapes drawing and color in p5.js, representing smaller-scale competition. The Coding Train differs in scale, with substantially larger reach than Patt Vira, while freeCodeCamp.org and Fireship attract a much larger subscriber base but cover similar creative coding and JavaScript-focused topics.

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#8	56%	Colorful Coding	82%	5.7K	17%	6
#9	56%	The Coding Sloth ▶	73%	593K	30%	3
#10	55%	Professor Chris	78%	1.6K	21%	6
#11	54%	Draw Make & Code	78%	2.3K	18%	4
#12	52%	tim rodenbröker creative coding	78%	24K	13%	4
#13	52%	Yeti Learn	78%	1.9K	12%	3
#14	51%	Sebastian Lague ▶	75%	1.4M	15%	4
#15	50%	CroatCode	73%	562K	17%	1
#16	50%	TECHNETIUM	71%	19.2K	18%	3
#17	50%	Shade of Code	74%	36K	13%	2
#18	50%	Brackeys	73%	1.9M	14%	1
#19	49%	Barney Codes	71%	21.3K	16%	4
#20	49%	Dan Catt	74%	9.8K	11%	3
#21	49%	Okamirufu Vizualizer	69%	38.5K	18%	2
#22	49%	Hostinger Academy	70%	351K	17%	1
#23	49%	pikat ▶	67%	882K	21%	3
#24	49%	TeCoEd	72%	3.7K	14%	1
#25	48%	Data Science for Everyone	69%	10.4K	17%	2
#26	48%	Alan Becker ▶	66%	32.9M	20%	2
#27	48%	Udacity	69%	646K	16%	5
#28	48%	42 Berlin	72%	5.9K	11%	2
#29	47%	TODAYS TECH	67%	11.8K	18%	2
#30	47%	Rob Mulla	69%	220K	14%	1
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#32	46%	vlogize	65%	15.6K	17%	1
#33	46%	KeshArt ▶	67%	750K	14%	1
#34	45%	What Make Art	64%	42.9K	17%	3
#35	45%	Bro Code ▶	68%	3.2M	11%	2
#36	44%	kavan	66%	164K	12%	3
#37	44%	Visual Kernel	66%	50.2K	11%	2
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#39	42%	TEDx Talks ▶	60%	44.2M	15%	2

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Coding Train?

Patt Vira — 83% match, 14.6K subscribers; freeCodeCamp.org — 82% match, 11.5M subscribers; Franks laboratory — 65% match, 88.3K subscribers. They share focus on programming and educational coding content, with tutorials and explanations similar to The Coding Train.

What type of content does The Coding Train make?

The Coding Train makes tutorials and educational videos about coding, often focusing on JavaScript, p5.js, Processing, and beginner-friendly programming topics. Uploads occur regularly with an average of about 443.7K views per video, and recent videos include titles like How to Use the p5.js Web Editor and Drawing Shapes in p5.js for Beginners.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Coding Train?

We analyze The Coding Train'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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