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The Data Guy
Subscribers 24.5K
Videos 577
Views 1.6M

Channels Like The Data Guy

The Data Guy covers data-related topics, focusing on data modeling, data quality checks, ETL pipelines, and cloud data workflows through tutorials and how-to guides. Video titles indicate practical, implementation-focused content using tools like Airflow, dbt, Sagemaker, and Snowflake, with an emphasis on building and automating data pipelines. The channel publishes a high volume of content, with 577 videos since 2013 and an average view count around 22.6K per video, indicating frequent uploads and a data-driven tutorial style.

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Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 1.5K
Views 108.6M
Appearances 40
SERP 100%
Similarity 69%
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They align with data engineering topics like data quality checks and ETL pipelines (high search overlap at 100% and 82% overall match), similar audience interests in data tooling, though IBM’s content style is more enterprise-focused than The Data Guy.

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Kahan Data Solutions

73% relevance

Subscribers 56.6K
Videos 247
Views 5.8M
Appearances 25
SERP 64%
Similarity 79%
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Both target data modeling and ETL pipelines (64% search, 79% content), indicating a shared audience interested in data modeling basics and ETL workflows, with similar practical guidance but differing in depth and branding.

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#3
Seattle Data Guy

63% relevance

Subscribers 119K
Videos 307
Views 6.7M
Appearances 20
SERP 40%
Similarity 78%
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Shares queries on data modeling and data quality checks (high content match at 78% and 63% overall), suggesting overlapping audience and topics, though Seattle Data Guy prioritizes a local/brand-specific identity versus The Data Guy.

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SleekData

55% relevance

Subscribers 16.1K
Videos 84
Views 1.6M
Appearances 3
SERP 8%
Similarity 86%
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Identifies with dbt workflows and testing strategies (high content similarity at 86% but low search overlap at 8%), indicating a strong content alignment on tooling tactics but a smaller concurrent audience for those exact queries.

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#5
Data with Zach

55% relevance

Subscribers 258K
Videos 187
Views 6.5M
Appearances 19
SERP 33%
Similarity 70%
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Competes on data modeling basics and data quality checks (33% search, 70% content), signaling a shared instructional focus but a partial audience overlap due to differing query popularity.

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365 Data Science

55% relevance

Subscribers 368K
Videos 273
Views 17.0M
Appearances 8
SERP 19%
Similarity 78%
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Targets data modeling basics and data integration automation (19% search, 78% content), showing similar educational intent and topic coverage with a broader, course-oriented presentation.

Content Landscape

Top competitors include IBM Technology (82% match) and Kahan Data Solutions (73% match). IBM Technology aligns on overlapping queries such as data quality checks, ETL pipelines, and data pipeline tools, while Kahan Data Solutions aligns on data modeling and ETL pipelines. Seattle Data Guy (63% match) also competes with similar topics like data modeling and data quality checks. The Data Guy has 24.5K subscribers, which is markedly smaller than IBM Technology’s 1.6M subscribers but larger than Kahan Data Solutions (56.6K) and Seattle Data Guy (119K). All noted competitors share queries around data modeling, data quality checks, ETL pipelines, and data pipeline workflows.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Data Guy?

The Data Guy's biggest YouTube competitors are IBM Technology (82% match, 1.6M subscribers) and Kahan Data Solutions (73% match, 56.6K subscribers). Seattle Data Guy (63% match, 119K subscribers) is also listed as a competitor. They share a focus on data engineering, data modeling, and data workflows, often featuring topics like data quality, Airflow, Snowflake, and DBT.

What type of content does The Data Guy make?

The Data Guy produces instructional data engineering content, with videos such as data modeling fundamentals, data quality checks in Snowflake with Airflow, Airflow task mapping with S3, AWS SageMaker predictions with Airflow, and visualizing DBT workflows with Airflow. Upload frequency is not specified, but the channel has an average of about 22.6K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Data Guy?

We analyze The Data Guy'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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