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Subscribers 81.2K

Videos 148

Views 9.0M

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The Doubtful Technician covers DIY battery builds, off-grid power solutions, car restoration mods, and various thrifty, tool-focused projects, as suggested by video titles and search queries. The channel shows a tutorial and project style with hands-on builds (e.g., ‘I Built A Wearable Milwaukee M12 Super-Battery!’, ‘Milwaukee M12 Cordless Evap Smoke Tester’), repurposing hacks, and off-road or vehicle-related builds, uploading new content since Jan 3, 2021 with an average of about 33.7K views per video across 148 published works.

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85% relevance

Subscribers 9.3M

Videos 1.8K

Views 3.0B

Appearances 5

SERP 100%

Similarity 75%

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They align with The Doubtful Technician on car-related topics and mods (search overlap 100%) and auto restoration tips (content similarity 75%), placing them as audience-close but with a stronger automotive/mod focus.

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79% relevance

Subscribers 7.2M

Videos 7.5K

Views 1.8B

Appearances 4

SERP 84%

Similarity 75%

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Shared audience around workshop hacks and shop organization (search 84%, content 75%), but differ in style as Tested emphasizes broader builds and maker projects rather than focused technician troubleshooting.

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78% relevance

Subscribers 590K

Videos 374

Views 135.2M

Appearances 4

SERP 74%

Similarity 82%

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Overlap with battery-powered testing tools (search 74%), and high content similarity (82%) indicates a strong hardware-testing niche aligned with The Doubtful Technician, though Torque Test Channel centers more on testing gear itself.

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76% relevance

Subscribers 182K

Videos 309

Views 21.8M

Appearances 3

SERP 82%

Similarity 72%

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both target thrifty DIY electronics with thrifty project angles (search 82%, content 72%), yielding audience similarity but Creative Techos presents a primarily budget-oriented electronics DIY approach.

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POWERBLOCK

70% relevance

Subscribers 348K

Videos 983

Views 96.4M

Appearances 3

SERP 56%

Similarity 79%

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Shares car restoration mods and vehicle electrical upgrades (search 56%, content 79%), indicating a close automotive tech focus but with POWERBLOCK leaning more toward builds and electrical upgrades.

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70% relevance

Subscribers 3.8M

Videos 504

Views 904.9M

Appearances 8

SERP 52%

Similarity 81%

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Targets battery-powered testing tools and fuel-efficiency mods (search 52%, content 81%), giving a strong overlap in testing utility and automotive tech, though Project Farm emphasizes practical testing experiments more broadly.

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Top competitors by match strength are Donut (85%), Adam Savage’s Tested (79%), and Torque Test Channel (78%). They share overlapping queries with The Doubtful Technician around topics like car restoration mods, workshop hacks, battery-powered testing tools, and thrifty electronics projects. Donut has the largest subscriber base among them at 9.3M, while The Doubtful Technician has 81.2K subscribers, indicating a substantial difference in audience size. Adam Savage’s Tested and Torque Test Channel are also strong matches, reinforcing the alignment on repair, build projects, and toolkit-focused content.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Doubtful Technician?

The Doubtful Technician's biggest competitors on YouTube are Donut (85% match, 9.3M subscribers) and Adam Savage’s Tested (79% match, 7.2M subscribers) and Torque Test Channel (78% match, 590K subscribers). They share a focus on hardware, maker projects, and hands-on build/content that explores tools, gadgets, and DIY experiments.

What type of content does The Doubtful Technician make?

The Doubtful Technician creates maker-style videos about building, unboxing gadgets, and repurposing items, as suggested by titles like Bambu P1S Unboxing, Don’t Toss it! 3 Fun Ways to Repurpose Disposable Vapes, Scrap-heap Hero! Building an Off-Road John Deere, and I Built A Wearable Milwaukee M12 Super-Battery. The channel has an average of 33.7K views per video, with about 1 upload per week.

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