The Hoover Boys

Subscribers 147K

Videos 840

Views 52.4M

Channels Like The Hoover Boys

The Hoover Boys cover metal detecting, treasure hunting, and relic recovery with a humorous group dynamic, exploring outdoors and chasing lost history along the East Coast. Their content skews toward long-form adventures, finds reveals, and history-focused relic hunting, with a stated cadence of a new episode every Wednesday around lunchtime. The channel publishes a large archive (840 videos) and has accumulated about 52.4 million total views from 147K subscribers, with average view counts per video around zero based on recent data but a steady output since joining in 2015.

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Similar Channels

We found 46 YouTube channels similar to The Hoover Boys

#1

Crow Outdoor Productions

88% relevance

Subscribers 6.8K

Videos 142

Views 827.4K

Appearances 22

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Both channels attract viewers interested in outdoor exploration and relic hunting, sharing a strong search alignment on terms like arrowhead hunting and campground relics (88% match), though Crow Outdoor Productions shows lower content similarity (81%), indicating a similar audience with slightly different on-video focus.

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#2

Adventure Archaeology

78% relevance

Subscribers 140K

Videos 561

Views 29.5M

Appearances 17

SERP 66%

Similarity 87%

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Similar niche of historical relic hunting and river/ Civil War relics with high search overlap (66%) and strong content similarity (87%), positioning it as closely aligned in topic and style to The Hoover Boys.

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#3

DALLMYD view on YouTube ▶

76% relevance

Subscribers 13.8M

Videos 478

Views 2.2B

Appearances 15

SERP 65%

Similarity 83%

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Both emphasize treasure discovery and metal-detecting adventures; share substantial search overlap (65%) and high content similarity (83%), making them highly aligned in themes though DALLMYD often features underwater and private land hunts.

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#4

Man + River

69% relevance

Subscribers 6.0M

Videos 202

Views 824.2M

Appearances 16

SERP 49%

Similarity 82%

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Overlap centers on river treasure hunting and underwater metal detecting; moderate search overlap (49%) but high content similarity (82%), indicating similar videos and audience despite somewhat differing keyword performance.

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#5

nuggetnoggin

65% relevance

Subscribers 773K

Videos 910

Views 154.2M

Appearances 8

SERP 27%

Similarity 91%

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Commits to metal detecting finds and river treasure hunts with high content similarity (91%) and decent overall search overlap (27%), suggesting a strong same-topic focus but comparatively niche search presence relative to Hoover Boys.

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#6

Heartbreaker Relics

64% relevance

Subscribers 34K

Videos 286

Views 8.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 36%

Similarity 83%

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Shares camp site artifacts and campground relics queries with Hoover Boys, yielding moderate search overlap (36%) and high content similarity (83%), indicating a closely aligned but more situational niche.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors identified by match strength are DALLMYD (76% match) and Adventure Archaeology (78% match). DALLMYD closely aligns on river treasure hunting, underwater metal detecting, and private land treasure hunting, while Adventure Archaeology aligns with historical relics hunting, river treasure hunting, and civil war relics. Crow Outdoor Productions (88% match) also shares overlap in arrowhead hunting, camp site artifacts, and campground relics, though it has a smaller subscriber base (6.8K) compared to The Hoover Boys (147K). In terms of size difference, DALLMYD and Man + River are much larger (13.8M and 6M subscribers respectively) than The Hoover Boys, while Crow Outdoor Productions and nuggetnoggin are smaller but still active competitors. Shared queries include river treasure hunting, historical relics hunting, and underwater metal detecting.

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#7	62%	Si-finds Thames Mudlark	81%	173K	34%	8
#8	61%	Aquachigger ▶	81%	1.1M	32%	11
#9	60%	Quarter Hoarder	88%	98K	18%	6
#10	59%	7 WONDERS	88%	1.3M	15%	2
#11	58%	Virginia Relic Diggers	89%	4.5K	11%	5
#12	57%	AHD - Appalachian History Detectives	90%	27.9K	9%	2
#13	57%	Relic Life	89%	1.1K	8%	3
#14	57%	The Scottish Detectorist	87%	88.1K	11%	4
#15	57%	Green Mountain Metal Detecting	79%	231K	24%	2
#16	57%	KC Adventures Hunting Treasures	88%	2.8K	9%	2
#17	56%	TOMB HUNTER	84%	130K	14%	3
#18	56%	Lucky Gin	86%	22.4K	11%	1
#19	55%	SW Wisconsin Metal Detecting	86%	2.1K	9%	1
#20	55%	Treasure Hunters	83%	271K	13%	3
#21	54%	HistoryRevived - World War II Metal Detecting	80%	152K	16%	2
#22	54%	I Dig History	83%	6.4K	10%	2
#23	53%	Brass Medic	82%	53.5K	11%	1
#24	53%	Bondi Treasure Hunter	82%	1.2M	10%	3
#25	53%	Histoire Kéo	79%	3.8K	14%	3
#26	53%	WW2HistoryHunter	80%	404K	13%	2
#27	53%	Crafter Duck Plus	82%	31.7K	9%	1
#28	53%	Arkeolog	82%	4.0M	8%	4
#29	52%	Missouri Outdoor Adventures	81%	2.9K	9%	4
#30	52%	Bone Deep Lithics	82%	3.1K	7%	3
#31	52%	Iffy Signals	76%	15.5K	15%	3
#32	51%	Paystreak Superfreak	80%	11.5K	9%	1
#33	51%	The History Underground ▶	75%	779K	13%	3
#34	50%	BE AMAZED ▶	75%	13.4M	13%	2
#35	50%	leatherwoodcrafts	78%	4.1K	9%	1
#36	50%	Vox ▶	68%	12.7M	24%	2
#37	50%	Climbing the Fence	74%	4.7K	13%	1
#38	50%	WWII Metal Detecting - Discover History	78%	108K	8%	4
#39	49%	Seasonal Outdoors With Erin	76%	6.9K	8%	2
#40	47%	The Ultimate Discovery ▶	70%	1.1M	13%	1
#41	47%	HISTORY ▶	71%	15.2M	11%	2
#42	44%	Urbex With Madsen	68%	1.9K	9%	1
#43	42%	Arirang News	62%	747K	13%	1
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Search Queries Used

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Hoover Boys?

The Hoover Boys' biggest YouTube competitors are Crow Outdoor Productions (88% match, 6.8K subscribers) and Adventure Archaeology (78% match, 140K subscribers) and DALLMYD (76% match, 13.8M subscribers). They share a focus on treasure hunting, metal detecting, and outdoor exploration, often featuring historical artifacts and outdoor exploration similar to The Hoover Boys.

What type of content does The Hoover Boys make?

The Hoover Boys produce metal detecting and treasure hunting content, with video titles like 1700's Colonial Bottle Dump & Metal Detecting in the River and BIG Silver Coin Spill FOUND Metal Detecting an OLD Swimming Hole, implying focus on historical finds and artifacts. They upload frequently, with an average of 0 views per video across recent uploads, and multiple recent videos listed, suggesting ongoing content creation and regular posting.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Hoover Boys?

We analyze The Hoover Boys'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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