This Old House covers home improvement, remodeling, and DIY topics through educational episodes and full-length how-to content. The channel emphasizes tutorials and expert guidance on tools, renovations, and products, with a catalog of thousands of videos (3200 published) and a strong emphasis on practical home improvement advice. It uploads content regularly, with recent videos featuring full episodes and project walkthroughs, and averages around 243.6K views per video.
Similar Channels
We found 48 YouTube channels similar to This Old House
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Share a strong overlap with This Old House on home improvement tips and DIY upgrades (search 95%; content 72%), appealing to viewers seeking practical remodeling ideas in a similar style.
Aligns with This Old House on outdoor living features and ideas (queries 100%), indicating a similar audience interested in exterior projects, though the channel focuses more on outdoor spaces.
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Similar to This Old House in offering home renovation ideas and deck/building plans (queries 69%), with high content overlap (76%), but Lowe's presents more product-driven guidance.
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Closely mirrors This Old House in home improvement tips and successful renovations (search 72%; content 73%), indicating parallel tutorial depth and project-focused guidance.
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Targets home remodeling and kitchen ideas (queries 61%), yielding a comparable audience with a moderately high content similarity (69%), though broader thematic scope varies.
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Shares audience interest in maintenance and repairs (queries 47%; content 71%), but emphasizes schedules and troubleshooting, creating overlap with This Old House's practical guidance.
Content Landscape
The closest competitors are Home RenoVision DIY (73% match, 4.1M subscribers) and Lowe's Home Improvement (73% match, 1.3M subscribers), both sharing overlapping queries such as home improvement tips, home renovation ideas, and energy/insulation topics. Kristen McGowan and Backyard Design Guy — Outdoor Living (both 81% match) also compete on related queries like DIY home upgrades and outdoor living ideas, though with smaller audiences (1.9M and 185K subscribers respectively). This Old House has a larger subscriber base than Lowe's and Backyard Design Guy, while Home RenoVision DIY surpasses it in subscribers; all compete for similar search intent around home improvement projects and renovation guidance.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which YouTube channels are most similar to This Old House?
This Old House's biggest competitors on YouTube are Kristen McGowan (81% match, 1.9M subscribers), Backyard Design Guy - Outdoor Living (81% match, 185K subscribers), and Lowe's Home Improvement (73% match, 1.3M subscribers). They share a focus on home improvement, DIY projects, and renovation content aimed at homeowners.
What type of content does This Old House make?
This Old House creates home improvement and renovation content, including full episodes and project-focused videos. They post content such as 'Ask This Old House' episodes (S16 E1–E4) and other welcome videos, with an average of about 243.6K views per video across recent uploads.
How do we determine which channels are similar to This Old House?
We analyze This Old House'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.
