Timeworks

Subscribers 729K

Videos 2.1K

Views 184.3M

Channels Like Timeworks

Timeworks covers urban exploration, city mysteries, and related documentary-style content focused on NYC and other urban environments. The channel blends vlogs, investigations, and commentary on internet culture, memes, and news, with a frequent emphasis on hidden places, architecture, and street filming. It publishes a high volume of content, averaging multiple videos per week, with an average view count around 8.7K per video.

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We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Timeworks

#1

Lifeder

83% relevance

Subscribers 637K

Videos 58

Views 171.6M

Appearances 5

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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High search overlap on city mystery and historic landmarks topics (city mystery videos, historic landmarks exploration, mysterious city spots) mirrors Timeworks' urban exploration focus, with a strong 83% overall match driven by search queries, though Lifeder's content style diverges from Timeworks (72% content match).

#2

Jon Barr

74% relevance

Subscribers 634K

Videos 964

Views 139.4M

Appearances 9

SERP 72%

Similarity 76%

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Significant overlap in searches for hidden places NYC and urban exploration content (queries: hidden places NYC) indicating a shared interest audience, with a 74% match overall, though Jon Barr's content emphasizes on-location exploration more than Timeworks' broader architectural storytelling.

#3

Keyson Stats

73% relevance

Subscribers 187K

Videos 550

Views 67.0M

Appearances 6

SERP 72%

Similarity 74%

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Very high search alignment around country-focused topics (top YouTube channels by country, subscribed channels by country) yielding a 73% overall match, but their content centers on analytics and lists rather than Timeworks' narrative exploration.

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#4

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73% relevance

Subscribers 7.8M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.7B

Appearances 10

SERP 81%

Similarity 68%

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Strong search alignment for historic district and hidden architecture tours (queries: historic district tours, hidden architecture tours) giving a 73% match, while Architectural Digest leans more toward design-centric tours and high-end architecture than Timeworks' mystery-driven exploration.

#5

Nocturn

67% relevance

Subscribers 9.9K

Videos 7

Views 1.7M

Appearances 4

SERP 56%

Similarity 74%

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Aligns with urban and underground exploration (urban exploration NYC, underground exploration, abandoned places search) yielding a 67% match, sharing audience interests but Nocturn often presents a darker, more thriller-driven tone than Timeworks.

#6

Andrew Wonder

63% relevance

Subscribers 58.1K

Videos 27

Views 6.8M

Appearances 3

SERP 42%

Similarity 77%

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Shares urban exploration and old subway tunnels themes (urban exploration NYC, old subway tunnels, urban decay exploration) with a 63% overall match; content style differs, as Andrew Wonder tends toward raw documentary findings while Timeworks integrates narrative architecture tours.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Lifeder (83% match) and Jon Barr (74% match) as top contenders. Lifeder focuses on city mystery videos and historic landmarks exploration, while Jon Barr emphasizes hidden places NYC; both share overlapping queries with Timeworks such as urban exploration, city mysteries, and hidden places. Timeworks has 729K subscribers, compared with Lifeder’s 637K and Jon Barr’s 634K, indicating Timeworks is larger than these two but smaller than Architectural Digest (7.8M) which also appears in related queries. Key shared queries include city mystery videos, hidden places NYC, and historic architecture tours, linking Timeworks with these competitors.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Timeworks?

Timeworks's biggest YouTube competitors are Lifeder (83% match, 637K subscribers), Jon Barr (74% match, 634K subscribers), and Keyson Stats (73% match, 187K subscribers). They share a focus on informational and documentary-style content, with a mix of commentary, statistics, and online trends that overlap Timeworks' themes.

What type of content does Timeworks make?

Timeworks creates documentary-style and commentary content, often exploring internet culture, memes, news, and mysteries. Based on titles, videos include stunts and travel clips (e.g., handstands in subways, cathedral explorations), meta-reality content (filming NYC with smart glasses), and lists or debates (e.g., most disliked YouTube video, longest YouTube Live). The channel average is about 8.7K views per video, with an irregular upload cadence approximating multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Timeworks?

We analyze Timeworks'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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