TOM'S REFURB

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 759

Views 225.7M

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TOM'S REFURB covers car restoration, old truck builds, and creative automotive projects, focusing on tutorials and project-style videos that document rebuilding, turbocharging, and reviving junkyard finds and classic vehicles. The channel showcases a hands-on, experiential format with long-form videos and occasional shorter clips, aiming to entertain and educate with humorous tomfoolery. Uploads appear frequent, and the channel averages about 89.4K views per video, with a substantial catalog of 759 published videos since 2017.

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ChrisFix view on YouTube

89% relevance

Subscribers 11M

Videos 405

Views 1.9B

Appearances 14

SERP 99%

Similarity 81%

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High search overlap on junkyard project cars and manual transmission swaps aligns with TOM'S REFURB, and despite ChrisFix's broad car repair focus, the content match is 81% indicating substantial but not identical video style.

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Donut view on YouTube

87% relevance

Subscribers 9.3M

Videos 1.8K

Views 3.0B

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 78%

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Same audience interest in manual transmission swaps and private car builds; 100% search overlap but 78% content similarity suggests Donut targets more build vlogs and lifestyle while TOM'S REFURB emphasizes refurb/restoration style.

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SimonFordman view on YouTube

84% relevance

Subscribers 508K

Videos 85

Views 100.6M

Appearances 9

SERP 83%

Similarity 84%

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Shared topics like classic car rebuilding and manual transmission swaps create strong search overlap (83%), with 84% content similarity indicating parallel restoration-focused content though SimonFordman is more niche.

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Vice Grip Garage view on YouTube

80% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 617

Views 904.3M

Appearances 10

SERP 74%

Similarity 84%

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Overlap on old truck restoration and Chevy/truck restoration queries (content 84%) shows a shared audience, but TOM'S REFURB likely emphasizes different restoration approaches reflected in the 74% search and 84% content balance.

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PrizzaMike

79% relevance

Subscribers 213K

Videos 425

Views 38.8M

Appearances 10

SERP 65%

Similarity 88%

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Queries around junkyard project cars and junkyard ideas yield strong search alignment (65%), and high content similarity (88%) means similar thrift-to-restoration project style despite a possible lighter focus on broader junkyard concepts.

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Speeed view on YouTube

77% relevance

Subscribers 2.1M

Videos 65

Views 87.0M

Appearances 6

SERP 69%

Similarity 83%

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Junkyard project and private car builds produce notable search overlap (69%), with 83% content similarity indicating parallel build/documentation style, though Speeed may skew more toward private builds.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include ChrisFix (89% match) and Donut (87% match). ChrisFix centers on junkyard project cars, manual transmission swaps, and absent body rust repair, aligning with TOM'S REFURB’s restoration and repair queries. Donut emphasizes manual transmission swaps, turbocharged builds, and private car builds, overlapping with TOM'S REFURB’s turbo projects and drivetrain topics. Both channels have significantly higher subscriber counts (ChrisFix ~11M, Donut ~9.3M) compared to TOM'S REFURB’s 1.1M, indicating larger audiences in related car repair and modification niches. Other notable competitors are SimonFordman (84% match) and Vice Grip Garage (80% match), who also cover classic car rebuilding and old truck or crewcab restoration. Shared queries include junkyard project cars, manual transmissions, and Chevy/old truck restoration topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to TOM'S REFURB?

ChrisFix — 89% match, 11M subscribers; Donut — 87% match, 9.3M subscribers; SimonFordman — 84% match, 508K subscribers. All three channels create automotive repair and build content focused on cars and DIY projects, similar to TOM'S REFURB.

What type of content does TOM'S REFURB make?

TOM'S REFURB makes automotive restoration and build videos, as suggested by its recent titles such as 'Playing With My Junk', 'I Built A CHEAP Miata Drift Car... Then Broke It!', 'RESURRECTING An Abandoned CREW CAB Squarebody Chevy!', 'STICKSHIFT Swapping A 1970 Duster 340!', and 'Fixing and TRADING My Nightmare '68 Chevy C10!'. The channel averages about 89.4K views per video; exact upload frequency is not specified (roughly weekly uploads inferred from the 'Average: 89.4K views/video' line).

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