Clay Hayes

Subscribers 920K

Videos 506

Views 180.5M

Channels Like Clay Hayes

Clay Hayes covers traditional archery, bow building, and survival skills through tutorials, bushcraft, and hunting-focused videos. Content centers on self bow and traditional bow hunting, bow building, and primitive skills, with additional cooking and camping topics; the channel also highlights deer and elk hunting, survival, and archery-related ventures. Uploads are frequent, with a total of 506 videos and an average of about 386.6K views per video, reflecting an active production since 2009. The channel emphasizes instructional content and outdoor adventures featuring bowhunting, survival skills, and bushcraft.

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#1

Outdoor Boys view on YouTube ▶

89% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 493

Views 3.4B

Appearances 10

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Both target bushcraft and primitive skills with high overlap in searches like 'bushcraft survival skills' and 'winter survival techniques'; their content aligns closely with survival and camping techniques (81% content match) though Outdoor Boys covers a broader audience with a family-friendly presentation.

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Ranger Survival and Field Craft view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 331K

Videos 268

Views 49.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 92%

Similarity 77%

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Shares a strong audience overlap around bushcraft and primitive camping topics (search 92%) and survival techniques (queries align), with content that similarly emphasizes field craft, resulting in an high overall match despite stylistic differences (77% content match).

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#3

Kazden Ammons

77% relevance

Subscribers 300K

Videos 387

Views 65.3M

Appearances 9

SERP 72%

Similarity 80%

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Although not focused on survival, Kazden Ammons targets traditional archery and bow building—topics that align on the audience side with Clay Hayes's archery content (72% search overlap) and solid bow-building tutorials (80% content match).

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Dan Santana Bows

75% relevance

Subscribers 112K

Videos 76

Views 27.2M

Appearances 7

SERP 75%

Similarity 76%

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Both channels emphasize bow building and archery-related crafting (search overlap 75%, content 76%), appealing to DIY bow makers and home-based equipment construction audiences.

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#5

Cliff Gray

70% relevance

Subscribers 170K

Videos 915

Views 61.8M

Appearances 6

SERP 49%

Similarity 84%

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Has some audience overlap on hunting topics like elk hunting tips (search overlap 49%), but diverges from Clay’s survival focus, contributing to a moderate overall alignment (84% content match) in hunting-oriented content.

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TA Outdoors view on YouTube ▶

68% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 602

Views 377.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 64%

Similarity 71%

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Competes in the bushcraft and campcraft space with substantial search overlap on survival skills and forest gear (search 64%, content 71%), indicating a shared audience though with some variance in gear-focused content.

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Discovered competitors include Outdoor Boys (89% match, 19.3M subscribers) and Ranger Survival and Field Craft (83% match, 331K subscribers) as top matches. Both share overlapping queries with Clay Hayes around bushcraft survival skills, primitive skills camping, and winter survival techniques. Other competitors include Kazden Ammons (77% match, 300K subscribers) who overlaps on traditional archery and bow building tutorials, and Dan Santana Bows (75% match, 112K subscribers) with focus on bow building tutorials and archery equipment making. Cliff Gray (70% match, 170K subscribers) aligns on elk hunting tips. Clay Hayes has a larger subscriber base than Kazden Ammons, Dan Santana Bows, and Cliff Gray, but trails Outdoor Boys in subscriber count. Competitors primarily converge on traditional archery, bow making, bushcraft, and survival-related search queries.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Clay Hayes?

Outdoor Boys — 19.3M subscribers, 89% match; Ranger Survival and Field Craft — 331K subscribers, 83% match; Kazden Ammons — 300K subscribers, 77% match. All three channels share a focus on outdoor skills, survival, archery, hunting, and bushcraft, targeting audiences interested in primitive skills and self-reliance similar to Clay Hayes.

What type of content does Clay Hayes make?

Clay Hayes creates content about traditional bow building, bow hunting, survival skills, camping, bushcraft, and primitive skills, with videos featuring bow making, hunting, and survival experiments. His channel averages about 386.6K views per video, and the description implies a weekly upload cadence.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Clay Hayes?

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