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Subscribers 140K

Videos 246

Views 11.4M

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Kathleen Illustrated focuses on thrift shopping, DIY crafts, journaling, collage art, and budget-friendly lifestyle content. The channel features project-based tutorials and thrift-store crafting ideas, often incorporating journal making, handmade journal covers, and mid-century home decor DIY, with a style that combines thrift finds with creative craft projects. It uploads frequently, with an average of about 60K views per video and a cadence around 0.7 uploads per week, since joining in April 2016.

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#1

Our Upcycled Life

88% relevance

Subscribers 535K

Videos 1.4K

Views 61.7M

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Both target DIY thrifting and thrifted crafts audiences, ranking highly for search terms like thrift shopping for crafts and DIY crafts from thrifted items, with Our Upcycled Life showing a strong 88% match but slightly lower content alignment than Kathleen Illustrated.

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#2

Treasure Books view on YouTube

79% relevance

Subscribers 321K

Videos 438

Views 40.6M

Appearances 11

SERP 80%

Similarity 79%

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Both appeal to journal-making and handmade journal covers using thrifted or repurposed materials, matching on queries such as journal making ideas and thrift store crafting tutorials with a high overall alignment (79%).

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#3

Ally Purugganan view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 1.0M

Videos 279

Views 253.7M

Appearances 9

SERP 51%

Similarity 82%

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Both channels engage audiences around thrifted fashion and upcycling clothing, sharing search interest in thrift shop hauls and thrifted outfit ideas, though Ally Purugganan shows broader content with a lower search overlap (70%).

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XO, MaCenna view on YouTube

68% relevance

Subscribers 970K

Videos 329

Views 110.7M

Appearances 7

SERP 53%

Similarity 78%

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Both cover thrift-related DIY and thrifted decor, aligning on searches for thrift store finds and mid-century home decor DIY, with XO, MaCenna’s content leaning slightly more toward home decor.

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JessMakingArt view on YouTube

67% relevance

Subscribers 4.8K

Videos 185

Views 309.9K

Appearances 3

SERP 48%

Similarity 80%

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Both feature hands-on craft projects, aligning on DIY art activities like collage and paper techniques, but Kathleen Illustrated has a stronger thrifted item emphasis while JessMakingArt centers on collage artistry.

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JashiiCorrin

63% relevance

Subscribers 148K

Videos 1.1K

Views 22.9M

Appearances 6

SERP 44%

Similarity 76%

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Both include journal-focused crafts and bullet journal inspiration, showing overlap in journal making ideas while Kathleen Illustrated tends toward broader thrifted crafts with slightly different stylistic focus.

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Top competitors include Our Upcycled Life (88% match) and Treasure Books (79% match). Both compete on overlapping queries like 'DIY crafts from thrifted items', 'thrift store crafting tutorials', and 'journal making ideas', which align closely with Kathleen Illustrated’s content. Ally Purugganan (70% match) also competes due to overlaps in 'thrift shop hauls' and 'upcycling thrifted clothes'. Our Upcycled Life has 535K subscribers, Treasure Books has 321K, and Ally Purugganan has 1M, all larger than Kathleen Illustrated’s 140K. The competition focuses on thrift-based crafts, journaling, and upcycling, with similar search queries driving viewer interest across these channels.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Kathleen Illustrated?

Our Upcycled Life — 88% match, 535K subscribers; Treasure Books — 79% match, 321K subscribers; Ally Purugganan — 70% match, 1M subscribers. All three channels are similar in focus on crafting, upcycling, and DIY lifestyle content, appealing to audiences interested in creative projects, crafts, and budget-friendly styling.

What type of content does Kathleen Illustrated make?

Kathleen Illustrated creates thrift, style, lifestyle, budget, illustration, and art content. Video titles show thrift-store finds, crafting and journaling, anti-burnout crafts, and DIY party ideas, with an average of about 60.3K views per video and an upload frequency of ~0.7 videos per week.

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