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This Old Tony
Subscribers 1.2M
Videos 232
Views 234.7M

Channels Like This Old Tony

This Old Tony covers a wide range of diy, home, shop, machining, and fabrication topics, with emphasis on practical metalworking techniques such as milling, grinding, welding, and tool making. The channel presents tutorials and project-based content (evidenced by titles like THREADMILLING: For Fun & Profit!, Make Your Own Air Knife!, and BUTT CLAMPS! for welding) and maintains an average of about 610.5K views per video, with uploads at a frequency of roughly 0.3 per week. Since joining on Sep 8, 2010, the channel has accumulated 1.2M subscribers and 234.7M total views.

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#1
KULI WELDING

86% relevance

Subscribers 584K
Videos 641
Views 274.2M
Appearances 11
SERP 100%
Similarity 77%
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High search overlap on fabrication projects and home metalworking queries (100% and 77% content similarity) indicating a shared audience of DIY metalworking enthusiasts, though KULI WELDING's fabrication and toolmaking focus differs in style from This Old Tony.

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#2

86% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 2.1K
Views 320.8M
Appearances 10
SERP 92%
Similarity 81%
fabrication projects metalworking tips metal finishing techniques

Strong overlap on fabrication projects and metalworking topics (search 92%, content 81%), signaling a similar audience and practical welding techniques, with Weld.com leaning more toward general metal finishing and welding tips like This Old Tony but with different presentation.

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#3
Justin Voss

83% relevance

Subscribers 111K
Videos 108
Views 13.2M
Appearances 4
SERP 84%
Similarity 82%
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Shared interest in metalworking tips and fabrication techniques (search 84%, content 82%), targeting a similar DIY audience, though Justin Voss emphasizes concise technique tutorials over This Old Tony's longer project-based style.

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#4
Alva Welding

81% relevance

Subscribers 492K
Videos 328
Views 170.7M
Appearances 5
SERP 79%
Similarity 82%
welding tricks fabrication projects tool making diy

Aligned around welding tricks and fabrication projects (search 79%, content 82%), appealing to the same DIY metalworker crowd, yet Alva Welding focuses more on tricks and project guides rather than This Old Tony's in-depth builds.

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#5

80% relevance

Subscribers 477K
Videos 303
Views 69.9M
Appearances 11
SERP 77%
Similarity 82%
fabrication projects welding clamps DIY metal projects

Overlap in fabrication projects and DIY metal projects with welding clamps (search 77%, content 82%), indicating a shared audience of hands-on welders, though TimWelds centers on clamps and build-heavy demos similar to This Old Tony but different project selection.

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#6
Totally Handy

80% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 823
Views 1.3B
Appearances 7
SERP 79%
Similarity 81%
home workshop projects home metalworking DIY metal projects

Similar audience for home workshop and DIY metal projects (search 79%, content 81%), but Totally Handy covers a broader home-project scope with metalworking alongside woodworking, differentiating in thematic focus from This Old Tony.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are KULI WELDING (86% match) and Weld.com (86% match), both overlapping on queries like fabrication projects, tool making diy, and home metalworking or metalworking tips. Justin Voss (83% match) also closely competes with metalworking and fabrication topics. Alva Welding (81% match) and TimWelds (80% match) further share welding tricks, fabrication projects, and DIY metal projects. This Old Tony remains larger or comparable in audience size to some competitors but smaller than Weld.com (1.1M subscribers) and KULI WELDING (584K subscribers), while still targeting the same metalworking and fabrication search queries.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to This Old Tony?

KULI WELDING — 86% match, 584K subscribers; Weld.com — 86% match, 1.1M subscribers; Justin Voss — 83% match, 111K subscribers. All three channels focus on welding, fabrication, and metalworking content similar to This Old Tony's DIY machining and fabrication topics.

What type of content does This Old Tony make?

This Old Tony creates DIY machining and fabrication videos, including topics like welding, milling, threading, and grinding. The channel uploads about 0.3 videos per week, with an average of 610.5K views per video. Recent videos show titles such as Advanced Welding For Dummies! (390.5K views), Making The Easiest Winch! (828.8K views), and THREADMILLING: For Fun & Profit! (543.2K views).

How do we determine which channels are similar to This Old Tony?

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