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Subscribers 154K

Videos 251

Views 20.2M

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Dan Bell / Film It covers urban exploration and abandoned places, focusing on long-form, documentary-style tours and explorations of forgotten or eerie locations (e.g., abandoned buildings, motels, graveyards, and city ruins). The channel employs deep-dives and night/hidden cam-style walkthroughs, with frequent long videos around 26–39 minutes and occasional longer features, averaging about 44.8K views per video and roughly 0.4 uploads per week. Overall, the content centers on exploring forsaken spaces and urban decay in the United States, especially Baltimore and Appalachia.

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#1

The Proper People view on YouTube ▶

88% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M

Videos 309

Views 181.4M

Appearances 20

SERP 98%

Similarity 82%

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Both target audiences searching for abandoned places (e.g., abandoned buildings, dead malls, abandoned hotels) with high search overlap (98%), and their content similarly centers on explorations of neglected structures, yielding an 82% content similarity to Film It.

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#2

2swag view on YouTube ▶

88% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 106

Views 462.6M

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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Same audience for abandoned buildings, dead malls, and abandoned retail spaces (100% search overlap) and their videos focus on exploration of derelict interiors, aligning with Film It's exploration style (80% content similarity).

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#3

Building Tales

69% relevance

Subscribers 45.5K

Videos 277

Views 11.5M

Appearances 4

SERP 45%

Similarity 84%

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Both attract interest in urban decay and abandoned sites (shared searches around ghost towns/urban exploration); however, Building Tales emphasizes shorter or different locale narratives, resulting in lower overall match (45% search, 84% content) and a 69% overall similarity.

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#4

Exploring With Josh view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 4.8M

Videos 950

Views 607.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 45%

Similarity 80%

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Direct overlap on abandoned buildings, hotels, and dead malls (shared search terms), with Exploring With Josh delivering a similar exploration-focused format (80% content similarity) and thus an 66% overall match.

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62% relevance

Subscribers 11.3M

Videos 3.8K

Views 19.6B

Appearances 7

SERP 51%

Similarity 69%

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Shares interest in abandoned hotels, dead malls, and retail spaces (overlapping search terms around abandoned sites), but utilizes a broader style that slightly diversifies content, yielding 69% content similarity and 62% overall match.

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#6

Broken Window Theory

61% relevance

Subscribers 380K

Videos 250

Views 32.3M

Appearances 3

SERP 36%

Similarity 78%

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Appeals to urban explorers interested in crumbling towns and exploration gear, overlapping with Dan Bell’s audience via urban exploration keywords (36% search overlap) but differing in presentation, producing 78% content similarity and 61% overall match.

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The closest competitors are The Proper People (88% match) and 2swag (88% match), both matching on queries like abandoned buildings tour, abandoned hotels exploration, and dead mall exploration. Exploring With Josh (66% match) also overlaps on abandoned buildings tour and related topics. top competitors by match percentage are The Proper People (88%) and 2swag (88%), followed by Exploring With Josh (66%). In terms of size, Dan Bell / Film It has 154K subscribers, while The Proper People (1.6M) and 2swag (1.3M) are substantially larger; Exploring With Josh is much larger with 4.8M. All identified competitors share overlapping searches around urban exploration, abandoned spaces, dead malls, and ghost town or forsaken-place themes.

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#11	57%	SlickEvader	78%	1.2K	25%	2
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#17	56%	Bright Sun Films	76%	1.6M	26%	4
#18	56%	Jared Coker Urbex	82%	12.6K	17%	3
#19	56%	Dead Mall Walking – Abandoned, Malls & Nostalgia	81%	7.8K	19%	1
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#21	56%	This is Dan Bell.	79%	616K	21%	6
#22	56%	TP Urbex ▶	83%	752K	15%	5
#23	56%	Urbex Ontario	80%	70.2K	19%	1
#24	55%	Abandoned Central	79%	214K	19%	1
#25	55%	True_explores	79%	300K	18%	2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Dan Bell / Film It?

The Proper People — 88% match, 1.6M subscribers; 2swag — 88% match, 1.3M subscribers; Building Tales — 69% match, 45.5K subscribers. They share a focus on urban exploration of abandoned places, documenting exploration of derelict buildings and sites.

What type of content does Dan Bell / Film It make?

Dan Bell / Film It creates urban exploration content, focusing on abandoned buildings, warehouses, and eerie urban locations, with uploads averaging ~0.4 videos per week and an average of 44.8K views per video.

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