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Subscribers 11M

Videos 100

Views 1.2B

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Primitive Technology covers practical survival and traditional building techniques created from scratch in the wild, as indicated by video titles like 'Grate furnace, wood fired smelting experiment' and 'Tiled Roof Hut,' along with search queries such as 'natural building techniques' and 'fire without modern tools.' The content style is tutorial-focused, emphasizing step-by-step demonstrations and experiments, with an average of about 9.1 million views per video and an ongoing upload cadence since 2015. The channel has 11M subscribers and 1.2B total views, with 100 videos published from Australia.

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85% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 790

Views 328.7M

Appearances 17

SERP 100%

Similarity 76%

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Shares audience with Primitive Technology via queries like primitive technology shelter and fire without modern tools, and although content is more focused on stone tool creation, the high search overlap (100%) and strong content alignment (76%) indicate similar topic interests and presentation style.

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82% relevance

Subscribers 2.9M

Videos 416

Views 2.0B

Appearances 8

SERP 97%

Similarity 71%

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Targets the same fire-starting with sticks niche and primitive fire-by-friction tips, showing an 97% search overlap; content similarity is solid (71%), indicating parallel tutorials on building fires with natural methods.

#3

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70% relevance

Subscribers 143K

Videos 17

Views 9.8M

Appearances 7

SERP 62%

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SERP 71%

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Appearances 6

SERP 49%

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60% relevance

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Videos 23

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Appearances 2

SERP 39%

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Centers on natural building and earth wall construction, giving a 39% search overlap but high content similarity (74%), indicating alignment in topic area with Primitive Technology but a narrower or differently styled presentation.

Content Landscape

Top competitors include Donny Dust’s Paleo Tracks (85% match) and Woodsbound Outdoors (82% match). Donny Dust’s Paleo Tracks shares overlapping queries like 'primitive technology shelter,' 'stone tool creation,' and 'fire without modern tools,' while Woodsbound Outdoors also targets 'fire without modern tools,' 'fire starting with sticks,' and 'fire by friction tips.' Primitive Technology has about 11M subscribers, with Donny Dust’s Paleo Tracks at 1.3M and Woodsbound Outdoors at 2.9M, indicating smaller rival followings despite comparable topic interests. The overlapping queries show that both competitors compete for audience interest in natural building, fire-making, and primitive toolcraft that align closely with Primitive Technology’s core content.

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#10	55%	BUSHCRAFT TOOLS	76%	351K	24%	2
#11	55%	Next Generation Science	68%	251K	35%	3
#12	55%	Polissya Bushcraft	71%	1.1M	30%	4
#13	54%	Fibers and Design Weaving	67%	28.4K	35%	4
#14	54%	Dave Dryden Bushcraft	71%	49.8K	30%	2
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#18	53%	Kaiwai Permaculture Bolivia	72%	8.2K	25%	1
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#22	53%	Primitive Skills	71%	1.2M	25%	4
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Primitive Technology?

Donny Dust’s Paleo Tracks — 85% match, 1.3M subscribers; Woodsbound Outdoors — 82% match, 2.9M subscribers; The Nito Project — 70% match, 143K subscribers. They share a focus on primitive skills, survival-era techniques, and outdoor hands-on projects similar to Primitive Technology.

What type of content does Primitive Technology make?

Primitive Technology creates how-to, hands-on videos demonstrating ancient and improvised technologies, such as building a tiled roof hut, portable pulley blower, convection turbine experiments, grate furnace smelting, and making wood ash and crushed terracotta mortar. The channel averages about 9.1 million views per video, with the occasional very high-viral video like the tiled roof hut (90.9M views). Uploads occur regularly, roughly multiple times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Primitive Technology?

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