Ahoy

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 307

Views 263.0M

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Ahoy produces insightful gaming videos with a strong emphasis on retro and historical perspectives, including long-form deep-dives such as RetroAhoy retrospectives (e.g., Doom, Half-Life, The Secret of Monkey Island) and documentary-style explorations. The channel markets a documentary/informative style around retro and classic games, with content spanning tutorials, retrospectives, and history-focused analyses. Uploads combine longer-form features and occasionally newer, shorter brown-themed subjects, averaging about 1.8M views per video, and totaling 307 videos since joining in 2009, with an audience primarily in the United Kingdom.

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#1

NeverKnowsBest view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 367K

Videos 76

Views 48.2M

Appearances 8

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Similar to Ahoy in focusing on gaming history and retrospectives, with high search overlap (100% on searches like gaming history, video game retrospectives, game design history) and a solid content alignment (72%), indicating they cover retro game history in a similar style.

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#2

OldAndNewVideoGames

78% relevance

Subscribers 30.4K

Videos 609

Views 5.0M

Appearances 7

SERP 74%

Similarity 80%

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Shares a strong emphasis on retro gaming and early FPS classics (queries: first person shooters old, early FPS classics) and aligns with Ahoy on content around retro action genres (80% content match), though their specific videos may differ in presentation.

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#3

JKB

75% relevance

Subscribers 62.3K

Videos 1.8K

Views 14.5M

Appearances 5

SERP 83%

Similarity 69%

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Targets retro gaming and classic games with a strong search footprint for retro gaming history (83% search) and fairly close content overlap (69%), placing them in the same niche as Ahoy.

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73% relevance

Subscribers 60.9K

Videos 1.1K

Views 12.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 67%

Similarity 77%

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Converges on retro and classic games with similar query themes (retro gaming, classic games) and a high content similarity (77%), indicating overlapping topics and presentation style with Ahoy.

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#5

Action Game Station

72% relevance

Subscribers 14.1K

Videos 194

Views 3.9M

Appearances 11

SERP 72%

Similarity 73%

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Concentrates on action platformers retro, paralleling Ahoy’s retro gaming focus with nearly identical search and content signals (72% search, 73% content), signaling a close topical and stylistic alignment.

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WatchMojo.com view on YouTube ▶

72% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 32K

Views 17.9B

Appearances 11

SERP 86%

Similarity 63%

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Attracts audiences via broad gaming topics including old FPS and biopics, sharing high search overlap (86%) on related queries, though their content mix (63%) diverges somewhat from Ahoy’s approach.

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Top competitors by match strength are NeverKnowsBest (83% match) and OldAndNewVideoGames (78% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as gaming history, video game retrospectives, and early FPS/classic game design history. JKB (75% match) also intersects on retro gaming and retro gaming history. Ahoy has a substantial subscriber base of 1.9M, while these competitors range from 30.4K to 367K subscribers, indicating Ahoy is larger than most peers but faces competition in search terms related to retro gaming history and game retrospectives.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Ahoy?

NeverKnowsBest — 83% match, 367K subscribers; OldAndNewVideoGames — 78% match, 30.4K subscribers; JKB — 75% match, 62.3K subscribers. All three are comparable gaming channels that cover retro and classic games, aligning with Ahoy's documentary/history-focused gaming content.

What type of content does Ahoy make?

Ahoy creates documentary/history-style gaming videos focused on classic and retro games, with titles like RetroAhoy: X-COM, RetroAhoy: The Secret of Monkey Island, RetroAhoy: Quake, and RetroAhoy: Doom. The channel also posts other themed pieces such as When Video Games were Brown. It averages about 1.8M views per video, with recent titles ranging from 2.2M to 5.2M views, and the channel's subscriber count is 1.9M. Upload frequency is described as ~? uploads/week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Ahoy?

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