Ahoy

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 307

Views 263.0M

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Ahoy covers retro and classic gaming history through in-depth, documentary-style videos and retrospectives (e.g., RetroAhoy series), along with informative gaming history and preservation content. The channel emphasizes long-form deep-dives and history-focused explorations, with a posting cadence implied by multiple titles and a strong emphasis on retro titles, and averages around 1.8M views per video for its content, including recent long-form retros of classics.

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NeverKnowsBest view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 367K

Videos 76

Views 48.2M

Appearances 8

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Both target gaming history and retro perspectives, with NeverKnowsBest ranking highly for queries like gaming history and video game retrospectives (83% match in search) and content aligned to retro/game design topics (72%), showing a strong audience overlap in style and subject.

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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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They share a focus on retro gaming and early FPS/classic titles (queries like first person shooters old and early FPS classics) and both produce retro-focused content (content score 80%), indicating overlapping topics though OldAndNewVideoGames emphasizes retro list and critique formats.

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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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JKB targets retro gaming and classic games with a history angle, matching Ahoy on searches for retro gaming history (83% search) and retro topics (content 69%), signaling a similar historical, nostalgia-driven audience.

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Retro Pocket view on YouTube ▶

73% relevance

Subscribers 60.9K

Videos 1.1K

Views 12.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 67%

Similarity 77%

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Retro Pocket concentrates on retro/classic games, aligning with Ahoy on retro gaming queries (67% search) and delivering retro content (77% content), showing close topical overlap with a slightly stronger emphasis on old-school titles.

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Action Game Station

72% relevance

Subscribers 14.1K

Videos 194

Views 3.9M

Appearances 11

SERP 72%

Similarity 73%

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Both channels emphasize action platformers retro and retro action platformer content, reflected by matching search for action platformers retro (72%) and content similarity (73%), indicating parallel focus on classic platforming eras.

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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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WatchMojo covers early FPS classics and gaming biopics alongside broader pop culture content; with high search overlap on FPS-related queries (86%) but somewhat lower content alignment (63%), they share audience interest in historical game topics while presenting different formatting and scope.

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Top competitors by match strength are NeverKnowsBest (83% match) and OldAndNewVideoGames (78% match). They compete on overlapping queries such as gaming history, video game retrospectives, and early FPS/retro gaming topics. NeverKnowsBest has 367K subscribers, while OldAndNewVideoGames has 30.4K, both smaller than Ahoy’s 1.9M subscribers. Additional comparable channels include JKB (75% match, 62.3K subscribers), Retro Pocket (73% match, 60.9K subscribers), and Action Game Station (72% match, 14.1K subscribers), which share queries around retro gaming, classic games, and retro game history. The overlap centers on retro gaming history, preservation, and classic game retrospectives, with Ahoy positioned against larger and smaller channels that explore similar eras and topics.

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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 gaming-focused channels that overlap with Ahoy in topics like retro games, history, and documentary-style content.

What type of content does Ahoy make?

Ahoy creates documentary-style gaming content focusing on history and retro games, as shown by video titles like RetroAhoy: X-COM, RetroAhoy: The Secret of Monkey Island, RetroAhoy: Quake, and RetroAhoy: Doom, plus a video on When Video Games were Brown. The channel averages about 1.8M views per video and posts multiple videos weekly, though exact uploads per week are not specified.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Ahoy?

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