Josh Strife Hayes

Subscribers 1M

Videos 716

Views 204.8M

Channels Like Josh Strife Hayes

Josh Strife Hayes focuses on MMORPG-focused entertainment and reviews, with content that spans in-depth game analysis, opinions, and guides. The channel utilizes keywords related to MMO design, critique, endgame, and game reviews, and recent videos show long-form critiques, opinion pieces, and gameplay commentary, averaging around 0.6 million views per video and typical runtimes around 26 minutes; the channel publishes multiple videos per week and has 1M subscribers and 204.8M total views since joining in 2017.

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We found 44 YouTube channels similar to Josh Strife Hayes

#1

TheLazyPeon

91% relevance

Subscribers 770K

Videos 792

Views 281.5M

Appearances 31

SERP 100%

Similarity 85%

MMO reviews MMO gameplay analysis MMO criticism

Shares a focus on MMO reviews and MMO gameplay analysis, aligning with high search interest in those queries (100% search) and a strong alignment in content style (85% content), similar to Josh Strife Hayes' analytical MMO videos.

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Waydot

79% relevance

Subscribers 89.8K

Videos 135

Views 19.2M

Appearances 23

SERP 70%

Similarity 85%

MMO reviews MMO gameplay analysis MMO criticism

Targets MMO reviews and MMO gameplay analysis with substantial search overlap, combined with highly similar content focus (85%), making their channel audience and topics closely comparable to Josh Strife Hayes.

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#3

TheoryWise

73% relevance

Subscribers 25.9K

Videos 50

Views 3.5M

Appearances 15

SERP 55%

Similarity 85%

MMO criticism MMO best/worst MMO progression systems

Groups around MMO criticism and progression systems, a good fit with the high content similarity (85%) to Josh Strife Hayes, though with comparatively lower search alignment (55%).

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Caffeinated Dad Gaming

68% relevance

Subscribers 65.3K

Videos 1.2K

Views 29.9M

Appearances 11

SERP 43%

Similarity 85%

MMO reviews MMO criticism MMO opinions

Covers MMO reviews and criticism with strong content similarity to Josh Strife Hayes (85%), while search overlap is moderate (43%), indicating an overlapping audience but some topic divergence.

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Lucky Ghost

68% relevance

Subscribers 722K

Videos 385

Views 90.0M

Appearances 19

SERP 54%

Similarity 78%

MMO rankings 2026 MMO best/worst MMO endgame content

Focuses on MMO rankings and endgame content, sharing strong content parity (78%) with Josh Strife Hayes and solid search presence (54%), indicating a similar specialized MMO-interest audience.

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64% relevance

Subscribers 4.5M

Videos 6.8K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 18

SERP 48%

Similarity 74%

MMO gameplay analysis MMO community impressions MMO pay to win critique

Delivers MMO gameplay analysis and community impressions with notable content similarity (74%), and broad search presence (48%), placing them in the same MMO discourse space with Josh Strife Hayes.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are TheLazyPeon (91% match) and Waydot (79% match). They share overlapping queries such as MMO reviews, MMO gameplay analysis, and MMO criticism. The LazyPeon has 770K subscribers, Waydot has 89.8K subscribers, both smaller than Josh Strife Hayes (1M). TheoryWise (73% match) also competes via MMO criticism and progression systems, with 25.9K subscribers. Caffeinated Dad Gaming (68% match) and Lucky Ghost (68% match) also cover MMO reviews and opinions, with 65.3K and 722K subscribers respectively. All identified competitors focus on similar MMO topics, including reviews, analysis, rankings, and endgame content, creating overlapping search intent around MMO reviews and critique.

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#15	55%	Redbeardflynn	82%	26.2K	15%	4
#16	55%	Skylent Games	83%	86.1K	12%	4
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#18	54%	Bybsie	80%	1.2K	17%	4
#19	54%	WillE	80%	190K	16%	3
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#24	52%	Armegon	81%	2.9K	10%	2
#25	52%	The Gaming Roundtable	78%	7.3K	13%	3
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#32	50%	EorzeaReaper	77%	9.4K	10%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Josh Strife Hayes?

TheLazyPeon (770K subscribers, 91% match) and Waydot (89.8K subscribers, 79% match) are Josh Strife Hayes's top competitors. TheoryWise is also a competitor (25.9K subscribers, 73% match). All three channels overlap in topics like MMOs, online gaming, and game design, focusing on analysis, opinions, and MMO discussions similar to Josh Strife Hayes.

What type of content does Josh Strife Hayes make?

Josh Strife Hayes creates MMO-focused content, including critiques and opinions on games (e.g., Worst MMO Ever? for Dungeons and Dragons Online; Is the Path of Exile 2 Druid good?; I Played Albion Online for 100 hours). His videos typically garner hundreds of thousands of views (average ~599.7K views per video) and there are multiple uploads per week.

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