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Channels like Fireship
@fireship4.3M subscribers
- Typical views
- 1.2M
- Uploads a week
- 2.4
- Typical length
- 6 min
- Outlier rate
- 15%
8 rivals
Picked Oct 30, 2026
From the channels Fireship mentions and the ones covering the same ground. Views, length and outlier rate are long-form only.
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Theo - t3․gg
@theo575K subscribers
Fast-paced web dev and AI tooling news with strong opinions on developer trends.
- Typical views
- 209.5K
- Uploads a week
- 5.6
- Typical length
- 34 min
- Outlier rate
- 3%
Beating their usual views
- 2.4xJev is incredible498.9K views
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ThePrimeagen
@theprimeagen550K subscribers
Programmer commentary on dev news, languages, and AI hype for working engineers.
- Typical views
- 233.2K
- Uploads a week
- 0.1
- Typical length
- 8 min
- Outlier rate
- 23%
Beating their usual views
- 4.0xI was wrong btw924.2K views
- 2.5xCoPilot Review: My Thoughts After 6 Months574.7K views
- 2.2xThis Is Goodbye524.5K views
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Traversy Media
@traversymedia2.4M subscribers
Web development crash courses and tutorials covering the frameworks Fireship summarizes.
- Typical views
- 64.8K
- Uploads a week
- 0.9
- Typical length
- 12 min
- Outlier rate
- 19%
Beating their usual views
- 5.0xClaude Code Crash Course For Developers321.1K views
- 3.8xWhy I stopped making coding tutorials248.4K views
- 3.0xReact Native Crash Course 2026 - Build a Complete Mobile App193.6K views
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Web Dev Simplified
@webdevsimplified1.8M subscribers
Short, clear JavaScript and web framework tutorials for developers.
- Typical views
- 47.6K
- Uploads a week
- 0.4
- Typical length
- 19 min
- Outlier rate
- 24%
Beating their usual views
- 23.6xThe Best Local Agentic Coding Workflow (Complete Guide)1.1M views
- 9.7xPlease… I Need Your Help461K views
- 6.6xI Will Never Use Prettier or ESLint Again313.8K views
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ByteByteGo
@bytebytego1.4M subscribers
Animated explainers on software architecture and system design for developers.
- Typical views
- 102.7K
- Uploads a week
- 0.4
- Typical length
- 6 min
- Outlier rate
- 16%
Beating their usual views
- 5.8x8 Most Important System Design Concepts You Should Know594.6K views
- 4.6xWhy Everyone’s Talking About MCP?474K views
- 4.4xApache Kafka Fundamentals You Should Know451.3K views
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Low Level
@lowleveltv1.2M subscribers
Security, vulnerabilities, and low-level programming news for developers.
- Typical views
- 308.9K
- Uploads a week
- 2.1
- Typical length
- 12 min
- Outlier rate
- 15%
Beating their usual views
- 11.1xI Tested The Viral Reverse Engineering Repo3.4M views
- 5.3xphp situation is insane1.6M views
- 3.7xHas AI Solved Reverse Engineering?1.1M views
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Matthew Berman
@matthew_berman642K subscribers
Covers new AI model releases and tests them, overlapping Fireship's AI news.
- Typical views
- 117.8K
- Uploads a week
- 9.1
- Typical length
- 18 min
- Outlier rate
- 25%
Beating their usual views
- 3.8xSam Altman: RSI, AI Consciousness, OpenAI's New Hardware, Compute, and more!447.9K views
- 2.2xEverything has been solved264.4K views
- 2.1x8 Jev Use Cases That Feel Like Cheating241.9K views
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AI Explained
@aiexplained-official457K subscribers
In-depth analysis of frontier AI models and lab announcements.
- Typical views
- 95.5K
- Uploads a week
- 0.5
- Typical length
- 19 min
- Outlier rate
- 12%
Beating their usual views
- 9.0xGPT 6 Astra, so good even OpenAI are worried857.6K views
- 3.2xOpus 5.5: How Close Are We to Automated AI Research?309.6K views
- 3.1xOpenAI Security: Controlling Models is Now ‘Hell’297.2K views
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