Chrome extension for finding YouTube creators
Open any YouTube channel, click once, and get similar creators in Chrome’s side panel in about 10 seconds.
Go from any YouTube channel or video to a list of similar creators in a few clicks.
Open a public channel or video on YouTube, or paste a channel link into the panel.
Click “Find similar channels”. Results begin appearing in about 10 seconds.
Filter the results, save the useful ones, and export your shortlist to CSV.
See key channel details at a glance, so you can focus on the creators that fit.
Channel Finder reads public YouTube pages when you search.
and the expanded recent-video view shows when the data was captured.
If YouTube does not show a value, Channel Finder shows “Unknown” — never 0.
No revenue, RPM or monetization guesses.
Anyone who has one good YouTube channel in mind and needs more like it.
Start from a creator who already fits your product. Get similar channels, keep the ones with real recent views that still post, and see a public email when the creator has posted one.
Filter by subscribers, country, language, channel type and activity, save the fits and export a CSV with public links and emails where creators posted them.
Find channels in your niche and your size that are still publishing, compare recent views, then open their public links before you reach out.
See which channels on a topic are active and which ones get views above their size — sort by views per subscriber or tap “Views ≥ subscribers”.
You don’t connect a Google or YouTube account to Channel Finder.
Read the privacy policy →
No Google sign-in.
No YouTube sign-in.
Channel Finder reads public YouTube pages signed out. Your YouTube cookies are never sent, so the extension cannot post, comment, subscribe, upload, or change anything as you.
To rank matches and write the short match explanation, Channel Finder sends public channel text such as channel names, descriptions and recent video titles.
Emails, phone numbers and links are removed in your browser before that text is sent. Your Google or YouTube account, cookies, browsing history and the address of your tab are never sent.
A random install ID is used only for the daily search limit.
The extension can only access www.youtube.com, youtubei.googleapis.com and api.channelfinder.app.
No ads, no behavioral analytics, no personal data sold.
Match-answer cache: up to 7 days.
Daily-limit counters: up to 2 days.
Different tools solve different jobs. This table compares practical details that matter
when you are trying to find similar creators, decide who is worth opening, and build a shortlist.
| Channel Finder | YouTube Studio — Channels your audience watches | Nexlev | SimilarTube | Channels Like | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost to start | Free during early access | Free with a YouTube account | Similar Channels from the Lite plan: $13/mo, or $10/mo billed yearly | 10 limited searches/24h free · paid from $25.90/mo after trial | Free |
| Account needed | No | Yes — YouTube | Yes — paid plan sign-in | Yes — sign-in | No signup |
| Start from another public channel | Yes | No — based on your own channel’s audience | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Where you use it | Chrome side panel while browsing YouTube | YouTube Studio | Web tools + Chrome extension | Website + Chrome extension | Website |
| Views shown per channel | Recent median, with video count and read date | Not part of this report | Lifetime average per video | Average views | Total views |
| Last upload | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not listed |
| CSV export | Yes | Not listed | Yes (CSV, JSON, Markdown) | Paid Outreach plan | Not listed |
your actual YouTube audience data. Nexlev and SimilarTube
offer broader research products and paid features.
Channels Like is a free, no-signup web utility.
find similar channels beside YouTube, compare recent performance,
save the useful ones, and export a shortlist — without a YouTube sign-in.
Checked October 16, 2026.
Answers to common questions about Channel Finder.
Yes, during early access — up to 20 searches a day. Paid plans will come later, inside the extension.
People who install during early access keep free access when paid plans start. There are no ads.
No. Channel Finder never asks you to connect a Google account, YouTube account, or Channel Finder account.
No. It reads public YouTube pages signed out and does not send your YouTube cookies.
It cannot post, comment, subscribe, upload, delete, or change anything as you.
For matching, public channel text such as names, descriptions, and recent video titles is sent to our server. Emails, phone numbers, and links are removed first in your browser.
No Google or YouTube account information, cookies, browsing history, or current tab address is sent. A random install ID is used to enforce the daily search limit. See the Privacy section above for retention details.
From public YouTube pages read when you search. Recent median views show the sample size, and the expanded recent-video view shows the date the data was captured.
If YouTube does not expose a value, Channel Finder says “Unknown” instead of turning missing data into 0.
Those figures cannot be established reliably from the public information Channel Finder uses. Rather than display an estimate as if it were a fact, Channel Finder leaves them out.
No. Channel Finder is not an email database. It shows a public email only when the creator has posted one.
Yes. You can research faceless channels and filter for long-form or Shorts.
The same rule still applies: Channel Finder shows public performance data, not RPM or earnings estimates.
Similarity is based on the channel’s own public information and recent content. Try narrowing the results with filters or changing the sort.
You can also start from a video instead of the channel when that video better represents the topic you are researching.
YouTube Studio’s “Channels your audience watches” report is based on the viewing behavior of your own audience. Channel Finder starts from any public channel you are researching and gives you a similar-channel list beside YouTube, with recent performance context, saving, filters, public contact links and CSV export.
Broader creator suites such as vidIQ cover many more parts of running a channel. Channel Finder is deliberately narrower: finding and shortlisting channels.
The current interface and landing page are US / English.
The extension itself does not. Chrome extensions run on computers.
On a phone, use “Share or copy this link,” then open the page later in Chrome on your computer.
Google Chrome on a computer. Edge and other Chromium-based browsers have not been tested, so we do not claim support for them yet.
See your first results in about 10 seconds.
Free during early access — early users keep free access.
No YouTube sign-in.
