Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to I built the IMDB of YouTubers to help people find new quality channels
YouTube is full of quality content but it is sometimes hard to find it so I created a website where you can rate and review channels and that helps you discover new ones. The goal is to make a platform like IMDb or Rotten Tomatoes but for YouTube channels. I want to go the opposite direction to YouTube which for instance removed the dislikes on videos and has limited search capabilities. For now there are not so many channels but users can submit new YouTubers instantly. I offer you different new ways to discover content on the website: Detailed filters (topic, avg duration, type of video,…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I built the IMDB of YouTubers to help people find new quality channels launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2014 · rshiv.org · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I've been working on this side project for the past month. It generates a step-by-step tutorial guide for YouTube videos that you can follow along without watching long videos. Best suited for tutorial videos but can work for other videos aswell. No BS. Just straight to the point. The guides are generated from pure transcript so you don't have to worry about it being AI. It's my first project as a total beginner. Something I had to do inorder to get out of tutorial hell. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you face any problems or bugs. I would try to fix them to the…
2024 · stepify.tech · its alternatives →
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I built Yourabbit.com — a site that curates hand-picked YouTube rabbit holes grouped by themes like quirky psychology, obscure tech, weird facts, and binge-worthy oddities. It’s not driven by the YouTube algorithm — every collection is themed and curated manually (for now), with a backend I’m automating to fetch and organize new rabbit holes daily. Built as a hybrid Astro + Next.js project, optimized for static generation and speed. I’m also pairing videos with custom summaries and commentary (using AI), and would love feedback from the HN crowd on: Content model (too wide? not specific…
2025 · yourabbit.com · its alternatives →
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VoteVid▲106Hey, I am Victor, a french student. I was tired of getting really bad recommandations from the algorithm, always the same videos, same topics. So I created a community-driven recommandation tool, with upvotes like Product Hunt or Hacker News. Looking for something to watch or want to share something you liked? Feel free to check the site, it's free, no account needed (unless you want to share or upvote a video).
Nov 2025 · votevid.com · its alternatives →
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Hype Link▲111List links to social, streaming platforms, and more.
2018 · hypel.ink · its alternatives →
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Hey there HN ! I'm so excited to show you the platform I built! It's a product review website that's all about community and video reviews. I wanted to create a space where people could share their personal experiences and opinions on products, so others could make informed decisions based on real-life experiences. I noticed that there were a lot of fake reviews on other platforms, and I knew that people wanted a more reliable and trustworthy source for product reviews. That's why I decided to create a website that would prioritize genuine, honest curated reviews from real people. Our…
2023 · styrate.co · its alternatives →
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I made an IMDB clone for fun https://github.com/adam-ridhwan/next-imdb
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Feel free to test drive our alternative to LinkedIn in alpha: http://theymadethat.com Just please don't delete any data or add garbage data to our site. If you like what you see, please up vote our Apply HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11523675 Ideally it would be great if you guys post your questions and comments there as well
2016 · its alternatives →
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Hey HackerNews'ers, I've built FreeTVz.com - a platform that transforms YouTube into a traditional TV experience. Here's what you can do: ◉ Create your own TV channels based on any topic or interest. ◉ Browse and watch over 100+ free curated channels across categories like History, Science, Tech, and more. ◉ Enjoy an ad-free experience, making your viewing uninterrupted and seamless. ◉ Rediscover the nostalgia of channel surfing, without endless scrolling or algorithmic feeds. I'd love for you to check it out and share your thoughts. Visit FreeTVz.com
2024 · freetvz.com · its alternatives →
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Just wanted to share with you something I built. If you’re a creator or someone who financially supports creators, this will be of interest to you. Qufro.com is a site where creators can monetise their fan interactions. It works this way: A creator sets an amount for answering fan questions. A fan posts a question or a comment and is only charged if the creator responds. From the fan’s perspective, we’re solving the following problem: Not all fans want to commit to a monthly subscription (e.g., on Patreon) to support their favourite creators. With Patreon, ko-fi, etc., there is also no…
2023 · qufro.com · its alternatives →
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Over the past year I uploaded a bunch of videos to my personal channel. Most of them were short documentaries, news-style edits, or content covering current events and war. A lot of it ended up getting demonetized, age-restricted, or removed completely, usually without any clear reason or explanation. The worst part was not knowing what caused it. You upload something, it seems fine for a while, and then it disappears or gets buried. I spent days editing videos that ended up dead in the water because of things I couldn’t see coming. I started building a tool to help with this. Just something…
2025 · frametwo.com · its alternatives →
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ViralOutlier▲10Hey I am Julien, the creator of ViralOutlier. I am a Youtuber with 170k subs and 12M views. (@EatTheBlocks) Getting good video ideas has been the most important factor to my success. To get new ideas, I started monitoring competitor channels every week, manually. I got lots of good ideas that became viral videos. But the monitoring process is very tedious. I built a tool to automate the process, for myself. Then I decided to make the tool available to others. This is ViralOutlier. If you have question about the tool, reply to this comment.
Feb 2026 · viraloutlier.com · its alternatives →
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They Made That is database of everyday things that make modern life possible as well as the people and organizations who made them
2018 · theymadethat.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m excited to share Strawberry, Chrome extension that provides instant summaries of YouTube videos when you hover over thumbnails—think “Wikipedia link previews” but for YouTube. I love YouTube—it’s genuinely enriched my life over the years. But I often find myself getting pulled into endless rabbit holes due to catchy thumbnails. So I made Strawberry to help navigate YouTube more mindfully. Right now we have 3 features: - Hover any thumbnail for a summary (including Homepage, Search, Suggested vids, Shorts) - Detailed video summaries - Chat with videos Eager to hear your thoughts,…
2024 · strawberry.army · its alternatives →
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Here is the link: http://www.wikihowtodo.com I know a lot of geeks share the same dream -- build the next kick-ass todo-list/project management system. So do I. However, as I was quite positive that my web development skill is worse than 99% of developers' in this community, I decided to build something simple, useless but unique. So I built this. Basically it's a Wikihow scraper, nothing more. It gives you a place to store interesting Wikihow articles and yes, they are converted into todo lists. I know this site is not that good, but I still need your guys' feedback. For example, as I am a…
2010 · wikihowtodo.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m Ashu, founder of VideoDB. I’ve spent a big chunk of my life building video infrastructure. Not video creation. Video plumbing. The stuff you only learn after production breaks: timebases, VFR, keyframes, audio sync drift, container quirks, partial uploads, live streams, retries, backpressure, codecs, ffmpeg flags, cost blowups, and “why is this clip unseekable on one player but fine on another”. This week we shared VideoDB Skills, a skill pack that lets AI agents call those infra primitives directly, instead of you wiring pipelines with screenshots plus FFmpeg glue. Repo:…
Mar 2026 · its alternatives →
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Hey all, I've been working hard on my side project and will be trying to turn it into my main project now. Rated is a social rating platform for media, places and products. By having everything in one place, its easier to add friends, follow and compare ratings. There are cool data features like similarity scores between each users and predicted ratings for every item. The main aim is to help people discover the best content in a fun and social way. I've made a website (not that pretty yet) and launched on the app stores, but there's a long way to go. Still haven't properly validated the…
2024 · rated.fun · its alternatives →
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Creator here. In a nutshell this extension is a "Like / Dislike" system but for website results. I miss the days of things like the YouTube dislike bar, where you can quickly assess if something is good or not. Currently sitting at ~90 users. To get it off the ground I've scraped the last year of HN to make a set of good links, and used a few content farm blacklists to make a set of bad links. Right now it's semi-useful and should only get better with time. There are some simple measures in place to prevent spam & abuse, but will cross that bridge if it ever comes. All feedback welcome!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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www.schmeebs.com I built this site in two days. I tried to make it a fusion of Twitter + Digg in that people will be able to follow certain "domains" of news then be able to see popular stuff from there. Its as real time as it can be at this point. Would welcome any thoughts on it!
2010 · its alternatives →
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2025 · nwtb.eu · its alternatives →
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A place to discover cool social content buried by the algo.
Jun 2026 · ineedmoreviews.com · its alternatives →
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