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60 Minutes
Subscribers 4.0M
Videos 4.8K
Views 1.3B

Channels Like 60 Minutes

60 Minutes covers hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, channeling long-form journalism and public affairs analysis. Content appears as deep-dives and in-depth reporting rather than tutorials or vlogs, with videos like investigations, interviews, and policy/governance coverage; uploads are frequent, and recent videos show substantial view counts, averaging around 768.1K views per video.

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TEDx Talks YouTube channel thumbnail
#1

81% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 33
SERP 100%
Similarity 69%
investigative journalism wars and conflicts reporting policy and governance

High overlap in investigative journalism and policy/governance queries (100% search alignment) but a lower content alignment (69%), indicating similar topics and formats attract audiences while presentation and depth differ from 60 Minutes.

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#2

63% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 8
SERP 58%
Similarity 66%
policy and governance economic and social policy public health policy

Shares queries on policy, governance, and public health policy (notably 58% search match) with somewhat closer content alignment (66%), suggesting educational policy-focused material appeals to a related audience, though delivery is more classroom-style than investigative reporting.

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#3

62% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M
Videos 5.5K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 9
SERP 43%
Similarity 75%
wars and conflicts reporting leadership and power scrutinies crime and justice reporting

Aligns on wars/conflicts reporting and leadership/power scrutiny (content 75% for crime/justice-related themes) with a decent overall search match, but 60 Minutes emphasizes investigative journalism style whereas TED is more talk-focused.

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#4
Human Rights Watch

60% relevance

Subscribers 154K
Videos 2.2K
Views 41.1M
Appearances 9
SERP 46%
Similarity 70%
human rights watchdog

Chares a focus on human rights watchdog topics with 46% search overlap and strong content similarity (70%), indicating overlapping audience interest in rights issues though HRW is advocacy-based rather than investigative news reporting.

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#5

56% relevance

Subscribers 19.4M
Videos 28K
Views 6.7B
Appearances 6
SERP 30%
Similarity 74%
hard-hitting interviews wars and conflicts reporting energy and environment

Competes on hard-hitting interviews, wars/conflicts, and energy/environment topics (74% content match) with substantial search overlap, reflecting a shared current-events investigative approach despite different newsroom formats.

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#6

55% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M
Videos 45K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 7
SERP 23%
Similarity 76%
press freedom and censorship conflict zone updates press freedom trends

Similar emphasis on press freedom, censorship, and conflict updates (content 76% similarity) and some search overlap, indicating a shared focus on international reporting and freedom issues, even if production styles differ.

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Discovered competitors include TEDx Talks (81% match) and TED (62% match) as top rivals, sharing overlapping queries around investigative journalism, wars and conflicts reporting, and policy/governance. CrashCourse (63% match) also competes on policy and governance, economic and social policy, and public health policy, while BBC News (56% match) targets hard-hitting interviews and wars and conflicts reporting. 60 Minutes has 4M subscribers, whereas TEDx Talks has 44.2M and TED has 27.2M, indicating a substantial size gap but overlapping interest areas in investigative and policy-focused content.

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Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 54% TED-Ed 70% 22.4M 31% 8
#8 53% World Affairs by Unacademy
71% 4.2M 25% 4
#9 52% Washington Post
79% 2.8M 13% 1
#10 52% PBS NewsHour 78% 5.2M 13% 3
#11 52% Global Investigative Journalism Network
72% 13.7K 23% 8
#12 52% NYS Public Safety
68% 1.6K 27% 2
#13 51% CBS News 76% 7.0M 14% 4
#14 51% NBCU Academy 72% 15.9K 20% 2
#15 51% FRANCE 24 English 73% 3.5M 18% 4
#16 50% Freethink
73% 1.4M 15% 2
#17 50% White Collar Advice
73% 45.3K 16% 1
#18 49% UNESCO 69% 533K 19% 3
#19 49% Global News
73% 4.9M 13% 1
#20 49% Sky News 73% 9.2M 13% 1
#21 48% uncpublichealth
68% 2.4K 18% 2
#22 48% Proton
71% 115K 13% 2
#23 48% Dre Baldwin - Work On Your Game
69% 142K 16% 1
#24 48% Insider 71% 9.5M 13% 1
#25 47% Think School 71% 5.5M 13% 1
#26 47% Crime & Justice
70% 125K 14% 2
#27 47% Ethical Journalism Network
70% 4.4K 13% 2
#28 47% Celebrity Substitute
68% 166K 16% 1
#29 47% LSE
70% 275K 13% 3
#30 47% Hot Mess
67% 98.9K 16% 1
#31 47% Simon Sinek 66% 2.7M 17% 3
#32 46% Centre for International Governance Innovation
68% 44.2K 14% 2
#33 46% U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
64% 7.0K 20% 3
#34 46% MIT OpenCourseWare 68% 6.2M 14% 3
#35 46% Sky News Australia
68% 6.1M 13% 1
#36 45% Ch-05: PRABANDHAN [Social Science - III]
61% 53.4K 21% 2
#37 45% IBM Technology 66% 1.6M 13% 1
#38 45% National Endowment for Democracy
66% 7.9K 13% 1
#39 44% Talbot D'Alemberte
63% 2.2K 16% 1
#40 44% Ryan Estis & Associates
64% 5.2K 13% 1
#41 43% Science and Art of Public Health
61% 4.0K 16% 3
#42 43% Elite Dangerous
61% 171K 15% 2
#43 42% GreggU 60% 152K 15% 3
#44 41% Miacademy & MiaPrep Learning Channel 60% 365K 13% 1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to 60 Minutes?

TEDx Talks — 81% match, 44.2M subscribers; TED — 62% match, 27.2M subscribers; CrashCourse — 63% match, 16.9M subscribers. All three channels produce informational, documentary-style content focused on ideas, education, and interviews, similar to 60 Minutes' investigative and interview-based format.

What type of content does 60 Minutes make?

60 Minutes creates long-form investigative journalism and interview-based videos, with titles referencing interviews, investigations, and political topics. The channel averages about 768.1K views per video and posts multiple times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to 60 Minutes?

We analyze 60 Minutes's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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