Channels Like Forbes

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Forbes
Subscribers 2.1M
Videos 10K
Views 340.7M

Forbes covers business, finance, wealth, investing and leadership, highlighting success through the lens of entrepreneurship and the people shaping our world. The channel features a mix of tutorials, insights, profiles, and deep-dives, with recent videos spanning topics from valuations and market trends to philanthropy and policy, and it publishes content at a high frequency, averaging about 33.0 uploads per week with an average view count around 8.9K per video.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include TEDx Talks (80% match) with 44.2M subscribers and TED (63% match) with 27.2M subscribers, both overlapping on business leadership, entrepreneurship strategies, and philanthropy profiles. Harvard Business Review (58% match) with 1.6M subscribers also competes on business leadership and strategy topics, while CNBC Television (57% match) with 3.3M subscribers overlaps on market valuations and investments. Simon Sinek (56% match) with 2.7M subscribers aligns on leadership trends and corporate social responsibility. Forbes has a larger subscriber base than CNBC and Harvard Business Review but trails TED and TEDx Talks in size; the top competitors share queries around business leadership, entrepreneurship strategies, and related finance and philanthropy topics, reflecting similar search interest in leadership, wealth, and corporate dynamics.

Similar Channels

We found 45 YouTube channels similar to Forbes

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#1 TEDx Talks

80% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 26
SERP 100%
Similarity 67%
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High search overlap on business leadership and entrepreneurship queries (80% match vs 100% search) with 67% content similarity, indicating a shared audience seeking leadership and strategy insights, though TEDx Talks focuses more on talks than Forbes' business news and analysis.

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#2 TED

63% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M
Videos 5.5K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 8
SERP 46%
Similarity 74%
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Strong alignment on business leadership and entrepreneurship queries (63% match; search 46%, content 74%), suggesting a similar interest in big ideas and leadership topics, but TED emphasizes broader talks and ideas rather than Forbes' news-driven business analysis.

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#3 Harvard Business Review

58% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 665
Views 60.9M
Appearances 6
SERP 29%
Similarity 77%
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Similar focus on business leadership and entrepreneurship strategies (58% match; search 29%, content 77%), indicating an audience seeking in-depth, strategic insights; HBR leans more academic and case-study oriented than Forbes' broader news and finance coverage.

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#4 CNBC Television

57% relevance

Subscribers 3.3M
Videos 154K
Views 2.6B
Appearances 4
SERP 23%
Similarity 79%
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Shares interest in market valuations and investment topics (57% match; search 23%, content 79%), aligning with Forbes' finance audience, but CNBC centers on live market news and quick updates whereas Forbes blends long-form analysis with reporting.

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#5 Simon Sinek

56% relevance

Subscribers 2.7M
Videos 1.1K
Views 176.7M
Appearances 8
SERP 36%
Similarity 70%
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Similar emphasis on business leadership and corporate social responsibility (56% match; search 36%, content 70%), attracting leaders interested in purpose-driven business, though Sinek focuses on philosophy of leadership rather than Forbes' data-driven reporting.

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#6 PwC

54% relevance

Subscribers 39.8K
Videos 887
Views 9.0M
Appearances 4
SERP 26%
Similarity 73%
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Overlap on topics like global tax changes and reform (54% match; search 26%, content 73%), appealing to corporate audiences; PwC is a professional services firm providing policy guidance, while Forbes offers media coverage and analysis.

Didn't Make the Cut

39 additional channels that were close

Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 54% Mark Tilbury 80% 7.9M 14% 3
#8 53% IBM Technology 69% 1.6M 28% 4
#9 53% Tony Robbins 77% 2.6M 16% 3
#10 53% Fin Tek 74% 230K 21% 2
#11 53% CNBC International 81% 1.4M 11% 3
#12 53% The Rest Of Us 79% 235K 14% 2
#13 52% The Wall Street Journal 79% 6.6M 12% 3
#14 52% Investment Insights Tamil 73% 261K 20% 7
#15 52% Ben Felix 76% 526K 16% 2
#16 51% Concerning Reality 76% 250K 14% 1
#17 51% Future Ready Leadership With Jacob Morgan 78% 105K 11% 1
#18 51% Valuetainment 75% 7.1M 16% 5
#19 51% The Long-Term Investor 74% 88K 15% 4
#20 50% HNWI and Expat Investing with Adam Fayed 77% 12K 11% 1
#21 50% Milan Singh | Finance 76% 46.3K 11% 1
#22 50% CrashCourse 66% 16.9M 25% 8
#23 49% L.E.K. Consulting 75% 6.5K 11% 1
#24 49% Tommy G 75% 3.3M 11% 1
#25 49% Nordic Business Forum 70% 123K 17% 2
#26 49% Digital Transformation with Eric Kimberling 70% 549K 17% 3
#27 49% Alux.com 74% 5.1M 11% 4
#28 49% Bloomberg Television 72% 3.1M 13% 4
#29 49% Simon Squibb 74% 2.2M 10% 2
#30 49% KPMG US 69% 16.4K 17% 3
#31 48% The CEO Project 73% 11.5K 11% 1
#32 48% ProducerMichael 71% 1.9M 14% 1
#33 48% Jacob Clifford 67% 1.1M 19% 4
#34 47% PragerU 70% 3.5M 14% 1
#35 47% Wendover Productions 70% 4.9M 12% 2
#36 47% Myron Golden 71% 1.3M 10% 2
#37 47% Business School 101 68% 117K 14% 4
#38 46% The Corporate Governance Institute 65% 1.4K 19% 2
#39 46% DW News 67% 6.2M 16% 3
#40 46% Obi Ogbanufe, PhD 69% 2.3K 12% 3
#41 46% The Learning Studio 69% 1.9K 11% 1
#42 45% TechnologyAdvice 68% 34.5K 11% 1
#43 45% Primerli 66% 25.6K 14% 1
#44 45% Kenji Explains 67% 897K 11% 1
#45 45% HBS Online 67% 74.9K 11% 1

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Forbes?

Forbes' biggest YouTube competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers) and TED (27.2M subscribers). Harvard Business Review has 1.6M subscribers. All three share a focus on business, leadership, and knowledge sharing, aligning with Forbes' emphasis on business, finance, and entrepreneurship.

What type of content does Forbes make?

Forbes produces business- and finance-focused content, with video titles like 'The Most Valuable MLS Teams 2026', 'Gas Prices Are Already Up 50 Cents Per Gallon—Here's How Much Higher They Could Go', 'How Misfits Market Went From Selling Ugly Produce To Becoming The Amazon Prime Of Perishable Food', 'Billionaires Spent $3 Billion Influencing Elections In 2024. Here How They Spent It.', and 'How To Pitch To Investors And Actually Get Funded'. The channel uploads roughly 33 videos per week and averages about 8.9K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Forbes?

We analyze Forbes'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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