Shares audience with History by Mae for queries on political history, history of art, and history of ideas (100% search overlap) but their content style diverges (63% content similarity), focusing more on philosophy and everyday life concepts.
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Attracts viewers interested in cultural history, ancient history overview, and political history (search overlap strong at 41%), while delivering more rapid, educational series and broader science/history crossovers (content similarity 64%).
Appeals to audiences searching for cultural and world history overviews (search overlap 29%), yet presents history through long-form chronological storytelling (content similarity 65%).
Targets art history and Renaissance-focused queries (search overlap 18%), but emphasizes curated exhibition-style discussions and channel branding (content similarity 71%).
Draws in viewers with ancient/world history overviews and artifact analysis techniques (search overlap 31%), while delivering structured, explanatory videos with a more professor-led tone (content similarity 61%).
Captures medieval history and historical methods interest (search overlap 23%), yet Moneyed production and documentary style create a distinct brand despite similar topics (content similarity 66%).
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| #7 | 48% | Biography | 67% | 1.1M | 21% | 8 |
| #8 | 47% | Let’s Learn About Art | 69% | 64.7K | 15% | 2 |
| #9 | 47% | Master's Gaze ▶ | 70% | 3.5K | 13% | 3 |
| #10 | 47% | PBS Origins | 70% | 675K | 13% | 2 |
| #11 | 46% | Historidame | 70% | 104K | 11% | 1 |
| #12 | 46% | Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies | 70% | 1.1K | 11% | 1 |
| #13 | 46% | All Out History - Premium History Documentaries | 69% | 300K | 13% | 3 |
| #14 | 46% | Ryan Chapman | 67% | 538K | 15% | 4 |
| #15 | 46% | Narrative Art History | 63% | 18.7K | 21% | 8 |
| #16 | 46% | HISTORY ▶ | 63% | 15.2M | 21% | 8 |
| #17 | 46% | Jaydone History | 70% | 193K | 10% | 4 |
| #18 | 45% | Simpatico | 62% | 1.7K | 21% | 3 |
| #19 | 45% | The Bohemian | 68% | 20.7K | 11% | 1 |
| #20 | 45% | Great Art Explained ▶ | 65% | 1.8M | 16% | 4 |
| #21 | 45% | Fredda | 67% | 131K | 11% | 1 |
| #22 | 44% | UsefulCharts | 64% | 2.0M | 16% | 4 |
| #23 | 44% | Timeline - World History Documentaries | 64% | 5.8M | 14% | 4 |
| #24 | 44% | Knowledgia | 65% | 2.2M | 14% | 3 |
| #25 | 44% | Townsends | 64% | 2.9M | 15% | 5 |
| #26 | 44% | GHCHistory | 64% | 3.4K | 13% | 3 |
| #27 | 44% | Then & Now | 63% | 543K | 15% | 3 |
| #28 | 44% | Gold and Gunpowder | 66% | 97.8K | 10% | 2 |
| #29 | 44% | Overly Sarcastic Productions ▶ | 65% | 2.5M | 12% | 5 |
| #30 | 44% | Simple History | 67% | 5.1M | 9% | 1 |
| #31 | 43% | History Time | 65% | 1.3M | 12% | 5 |
| #32 | 43% | The History Underground ▶ | 65% | 779K | 11% | 1 |
| #33 | 43% | Letters Live | 65% | 404K | 10% | 2 |
| #34 | 43% | Dust and Glory | 64% | 39.5K | 11% | 3 |
| #35 | 42% | Big Think | 61% | 8.6M | 15% | 3 |
| #36 | 42% | Everything Explained | 60% | 25.7K | 15% | 3 |
| #37 | 42% | The Entire History | 64% | 34.1K | 9% | 4 |
| #38 | 42% | Fun Quiz Questions | 59% | 265K | 17% | 3 |
| #39 | 42% | Art History 101 | 64% | 23.2K | 10% | 2 |
| #40 | 41% | The Analyst ▶ | 61% | 582K | 12% | 2 |
| #41 | 41% | National Geographic ▶ | 59% | 25.9M | 13% | 5 |
| #42 | 41% | Fiction Beast | 62% | 290K | 9% | 2 |
| #43 | 40% | Helpful Professor Explains! | 60% | 40K | 11% | 1 |
| #44 | 40% | Socialism Explained | 59% | 1.2K | 10% | 2 |
| #45 | 39% | The Concept | 60% | 1.0K | 9% | 2 |
| #46 | 39% | Adam's Axiom | 58% | 37.8K | 9% | 1 |
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to History by Mae?
The School of Life — 78% match, 9.6M subscribers; CrashCourse — 54% match, 16.9M subscribers; Beginning To Now — 51% match, 296K subscribers. All have educational, history or philosophy-focused content and target viewers seeking concise explanations of broad topics.
What type of content does History by Mae make?
History by Mae creates educational history content, with video titles like The History of Orientalism, Were Historical Women Victims?, and Heartbreaking Letters From History. The channel averages about 191.5K views per video and uploads roughly 0.3 times per week, indicating a low-to-moderate posting cadence.
How do we determine which channels are similar to History by Mae?
We analyze History by Mae'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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