Channels Like How Money Works

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How Money Works
Subscribers 1.7M
Videos 300
Views 261.4M

How Money Works covers topics in finance, business, and economics with a focus on explaining how money works, personal finance, investing, and the economy through educational, infographic, and documentary-style content. The channel publishes tutorials and deep-dives on topics like debt, monetary policy, and the stock market, with an average around 16 minutes per video and an approximate upload rate of 1.6 videos per week, averaging about 824.6K views per video.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are CrashCourse (80% match) and Jacob Clifford (77% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as economic policy explained, debt and macroeconomics, and monetary policy impacts. Professor Dave Explains (73% match) also shares similar themes but with a larger focus on basics of money and economics. The Wall Street Journal (68% match) and The Economist (66% match) also appear in overlapping areas like debt, macroeconomics, and tech/economy economics. How Money Works has 1.7M subscribers, while CrashCourse, Jacob Clifford, and Professor Dave Explains boast significantly higher subscriber counts (16.9M, 1.1M, and 4.2M respectively), indicating a larger reach among competitors.

Similar Channels

We found 47 YouTube channels similar to How Money Works

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#1 CrashCourse

80% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 20
SERP 100%
Similarity 67%
economic policy explained debt and macroeconomics finance and economy analysis

Both target broad audiences with accessible explanations of macroeconomic concepts and policy, aligning with queries like economic policy explained and debt and macroeconomics, though CrashCourse has a high search overlap but a moderate content alignment in delivery style.

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#2 Jacob Clifford

77% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 550
Views 132.3M
Appearances 15
SERP 90%
Similarity 68%
economic policy explained debt and macroeconomics monetary policy impacts

Shares a focus on monetary policy impacts and debt/macro topics, matching searches like economic policy explained and debt and macroeconomics, with strong search overlap but somewhat varied in depth and presentation compared to How Money Works.

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#3 Professor Dave Explains

73% relevance

Subscribers 4.2M
Videos 2K
Views 486.7M
Appearances 11
SERP 79%
Similarity 68%
how money works basics economic policy explained debt and macroeconomics

Addresses how money works basics and economic policy explained, mirroring the same core topics and earning high search alignment; content style differs but target topics are closely aligned.

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#4 The Wall Street Journal

68% relevance

Subscribers 6.6M
Videos 28K
Views 2.5B
Appearances 10
SERP 58%
Similarity 75%
debt and macroeconomics tech industry economics monetary policy impacts

Covers debt and macroeconomics and monetary policy impacts, matching the topic space of How Money Works with substantial search overlap, though WSJ's depth is more newsy and policy/business oriented than a typical explainer channel.

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#5 The Economist

66% relevance

Subscribers 3.9M
Videos 1.3K
Views 462.5M
Appearances 9
SERP 48%
Similarity 77%
economic policy explained tech industry economics monetary policy impacts

Explains economic policy and monetary policy impacts with a similar interest in tech industry economics, yielding good topic match and strong content focus, though its style is more analytic journalism than channel-level explainers.

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#6 Economy Media

64% relevance

Subscribers 104K
Videos 126
Views 12.6M
Appearances 7
SERP 33%
Similarity 84%
tech industry economics AI impact on jobs economy

Concentrates on tech industry economics and AI’s impact on jobs, overlapping with How Money Works on tech/economy finance topics but diverging in emphasis and presentation style, reflected by high content similarity but lower search overlap.

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to How Money Works?

CrashCourse — 80% match, 16.9M subscribers; Jacob Clifford — 77% match, 1.1M subscribers; Professor Dave Explains — 73% match, 4.2M subscribers. They share a focus on educational, explanatory content about science, economics, and related subjects, delivered in accessible formats similar to How Money Works.

What type of content does How Money Works make?

How Money Works creates educational finance-focused content, as suggested by video titles like Can We (Finally) Admit That Crypto Was Really... Dumb? and Why Haven't We Had A Debt Crisis... Yet? These videos, along with others about tech, law, and money trends, average about 824.6K views per video and are released at roughly 1.6 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to How Money Works?

We analyze How Money Works'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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