Channels Like The American Petroleum Institute

The American Petroleum Institute YouTube channel thumbnail
The American Petroleum Institute
Subscribers 21K
Videos 686
Views 43.5M

The American Petroleum Institute channel covers energy, oil and natural gas topics, policy updates, and industry insights, with content that appears to include interviews, news updates, and brief explainers. The channel uses keywords like Energy, API, oil, natural gas, and energy tomorrow, and publishes frequent content such as shorts and longer videos, averaging about 24.1K views per video with an upload pace of roughly 2.8 uploads per week.

Content Landscape

Top competitors are CNBC Television (84% match) and Bloomberg Television (80% match), followed by DW News (59% match). They compete on overlapping queries such as oil industry news, energy industry analysis, and American energy economy, with CNBC and Bloomberg also tying to oil production outlook and policy topics. The American Petroleum Institute has 21K subscribers, while CNBC and Bloomberg each have about 3.3M and 3.1M subscribers respectively, showing a large size gap but sharing similar coverage interests in energy and policy. DW News (6.2M subscribers) overlaps on oil industry news and energy policy updates, reinforcing the broad, policy-focused energy discourse.

Similar Channels

We found 46 YouTube channels similar to The American Petroleum Institute

CNBC Television YouTube channel thumbnail
#1 CNBC Television

84% relevance

Subscribers 3.3M
Videos 154K
Views 2.6B
Appearances 23
SERP 100%
Similarity 73%
oil industry news energy industry analysis American energy economy

High search overlap on oil industry news and energy economy queries (100% and 73% content similarity), indicating a shared audience seeking timely industry updates despite differing editorial style from API.

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#2 Bloomberg Television

80% relevance

Subscribers 3.1M
Videos 90K
Views 1.3B
Appearances 20
SERP 95%
Similarity 71%
oil industry news oil and gas policy oil production outlook

Strong alignment on oil industry news and policy/outlook queries (95% search, 71% content), suggesting overlapping audience and topics with API, though Bloomberg leans more toward financial framing.

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#3 DW News

59% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M
Videos 45K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 5
SERP 49%
Similarity 66%
oil industry news energy policy updates U.S. energy security

Significant overlap in oil news and U.S. energy policy queries (49% search, 66% content), implying a common interest base with API but potentially broader international news focus.

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#4 The Wall Street Journal

55% relevance

Subscribers 6.6M
Videos 28K
Views 2.5B
Appearances 6
SERP 34%
Similarity 68%
petroleum industry trends energy policy updates natural gas markets

Shared interest in petroleum trends and energy policy with API (34% search, 68% content), indicating overlapping topic coverage but different journalistic emphasis.

Energy Rogue, LLC YouTube channel thumbnail
#5 Energy Rogue, LLC

54% relevance

Subscribers 2.0K
Videos 956
Views 306.2K
Appearances 7
SERP 31%
Similarity 69%
petroleum industry trends oil production outlook refining industry insights

Nearly identical focus on petroleum industry trends and production outlook (31% search, 69% content), reflecting a tight content alignment with API's industry-centric niche.

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#6 CME Group

53% relevance

Subscribers 44.9K
Videos 13K
Views 8.4M
Appearances 5
SERP 31%
Similarity 68%
energy industry analysis natural gas markets ups and downs of energy markets

Overlap on energy analysis and natural gas markets (31% search, 68% content), showing a common audience for market and price dynamics in energy sectors.

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The American Petroleum Institute?

CNBC Television — 84% match, 3.3M subscribers; Bloomberg Television — 80% match, 3.1M subscribers; DW News — 59% match, 6.2M subscribers. All are large news or business-focused channels that cover economics, energy, and market-related topics similar to the API’s focus on energy industry news and analysis.

What type of content does The American Petroleum Institute make?

The American Petroleum Institute creates energy-focused content, with video titles such as API x Landman - Kodey Hoss, API x Landman - Amancio Cruz, API x Landman - Brooke and Wes Luxton, and America Builds, America Wins. These titles suggest interviews, partnerships, and promotional or educational pieces about American energy, oil, natural gas, and infrastructure. The channel uploads about 2.8 times per week, and the average video view count is about 24.1K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The American Petroleum Institute?

We analyze The American Petroleum Institute'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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