World Rugby covers rugby-focused content including rugby union and rugby sevens, with emphasis on world cup coverage, highlights, best tries, bloopers, and feature videos. The channel uses a mix of highlights, full match clips, and related rugby content, aligning with keywords like rugby world cup, world rugby sevens series, and haka, and publishes regularly with 10,000 videos published and 2M subscribers, generating a high total view count of 1.2B. Content style appears to include highlights and features, with recent uploads showing full-match replays and match highlights, suggesting a combination of tutorials, reviews, and deep-dive gameplay content, alongside ongoing tournament coverage and event recaps. Estimated average views per video are around 52.5K based on the provided recent videos data.
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We found 46 YouTube channels similar to World Rugby
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High overlap in rugby-related searches (e.g., rugby union highlights, international rugby, rugby tournaments 2026) with World Rugby, but slightly lower content alignment (82%) indicating similar audience yet more tournament-specific focus.
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Shares audience interest in rugby world rankings and standings (queries like rugby world rankings, world rugby standings) with World Rugby, with solid content similarity (81%) though broader commentary format differs.
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Targets international rugby and match highlights (queries: international rugby, rugby match highlights) similar to World Rugby, but content leans more toward national teams (84% content) while search intent is broad (59%).
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Appeals to the same rugby union highlight and tournament-seeking audience (queries: rugby union highlights, rugby tournaments 2026) with good content overlap (76%), indicating parallel coverage of England-focused rugby events.
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Catches fans interested in rivalry matches, fixtures, and international results—shared search terms with World Rugby—but content style differs while maintaining strong alignment (78% content).
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Competes for the same global rugby audience around world cup and tournaments (queries: rugby world cup, tournaments 2026) with substantial content similarity (75%), though focus spans broader NZ national identity.
Content Landscape
Discovered competitors include Guinness Men's Six Nations (89% match) with 319K subscribers and England Rugby (71% match) with 323K subscribers as top contenders, both overlapping on queries like rugby union highlights and rugby tournaments 2026. Two Cents Rugby (82% match) and Quilter Nations Series (74% match) also compete, sharing queries such as rugby world rankings, international rugby, and rugby match highlights. All competitors overlap with World Rugby on core topics like international rugby and rugby tournaments, but the World Rugby channel has a substantially larger subscriber base than all listed competitors, with 2M subscribers versus 103K–323K for the others. The shared queries indicate competition around highlights, rankings, and tournament content, particularly involving rugby union and world cup-related topics.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which YouTube channels are most similar to World Rugby?
Guinness Men's Six Nations — 89% match, 319K subscribers; Two Cents Rugby — 82% match, 103K subscribers; Quilter Nations Series — 74% match, 127K subscribers. All three channels compete with World Rugby on rugby-related content and target similar audiences interested in rugby union, world events, and rugby highlights.
What type of content does World Rugby make?
World Rugby creates rugby-focused content, including full match draws, match highlights, and rugby event coverage, as indicated by titles such as Full Rugby World Cup 2027 Draw, Final Match Replays, and Day Two Highlights. It uploads multiple videos per week with an average of about 52.5K views per video.
How do we determine which channels are similar to World Rugby?
We analyze World Rugby'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.
