Absolute History

Subscribers 3.7M

Videos 1K

Views 1.3B

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Absolute History covers historical topics presented in an engaging, story-driven style, featuring series like Tony Robinson's Worst Jobs in History and Suzannah Lipscomb's Hidden Killers. The channel focuses on fun, shocking, and curious tales from throughout history, delivering deep-dives and historical storytelling in video format. It has published 1,000 videos since joining February 1, 2019, with an average of about 4.3 million views per video.

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Kings and Generals view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Holds a strong overlap with Absolute History via high search alignment on Victorian era history, opium trade history, and empire history, but differs in style with more narrative battle-focused content (83% overall match: 100% search similarity, 72% content similarity).

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#2

HISTORY view on YouTube ▶

68% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 9

SERP 66%

Similarity 69%

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Shares broad history documentary focus and interests in ancient history mysteries and factory era labor conditions, reflected by a solid 68% overall match driven by 66% search and 69% content similarity.

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#3

History Hit view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 750

Views 316.9M

Appearances 9

SERP 47%

Similarity 76%

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Competes on general history documentaries and ancient history mysteries with a 64% overall match; strong content overlap (76%), but lower search overlap (47%), indicating a similar audience with slightly different discoverability.

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#4

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63% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 13

SERP 53%

Similarity 69%

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Relates through topics on empire and medieval history, plus colonial trade history, yielding a 63% overall match driven by moderate search (53%) and content (69%) similarity and a shared educational storytelling approach.

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#5

Brief Case

62% relevance

Subscribers 471K

Videos 414

Views 112.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 45%

Similarity 74%

historical crime cases

Shares interest in historical crime cases and broader history storytelling, producing a 62% overall match with moderate search (45%) but high content similarity (74%) due to narrative case-focused videos.

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#6

Captivating History

62% relevance

Subscribers 498K

Videos 847

Views 70.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 48%

Similarity 71%

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Angles closely with Victorian era history, Tudor history, and opium trade history, resulting in a 62% overall match with balanced search (48%) and strong content similarity (71%).

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Discovered competitors include Kings and Generals (83% match, 4.1M subscribers) and HISTORY (68% match, 15.2M subscribers). These channels share overlapping queries with Absolute History around history documentaries, imperial and empire history, and Victorian/Tudor era topics. History Hit (64% match, 1.9M subscribers) also competes on history documentaries, ancient mysteries, and Tudor history. TED-Ed (63% match, 22.4M subscribers) overlaps on empire history, medieval history, and colonial trade history. The channel largest in size is HISTORY, followed by TED-Ed and Kings and Generals; Absolute History sits at 3.7M subscribers. Competitors show similar interest areas in historical periods and global trade dynamics, indicating competition for the same history-focused search queries.

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#7	61%	Extra History ▶	78%	4.5M	36%	4
#8	61%	WIRED ▶	67%	12.8M	52%	5
#9	61%	SandRhoman History ▶	73%	511K	42%	4
#10	59%	All Out History - Premium History Documentaries	78%	300K	31%	5
#11	59%	National Geographic ▶	67%	25.9M	48%	8
#12	59%	Weird History ▶	72%	4.7M	40%	6
#13	59%	CrashCourse ▶	67%	16.9M	46%	10
#14	59%	Sleepy History with Oliver ▶	78%	22.8K	30%	4
#15	58%	Forgotten Crimes	75%	3.3K	32%	4
#16	57%	World of Antiquity ▶	67%	340K	42%	4
#17	55%	Sleepy Old World	77%	17.8K	23%	4
#18	54%	See U in History / Mythology	69%	2.4M	31%	6
#19	54%	History Mapped Out ▶	70%	160K	30%	2
#20	54%	HistoryExtra	77%	225K	19%	3
#21	53%	WatchMojo.com ▶	66%	25.9M	34%	4
#22	53%	This Is History	70%	275K	26%	2
#23	52%	Uncharted Mysteries ▶	69%	256K	27%	5
#24	52%	Beginning To Now ▶	71%	296K	24%	3
#25	52%	Historically ▶	72%	876K	22%	1
#26	52%	Free Documentary - History	72%	1.1M	22%	1
#27	52%	The School of Life ▶	68%	9.6M	29%	3
#28	52%	Medieval Mindset	67%	151K	30%	2
#29	52%	Château de Versailles	70%	107K	25%	2
#30	51%	Medieval Times Discovered	72%	145K	21%	3
#31	51%	Real Royalty	73%	1.3M	18%	4
#32	50%	Relax History AI	73%	116K	17%	2
#33	50%	Absolute Reality	69%	47.4K	22%	1
#34	50%	Timeline - World History Documentaries ▶	70%	5.8M	21%	5
#35	50%	Geo History ▶	66%	1.0M	26%	3
#36	50%	Heimler's History	67%	1.2M	23%	3
#37	49%	NBC News Learn	65%	40.5K	26%	3
#38	48%	Sociologylearners	66%	11.7K	22%	4
#39	48%	Modern History TV	68%	969K	18%	5
#40	48%	Pantheon Mythology	64%	221K	24%	2
#41	47%	Al Jazeera English	59%	17.5M	30%	2
#42	47%	Micro ▶	66%	177K	18%	1
#43	47%	Basically Primitive	66%	12.8K	18%	1
#44	47%	WVSOM	59%	1.6K	28%	3
#45	46%	Marxism Today	64%	90.7K	18%	1
#46	46%	Dungeon Masterpiece	64%	82.8K	18%	1
#47	45%	Garrison Hayes	63%	166K	18%	1
#48	42%	Dread Captain James	58%	9.0K	18%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Absolute History?

Kings and Generals — 83% match, 4.1M subscribers; HISTORY — 68% match, 15.2M subscribers; History Hit — 64% match, 1.9M subscribers. All three compete in historical documentary-style content and history education on YouTube, similar to Absolute History.

What type of content does Absolute History make?

Absolute History creates history-focused documentary content, with video titles like Opium Wars, Death By Wallpaper, and Why Did These Strange 1950s Inventions Kill So Many People? The channel uploads content such as 'Hidden Killers' and 'Empires Of Silver,' averaging about 4.3M views per video, with ~? uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Absolute History?

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