Shares audience for cosmology, ecology, and biology queries (universe cosmology basics, animal behavior ecology, bee pollination biology) similar to AMNH, with high search overlap (100%) but slightly lower content alignment (72%), indicating comparable topics presented in a faster-paced, educational style.
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Competes for space, earth science, and astronomy-related searches (space exploration discoveries, earth science discoveries, astronomy telescope basics) and aligns closely in content with science storytelling, though AMNH has a stronger museum-focused depth while BBC emphasizes documentary storytelling (high content similarity 79%).
Targets dinosaur paleontology, fossil records, and climate change evidence queries, matching AMNH's museum-curated science scope with strong content overlap (70%) and solid search overlap (61%), indicating parallel interest areas in natural history.
Appeals to audiences pursuing space exploration and Mars rover discoveries, sharing substantial subject overlap with AMNH in planetary science, reflected in high content similarity (73%) even if search overlap is moderate (49%).
Covers insects’ ecological roles and mantis biology, aligning with AMNH’s life science themes; strong content alignment (81%) shows similar subject delivery, though search overlap is limited (28%), signaling niche but highly related content.
Delivers dinosaur paleontology and anatomy questions for audiences interested in science ideas and their implications, with notable content similarity (70%) and moderate search overlap (44%), indicating thematic overlap in natural history topics.
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 59% | PBS Eons | 82% | 3.2M | 24% | 6 |
| #8 | 58% | Professor Dave Explains ▶ | 71% | 4.2M | 39% | 7 |
| #9 | 56% | Astrum | 79% | 2.8M | 21% | 3 |
| #10 | 55% | Be Smart | 82% | 5.8M | 15% | 3 |
| #11 | 55% | Destiny | 82% | 2.0M | 14% | 3 |
| #12 | 54% | Deep Look | 78% | 2.4M | 18% | 3 |
| #13 | 54% | Creepy Crawler Chronicles | 81% | 1.2K | 13% | 1 |
| #14 | 53% | HISTORY ▶ | 75% | 15.2M | 21% | 7 |
| #15 | 53% | List 25 | 78% | 2.8M | 16% | 1 |
| #16 | 53% | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell ▶ | 75% | 25.1M | 20% | 5 |
| #17 | 53% | Dinosaur Documentaries | 77% | 9.5K | 17% | 2 |
| #18 | 52% | Stanford ▶ | 77% | 2.1M | 14% | 2 |
| #19 | 52% | BBC Earth ▶ | 77% | 14.3M | 14% | 3 |
| #20 | 51% | The Geological Society | 75% | 13.3K | 16% | 2 |
| #21 | 51% | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 75% | 1.2M | 15% | 2 |
| #22 | 51% | Museum of Science | 74% | 787K | 16% | 1 |
| #23 | 51% | BBC Ideas | 73% | 678K | 16% | 1 |
| #24 | 51% | PBS Space Time | 74% | 3.4M | 15% | 2 |
| #25 | 50% | History of the Universe | 73% | 1.1M | 16% | 2 |
| #26 | 50% | Royal Entomological Society | 75% | 3.9K | 13% | 2 |
| #27 | 50% | Worldostats | 74% | 133K | 13% | 1 |
| #28 | 49% | History Hit | 68% | 1.9M | 21% | 2 |
| #29 | 49% | SentIntoSpace | 71% | 107K | 16% | 1 |
| #30 | 49% | School of GeoSciences | 71% | 1.7K | 17% | 5 |
| #31 | 49% | LearnToStargaze | 73% | 76.7K | 13% | 4 |
| #32 | 48% | TED-Ed ▶ | 72% | 22.4M | 13% | 3 |
| #33 | 48% | Alliterative | 72% | 47.8K | 13% | 1 |
| #34 | 48% | Dr. Steve Griffiths ♾️ | 71% | 7.5K | 13% | 1 |
| #35 | 48% | Vanderbilt University | 67% | 61.9K | 19% | 2 |
| #36 | 48% | Astronomy Network | 71% | 9.2K | 13% | 1 |
| #37 | 47% | FuseSchool - Global Education ▶ | 62% | 915K | 25% | 4 |
| #38 | 47% | The Museum Guide ▶ | 69% | 102K | 13% | 1 |
| #39 | 47% | Science Channel | 69% | 5.3M | 13% | 5 |
| #40 | 46% | Practical Planet | 69% | 52.3K | 13% | 3 |
| #41 | 46% | Stanford eCorner | 68% | 105K | 13% | 1 |
| #42 | 44% | NPR | 64% | 788K | 13% | 1 |
| #43 | 43% | Harper's Bazaar UK ▶ | 64% | 282K | 13% | 1 |
| #44 | 43% | Dr. Elder's Anatomy Channel | 63% | 11.9K | 13% | 1 |
| #45 | 43% | TODAY ▶ | 63% | 5.0M | 13% | 1 |
| #46 | 43% | Larry Keeley | 58% | 16.8K | 20% | 4 |
| #47 | 42% | University of Plymouth | 60% | 10.7K | 15% | 2 |
| #48 | 42% | Newcastle University | 61% | 22.1K | 13% | 1 |
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to American Museum of Natural History?
CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers, 83% match), BBC Earth Science (1.8M subscribers, 67% match), and National Geographic (25.9M subscribers, 66% match). All are science-focused channels that cover broad educational topics in science, nature, and the universe, similar to AMNH's museum and natural history content.
What type of content does American Museum of Natural History make?
AMNH creates educational science content across topics like dinosaurs, space, evolution, fossils, and biology, as seen in titles about dinosaur eggs, space rocks, climate, and moving universes. They upload multiple videos per week, with an average around 76.2K views per video.
How do we determine which channels are similar to American Museum of Natural History?
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