Atrocity Guide

Subscribers 516K

Videos 30

Views 29.0M

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Atrocity Guide examines the anomalies of the internet and beyond through long-form investigative videos, focusing on real life mysteries, cult psychology, unconventional lifestyles, and hidden histories. The channel publishes deeper, documentary-style explorations (often long-form) with an average of around 1.5M views per video and a recent output cadence that suggests roughly weekly uploads, totaling 30 videos since joining YouTube in September 2018.

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Discovered competitors include WatchMojo.com (65% match) and TED-Ed (81% match) as top contenders by name, with History (67% match) and Wired (67% match) also aligning on overlapping queries. The common threads are real life conspiracy, cult leaders stories, cult psychology, and unexplained phenomena, which connect to Atrocity Guide’s search terms. TED-Ed has the largest subscriber base among the listed competitors (22.4M) and WatchMojo (25.9M) also dwarfs Atrocity Guide’s 516K; History (15.2M) and Wired (12.8M) sit in between. Visual Venture (1.6M) is a smaller 66% match, sharing queries like real life conspiracy and hidden cult histories. These channels compete primarily on long-form investigative and explanatory content related to cults, conspiracies, and unexplained phenomena.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Atrocity Guide?

TED-Ed (81% match, 22.4M subscribers) and HISTORY (67% match, 15.2M subscribers) and WIRED (67% match, 12.8M subscribers) are Atrocity Guide's biggest competitors. They share a focus on informative, documentary-style content that explores history, science, and notable figures or events.

What type of content does Atrocity Guide make?

Atrocity Guide creates documentary-style videos about controversial, historical, and investigative topics, as suggested by titles like The Enlightenment Fraud of Zen Master Rama, The Tragedy of Jack Parsons, and The Kidnapped Filmmakers of North Korea. The channel appears to average around 1.5M views per video, with an inferred upload cadence of roughly several times per week.

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