Beginning To Now

Subscribers 296K

Videos 11

Views 28.8M

Channels Like Beginning To Now

Beginning To Now publishes long-form history documentaries exploring civilizations that shaped the modern world, covering topics from ancient to modern times with a focus on civilizations, empires, and world history. The channel presents deep-dives rather than tutorials or shorts, leveraging extensive historical narratives and documentary-style content, with new videos such as comprehensive histories of Egypt, Britain, the United States, and the Persian Empire. Uploads are frequent, and the channel averages about 2.6 million views per video across 11 published works, with a total of 28.8 million views and 296K subscribers.

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We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Beginning To Now

#1

Made In History

88% relevance

Subscribers 219K

Videos 195

Views 22.6M

Appearances 20

SERP 97%

Similarity 82%

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Shares a strong overlap in search terms like 'world history documentary' and 'ancient civilizations', and while Beginning To Now has a broader presentation, Made In History aligns on historical documentary content (content score 82%) and high search visibility (97%).

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#2

National Geographic view on YouTube ▶

81% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 11K

Views 6.9B

Appearances 23

SERP 100%

Similarity 68%

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Targets similar queries such as 'ancient civilizations' and 'world history documentary', with broad historical documentary series like Beginning To Now, and although NatGeo's content style is more visual documentary-focused (content 68%), it attracts a large audience with identical topic queries (search 100%).

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#3

Timeline - World History Documentaries view on YouTube ▶

73% relevance

Subscribers 5.8M

Videos 1.3K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 18

SERP 77%

Similarity 70%

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Competes directly on 'ancient civilizations' and 'world history documentary' queries, and its documentary series approach mirrors Beginning To Now's educational history content (content 70%), giving a strong audience overlap via similar searches (77%).

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#4

HISTORY view on YouTube ▶

68% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 17

SERP 59%

Similarity 75%

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Appears for core history queries like 'ancient civilizations' and 'world history documentary', matching Beginning To Now in topic scope (high search alignment 59%), while its slightly more varied documentary style yields a solid but distinct audience (content 75%).

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#5

Simpatico

66% relevance

Subscribers 1.7K

Videos 9

Views 108.6K

Appearances 7

SERP 55%

Similarity 73%

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Targets 'civilizations timeline' and 'ancient civilizations overview' similarly, sharing a visible audience with Beginning To Now through related history content, though its deeper focus on cultures yields a slightly different presentation (content 73%, search 55%).

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UsefulCharts view on YouTube ▶

65% relevance

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 287

Views 236.8M

Appearances 7

SERP 54%

Similarity 73%

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Competes on 'ancient to modern history' and 'civilizations timeline' queries, aligning with Beginning To Now's historical narrative while UsefulCharts emphasizes infographic-style history visuals (content 73%, search 54%).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are National Geographic (81% match) and Timeline - World History Documentaries (73% match), with Made In History close at 88% match. All compete on overlapping queries like ancient civilizations, world history documentary, and historical documentary series. Beginning To Now has 296K subscribers, smaller than National Geographic (25.9M) and Timeline (5.8M) but more akin in niche focus to these history-focused channels. The shared queries indicate competition around comprehensive civilizational histories and empires.

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#7	65%	History Time ▶	82%	1.3M	39%	10
#8	63%	Layers Of History	91%	3.6K	20%	5
#9	62%	Kings and Generals ▶	77%	4.1M	40%	8
#10	61%	Knowledgia	78%	2.2M	36%	5
#11	61%	Get.factual ▶	78%	818K	35%	8
#12	59%	Epic History ▶	78%	3.0M	30%	5
#13	59%	History Mapped Out ▶	71%	160K	40%	4
#14	58%	Fall of Civilizations	71%	1.5M	38%	7
#15	58%	Ollie Bye	73%	373K	35%	8
#16	57%	Jaydone History ▶	71%	193K	37%	8
#17	57%	TED-Ed ▶	64%	22.4M	47%	9
#18	56%	History with Cy	75%	290K	28%	7
#19	56%	This Is History	81%	275K	18%	5
#20	56%	Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries	80%	1.0M	20%	5
#21	54%	Overly Sarcastic Productions ▶	63%	2.5M	40%	11
#22	54%	Explore Mode	74%	25.3K	24%	4
#23	54%	A. J. Merrick	77%	93K	18%	2
#24	53%	Global Stats ▶	72%	294K	26%	3
#25	53%	Top Fives ▶	71%	3.1M	26%	4
#26	53%	FD Ancient History	74%	80.7K	21%	4
#27	51%	Cottereau ▶	67%	287K	28%	4
#28	51%	KhAnubis	70%	283K	23%	2
#29	51%	Uncharted Mysteries ▶	76%	256K	13%	6
#30	51%	History Hit ▶	71%	1.9M	20%	5
#31	51%	Professor Dave Explains ▶	66%	4.2M	28%	4
#32	51%	Lifeder ▶	74%	637K	16%	3
#33	50%	Possible History	69%	260K	23%	3
#34	50%	Let's Talk Religion ▶	65%	1.0M	27%	4
#35	50%	The Paint Explainer ▶	71%	1.8M	17%	4
#36	49%	Sideprojects	69%	1.3M	19%	2
#37	49%	Worldostats ▶	70%	136K	17%	3
#38	49%	The Analyst ▶	68%	582K	20%	2
#39	49%	quack doc ▶	69%	113K	17%	2
#40	49%	Geo History ▶	72%	1.0M	14%	1
#41	48%	HERTELDEN!	72%	1.0K	13%	2
#42	47%	Data Visualization	69%	11K	14%	1
#43	46%	Pantheon Mythology	61%	221K	23%	2
#44	45%	Mortifer V.	66%	159K	14%	1
#45	45%	Creation Ministries International	65%	204K	14%	1
#46	44%	Unreal History	64%	2.9K	14%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Beginning To Now?

Made In History — 88% match, 219K subscribers; National Geographic — 81% match, 25.9M subscribers; Timeline - World History Documentaries — 73% match, 5.8M subscribers. All are history-focused channels that produce documentary-style content about civilizations, civilizations and world history, similar to Beginning To Now's themes.

What type of content does Beginning To Now make?

Beginning To Now creates documentary-style history content about civilizations, ancient and modern, with titles like 'The ENTIRE History of Human Civilizations' and 'The ENTIRE History of Egypt' indicating long-form, full-movie style videos. Uploads appear to be frequent, with average views around 2.6M per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Beginning To Now?

We analyze Beginning To Now'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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