Bernard

Subscribers 284K

Videos 72

Views 27.2M

Channels Like Bernard

Bernard creates edutainment–style stick figure animation videos that explore historical life struggles, daily life in various eras, and cultural topics. The channel uses animated storytelling with a focus on why life in historical contexts was challenging, delivered through short-form and longer animated pieces, with a cadence of frequent uploads and an average of about 105.9K views per video.

Similar Channels

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#1

TED-Ed view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 22

SERP 100%

Similarity 66%

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Shares a focus on explaining historical topics to a general audience with high search overlap on terms like ancient daily life and slavery in historical contexts, but has a lower content match (66%), indicating a more animated, lesson-based presentation rather than Bernard's storytelling approach.

#2

History Hit view on YouTube ▶

79% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 750

Views 316.9M

Appearances 16

SERP 94%

Similarity 70%

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Targets similar historical life topics (medieval life, living conditions) and thus has strong search overlap, though content style diverges enough to keep a solid content match at 70% rather than Bernard's format.

#3

HISTORY view on YouTube ▶

62% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 10

SERP 55%

Similarity 66%

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Covers broad historical life struggles from prehistoric to ancient times and slavery contexts, yielding solid search overlap but content similarity is mid-range (66%), suggesting similar subject matter but varied presentation.

#4

A Day In History

57% relevance

Subscribers 848K

Videos 235

Views 143.8M

Appearances 3

SERP 31%

Similarity 74%

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Focuses on slavery through ages, aligning with Bernard on historical contexts, yet has a lower search match (31%) indicating less overlap in queries, while high content similarity (74%) shows shared topics delivered differently.

#5

PBS Origins

56% relevance

Subscribers 675K

Videos 260

Views 48.2M

Appearances 5

SERP 33%

Similarity 71%

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Explores gender roles and historical narratives, producing overlap in searches about gender history, but with a slightly lower content alignment (71%), indicating a thematic connection but stylistic differences.

#6

Medieval Times Discovered

55% relevance

Subscribers 145K

Videos 285

Views 19.2M

Appearances 9

SERP 35%

Similarity 69%

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Centers on medieval life challenges and daily routines, giving a strong topic match to Bernard via medieval living conditions, with moderate content similarity (69%).

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (80% match) and History Hit (79% match) as top matches, with HISTORY at 62% match. They share overlapping queries around ancient daily life, historical living conditions, and slavery in historical contexts, connecting Bernard to broader historical education themes. TED-Ed has ~22.4M subscribers and History Hit ~1.9M, while Bernard has 284K subscribers, showing a substantial size gap but similar audience interests in historical living conditions and life challenges in various eras.

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#7	55%	Simple History ▶	70%	5.1M	33%	7
#8	55%	Weird History ▶	66%	4.7M	37%	11
#9	53%	Modern History TV	68%	969K	31%	8
#10	51%	The School of Life ▶	66%	9.6M	29%	5
#11	50%	CrashCourse ▶	64%	16.9M	30%	11
#12	50%	Captivating History	68%	498K	23%	4
#13	50%	Chat History ▶	72%	981K	16%	2
#14	49%	Second Thought ▶	68%	1.9M	22%	3
#15	49%	Sleepy Time History	66%	152K	24%	3
#16	49%	Timeline - World History Documentaries ▶	62%	5.8M	29%	7
#17	49%	Historian Sleepy ▶	71%	200K	16%	5
#18	49%	Crunchy History ▶	69%	58K	19%	2
#19	48%	MedievalMadness	73%	495K	12%	4
#20	48%	ASMR Historian	72%	292K	13%	5
#21	48%	National Geographic ▶	69%	25.9M	17%	5
#22	48%	Big Think ▶	65%	8.6M	22%	5
#23	48%	oliSUNvia ▶	68%	1.2M	18%	2
#24	48%	Absolute History	70%	3.7M	15%	6
#25	48%	Tasting History with Max Miller	68%	4.2M	17%	8
#26	47%	HistoryExtra	68%	225K	17%	4
#27	47%	Immersive History	71%	2.0K	12%	1
#28	47%	WW2: I Was There	68%	6.3K	16%	2
#29	47%	timewarp cities ▶	69%	44.8K	14%	5
#30	47%	This House	63%	339K	22%	5
#31	47%	TEDx Talks ▶	65%	44.2M	20%	3
#32	46%	PEANUT	68%	127K	15%	1
#33	46%	Vanity Fair ▶	64%	4.8M	20%	2
#34	46%	Breaking Down Patriarchy	68%	176K	14%	2
#35	46%	Kate Alexandra ▶	67%	32.6K	15%	2
#36	46%	George's Life Lessons	68%	12.1K	13%	2
#37	46%	Dan Davis History	64%	371K	19%	3
#38	46%	PBS America ▶	66%	344K	16%	2
#39	45%	Simplified In Short	68%	18.1K	12%	1
#40	45%	toldinstone ▶	68%	619K	12%	1
#41	45%	Royal Blood	63%	616K	18%	3
#42	45%	djvlad	65%	6.3M	15%	1
#43	45%	Vox ▶	66%	12.7M	12%	4
#44	45%	The History Teacher	65%	25.1K	14%	2
#45	45%	Stefan Milo ▶	65%	612K	14%	2
#46	44%	Mark Felton Productions	65%	2.4M	12%	1

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Bernard?

TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 80% match), History Hit (1.9M subscribers, 79% match), and HISTORY (15.2M subscribers, 62% match) are Bernard's biggest competitors. They share a focus on educational/history content presented in engaging formats, similar to Bernard's edutainment and animated history approach.

What type of content does Bernard make?

Bernard creates animated, educational history and edutainment content, often with humorous or storytelling elements. Recent videos include titles like 'THANK YOU FOR 100K SUBSCRIBERS!!' and 'Why It Sucks to Be a Castrato (in Italy)', with each video averaging about 105.9K views and multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Bernard?

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