Blackfiles

Subscribers 390K

Videos 103

Views 43.0M

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Blackfiles produces deep-dives on hacker histories, notable criminals, and espionage-related stories, with keywords like Blackfiles, Black files, and Hacking documentaries guiding content. Videos appear to focus on narrative investigations and historical crime stories rather than tutorials, uploads roughly weekly, and an average of about 94.4K views per video.

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The FBI Files view on YouTube

88% relevance

Subscribers 1.0M

Videos 662

Views 485.8M

Appearances 21

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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Both target viewers interested in organized crime investigations and historic heists, with strong search overlap (100%) and substantial content similarity (80%), matching Blackfiles' crime-and-investigation focus.

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#2

Robbers IQ view on YouTube

68% relevance

Subscribers 203K

Videos 155

Views 33.1M

Appearances 6

SERP 42%

Similarity 85%

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Shares audience interest in fugitive stories and notorious heists (high search overlap at 42%), and strong content similarity (85%), aligning with Blackfiles' crime-focused storytelling style.

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#3

Cybernews view on YouTube

67% relevance

Subscribers 856K

Videos 2.3K

Views 91.1M

Appearances 16

SERP 76%

Similarity 62%

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Targets hacker histories and advanced hacking history with solid search alignment (76%) but somewhat lower content overlap (62%), indicating similar interest areas yet a different presentation compared to Blackfiles.

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Philip Thompson view on YouTube

66% relevance

Subscribers 139K

Videos 115

Views 23.8M

Appearances 8

SERP 51%

Similarity 75%

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Focuses on crime and espionage/history, yielding moderate search overlap (51%) and high content similarity (75%), aligning with Blackfiles’ investigative crime narrative.

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Real Crime view on YouTube

65% relevance

Subscribers 2.1M

Videos 1.1K

Views 522.6M

Appearances 10

SERP 55%

Similarity 72%

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Covers notorious criminals and fugitive stories with notable search overlap (55%) and strong content similarity (72%), reflecting a shared crime storytelling niche.

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#6

Zoufry view on YouTube

61% relevance

Subscribers 94.9K

Videos 59

Views 10.7M

Appearances 4

SERP 31%

Similarity 82%

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Centers on historic and notorious heists, showing solid content similarity (82%) and moderate search overlap (31%), indicating a similar topic focus but different discovery signals.

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Top competitors by match strength are The FBI Files (88% match) and Robbers IQ (68% match). The FBI Files shares overlapping queries such as organized crime investigations, historic heists, and fugitive stories, while Robbers IQ aligns with fugitive stories, notorious heists, and prison break narratives. The channel also shows strong alignment with Cybernews (67% match) on hacker histories and advanced hacking history. Blackfiles has 390K subscribers, smaller than The FBI Files (1M) and Cybernews (856K), and significantly smaller than Real Crime (2.1M) and Robbers IQ (203K) in some cases, highlighting a competitive landscape driven by crime, espionage, and historical crime investigation topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Blackfiles?

The FBI Files — 1,000,000 subscribers (88% match); Robbers IQ — 203,000 subscribers (68% match); Cybernews — 856,000 subscribers (67% match). They share a focus on crime-related, investigative, or hacking/documentary-style content similar to Blackfiles.

What type of content does Blackfiles make?

Blackfiles creates documentary-style videos about crime and hacking, as indicated by titles like The ONLY North Korean Who Survived Escaping His Own Team, How a Cop Infiltrated America's Most Dangerous Gang, and The Grandpas Who Pulled Off the Biggest Burglary EVER. It uploads about 4.2 videos per week, with an average of 94.4K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Blackfiles?

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