BritMonkey

Subscribers 467K

Videos 49

Views 49.3M

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BritMonkey produces content centered on history, economics, urban policy, and societal issues, using a mix of educational deep-dives, analysis, and explanatory videos. The channel emphasizes topics like housing crises, political economy, climate policy, and civilizational risk, with keywords pointing to educational, informative, and occasionally humorous or entertaining formats. Uploads are infrequent (average ~0.2 uploads per week) with an average view count around 1.5 million per video, based on recent titles and metrics such as 49 videos published since 2012 and 467k subscribers.

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82% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 11

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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They share a strong overlap with BritMonkey on queries about economics and urban systems (housing crisis causes, economic inequality, economic systems explained), supported by a high search match (100%) but a moderate content alignment (71%), indicating similar topics presented in a different instructional style.

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TEDx Talks view on YouTube

79% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 18

SERP 95%

Similarity 69%

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Both target audiences interested in urban policy and planning theory (urban policy analysis, urban planning theory) with a very high search overlap (95%) but slightly lower content similarity (69%), suggestingBritMonkey fans also engage with concise, idea-driven talks.

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MIT OpenCourseWare view on YouTube

72% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M

Videos 7.9K

Views 523.8M

Appearances 7

SERP 81%

Similarity 67%

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Share foundational topics like political economy and urban planning theory with strong search alignment (81%) and solid content overlap (67%), reflecting academic-oriented explorations of similar subjects.

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TED-Ed view on YouTube

68% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 6

SERP 62%

Similarity 72%

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Overlap on topics like economic inequality and city-related history (city graffiti history, economic inequality) with moderate search alignment (62%) and high content similarity (72%), indicating concise educational storytelling rather than full courses.

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Economics Explained view on YouTube

61% relevance

Subscribers 2.8M

Videos 420

Views 357.1M

Appearances 4

SERP 33%

Similarity 79%

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Aligns on housing crisis causes and economic inequality with notable search overlap (33%) and high content similarity (79%), showing similar topics delivered with explainers rather than long-form lectures.

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Urban Planner Explained view on YouTube

60% relevance

Subscribers 50.7K

Videos 33

Views 4.4M

Appearances 2

SERP 39%

Similarity 75%

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Directly mirrors BritMonkey’s focus on urban policy analysis and urban planning theory, evidenced by substantial search pairing (39%) and high content similarity (75%), indicating parallel subject matter with comparable presentation.

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Discovered competitors include CrashCourse (82% match) and TEDx Talks (79% match) as the top two by match strength. Both share overlapping queries with BritMonkey such as housing crisis causes, economic systems explained, urban policy analysis, and public health storytelling. MIT OpenCourseWare (72% match) and TED-Ed (68% match) also compete on comparable topics like urban planning theory, economic inequality, and city history. In terms of audience size, CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers) and TEDx Talks (44.2M) are significantly larger than BritMonkey’s 467k, while MIT OpenCourseWare (6.2M) and TED-Ed (22.4M) also outsize BritMonkey, indicating BritMonkey operates in a space with strong, well-funded educational channels but a smaller subscriber base.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to BritMonkey?

CrashCourse (82% match, 16.9M subscribers), TEDx Talks (79% match, 44.2M subscribers), MIT OpenCourseWare (72% match, 6.2M subscribers). They share a focus on educational and informational content, similar to BritMonkey's educational and explanatory videos as indicated by its channel keywords and video titles.

What type of content does BritMonkey make?

BritMonkey creates educational and entertaining videos, often with historical or contextual topics suggested by titles like The Zapruder Nightmare and The Race to Save the Titanic, plus satirical or opinion pieces such as BRITAIN IS A DUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!. The channel uploads at about 0.2 videos per week, and averages approximately 1.5 million views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to BritMonkey?

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