The Bulwark

Subscribers 1.7M

Videos 12K

Views 1.1B

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The Bulwark provides news analysis, political commentary, and in-depth discussions focused on defending liberal democracy in the United States. Content style spans interviews, long-form discussions, and political hot takes, with a channel history that shows a high-volume output (11,000 videos) and ongoing activity since December 2018, though recent view counts per video are listed as zero in the provided data.

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87% relevance

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Videos 135K

Views 24.4B

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 78%

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Both target a broad U.S. political audience with strong emphasis on political commentary and U.S. foreign policy critique, matching 100% in search queries and 78% content overlap for similar coverage styles.

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#2

Defense of Democracy

74% relevance

Subscribers 1.0K

Videos 491

Views 115.9K

Appearances 14

SERP 78%

Similarity 72%

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MS NOW view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 9.7M

Videos 110K

Views 19.5B

Appearances 9

SERP 44%

Similarity 82%

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Al Jazeera English

65% relevance

Subscribers 17.5M

Videos 136K

Views 6.8B

Appearances 8

SERP 54%

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62% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 180K

Views 20.1B

Appearances 9

SERP 39%

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61% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 13

SERP 55%

Similarity 66%

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Top competitors include Fox News (87% match) and MS NOW (67% match) by name, with overlapping queries such as political commentary America and U.S. foreign policy critique. Fox News has a substantially larger subscriber base (15M) compared to The Bulwark’s 1.7M, highlighting a size difference alongside similar coverage of GOP strategy and U.S. foreign policy. MS NOW, with 9.7M subscribers, also shares overlapping queries like political commentary America and democracy preservation issues, showing competitive alignment in analysis of political trends. Al Jazeera English (65% match, 17.5M) and CNN (62% match, 19.3M) also compete on related topics such as Israel/Middle East policy analysis, surveillance and national security, and fundraising political campaigns. The shared queries indicate a general overlap in topics around democracy, policy critique, and political interviews, with the largest competitors being Fox News and CNN in subscribers.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Bulwark?

Fox News (87% match, 15M subscribers), Defense of Democracy (74% match, 1K subscribers), and MS NOW (67% match, 9.7M subscribers). These channels are the top competitors by match percentage and subscriber counts, indicating overlap in political commentary and current affairs content.

What type of content does The Bulwark make?

The Bulwark produces political commentary and discussions, as indicated by recent video titles such as How Trump Could Weaponize Surveillance, Trump’s Deal Doesn’t Add Up, and Trump Is Getting a Terrible Deal. Upload frequency is unclear, but there are multiple recent videos listed, each with 0 views, suggesting variable or minimal recent views per video.

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