What Gives?

Subscribers 96.9K

Videos 61

Views 13.3M

Channels Like What Gives?

What Gives? covers animal-related topics with titles focused on unusual and depressing animal lives, strange and weird animal facts, and animal mating rituals. The channel uses descriptive, list-style video formats (e.g., Parts and compilations) and delivers short to mid-length videos, with uploads averaging about 0.6 per week and typical views around the 100k–300k range per video, based on recent uploads totaling 13.3M views across 61 videos and an average captioned cadence of roughly 15 minutes per video.

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We found 47 YouTube channels similar to What Gives?

#1

BBC Earth view on YouTube ▶

85% relevance

Subscribers 14.3M

Videos 3.3K

Views 5.5B

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

Similarity 75%

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They align with What Gives? on queries about unusual or strange animal behavior and marine life, with high search overlap (100% for searches) but differ in content style (75%), indicating a shared audience interested in fascinating animal facts while What Gives? presents a broader compilation approach.

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#2

Casual Geographic view on YouTube ▶

73% relevance

Subscribers 4.2M

Videos 180

Views 697.4M

Appearances 16

SERP 65%

Similarity 79%

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Similar audience and topics around unusual or extreme animal facts and marine life, with solid search overlap (65%) and strong content alignment (79%), though Casual Geographic emphasizes explorer-style storytelling versus What Gives?'s fact-compilation format.

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#3

BRIGHT SIDE view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 44.7M

Videos 11K

Views 11.8B

Appearances 21

SERP 54%

Similarity 73%

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Shares audience interest in unusual and weird animal facts and compilations (high search overlap at 54%), with content similarity at 73%, meaning both target curious viewers, but BRIGHT SIDE often uses list-style editors and upbeat edits unlike What Gives?'s more documentary-fact blend.

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#4

mummy lucas

55% relevance

Subscribers 24.4K

Videos 239

Views 3.8M

Appearances 9

SERP 18%

Similarity 80%

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Appeals to the same curiosity-driven searches for unusual or weird animal facts (high search overlap 18%), and has high content similarity (80%), though mummy lucas is a much smaller channel likely with a more niche or personal presentation.

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#5

Trust Me Bro view on YouTube ▶

55% relevance

Subscribers 1.2M

Videos 121

Views 126.8M

Appearances 4

SERP 20%

Similarity 78%

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Targets audiences interested in darker or depressing aspects of animal life, showing overlap in searches for depressing animal lives (20%) and strong content alignment (78%), indicating a shared somber curiosity but different tonal approach.

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#6

All.About.Nature

54% relevance

Subscribers 159K

Videos 176

Views 23.6M

Appearances 6

SERP 10%

Similarity 83%

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Shares interest in odd or uncanny animal behavior with What Gives? (low to moderate search overlap 10% but high content similarity 83%), suggesting a similar educational focus but a more specialized angle on nature oddities.

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Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include BBC Earth (85% match) and Casual Geographic (73% match) as top contenders, with Bright Side (66% match) also aligning on similar queries. These channels compete on overlapping topics such as strange/unusual animal facts, weird animal facts, and marine life/aliens concepts. BBC Earth has about 14.3M subscribers, Casual Geographic about 4.2M, and Bright Side about 44.7M, all significantly larger than What Gives? (96.9K). The common thread is they rank for queries like depressing animal lives, strange animal mating rituals, and animal facts compilations, indicating direct competition for the same search audience.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to What Gives??

BBC Earth — 85% match, 14.3M subscribers; Casual Geographic — 73% match, 4.2M subscribers; BRIGHT SIDE — 66% match, 44.7M subscribers. These channels share a focus on educational, nature and curiosity-driven content about animals and the natural world.

What type of content does What Gives? make?

What Gives? produces animal and nature content, with video titles like Animals With The Most Depressing Lives, Weird Animal Facts You Never Knew, Worst Mating Rituals In Animal Kingdom, Aliens Of The Ocean. The channel uploads about 0.6 videos per week, and average video views are around 235.3K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to What Gives??

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