We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Council on Foreign Relations
Both target global policy and security audiences with emphasis on international energy issues and sanctions, sharing high search overlap on 'global energy markets' and 'sanctions policy impact' (100% search alignment) but differ in content depth and institution branding (70% content similarity).
DW News aligns with CFR on foreign policy analysis and sanctions trends (search 72%), and covers similar geopolitical topics (78% overall match) though CFR-style policy analysis is broader and more think-tank oriented (content 82%), indicating a strong audience overlap but different editorial format.
Both address global energy markets and geopolitical risk topics (high search alignment), with CBS applying a broad news-mourcing approach (search 63%) and CFR offering policy-focused, analytic content (content 81%), yielding substantial audience overlap but different depth and framing.
Shares historical U.S.-China policy interest (search 71%), connecting to CFR via foreign policy scholarship and policy dialogue, but Nixon Foundation's scope is narrower and more archival/legacy-focused (content 76%), producing a similar audience but distinct emphasis.
CNN and CFR overlap on military intervention risk and global policy topics (search 57%), with CNN delivering rapid journalism and CFR offering sustained policy analysis (content 79%), creating a shared audience with different depth and cadence.
Both cover global supply chains and policy implications for markets (search 48%), with Bloomberg emphasizing real-time economic data and policy effects (content 83%), while CFR provides deeper geopolitical analysis—high audience overlap but stylistic difference.
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 66% | CNBC ▶ | 85% | 4.1M | 37% | 3 |
| #8 | 65% | PBS NewsHour ▶ | 82% | 5.2M | 39% | 6 |
| #9 | 64% | CNBC Television ▶ | 83% | 3.3M | 35% | 8 |
| #10 | 64% | The Wall Street Journal ▶ | 82% | 6.6M | 36% | 4 |
| #11 | 60% | NDTV | 79% | 15.6M | 32% | 3 |
| #12 | 60% | Global News | 81% | 4.9M | 30% | 3 |
| #13 | 58% | CME Group ▶ | 75% | 44.9K | 33% | 3 |
| #14 | 58% | Yahoo Finance ▶ | 80% | 1.5M | 25% | 2 |
| #15 | 58% | Center for Strategic & International Studies ▶ | 82% | 382K | 22% | 5 |
| #16 | 57% | AtlanticCouncil | 77% | 122K | 28% | 3 |
| #17 | 57% | The Economist | 83% | 3.9M | 19% | 1 |
| #18 | 57% | Reuters | 79% | 4.1M | 25% | 3 |
| #19 | 57% | FRANCE 24 English ▶ | 78% | 3.5M | 25% | 2 |
| #20 | 55% | CFR Education ▶ | 72% | 36.1K | 30% | 5 |
| #21 | 55% | Observer Research Foundation | 75% | 240K | 25% | 2 |
| #22 | 55% | CBC News ▶ | 78% | 4.6M | 20% | 3 |
| #23 | 54% | Harvard Center for International Development | 73% | 16.6K | 25% | 2 |
| #24 | 54% | Noah Zerbe | 76% | 25.9K | 22% | 3 |
| #25 | 54% | CNBC-TV18 ▶ | 75% | 4.7M | 21% | 2 |
| #26 | 53% | World Academy of Art and Science | 69% | 1.6K | 30% | 5 |
| #27 | 53% | SupplyChainBrain | 71% | 12K | 26% | 2 |
| #28 | 52% | Hammurabi & Solomon Partners | 71% | 1.4K | 24% | 1 |
| #29 | 52% | AI Now Institute | 70% | 2.1K | 24% | 1 |
| #30 | 51% | Conversations on Climate | 70% | 21.7K | 24% | 1 |
| #31 | 51% | CrashCourse ▶ | 64% | 16.9M | 32% | 6 |
| #32 | 51% | LSE | 69% | 275K | 24% | 1 |
| #33 | 51% | Global Risk Community | 71% | 1.2K | 21% | 4 |
| #34 | 51% | 8Bit Market Research | 72% | 20.8K | 19% | 1 |
| #35 | 51% | TEDx Talks ▶ | 65% | 44.2M | 29% | 4 |
| #36 | 50% | FXEmpire | 71% | 130K | 20% | 4 |
| #37 | 50% | MIT OpenCourseWare ▶ | 67% | 6.2M | 26% | 4 |
| #38 | 50% | Jalal Kazempour | 65% | 4.1K | 27% | 2 |
| #39 | 49% | HISTORY ▶ | 66% | 15.2M | 24% | 1 |
| #40 | 49% | Dearborn Blog | 69% | 3.6K | 19% | 1 |
| #41 | 49% | Jessica Blankshain | 66% | 1.4K | 24% | 1 |
| #42 | 49% | Jacob Clifford ▶ | 66% | 1.1M | 24% | 1 |
| #43 | 47% | FEEMchannel | 60% | 1.2K | 27% | 4 |
| #44 | 47% | Centraleyes - Next Generation GRC | 65% | 1.2K | 19% | 1 |
| #45 | 47% | Microlearning Daily | 65% | 6.2K | 19% | 1 |
| #46 | 46% | Federallabs | 64% | 1.9K | 19% | 1 |
| #47 | 45% | Urban Planner Explained ▶ | 62% | 50.7K | 19% | 1 |
International Policy Zone — 82% match, 2.8K subscribers; DW News — 78% match, 6.2M subscribers; CBS News — 74% match, 7M subscribers. They share a focus on global affairs, policy analysis, and current events similar to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Council on Foreign Relations produces analysis-driven, policy-focused videos about international relations, energy, climate, and geopolitics, as evidenced by titles like Iran War Ignites Oil-Shock Stagflation Fears and U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Trump’s Tariffs. The channel appears to upload multiple times per week, with an average of about 5.4K views per video.
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