We found 50 YouTube channels similar to Chess.com
High overlap with online chess tutorials, strategy analysis, and grandmaster games searches (100% and 86% content similarity) indicating a shared audience and similar instructional focus, though GothamChess may skew more toward entertaining, tutorial-driven content.
Strong alignment on online chess tutorials, chess strategy analysis, and grandmaster games (72% search, 82% content) showing a like-for-like educational channel with a slightly different presentation style.
Shared interest in grandmaster games and prodigy coverage (low search alignment at 33% but high content similarity at 84%), suggesting a complementary audience with broader international tilt and more event-driven content.
Notable audience overlap for online tutorials and prodigy/women-in-chess topics (20% search, 83% content), meaning similar topics attract viewers but with a distinct emphasis on streaming and personality-led formats.
Overlap on grandmaster games and live tournament highlights (13% search, 87% content) indicating a shared chess-event focus with a more niche, live-coverage style.
Similarities in speed chess and prodigy profiles (19% search, 80% content) showing parallel interest in fast games and young players, though Nemo emphasizes speed and player spotlights more than broad instructional content.
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 55% | Dina Belenkaya | 83% | 883K | 12% | 11 |
| #8 | 54% | Daniel Naroditsky | 85% | 527K | 6% | 4 |
| #9 | 53% | ChessPage1 | 80% | 601K | 14% | 11 |
| #10 | 53% | chess24 | 85% | 566K | 6% | 4 |
| #11 | 53% | Magnus Carlsen | 84% | 1.6M | 7% | 2 |
| #12 | 53% | Alessia Santeramo | 84% | 254K | 5% | 2 |
| #13 | 52% | Chess Palace | 85% | 77.9K | 4% | 1 |
| #14 | 52% | Chess Vibes | 79% | 653K | 11% | 8 |
| #15 | 52% | Chess Thugs | 79% | 82.9K | 11% | 7 |
| #16 | 52% | World Chess | 83% | 408K | 5% | 4 |
| #17 | 52% | GJ_Chess | 84% | 445K | 4% | 5 |
| #18 | 52% | Sahil | 84% | 7.8K | 4% | 3 |
| #19 | 52% | Checkmate Chess | 81% | 6.0K | 7% | 2 |
| #20 | 51% | NM Robert Ramirez | 82% | 182K | 5% | 2 |
| #21 | 51% | Classical | 82% | 132K | 6% | 4 |
| #22 | 51% | GMHikaru | 78% | 3.1M | 11% | 8 |
| #23 | 51% | Mayhem Chess | 83% | 100K | 3% | 2 |
| #24 | 51% | ChessCoach Andras | 81% | 51.6K | 7% | 5 |
| #25 | 51% | Absolute Chess | 82% | 28.3K | 4% | 2 |
| #26 | 51% | jacksark | 82% | 49.1K | 3% | 2 |
| #27 | 50% | chess24.5 | 82% | 123K | 4% | 1 |
| #28 | 50% | Gotham Games | 80% | 526K | 5% | 2 |
| #29 | 50% | The Checkmate Corner | 80% | 254K | 5% | 1 |
| #30 | 50% | Saint Louis Chess Club | 77% | 519K | 9% | 11 |
| #31 | 49% | FIDE chess ▶ | 80% | 323K | 3% | 4 |
| #32 | 49% | Chess Boot Camp | 79% | 18.5K | 4% | 2 |
| #33 | 49% | ChessDojo | 76% | 107K | 7% | 5 |
| #34 | 48% | Chess Explained | 77% | 12.7K | 4% | 1 |
| #35 | 47% | CFN Channel | 74% | 257K | 7% | 3 |
| #36 | 47% | Chess strategy | 76% | 23.9K | 3% | 3 |
| #37 | 47% | Chessfactor | 75% | 62.3K | 4% | 2 |
| #38 | 47% | Pegasus Chess | 76% | 81.7K | 3% | 3 |
| #39 | 46% | Lex Clips | 70% | 1.6M | 10% | 4 |
| #40 | 45% | Memory Techniques With Johnny Briones | 72% | 4.4K | 5% | 2 |
| #41 | 45% | PechPong TT | 72% | 41.1K | 4% | 1 |
| #42 | 45% | Hanging Pawns | 70% | 284K | 7% | 7 |
| #43 | 44% | Mr.Animate | 69% | 141K | 7% | 2 |
| #44 | 43% | Mulligan Brothers Interviews | 69% | 806K | 4% | 1 |
| #45 | 42% | BKH Reacts | 64% | 93.5K | 10% | 4 |
| #46 | 42% | 60 Minutes | 67% | 4.0M | 5% | 4 |
| #47 | 41% | Global Stats ▶ | 65% | 294K | 5% | 1 |
| #48 | 41% | Kids Academy | 65% | 1.2M | 4% | 1 |
| #49 | 39% | BBC World Service ▶ | 62% | 1.9M | 5% | 1 |
| #50 | 39% | Mike Shake | 62% | 4.8M | 4% | 1 |
GothamChess — 91% match, 7.2M subscribers; Remote Chess Academy — 78% match, 910K subscribers; ChessBase India — 63% match, 2.9M subscribers. They share a focus on chess education and tutorials, similar to Chess.com.
Chess.com creates chess-focused videos, including tutorials, player features, and challenge/quiz content, as seen in titles like Learn And Have Fun Playing On Chess.com and Guess The Secret Titled Chess Player ft GothamChess. Uploads appear frequent, with an average of about 134.3K views per video across recent uploads.
We analyze Chess.com's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.
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