Closer To Truth

Subscribers 665K

Videos 3.8K

Views 106.1M

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Closer To Truth covers deep-dive discussions on Cosmos, Life, Mind, and Meaning, featuring leading philosophers and scientists exploring humanity’s deepest questions. The channel emphasizes philosophy, cosmology, neuroscience, physics, and related science topics through on-location and virtual interviews and discussions, with a style that resembles long-form interviews and explorations rather than quick tutorials or vlogs. It has 665K subscribers, 106.1M total views, 3800 videos, and has been active since Jan 7, 2013, with video topics often centered on consciousness, cosmology, meaning, science, and philosophy, averaging about 1.6M views per video. The channel’s description notes a weekly PBS broadcast lineage and a continuous on-air presence since 2000.

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Big Think view on YouTube

88% relevance

Subscribers 8.6M

Videos 9.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 36

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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High search overlap on philosophy of mind, cosmology discussions, and consciousness research aligns with Closer To Truth's core topics, with strong content parity (88% match) and similar interview/lectures style.

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History of the Universe view on YouTube

72% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 55

Views 166.6M

Appearances 26

SERP 65%

Similarity 77%

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Shares queries about time and space philosophy, universe origin theories, and dimension theories, yielding a solid 72% match, but likely more documentary-focused content relative to CTW's debate-driven format.

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 25.1M

Videos 349

Views 3.6B

Appearances 21

SERP 67%

Similarity 73%

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Converges on time and space philosophy and universe origin theories with high search (67%) and substantial content overlap (73%), but uses animated explainers rather than CTW's discussion-based approach.

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StarTalk view on YouTube

66% relevance

Subscribers 5.4M

Videos 1.7K

Views 947.9M

Appearances 18

SERP 52%

Similarity 75%

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Engages cosmology discussions and theoretical physics interviews with CTW-like audience interest; 66% match driven by content (75%), though StarTalk leans more casual science communication and guest interviews than CTW's philosophy-first format.

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World Science Festival

64% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 1.3K

Views 243.9M

Appearances 22

SERP 43%

Similarity 78%

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Covers cosmology discussions, consciousness research, and theoretical physics interviews, giving a similar audience; 64% match with strong content overlap (78%), but CTW's deeper philosophical inquiry may differ in tone.

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TED-Ed view on YouTube

63% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 16

SERP 53%

Similarity 70%

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Targets philosophy of mind, consciousness research, and time/space topics with meaningful search overlap (53%) and solid content alignment (70%), though TED-Ed is more educational animations than CTW's conversational episodes.

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Top competitors identified by match strength are Big Think (88% match) and History of the Universe (72% match). Big Think overlaps with Closer To Truth on philosophy of mind, cosmology discussions, and consciousness research, while History of the Universe overlaps on time and space philosophy, universe origin theories, and dimension theories. Additional notable competitors include Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (70% match) with overlaps in time/space philosophy, universe origin theories, and free will debates, StarTalk (66% match) with overlaps in cosmology discussions, theoretical physics interviews, and free will debates, and World Science Festival (64% match) covering cosmology discussions, consciousness research, and theoretical physics interviews. In terms of size, Closer To Truth has 665K subscribers, which is smaller than all listed competitors, notably Big Think (8.6M) and Kurzgesagt (25.1M). The shared queries among competitors include philosophy of mind, cosmology discussions, consciousness research, time and space philosophy, universe origin theories, dimension theories, and free will debates.

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#8	58%	TEDx Talks	68%	44.2M	43%	10
#9	57%	The Royal Institution	76%	1.7M	28%	8
#10	56%	The Institute of Art and Ideas	74%	695K	27%	10
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#12	54%	Arvin Ash	80%	1.1M	15%	4
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#14	53%	Essentia Foundation	78%	249K	15%	5
#15	53%	PBS Space Time	81%	3.4M	10%	5
#16	52%	TED	73%	27.2M	22%	8
#17	52%	Beeyond Ideas	79%	370K	12%	4
#18	52%	Science Time	75%	1.1M	17%	5
#19	51%	Aperture	75%	2.5M	15%	9
#20	51%	The Francis Crick Institute	79%	38.3K	8%	2
#21	50%	Vsauce	75%	24.7M	13%	3
#22	50%	Lex Clips	68%	1.6M	24%	6
#23	50%	Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky	77%	1.0M	10%	2
#24	50%	Premier Unbelievable?	77%	273K	11%	4
#25	50%	SleepNomad	75%	62.1K	13%	3
#26	50%	Philosophy Overdose	75%	217K	12%	4
#27	50%	Astrum Extra	73%	276K	15%	3
#28	50%	SciMind	74%	21.5K	14%	5
#29	49%	Craig Biddle	73%	2.4K	14%	3
#30	49%	Cool Worlds	77%	1.1M	8%	4
#31	49%	PhiloNautica	74%	100K	12%	2
#32	48%	A Little Bit of Philosophy	71%	22.2K	15%	2
#33	48%	JRE Clips	71%	8.3M	14%	9
#34	48%	minutephysics	72%	5.9M	12%	5
#35	48%	Pursuit of Wonder	71%	3.4M	13%	3
#36	48%	Space Dude	73%	19.8K	9%	3
#37	48%	NOVA PBS Official	74%	1.4M	8%	4
#38	48%	ICE at Dartmouth	74%	21.7K	7%	3
#39	47%	Space Matters	73%	322K	9%	2
#40	47%	American Museum of Natural History	71%	431K	11%	1
#41	47%	Spark	71%	2.0M	10%	2
#42	47%	Explained-4-You	70%	5.4K	11%	2
#43	46%	UnHerd	68%	529K	13%	2
#44	46%	Unsolicited advice	71%	882K	7%	4
#45	46%	Dr Victor Tuwani Phume	71%	36.6K	7%	3
#46	45%	Academy of Ideas	69%	2.0M	8%	1
#47	45%	PowerfulJRE	70%	20.8M	8%	3
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Closer To Truth?

Big Think — 88% match, 8.6M subscribers; History of the Universe — 72% match, 1.1M subscribers; Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell — 70% match, 25.1M subscribers. All three channels produce educational videos exploring science, philosophy, and big-picture questions, often in interview or explain-style formats.

What type of content does Closer To Truth make?

Closer To Truth creates long-form, interview-based and discussion-style videos about philosophy, science, cosmology, and consciousness. Based on titles, topics include mathematics, time travel, space and time, and physics; the channel averages about 1.6M views per video and posts multiple uploads weekly.

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