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Subscribers 10.6M

Videos 12K

Views 11.2B

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert covers political satire, current events, and late-night comedy, with a focus on monologue-style commentary and satirical interviews. Content appears to skew toward political news, opinion, and humorous takes on contemporary events, with a frequent emphasis on timely topics as shown by recent video titles and search queries. Uploads are consistent and frequent, with an average of about 2.5 million views per video across a long-running catalog (12,000 videos published).

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#1

Late Night with Seth Meyers view on YouTube ▶

93% relevance

Subscribers 5.3M

Videos 6.5K

Views 4.0B

Appearances 20

SERP 100%

Similarity 88%

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Both are late-night talk shows featuring satirical interviews and political humor, aligning on queries like 'late night talk show' and 'satirical interviews' (93% match; content 88%).

#2

The Daily Show

83% relevance

Subscribers 13.6M

Videos 8.4K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 16

SERP 77%

Similarity 88%

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A political satire show with humorous takes on current events and satirical interviews, matching on 'current events humor' and 'political opinion show' (83% match; content 88%).

#3

UniTOON States Political Cartoons

83% relevance

Subscribers 6.5K

Videos 137

Views 1.8M

Appearances 14

SERP 96%

Similarity 74%

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Specializes in political satire and current events humor, overlapping with Colbert on 'political satire' and 'current events humor' (83% match; content 74%).

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#4

Saturday Night Live view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 10K

Views 19.4B

Appearances 12

SERP 84%

Similarity 77%

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Shares political satire, comedy monologues, and satirical interviews, aligning with searches for 'political satire' and 'satirical interviews' (80% match; content 77%).

#5

BBC view on YouTube ▶

76% relevance

Subscribers 15.4M

Videos 27K

Views 12.1B

Appearances 8

SERP 89%

Similarity 68%

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Produces satirical political commentary and monologues, overlapping with Colbert on 'comedy monologue' and 'satirical interviews' (76% match; content 68%).

#6

MS NOW view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 9.7M

Videos 110K

Views 19.5B

Appearances 7

SERP 27%

Similarity 88%

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Offers news commentary and political opinion with current-events jokes, sharing audience interest in political humor though differing in style (63% match; content 88%).

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match: 1) The Daily Show — 83% match; 13.6M subscribers. Competes on overlap in current events humor, satirical interviews, and political opinion shows. 2) Saturday Night Live — 80% match; 16.9M subscribers. Competes on political satire, comedy monologue, and satirical interviews. 3) Late Night with Seth Meyers — 93% match; 5.3M subscribers. Competes on late-night talk show format, late night host content, and satirical interviews. Shared queries include late night talk show, satirical interviews, political satire, and current events humor. The Late Show has fewer subscribers than The Daily Show and SNL but competes closely with these channels on similar topics and search terms.

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#7	62%	Fox News ▶	82%	15M	31%	5
#8	62%	Don't Tell Comedy ▶	73%	2.3M	45%	4
#9	60%	oliSUNvia ▶	64%	1.2M	54%	6
#10	60%	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ▶	68%	33.6M	48%	6
#11	58%	ameriCArtoon	75%	2.7K	33%	5
#12	58%	Global News	81%	4.9M	24%	1
#13	58%	World Affairs by Unacademy	77%	4.2M	30%	2
#14	57%	Firstpost	79%	9.4M	24%	1
#15	57%	Punchline Presents	81%	132K	21%	3
#16	57%	Pascal Boniface	78%	487K	24%	1
#17	56%	Make AI Great Again	81%	850K	19%	1
#18	56%	JREG	73%	572K	30%	2
#19	55%	AwakenWithJP	80%	3.0M	19%	1
#20	55%	The Independent	79%	1.2M	19%	1
#21	55%	Universal Comedy	70%	596K	34%	3
#22	55%	ABC News ▶	72%	19.4M	29%	5
#23	55%	TYT Sports	80%	1.5M	18%	2
#24	55%	The New York Times ▶	75%	5.1M	25%	2
#25	55%	Dry Bar Comedy	71%	3.0M	31%	5
#26	54%	Corieosity Creations	79%	61K	18%	3
#27	54%	The Late Late Show with James Corden	71%	28.2M	30%	2
#28	54%	Awake and Aware	77%	1.2K	19%	1
#29	54%	TEDx Talks ▶	68%	44.2M	32%	5
#30	54%	Sky News Australia	73%	6.1M	24%	1
#31	53%	Al Jazeera English	75%	17.5M	20%	3
#32	52%	LOL Network Stand-Up!	71%	537K	23%	2
#33	51%	Matt & Justus	66%	5.4M	29%	3
#34	51%	ANI News ▶	73%	9.2M	18%	4
#35	50%	Rowan Ellis	63%	319K	30%	4
#36	50%	Henry Sir	72%	4.0K	17%	3
#37	50%	Indian Youth Congress	67%	3.0M	24%	1
#38	50%	Funny Local News	70%	599K	19%	2
#39	50%	Quack	70%	3K	19%	1
#40	49%	Charisma on Command	65%	7.0M	26%	2
#41	49%	JesperKyd	66%	69.1K	24%	1
#42	49%	The Field Of 68: After Dark	66%	75.4K	24%	1
#43	49%	Freelensia	69%	84.9K	19%	1
#44	49%	The DRM Shorts Channel	68%	19.8K	19%	2
#45	48%	Badal Saab Reacts	67%	808K	19%	3
#46	48%	AIT Weekend Show	68%	4.8K	17%	3
#47	48%	Rise Above Reality ▶	63%	101K	24%	1
#48	47%	StudioBinder ▶	63%	2.2M	23%	3

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert's biggest competitors on YouTube are Late Night with Seth Meyers — 5.3M subscribers (93% match) and The Daily Show — 13.6M subscribers (83% match). Both channels, like The Late Show, focus on political satire and late-night talk-show style content, overlapping in tone and format with monologues and guest interviews.

What type of content does The Late Show with Stephen Colbert make?

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert creates late-night talk-show content, including satirical monologues and political commentary based on current events, as reflected in video titles such as 'Trump: War Is Over' and 'Iran’s New Iron Fist.' Uploads appear to occur regularly, with an average around 2.5 million views per video across recent uploads.

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