Contraryian

Subscribers 13.6K

Videos 155

Views 485.5K

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Contraryian covers political commentary and history through long-form videos that delve into topics like surveillance states, civil liberties, geopolitics, and political power dynamics. The channel uses a documentary-style approach with deep-dives and analysis, rather than tutorials or short-form vlogs, and publishes videos averaging around 18 minutes with about 0.2 uploads per week, receiving roughly 27,000 views per video. It leverages a keyword set including Our Own Nation, contrarian perspectives, and references to figures like Tim Pool and Tucker Carlson to frame its content.

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82% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 17

SERP 100%

Similarity 69%

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They share a high search alignment on surveillance state, conflict motivations, and policy decision making, indicating an audience overlap, though TEDx’s content style is more event-style talks (69% content match) than Contraryian’s deeper analysis.

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67% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 9

SERP 69%

Similarity 66%

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Similar focus on civil liberties, presidential influence, and civil war politics drives strong search overlap, with CrashCourse delivering structured educational videos (content 66%) that mirror Contraryian’s topic interests but in a more tutorial format.

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Noah Zerbe

62% relevance

Subscribers 25.9K

Videos 482

Views 2.2M

Appearances 9

SERP 41%

Similarity 76%

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Both target world politics and policy decision making, creating audience overlap via searches on world politics and civil liberties, though Noah Zerbe’s content leans more narrative commentary (content 76%) than Contraryian’s style.

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Michelle Platti view on YouTube ▶

60% relevance

Subscribers 324K

Videos 721

Views 56.3M

Appearances 5

SERP 48%

Similarity 68%

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Shares queries around conspiracy theories in politics, aligning on search terms, yet Michelle Platti’s content centers on political conspiracy topics (content 68%) which differs in thematic focus from Contraryian’s broader political analysis.

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CNN view on YouTube ▶

59% relevance

Subscribers 19.3M

Videos 180K

Views 20.1B

Appearances 4

SERP 40%

Similarity 72%

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Overlaps on American politics, foreign policy debate, and military intervention ethics through high search alignment, but CNN’s broad news coverage results in a distinct, conventional newsroom format (content 72%) versus Contraryian’s analytical style.

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Ryan Chapman view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 538K

Videos 41

Views 31.3M

Appearances 3

SERP 27%

Similarity 77%

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Common interest in history politics drives search overlap, with Ryan Chapman delivering historical-political content that shares audience with Contraryian, though his format is more history-focused (content 77%).

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The closest competitors are TEDx Talks (82% match) and CrashCourse (67% match), both sharing overlapping queries such as surveillance state, conflict motivations, and civil liberties or policy decision making. Noah Zerbe (62% match) also overlaps on world politics and civil liberties. Contraryian has 13.6K subscribers, while TEDx Talks and CrashCourse have substantially larger audiences at 44.2M and 16.9M subscribers respectively, indicating a much smaller channel position but in a similar topic space.

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#7	57%	TED ▶	76%	27.2M	29%	4
#8	57%	Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk	76%	813K	29%	2
#9	56%	Foreign Policy	73%	29.5K	30%	3
#10	54%	Big Think ▶	75%	8.6M	23%	4
#11	54%	Brendan Miller	76%	126K	22%	1
#12	54%	Geopolitical Economy Report ▶	75%	699K	22%	3
#13	54%	Wordsplained	75%	15.7K	22%	1
#14	53%	Al Jazeera English	72%	17.5M	25%	4
#15	53%	Korczyk's Class	69%	35K	29%	2
#16	52%	Careers Drive	74%	17.7K	18%	3
#17	52%	The Democracy Fund	72%	20.7K	21%	2
#18	51%	CFR Education ▶	69%	36.1K	24%	2
#19	50%	ANI News ▶	69%	9.2M	22%	1
#20	50%	Aly: @usa.mom.in.germany	69%	128K	22%	1
#21	50%	The Analyst ▶	68%	582K	22%	1
#22	50%	TED-Ed ▶	67%	22.4M	24%	4
#23	50%	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell ▶	71%	25.1M	17%	1
#24	49%	Learn Liberty	70%	299K	17%	1
#25	48%	OverSimplified ▶	65%	9.5M	22%	1
#26	47%	Ethics 101 by KM Pathi	65%	127K	21%	2
#27	47%	Mr Carter's Study Guides	64%	2.4K	22%	1
#28	47%	Knowledgia ▶	63%	2.2M	22%	3
#29	47%	NowThis Impact	66%	4.9M	18%	2
#30	46%	UNESCO ▶	66%	533K	16%	3
#31	46%	AM Trades ▶	65%	50K	17%	1
#32	46%	jpmorgan ▶	65%	136K	17%	1
#33	45%	The Learning Studio ▶	64%	1.9K	17%	1
#34	44%	World Bank Group ▶	62%	449K	17%	1
#35	44%	TTrades	62%	454K	17%	2
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#37	44%	The Ethical Compass	61%	1.2K	18%	5

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Contraryian?

Contraryian's biggest YouTube competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 82% match) and CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers, 67% match), with Noah Zerbe as a smaller competitor (25.9K subscribers, 62% match). They share a focus on informational or educational-style content that discusses ideas, society, and current events in a structured format.

What type of content does Contraryian make?

Contraryian creates opinionated, commentary-style videos on politics, society, and current events, as suggested by titles like 'Why 2027 Might Be the Last "Normal" Year', 'AI Will Ruin the World (In 18 Months)', and 'US-Israeli Ai Surveillance State'. The channel uploads about 0.2 videos per week, with an average video view count around 27K.

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