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Crumb
Subscribers 415K
Videos 251
Views 63.9M

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Crumb covers cybercrime topics through in-depth documentaries and investigations, focusing on super spooky cybercriminals, crypto fraud cases, and online theft networks. The channel leverages long-form deep-dives and investigative explorations, with recent videos featuring high-view crime exposés and FBI-related stories; content appears to mix investigative storytelling with documentary-style analysis. Uploads are frequent, and the channel averages around 687K views per video, with a typical video length around 32 minutes; Crumb has 251 videos published and has amassed 63.9M total views and 415K subscribers since joining in 2009.

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#1

87% relevance

Subscribers 390K
Videos 103
Views 43.0M
Appearances 27
SERP 100%
Similarity 79%
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Both target viewers interested in cybercrime and hacker activity with strong overlap in searches like cybercrime documentaries and hacker crimes explained, and share a high content similarity (79%), signaling similar documentary-style explorations.

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#2

63% relevance

Subscribers 339K
Videos 37
Views 21.6M
Appearances 8
SERP 27%
Similarity 86%
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Shares audience interest in digital heists and billion-dollar hacks (high search overlap) but diverges in style, with Thinker’s content skewing more toward analytical or fictionalized storytelling (86% content similarity indicates close but not identical approach).

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#3

62% relevance

Subscribers 4.7M
Videos 112
Views 460.5M
Appearances 7
SERP 41%
Similarity 76%
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Very similar niche focusing on hacker crimes explained and FBI hacker stories, with strong search alignment and substantial content similarity, placing fern as a close rival in documentary-style crime tech storytelling.

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#4

58% relevance

Subscribers 215K
Videos 89
Views 33.0M
Appearances 4
SERP 14%
Similarity 88%
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Overlaps Crumb on topics like hacker crimes explained and FBI hacker stories, and though Crumb’s audience aligns well (88% content similarity), Lume's lower search alignment (14%) suggests a shared interest but a somewhat different discovery path.

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57% relevance

Subscribers 578K
Videos 115
Views 95.9M
Appearances 4
SERP 14%
Similarity 87%
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#6

57% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M
Videos 113
Views 315.4M
Appearances 7
SERP 32%
Similarity 73%
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Targets crime-focused storytelling including kidnapped criminals, aligning with Crumb's crime documentary niche; moderate search overlap (32%) and strong content similarity (73%) imply a related audience with overlapping topics but distinct emphasis.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Blackfiles (87% match) and Thinker (63% match). Fern (62% match) also closely aligns. All three share overlapping queries such as 'cybercrime documentaries', 'digital heists', 'fbi hacker stories', and 'hacker crimes explained', aligning Crumb with channels that cover crypto crime networks and online theft cases. Crumb has 415K subscribers, while Blackfiles has 390K and Thinker 339K, indicating smaller but similar footprint; Fern is significantly larger with 4.7M subscribers but still competes in the same topic space.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Crumb?

Crumb's biggest competitors on YouTube are Blackfiles (87% match, 390K subscribers), Thinker (63% match, 339K subscribers), and fern (62% match, 4.7M subscribers). They share a focus on high-stakes topics like crime, hacking, and crypto-related content, with sensational or investigative angles similar to Crumb's style.

What type of content does Crumb make?

Crumb creates crime and hacker-focused investigative content, exposing scams and wrongdoing. Videos such as This Hacker Can Never Visit a Playground Again (3.9M views), Exposing The President's $11.6 Billion Crypto Grift (32K views), and Inside the Secret Luxury Market For Crypto Thieves (249K views) indicate a crime and fraud exploration theme. The channel averages about 687K views per video, with roughly multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Crumb?

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