Dhruv Rathee

Subscribers 31.5M

Videos 738

Views 5.3B

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Dhruv Rathee produces educational, explanatory content covering India, economics, current affairs, history, science, and related topics. The channel emphasizes learning, awareness, and education through simplified, objective explainers of complex issues, likely in tutorial-style formats, with a focus on long-form explainers supported by recent videos and a broad keyword set. It publishes content regularly, with 738 videos since joining in 2013 and an average of around 12.8 million views per video, reflecting consistent engagement across a large subscriber base (31.5M) and total views (5.3B).

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80% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 66%

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Both target viewers seeking educational explainer content on politics, governance, and history topics like partition of India, with high search overlap (100%) but moderate content alignment (66%), indicating similar topics but different presentation styles.

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76% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 14

SERP 87%

Similarity 68%

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Share an audience interested in public policy, international crises, and economic history, reflected by strong search alignment (87%) and solid content overlap (68%), though CrashCourse uses rapid, curriculum-style formats vs. Dhruv Rathee's investigative explainers.

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Al Jazeera English

73% relevance

Subscribers 17.5M

Videos 136K

Views 6.8B

Appearances 9

SERP 77%

Similarity 71%

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Both provide international politics explanations and conflict analysis with substantial search overlap (77%) and content similarity (71%), including topics like partition of India, though Dhruv Rathee offers more single-narrative explainers while Al Jazeera emphasizes news reporting.

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66% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 13

SERP 61%

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The Infographics Show view on YouTube ▶

65% relevance

Subscribers 15.4M

Videos 6.1K

Views 6.7B

Appearances 4

SERP 50%

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Targets viewers curious about world history and geopolitical topics with notable search overlap (50%) and high content similarity (75%), though Dhruv Rathee’s videos are typically more analytical and sourced than Infographics Show’s infographic-driven style.

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61% relevance

Subscribers 36.1K

Videos 192

Views 7.6M

Appearances 5

SERP 51%

Similarity 68%

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Shares emphasis on democracy, governance, nuclear proliferation, and energy security, shown by moderate search overlap (51%) and solid content similarity (68%), but CFR Education presents more policy briefs and academic-oriented content versus Dhruv's accessible explainers.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (80% match, 22.4M subscribers) and CrashCourse (76% match, 16.9M subscribers) as top matches due to overlapping queries on political corruption investigations, governance, and history topics; Al Jazeera English (73% match, 17.5M subscribers) also aligns on international politics and Middle East analysis. The Infographics Show (65% match, 15.4M subscribers) shares interests in world war II history and related topics. These channels compete in searches for public policy explained, global politics explanations, and history/citizenship content. Dhruv Rathee, with 31.5M subscribers, sits between the larger TED-Ed and CrashCourse and smaller niche channels, indicating strong competition in explanatory education with a focus on India-specific and current affairs alongside global topics.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Dhruv Rathee?

TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 80% match), CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers, 76% match), and Al Jazeera English (17.5M subscribers, 73% match). All three channels share a focus on educational, explainer-style videos across topics like science, history, and current affairs that align with Dhruv Rathee's keywords such as Education, Economics, Current Affairs, History, and Science.

What type of content does Dhruv Rathee make?

Dhruv Rathee creates educational explainer content across topics like current affairs, politics, history, economics, science, and finance, as indicated by video titles such as Why World War 2 Happened? The Real Reason, India Publicly Shamed by USA, and Iran Israel War. The channel uploads multiple videos with a reported average of about 12.8 million views per video, and the titles shown suggest frequent, topic-driven uploads (examples include 25.1M, 11.5M, and 22.5M-view videos).

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