Disrupt

Subscribers 1.5M

Videos 221

Views 109.1M

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Disrupt covers digital crime narratives, cybersecurity investigations, finance-related heists, and historical technology topics, with a focus on in-depth deep-dives and documentary-style storytelling. Content appears as long-form explorations and analyses (e.g., “The $600,000,000 Art Heist,” “How 3 Hackers built a $3 trillion empire”) rather than tutorials or vlogs, frequently presenting multi-part investigations and feature stories. The channel publishes new videos regularly and averages around 229.4K views per video, with typical runtimes around 18 minutes.

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Views 8.8B

Appearances 9

SERP 100%

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Both target audiences interested in digital crime narratives and cybercrime investigations, sharing high search overlap on topics like hackers and cybersecurity investigations (search 100%) and digital crime narratives, though TEDx Talks’ content style is more lecture-based than Disrupt’s narrative-focused format (content match 66%).

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73% relevance

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Views 1.1B

Appearances 8

SERP 76%

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Both cover technology-driven narratives with a focus on advanced tech themes, aligning on military technology stories and innovations (queries related to military tech), with strong search overlap (76%), while MAD LAB’s military tech angle diverges from Disrupt’s cybercrime-centric content (content match 71%).

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72% relevance

Subscribers 9.5M

Videos 8K

Views 5.5B

Appearances 7

SERP 70%

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Appearances 11

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65% relevance

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Videos 9.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 10

SERP 48%

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65% relevance

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Videos 161

Views 34.5M

Appearances 4

SERP 53%

Similarity 73%

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Top competitors by match strength are TEDx Talks (80% match) and Insider (72% match). TEDx Talks aligns on digital crime narratives, hackers and cybercrime, and cybersecurity investigations, while Insider overlaps on art heist analysis, digital crime narratives, and digital heist stories; both compete on similar search queries such as art heists, cybercrime, and digital weapon or financial crime topics. The channel MAD LAB (73% match) also shares military technology and innovations queries, indicating competition around technology and defense topics. Disrupt has 1.5M subscribers, compared with TEDx Talks (44.2M) and Insider (9.5M), highlighting significant scale differences even as match overlap remains strong.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Disrupt?

TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 80% match), MAD LAB (4.1M subscribers, 73% match), and Insider (9.5M subscribers, 72% match) are Disrupt's biggest competitors on YouTube. They share a focus on informative, documentary-style content about technology, current events, and critical topics, appealing to audiences interested in in-depth analysis and real-world implications.

What type of content does Disrupt make?

Disrupt creates documentary-style videos about technology, hacking, cybersecurity, and high-stakes financial or crime-related events, such as art heists and crypto heists. Recent videos include titles like The $600,000,000 Art Heist and Digital Drugs and the $3 Billion Bitcoin Heist, averaging about 229.4K views per video; suggested upload frequency is approximately 1–2 videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Disrupt?

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