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Disrupt
Subscribers 1.5M
Videos 221
Views 109.1M

Channels Like Disrupt

Disrupt covers cybercrime, digital heists, and historical technology stories with documentary-style deep-dives, focusing on topics like hackers, cryptocurrency heists, digital weapons, and space/technology history. The channel uses long-form investigations and narrative analyses, often exploring complex incidents and the evolution of cyber and financial crimes, with recent videos ranging around 14-57 minutes and average views about 229K per video; uploads appear on a regular cadence since joining in 2012, with an average of roughly 229K views per video and about 18 minutes per piece.

Similar Channels

We found 43 YouTube channels similar to Disrupt

TEDx Talks YouTube channel thumbnail
#1

80% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 9
SERP 100%
Similarity 66%
digital crime narratives hackers and cybercrime cybersecurity investigations

Both target audiences interested in high-signal narratives about complex systems (cybersecurity and crime vs. broad disruptive ideas) with strong overlaps in searches like digital crime narratives and hackers/cybercrime, while TEDx’s content style is more lecture-driven and less investigative than Disrupt (80% match in search, 66% content).

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#2
MAD LAB

73% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M
Videos 253
Views 1.1B
Appearances 8
SERP 76%
Similarity 71%
military technology stories military tech innovations

Both highlight technical, potentially disruptive topics with an emphasis on real-world applications; MAD LAB’s military tech stories align with Disrupt’s interest in strategic tech disruption, reflected by a 76% search match and 71% content match (73% total).

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#3

72% relevance

Subscribers 9.5M
Videos 8K
Views 5.5B
Appearances 7
SERP 70%
Similarity 74%
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Insider covers digital crime narratives and heist analyses similar to Disrupt, appealing to the same audience interested in cyber/financial crime, with a 70% search and 74% content overlap (72% total).

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#4
Uncover Fraud

70% relevance

Subscribers 22.2K
Videos 94
Views 1.9M
Appearances 11
SERP 71%
Similarity 70%
forensic accounting cases forensic finance cases financial fraud cases

Both focus on forensic finance and fraud case studies; Uncover Fraud aligns with Disrupt on financial crime storytelling with 71% search and 70% content overlap (70% total).

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#5

65% relevance

Subscribers 8.6M
Videos 9.9K
Views 1.0B
Appearances 10
SERP 48%
Similarity 77%
white collar crime analysis forensic accounting cases forensic finance cases

Shares interest in white-collar crime analysis and forensics, but diverges in format and depth of narrative; 48% search vs 77% content yields a 65% match, indicating similar topics but a different presentation approach.

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#6
How History Works

65% relevance

Subscribers 262K
Videos 161
Views 34.5M
Appearances 4
SERP 53%
Similarity 73%
financial crashes history economic crisis history economic collapse analysis

Both explore systemic risk and crises (economic history vs. disruption narratives) with notable overlap in searches about financial crashes and economic collapse; 53% search and 73% content give a 65% total match.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include TEDx Talks (80% match) and Insider (72% match). TEDx Talks overlaps on digital crime narratives, hackers and cybercrime, and cybersecurity investigations, while Insider overlaps on art heist analysis, digital crime narratives, and digital heist stories, making them direct competitors. MAD LAB (73% match) also competes on military technology stories and innovations, broadening the tech-crime and security angle. Disrupt has 1.5M subscribers, while TEDx Talks and Insider boast significantly larger audiences (44.2M and 9.5M respectively), indicating a size gap despite strong topic alignment; shared queries include digital crime narratives, hackers and cybercrime, and forensic accounting/finance cases across these channels.

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#17 58% Real Crime 74% 2.1M 35% 5
#18 58% Jason Hassett 80% 26.6K 26% 2
#19 58% Cybernews 70% 856K 39% 5
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#21 57% Space Junkies 66% 7.5K 43% 4
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#24 55% NBC News 71% 11.8M 32% 3
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#34 51% HISTORY 70% 15.2M 22% 7
#35 51% Computerphile 72% 2.6M 19% 1
#36 51% hypohystericalhistory 70% 118K 21% 2
#37 50% Watcher 66% 3.0M 27% 2
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Disrupt?

Disrupt's biggest competitors on YouTube are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers) with an 80% match, MAD LAB (4.1M subscribers) with a 73% match, and Insider (9.5M subscribers) with a 72% match. They share a focus on in-depth, information-rich content about technology, science, and current events, often exploring topics like tech, security, and global trends.

What type of content does Disrupt make?

Disrupt creates documentary-style videos about topics in virtual reality, hacking, cybersecurity, and large-scale financial crimes, as shown by titles such as The $600,000,000 Art Heist and How 3 Hackers built a $3 trillion empire. The channel averages about 229.4K views per video, with recent uploads including multiple high-view videos like The $600,000,000 Art Heist (466K views) and Fugazi: The $1 Trillion Dollar Flash Crash Trader (442.1K views). Upload frequency is implied to be multiple videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Disrupt?

We analyze Disrupt's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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