Dr Insanity

Subscribers 4.3M

Videos 122

Views 1.0B

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Dr Insanity delivers fact-checked true crime documentaries and police incident stories, with content that is educational, newsworthy, and based on authoritative sources. The channel uses a documentary-style approach with deep-dives into real cases, crime scene investigations, and forensic elements, uploading with an average of about 9.3 million views per video and roughly 0.8 uploads per week; overall, the channel has 4.3M subscribers and 1B total views.

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#1

48 Hours view on YouTube

87% relevance

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 2.2K

Views 1.2B

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

Similarity 79%

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Both target true crime audiences with content around murder investigations, missing person cases, and documentaries, sharing high search overlap (100%) and substantial content similarity (79%).

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#2

A&E view on YouTube

79% relevance

Subscribers 11.7M

Videos 13K

Views 7.3B

Appearances 19

SERP 76%

Similarity 81%

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Similar focus on killer profiles, forensic evidence, and domestic homicide cases, aligning withDr Insanity in search queries and showing strong content alignment (81%).

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EXPLORE WITH US view on YouTube

77% relevance

Subscribers 7.3M

Videos 492

Views 1.7B

Appearances 15

SERP 60%

Similarity 89%

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Competes for viewers interested in police investigations, crime scene work, and solved murders, reflected by high search overlap (60%) and very high content similarity (89%).

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#4

WIRED view on YouTube

72% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 10

SERP 79%

Similarity 66%

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Shares interest in forensic evidence and crime scene investigations, attracting the same crime-focused audience though WIRED’s style is broader tech-adjacent, yielding strong search overlap (79%) but moderate content alignment (66%).

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Into The Deep - True Crime view on YouTube

71% relevance

Subscribers 236K

Videos 426

Views 35.0M

Appearances 14

SERP 58%

Similarity 80%

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Both cover family homicide stories and case studies, yielding similar audience queries though niche focus differs slightly, with content similarity at 80% and moderate search overlap (58%).

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#6

Time Of Crime view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 129K

Videos 138

Views 25.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 51%

Similarity 82%

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Targets missing person and murder cases with comparable queries to Dr Insanity, delivering strong audience overlap (82% content, 51% search) but slightly lower overall search alignment yet high content alignment.

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Discovered competitors include A&E (79% match) and 48 Hours (87% match) as top contenders, both sharing overlapping queries such as true crime documentaries, murder investigations, and missing person cases. EXPLORE WITH US (77% match) also aligns with police investigation cases and crime scene investigations. In terms of size, A&E has 11.7M subscribers and 48 Hours has 2.4M subscribers, while Dr Insanity has 4.3M; WIRED (72% match, 12.8M subscribers) similarly connects on killer profiles, forensic evidence, and crime scene investigations. The common thread across these competitors is covering crime investigations, forensic analysis, and case studies, which compete for the same search queries around true crime and police work.

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#7	63%	LADbible Stories	75%	3.9M	45%	10
#8	63%	Real Crime	79%	2.1M	39%	13
#9	63%	Judge Zone	74%	88.8K	46%	12
#10	62%	The New Detectives	74%	349K	44%	9
#11	61%	M7 Crime Storytime	85%	522K	26%	5
#12	61%	COURT TV	79%	2.1M	34%	6
#13	60%	Sinister Crime	86%	83.6K	20%	3
#14	60%	The Decoder	85%	387K	22%	5
#15	59%	Scary Mysteries	81%	987K	26%	4
#16	59%	Truly Criminal	83%	931K	23%	3
#17	59%	The Infographics Show	69%	15.4M	43%	7
#18	59%	EWU Crime Storytime	84%	2.1M	21%	3
#19	58%	EWU Bodycam	87%	3.1M	14%	2
#20	57%	Mysterious 7	85%	569K	16%	4
#21	56%	Lucy Letby Films	71%	5.0K	35%	5
#22	56%	Cold Case Detective	76%	389K	27%	6
#23	55%	The FBI Files	76%	1.0M	24%	6
#24	55%	Interrogators Playbook	82%	72.4K	15%	3
#25	54%	Absolute Crime	77%	587K	20%	4
#26	54%	Law&Crime Network	72%	7.5M	27%	7
#27	54%	CBS News	64%	7.0M	39%	5
#28	54%	Kallmekris	66%	12.9M	36%	8
#29	54%	Fox News	66%	15M	36%	4
#30	54%	Unreal True Crime	78%	132K	16%	1
#31	53%	True Crime Stories \| Ty Notts	77%	187K	18%	2
#32	53%	Forensic Factor	79%	57.5K	13%	4
#33	51%	Mr. Nightmare	74%	7.0M	18%	2
#34	51%	don’t look at me	67%	359K	28%	7
#35	51%	Top 5 Unknowns	73%	2.2M	18%	6
#36	51%	LMN	75%	1.2M	13%	1
#37	50%	Missing Persons Mysteries with Steve Stockton	73%	324K	15%	2
#38	49%	Criminal Core	70%	239K	18%	3
#39	47%	Daniel Bowens	68%	161K	16%	1
#40	47%	Law Enforcement Insider	66%	4.3K	19%	3
#41	46%	Professor Dave Explains	66%	4.2M	18%	2
#42	46%	National Institute of Justice	66%	5.7K	16%	4
#43	46%	SciShow	66%	8.4M	15%	2
#44	43%	University of Derby	59%	37.7K	20%	2
#45	43%	Explore & Discover	62%	229K	14%	3
#46	42%	NDTV	62%	15.6M	13%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Dr Insanity?

Dr Insanity's biggest YouTube competitors are 48 Hours (87% match, 2.4M subscribers), A&E (79% match, 11.7M subscribers), and EXPLORE WITH US (77% match, 7.3M subscribers). All three channels focus on true crime and investigative storytelling similar to Dr Insanity, covering crime-focused topics and cases.

What type of content does Dr Insanity make?

Dr Insanity creates true crime-focused videos, with titles like Man Faints After Realizing He Accidentally Killed His Wife, Abandoned Car In Woods Leads Cops To Killer's Secret Graveyard, Psychotic Mom Thinks She Can Get Away With Double Murder, 40 SWAT Officers Face Utah's Deadliest Shooter Situation, and How Police Captured A Killer Soldier 7 Years Later. The channel averages about 9.3M views per video and uploads roughly 0.8 times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Dr Insanity?

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