DW Documentary

Subscribers 6.4M

Videos 1.5K

Views 923.4M

Channels Like DW Documentary

DW Documentary covers global current affairs, politics, science, and social issues through in-depth documentaries and explorations of daily life, travel, and historical topics. The channel emphasizes deep-dives and informative storytelling with content that ranges from world politics to environment, health, and economy, uploading about 8.0 videos per week with an average of approximately 71.1K views per video.

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FRONTLINE PBS | Official

86% relevance

Subscribers 3.4M

Videos 1.2K

Views 929.7M

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 77%

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High global current affairs and world politics query overlap (86% match) with similar documentary-style reporting and in-depth investigations, though FRONTLINE emphasizes investigative journalism rather than DW's broader documentary scope.

WonderWhy

71% relevance

Subscribers 853K

Videos 70

Views 127.3M

Appearances 4

SERP 70%

Similarity 72%

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Strong alignment on global current affairs, world politics, and history/geopolitics queries (71% match) with DW Documentary's informative, explanatory approach, though WonderWhy tends to mix history-heavy content with shorter explorations.

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70% relevance

Subscribers 522K

Videos 322

Views 130.8M

Appearances 14

SERP 75%

Similarity 66%

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Shares interest in energy, power, and science/technology topics (70% match) via documentary explorations of technical subjects, aligning with DW's factual, explanatory style though focusing more on engineering specifics.

BBC Earth Science

67% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 1.5K

Views 287.7M

Appearances 10

SERP 65%

Similarity 69%

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Overlaps on science and technology/documentary topics (67% match) with DW Documentary's informative science storytelling, albeit BBC Earth Science centers more on natural science storytelling rather than global current affairs.

Al Jazeera English

67% relevance

Subscribers 17.5M

Videos 136K

Views 6.8B

Appearances 13

SERP 64%

Similarity 69%

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Very similar in global current affairs and conflict/security coverage (67% match) with DW Documentary's international focus and issue-driven documentaries, though Al Jazeera often includes on-the-ground reporting and region-specific perspectives.

Moconomy

66% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 722

Views 66.8M

Appearances 10

SERP 49%

Similarity 78%

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High overlap in global current affairs, world politics, and economic power topics (66% match) with DW's geopolitical and economic documentary style, yet Moconomy leans more toward economic analysis and data-driven narratives.

Content Landscape

Top competitors identified: FRONTLINE PBS Official (86% match) and WonderWhy (71% match). Both share overlap with DW Documentary on global current affairs, world politics, and conflict or security topics, aligning with DW’s search queries like international documentary channels and global current affairs documentary. FRONTLINE PBS Official has 3.4M subscribers, compared to DW Documentary’s 6.4M, making it smaller but highly aligned in content; WonderWhy has 853K subscribers and similarly covers broad geopolitical and historical topics. Also noted are Free Documentary - Engineering (70% match) and BBC Earth Science (67% match) which connect to energy/power, science/space, and technology queries, and Al Jazeera English (67% match) with global current affairs and conflict topics. Overall, competitors vary by audience size but converge on DW’s core themes of global current affairs, politics, and science, creating overlapping search interest areas.

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#7	66%	TED ▶	71%	27.2M	58%	10
#8	65%	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ▶	76%	225K	48%	10
#9	64%	ENDEVR	79%	1.4M	43%	8
#10	63%	DW News ▶	77%	6.2M	43%	6
#11	62%	TEDx Talks ▶	69%	44.2M	51%	12
#12	61%	wocomoDOCS ▶	78%	375K	36%	3
#13	61%	Georgetown University Center for Security Studies	70%	5.5K	48%	6
#14	61%	Real Stories	76%	6.7M	37%	4
#15	58%	CrashCourse ▶	67%	16.9M	46%	7
#16	58%	Spark ▶	69%	2.0M	42%	5
#17	58%	BBC World Service ▶	75%	1.9M	33%	6
#18	58%	World Tour	69%	111K	42%	3
#19	57%	Free Documentary ▶	76%	5.7M	30%	6
#20	56%	The Documentary Channel	79%	39K	23%	1
#21	56%	JustThoughtLounge	69%	683K	36%	4
#22	56%	FINAiUS	75%	746K	26%	5
#23	56%	World View - Documentary	80%	16.9K	20%	6
#24	56%	Netflix ▶	73%	32.9M	29%	5
#25	56%	DW History and Culture	74%	337K	28%	4
#26	54%	Economics Explained ▶	72%	2.8M	28%	2
#27	53%	Curiosity Stream	69%	519K	31%	2
#28	53%	Get.factual ▶	77%	818K	18%	1
#29	53%	Java Discover \| Free Global Documentaries & Clips	78%	661K	16%	5
#30	53%	National Geographic ▶	72%	25.9M	25%	6
#31	52%	LSE	72%	275K	22%	2
#32	52%	CNA Insider ▶	72%	2.5M	21%	3
#33	50%	Hikma History	72%	190K	18%	2
#34	50%	For Us By Us Network	71%	29.5K	18%	2
#35	50%	Parable - Free History Documentaries	71%	456K	18%	1
#36	50%	Bloomberg Originals	71%	5.0M	17%	2
#37	50%	Sky News	69%	9.2M	21%	2
#38	50%	CBS News ▶	67%	7.0M	23%	1
#39	49%	Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health	67%	74.7K	23%	1
#40	49%	TED-Ed ▶	68%	22.4M	21%	3
#41	49%	World Health Organization (WHO) ▶	67%	952K	22%	7
#42	49%	ABC Science	69%	597K	18%	2
#43	47%	UN Human Rights	65%	65.9K	21%	4
#44	47%	Special Interest Films	68%	8.3K	15%	1
#45	47%	AH DOCUMENTARY	63%	25.9K	21%	2
#46	46%	Kenya Digital Archives	67%	51.3K	15%	1
#47	46%	Ray Delahanty \| CityNerd ▶	64%	401K	18%	1
#48	46%	MS NOW ▶	66%	9.7M	15%	1

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to DW Documentary?

FRONTLINE PBS | Official — 86% match, 3.4M subscribers; WonderWhy — 71% match, 853K subscribers; Free Documentary - Engineering — 70% match, 522K subscribers. They share documentary-style, issue-focused video content and educational storytelling similar to DW Documentary.

What type of content does DW Documentary make?

DW Documentary produces documentary-style videos covering politics, history, science, and current affairs, as shown by titles like Unmasking Hezbollah and India - Nuclear Power, space power, economic power? with average 71.1K views per video and about 8.0 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to DW Documentary?

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