Epic History

Subscribers 3.0M

Videos 298

Views 390.5M

Channels Like Epic History

Epic History covers dramatic and important stories from the past, including empires, global conflicts, revolutions, and notable figures, using long-form documentary-style videos. The channel emphasizes expertise from history graduates and collaboration with specialist historians, with content spanning topics like Napoleon, Russia, WW1, ancient empires, and military history. Uploads appear frequent with a library of videos including full series (All Parts) and channel trailers, and the channel averages roughly 7.3 million views per video.

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#1

Kings and Generals view on YouTube ▶

89% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 32

SERP 100%

Similarity 82%

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Both target a history-focused audience with in-depth military and political narratives, sharing high search overlap on queries like romans and byzantines and revolutions and empires, and a very similar content focus (89% match; content 82%) though Epic History uses a broader documentary style.

#2

HistoryMarche view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 356

Views 232.4M

Appearances 11

SERP 34%

Similarity 85%

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They align on ancient and historical battle analysis and empire timelines, matching searches for romans and byzantines and myth to empire history, with HistoryMarche delivering strong content relevance (64% match; content 85%) but less specialized search reach than Epic History.

#3

THE History Channel

64% relevance

Subscribers 9.9K

Videos 140

Views 1.8M

Appearances 10

SERP 36%

Similarity 83%

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Shares a broad interest in engineering and development of civilizations and empires, with a similar audience targeting revolutions and empires, though THE History Channel tends toward shorter, explanatory formats (64% match; content 83%), with slightly divergent style from Epic History.

#4

Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries

62% relevance

Subscribers 1.0M

Videos 539

Views 186.1M

Appearances 8

SERP 34%

Similarity 81%

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Both curate ancient history narratives and myth-to-empire arcs, overlapping on queries like ancient history documentaries and renaissance and empires, while Odyssey emphasizes documentary storytelling similar in content alignment (62% match; content 81%).

#5

SandRhoman History

62% relevance

Subscribers 511K

Videos 148

Views 82.6M

Appearances 13

SERP 46%

Similarity 72%

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Shares focus on ancient warfare concepts and medieval warfare tactics, leading to solid overlap on warfare-related searches, but with a more tactical training slant in content (62% match; content 72%).

#6

Fall of Civilizations

60% relevance

Subscribers 1.5M

Videos 45

Views 209.1M

Appearances 15

SERP 40%

Similarity 74%

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Both channels explore empires, civilizations, and the rise of ancient civilizations, yielding strong search alignment on empires and romans and byzantines, yet Epic History maintains a broader narrative documentary approach (60% match; content 74%).

Content Landscape

Competitors identified by match strength include Kings and Generals (89% match) and HistoryMarche (64% match) as top contenders. Kings and Generals shares overlapping queries with Epic History such as romans and byzantines, medieval conquests, and revolutions and empires, while HistoryMarche aligns on romans and byzantines, historic battles analysis, and myth to empire history. THE History Channel (64% match) also competes, albeit with a much smaller subscriber base (9.9K) and overlaps on engineering of empires. Further overlap exists with Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries (62% match) for ancient history documentaries, myth to empire history, and renaissance and empires, and SandRhoman History (62% match) for ancient warfare and medieval warfare tactics. Epic History has 3M subscribers, well ahead of THE History Channel and closer to HistoryMarche and Odyssey in audience size, with Kings and Generals being the closest direct competitor in both topic scope and audience reach.

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#7	57%	TED-Ed ▶	65%	22.4M	45%	11
#8	55%	Invicta	79%	1.7M	20%	6
#9	55%	Histoire Épique	85%	30.3K	10%	1
#10	55%	OverSimplified ▶	75%	9.5M	24%	6
#11	54%	5 MINUTES ▶	79%	30.7K	17%	3
#12	54%	Historia Militum	77%	23K	19%	5
#13	53%	The People Profiles ▶	80%	1.6M	13%	7
#14	53%	History Time ▶	79%	1.3M	15%	9
#15	53%	Biographics ▶	69%	2.4M	29%	11
#16	52%	Beginning To Now	78%	296K	13%	3
#17	51%	History Mapped Out ▶	78%	160K	10%	2
#18	50%	History with Dave ▶	77%	55.7K	10%	1
#19	50%	Maiorianus	72%	146K	17%	7
#20	49%	History Hit ▶	77%	1.9M	8%	5
#21	49%	Overly Sarcastic Productions ▶	71%	2.5M	17%	6
#22	49%	THE-SPECTRE-HD	74%	1.9K	11%	2
#23	48%	Top Fives ▶	67%	3.1M	20%	6
#24	48%	CrashCourse ▶	65%	16.9M	23%	12
#25	48%	Historia Civilis ▶	73%	1.1M	11%	5
#26	48%	The Paint Explainer ▶	68%	1.8M	16%	7
#27	47%	YaleCourses ▶	71%	1.7M	11%	4
#28	47%	National Geographic ▶	68%	25.9M	16%	7
#29	46%	Dr. Roy Casagranda	71%	545K	10%	3
#30	46%	Biography ▶	69%	1.1M	13%	7
#31	46%	imineo Documentaries	70%	3.5M	11%	4
#32	46%	Jaydone History ▶	71%	193K	8%	2
#33	46%	LegalKimchi	71%	31.2K	8%	1
#34	46%	HISTORY ▶	70%	15.2M	9%	3
#35	46%	History Blends	71%	30.2K	8%	2
#36	44%	Predictive History ▶	64%	1.9M	14%	3
#37	44%	Uncharted Historian	68%	25.2K	8%	1
#38	44%	ISO DESIGN	67%	21.2K	8%	1
#39	43%	Insider ▶	62%	9.5M	15%	7
#40	43%	WatchMojo.com ▶	66%	25.9M	9%	2
#41	43%	Life is a Special Operation	65%	380K	9%	3
#42	42%	Ghostlyy	64%	113K	10%	1
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#45	40%	WIRED ▶	61%	12.8M	10%	4
#46	40%	The School of Life ▶	62%	9.6M	8%	2
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Epic History?

Kings and Generals — 89% match, 4.1M subscribers; HistoryMarche — 64% match, 1.3M subscribers; THE History Channel — 64% match, 9.9K subscribers. All three are history-focused channels with military, war, and historical event content, similar overlap in topics to Epic History.

What type of content does Epic History make?

Epic History makes history-focused videos about military/war topics, including Napoleonic era, Russia, and WW1, as suggested by video titles like World War 1 (All Parts) and Road to WW2 series. The channel averages about 7.3M views per video and posts with a similar frequency to typical history channels (uploads per week not specified in the data).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Epic History?

We analyze Epic History'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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