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Subscribers 4.8M

Videos 950

Views 607.5M

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Exploring With Josh covers abandoned towns, haunted locations, paranormal investigations, and curious disappearances, often presenting documentary-style analyses and explorations in a vlog/documentary format. Content style leans toward deep-dives and documentary explorations with titles such as Investigating The Conjuring House and The Abandoned City That No One Is Allowed to Enter, plus exploration of volcanic ruins and haunted sites. The channel posts numerous in-depth videos with recent uploads featuring real footage and investigations, and averages roughly 0.855 million views per video, with an overall view count of 607.5 million across 950 videos; uploads appear frequent given the long-running activity since Aug 18, 2013.

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#1

Top Fives view on YouTube

84% relevance

Subscribers 3.1M

Videos 2.3K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 21

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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Shares a strong search overlap on abandoned towns, haunted houses, and abandoned islands, indicating similar audience interests, with a content similarity of 73% meaning they cover the topics but in a notably different format from Exploring With Josh.

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Unexplained Mysteries view on YouTube

69% relevance

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 7.3K

Views 713.1M

Appearances 20

SERP 56%

Similarity 77%

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High alignment on mysterious and cryptic topics like bizarre disappearances and unexplained mysteries (search 56%, content 77%), suggesting a related audience but a different storytelling approach and production style.

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Josh the Intern view on YouTube

64% relevance

Subscribers 754K

Videos 653

Views 143.6M

Appearances 14

SERP 48%

Similarity 75%

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Moderate overlap for queries on exploring abandoned places and urban exploration (abandoned islands included) with 48% search similarity and 75% content similarity, indicating a similar niche but younger-leaning, more experimental presentation.

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Paranormal Quest

62% relevance

Subscribers 256K

Videos 739

Views 35.9M

Appearances 4

SERP 25%

Similarity 87%

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Focuses on haunted locations and paranormal investigation (low search 25% but high content 87%), implying a closely related subject matter and audience yet a more specialized, paranormal-first framing.

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Forgotten Towns

62% relevance

Subscribers 21.4K

Videos 41

Views 2.6M

Appearances 17

SERP 36%

Similarity 79%

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Centers on abandoned and extinct towns, aligning with Exploring With Josh on the topic cluster (36% search, 79% content), but with a narrower town-focused angle.

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TheGhostFiles view on YouTube

60% relevance

Subscribers 129K

Videos 430

Views 10.8M

Appearances 7

SERP 21%

Similarity 85%

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Paranormal inquiry and haunted houses dominate (search 21%, content 85%), mapping to a related audience and topic area but with a heavier emphasis on ghost lore and investigations.

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Top Fives (84% match, 3.1M subscribers) and Unexplained Mysteries (69% match, 2M subscribers) are the closest competitors, sharing overlapping queries like abandoned towns, haunted houses, and haunted locations. Josh the Intern (64% match, 754K subscribers) also competes on exploring abandoned places and urban exploration, including abandoned islands. The common thread is a focus on paranormal investigations, haunted locations, and abandoned sites, drawing similar search interest. Exploring With Josh has a larger subscriber base than Josh the Intern but trails well behind Top Fives and Unexplained Mysteries; the overlapping queries indicate competition around ghost stories, disappearances, and cryptic locations.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Exploring With Josh?

Top Fives — 84% match, 3.1M subscribers; Unexplained Mysteries — 69% match, 2M subscribers; Josh the Intern — 64% match, 754K subscribers. They share a focus on mystery, unexplained phenomena, and exploration-based content similar to Exploring With Josh.

What type of content does Exploring With Josh make?

Exploring With Josh makes documentary-style exploration videos about abandoned places, disappearances, and mysterious events, as suggested by video titles like Real Footage Of Area 51, The Abandoned Volcanic Island Where 10,000 People Vanished, and The Abandoned City That No One Is Allowed to Enter. The channel has an average of about 855K views per video and uploads multiple videos, though the exact weekly upload frequency isn’t specified.

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