Extra History

Subscribers 4.5M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.6B

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Extra History is an educational YouTube channel that publishes short-form animated video essays about world history, mythology, and related subjects, produced by a team with backgrounds in game design, television production, literature, and academia. The channel uses a tutorial-like, documentary style to explore historical topics and mythologies, with weekly uploads and an average of about 261.8K views per video, based on 1,200 published videos to date and a total of 1.6B views from 4.5M subscribers.

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83% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 33

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Shares audience with Extra History for world history education and ancient civilizations overview (100% search overlap; 71% content overlap), delivering concise, educational history explainers.

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80% relevance

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Videos 1.6K

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SERP 96%

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71% relevance

Subscribers 296K

Videos 11

Views 28.8M

Appearances 14

SERP 63%

Similarity 77%

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Aligns with world history education and ancient civilizations overview queries (63% search overlap) and presents Egyptian history with a strong 77% content overlap, appealing to long-form historical storytelling.

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66% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 17

SERP 54%

Similarity 74%

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Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries view on YouTube

63% relevance

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Videos 539

Views 186.1M

Appearances 9

SERP 37%

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Videos 59

Views 123.7M

Appearances 12

SERP 42%

Similarity 74%

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Attracts audiences interested in mythology stories and world mythology (42% search overlap) while delivering myth-focused analysis with 74% content overlap, complementing historical content with mythological context.

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Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (83% match) and CrashCourse (80% match), both aligning with Extra History on world history education and ancient/medieval civilization topics. Beginning To Now (71% match) and HISTORY (66% match) also compete on world history, ancient civilizations, and specific histories like Egyptian history. Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries (63% match) targets Egyptian history and ancient wonders, further overlapping. Extra History has a larger audience than many rivals, with 4.5M subscribers, while TED-Ed and CrashCourse each surpass 16–22 million subscribers, illustrating a size difference but similar focus on educational history content. All identified competitors share overlapping queries such as world history education, ancient civilizations overview, and Egyptian history.

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#11	55%	Made In History	77%	219K	21%	9
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#15	52%	ERB	71%	15.1M	24%	10
#16	52%	Epic History	78%	3.0M	13%	5
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#18	52%	Dreamoria	77%	63.2K	14%	3
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#21	51%	History Time	77%	1.3M	12%	7
#22	51%	See U in History / Mythology	73%	2.4M	18%	5
#23	51%	Brief History	76%	38.5K	14%	3
#24	50%	This Is History	77%	275K	10%	5
#25	50%	Forgotten Lore	77%	17.8K	10%	4
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#28	50%	Case Factory	74%	4.7K	13%	3
#29	50%	Lost in Time	74%	2.3M	14%	2
#30	50%	Hidden Truths	75%	14.5K	12%	1
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#33	49%	ASMR Historian	75%	292K	10%	5
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#35	49%	History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday	75%	1.1M	10%	2
#36	48%	Heimler's History	72%	1.2M	13%	5
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#38	48%	Simpatico	72%	1.7K	12%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Extra History?

TED-Ed (83% match, 22.4M subscribers), CrashCourse (80% match, 16.9M subscribers), Beginning To Now (71% match, 296K subscribers). They share a focus on educational, history- and science-themed video content that explains complex topics in an accessible way.

What type of content does Extra History make?

Extra History creates history-focused video essays with titles like Jack the Ripper & The Birth of True Crime, Richard III, Cleopatra, and Qin Shi Huang. The channel’s videos appear to have an average of about 261.8K views per video, and uploading occurs with multiple videos weekly, based on recent video titles and view counts.

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

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