Extra History

Subscribers 4.5M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.6B

Channels Like Extra History

Extra History is an educational YouTube channel that produces short-form animated video essays about world history, mythology, and related subjects, created by a team with backgrounds in game design, television production, literature, and academia. The channel uses a tutorial-like, explanatory style with complete histories and narratives, releasing new content weekly and averaging about 261.8K views per video across 1200 published pieces since joining in 2011.

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#1

TED-Ed view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 33

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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High search overlap on world history education and ancient civilizations overview (83% match, with searches at 100%), and a strong content alignment around history topics, though the presentation style differs, resulting in a solid audience crossover but distinct delivery (71% content match).

#2

CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 31

SERP 96%

Similarity 69%

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Near-identical target queries like ancient civilizations overview and medieval history overview give 96% search overlap, and substantial content alignment on history topics (69%), indicating a shared audience with similar educational storytelling despite stylistic differences.

#3

Beginning To Now

71% relevance

Subscribers 296K

Videos 11

Views 28.8M

Appearances 14

SERP 63%

Similarity 77%

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Shares global history education and ancient civilizations queries (63% search overlap) and strong coverage of Egyptian history (77% content), signaling a similar historical focus with a different presentation and pacing.

#4

HISTORY view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 17

SERP 54%

Similarity 74%

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Overlaps on ancient civilizations and Egyptian history (54% search, 74% content), indicating a common historical emphasis and audience interest, though HISTORY often employs documentary-style formats distinct from Extra History.

#5

Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries

63% relevance

Subscribers 1.0M

Videos 539

Views 186.1M

Appearances 9

SERP 37%

Similarity 81%

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Egyptian history and empire history queries drive 37% search overlap but extremely high content overlap (81%), suggesting a shared subject matter with a more documentary-heavy approach than Extra History.

#6

The Life Guide

61% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 59

Views 123.7M

Appearances 12

SERP 42%

Similarity 74%

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Targets mythology and world mythology queries (42% search) with strong content alignment (74%), implying a similar interest in historical/mythological storytelling, though focus can diverge toward myth more than strict history.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (83% match) and CrashCourse (80% match) as top rivals, both sharing overlapping queries such as world history education, ancient civilizations overview, medieval history overview, and egyptian history. Beginning To Now (71% match) and HISTORY (66% match) also compete on world history and ancient civilizations topics, while Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries (63% match) covers egyptian history and ancient wonders. Extra History has substantially fewer subscribers than TED-Ed (4.5M vs 22.4M) and CrashCourse (4.5M vs 16.9M), indicating a smaller audience despite similar content focus on historical education and mythological topics.

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#7	59%	National Geographic ▶	69%	25.9M	45%	19
#8	59%	Brief Case	73%	471K	38%	10
#9	58%	Timeline - World History Documentaries	73%	5.8M	35%	12
#10	55%	The People Profiles	77%	1.6M	24%	9
#11	55%	Made In History	77%	219K	21%	9
#12	54%	Fall of Civilizations	71%	1.5M	28%	5
#13	53%	UsefulCharts	76%	2.0M	19%	5
#14	53%	Jaydone History	74%	193K	21%	5
#15	52%	ERB	71%	15.1M	24%	10
#16	52%	Epic History	78%	3.0M	13%	5
#17	52%	Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies	75%	1.1K	18%	2
#18	52%	Dreamoria	77%	63.2K	14%	3
#19	52%	All Out History - Premium History Documentaries	78%	300K	12%	3
#20	51%	hazards and catastrophes	78%	473K	12%	3
#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
#26	50%	Get.factual ▶	77%	818K	11%	3
#27	50%	Kings and Generals ▶	75%	4.1M	13%	4
#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
#31	50%	History Hit	75%	1.9M	12%	5
#32	49%	Well, I Never	74%	608K	12%	4
#33	49%	ASMR Historian	75%	292K	10%	5
#34	49%	The Generalist Papers	72%	168K	15%	3
#35	49%	History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday	75%	1.1M	10%	2
#36	48%	Heimler's History	72%	1.2M	13%	5
#37	48%	Sideprojects	73%	1.3M	11%	2
#38	48%	Simpatico	72%	1.7K	12%	1
#39	47%	Brofessor Stein	72%	290K	10%	2
#40	47%	Mythic Women	70%	151K	12%	1
#41	47%	The Sprocket Vault	70%	159K	12%	1
#42	46%	Professor Dave Explains ▶	69%	4.2M	12%	4
#43	46%	Reading Through History	69%	105K	12%	2
#44	46%	Fortress of Lugh	69%	283K	12%	1
#45	46%	Pantheon Mythology	64%	221K	18%	5
#46	46%	OverSimplified ▶	69%	9.5M	11%	5
#47	45%	Medieval Mindset	68%	151K	10%	3
#48	41%	Vanity Fair ▶	61%	4.8M	12%	1
#49	39%	bill wurtz	57%	5.5M	12%	4

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Extra History?

TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 83% match), CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers, 80% match), Beginning To Now (296K subscribers, 71% match). They share a focus on educational, history-related or informative video content delivered in engaging, documentary-style formats for a broad audience.

What type of content does Extra History make?

Extra History produces history-focused videos with titles like 'Watch Extra History - Because Learning Matters', 'Jack the Ripper & The Birth of True Crime', 'Richard III | Historical Tyrants', 'Cleopatra: The Whole Dang Story', and 'Qin Shi Huang | Historical Tyrants'. The channel averages about 261.8K views per video, and uploads occur regularly (implied by multiple recent videos).

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

We analyze Extra 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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