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Subscribers 17.7K

Videos 31

Views 2.1M

Channels Like football explained

Football Explained covers football education through tutorials and explainers, addressing topics like tactics, rules, history, and world competitions. The channel uses deep-dives and short explainers (e.g., Every Football Tactics Explained, Offside Rule Explained) aimed at fans and beginners, with uploads averaging around 0.7 per week and videos typically earning mid-to-high thousands of views (examples show recent videos around 2K–16.9K views and an overall average of about 6.7K views per video). The channel is UK-based and has been active since Feb 9, 2021, with a content focus on making football make sense for newcomers.

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#1

Tifo Football by The Athletic view on YouTube ▶

89% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 1.9K

Views 630.0M

Appearances 30

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Shares a strong overlap in 'football explained' and 'football tactics explained' queries, and their content similarly analyzes tactical concepts and World Cup history, yielding an 89% match with high search alignment and deep, explanatory videos.

#2

The Beautiful Game Explained

80% relevance

Subscribers 22.3K

Videos 106

Views 5.7M

Appearances 17

SERP 68%

Similarity 89%

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Targets similar fallbacks like 'football explained' and 'football tactics explained,' plus 'football rivalries explained,' aligning with the main channel on strategy and rivalry narratives, though content breadth varies.

#3

Unisport view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 5.4M

Videos 4.3K

Views 1.7B

Appearances 27

SERP 81%

Similarity 80%

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Offers direct queries on 'football explained' and 'offside rule explained,' matching the audience seeking clear rule explanations, with similar emphasis on accessible, rule-focused football content.

#4

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77% relevance

Subscribers 7.8K

Videos 44

Views 2.5M

Appearances 10

SERP 62%

Similarity 87%

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70% relevance

Subscribers 134K

Videos 89

Views 36.8M

Appearances 12

SERP 52%

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Covers 'world cup winners explained' and 'football records explained,' matching the main channel’s data-driven or historical explainer approach to major milestones and lore.

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65% relevance

Subscribers 32.2K

Videos 82

Views 5.1M

Appearances 10

SERP 50%

Similarity 75%

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Addresses 'football explained' and 'football rules explained,' appealing to beginners and casual learners, thus sharing a similar explanatory goal and accessible format.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Tifo Football by The Athletic (89% match) and The Beautiful Game Explained (80% match) as top rivals, both aligning on queries like football explained and football tactics explained. Tifo Football has 1.8M subscribers, far larger than Football Explained (17.7K), while The Beautiful Game Explained has 22.3K subscribers, also larger but still below the scale of Tifo. Unisport (80% match) is another major competitor with 5.4M subscribers, overlapping on football explained, football rules explained, and offside rule explained. The common thread is focus on explained football topics—tactics, rules, and world/cup contexts—targeting both fans and learners. These competitors dominate in terms of audience size, while sharing similar search intents around explainers and tactical/lundformat content.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to football explained?

Tifo Football by The Athletic — 89% match, 1.8M subscribers; The Beautiful Game Explained — 80% match, 22.3K subscribers; Unisport — 80% match, 5.4M subscribers. All three compete in football education and analysis content, focusing on tactics, explanations, and broader football education similar to football explained.

What type of content does football explained make?

Football explained produces explainer-style content about football topics, with video titles like 'Every Football Tactics Explained In 8 Minutes', 'Every Major Rivalry Explained In 10 Minutes', and 'Unknown Football Rules Explained In 8 Minutes', averaging about 6.7K views per video and roughly 0.7 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to football explained?

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