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Found And Explained
Subscribers 865K
Videos 382
Views 268.3M

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Found And Explained covers aerospace and engineering topics through deep-dives and explainers, exploring historical and hypothetical aircraft, ships, trains, and other mechanical marvels. The channel emphasizes educational, how-to, why, and design analysis content, with a format that leans toward tutorials and deep-dives. It uploads regularly, featuring numerous videos that average about 255.7K views each, across 382 published pieces since it began in February 2020.

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Both target tech-leaning audiences with in-depth aerospace and engineering explainers, leveraging high overlap in searches for military/experimental aircraft and aircraft engineering topics (86% match in total; search 100%, content 77%), mirroring Found And Explained's explanatory style but with a stronger emphasis on engineering fundamentals.

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Top competitors include Real Engineering (86% match, 5M subscribers) and DroneScapes (85% match, 484K subscribers), both sharing overlapping queries such as military aircraft development, experimental aircraft, aerospace history and aviation explainers. Joyplanes (69% match, 229K subscribers) also competes on military aircraft development and jet fighter evolution. Found And Explained is smaller than Real Engineering and DroneScapes in subscriber base but targets similar search topics and content styles (tutorials, explainers, design analysis) that focus on aircraft, aviation history, and propulsion concepts.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Found And Explained?

Real Engineering — 86% match, 5M subscribers; DroneScapes — 85% match, 484K subscribers; Joyplanes — 69% match, 229K subscribers. All three channels share a focus on engineering and aviation-themed explanations and educational content similar to Found And Explained.

What type of content does Found And Explained make?

Found And Explained creates educational aviation and technology content, as reflected in video titles like How the Spitfire Saved the Battle of Britain… and France Built the Perfect Fighter... Nobody Wanted It. It uploads videos with an average of about 255.7K views per video, and the channel has an approximate upload frequency of multiple videos per week.

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