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FRONTLINE PBS | Official
Subscribers 3.4M
Videos 1.2K
Views 929.7M

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FRONTLINE PBS | Official focuses on investigative journalism and documentary storytelling, covering topics such as political corruption, war and conflict, public health, immigration, and governance. Content appears as in-depth documentaries and investigative reports, with a cadence of long-form videos and occasional multi-topic investigations; the channel has 1200 videos since joining in 2013 and averages about 0.568 million views per video, reflecting ongoing publication across time.

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68% relevance

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Discovered competitors include DW Documentary (74% match) and CrashCourse (73% match) as the top two by match percentage. They share overlapping queries with FRONTLINE such as political corruption documentaries, war and conflict documentaries, and economic policy documentaries. DW Documentary has 6.4M subscribers and CrashCourse has 16.9M subscribers, both larger than FRONTLINE’s 3.4M, highlighting broader audiences for documentary and policy content. TEDx Talks (68% match) also aligns on investigative journalism and policy topics, with 44.2M subscribers, indicating a sizable audience for public policy and governance-related videos.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to FRONTLINE PBS | Official?

Mr. Beat — 84% match, 1.4M subscribers; DW Documentary — 74% match, 6.4M subscribers; CrashCourse — 73% match, 16.9M subscribers. These channels are similar in that they produce informative, documentary-style content and investigative or educational programming for a broad audience on YouTube.

What type of content does FRONTLINE PBS | Official make?

FRONTLINE PBS | Official makes documentary and investigative journalism videos, as seen in titles like Inside Jesse Jackson’s 1988 Presidential Campaign, Why Are Prescription Drugs So Costly in the US?, The Highs & Lows of “The Hugo Chávez Show”, Before the Great Recession, and Iraq’s Secret Sex Trade. The channel uploads irregularly, with an average of about 0.1 uploads per week and an average video view count of roughly 568.1K.

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