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Subscribers 68.7K

Videos 208

Views 5.6M

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Geopolitical Futures covers geopolitics, global politics, and foreign policy analysis with a focus on forecasting the international system, war, economics, and related developments. The channel presents long-form analysis and deep-dives led by George Friedman, with content likely delivered as tutorials, essays, and discussions rather than casual vlogs, and it publishes videos regularly, achieving an average of about 42.6K views per video across 236 uploads since joining in 2015.

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#1

ATP Geopolitics

85% relevance

Subscribers 65.9K

Videos 4.9K

Views 58.8M

Appearances 16

SERP 97%

Similarity 77%

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High search overlap on 'Ukraine geopolitics' (97%), indicating a similar audience focus, with content moderately aligned (77%), showing shared interest in geopolitics but potential stylistic or analytical differences.

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DW News view on YouTube

85% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M

Videos 45K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 10

SERP 97%

Similarity 77%

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Very high search overlap (97%) around topics like Middle East strategy and global power shifts, and similar content focus (77%), suggesting a close audience and topical alignment with Geopolitical Futures.

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Al Jazeera English

82% relevance

Subscribers 17.5M

Videos 136K

Views 6.8B

Appearances 14

SERP 97%

Similarity 71%

Middle East strategy US China relations post-Ukraine era policy

Strong overlap on queries such as Middle East strategy and US-China relations (97% search), with substantial content similarity (71%), indicating parallel geopolitical coverage with broader regional emphasis.

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Center for Strategic & International Studies view on YouTube

82% relevance

Subscribers 382K

Videos 9.7K

Views 64.5M

Appearances 10

SERP 81%

Similarity 82%

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High search overlap (81%) on great power competition and post-Ukraine policy topics, and similar content depth (82%), signaling aligned in-depth policy analysis for geopolitics.

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Border Security view on YouTube

76% relevance

Subscribers 622K

Videos 666

Views 337.6M

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 60%

border security challenges

Perfect search alignment (100%) on border security challenges but lower content similarity (60%), implying shared topic interest but different framing and depth in geopolitics vs. security-focused reporting.

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TED view on YouTube

69% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M

Videos 5.5K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 7

SERP 65%

Similarity 71%

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Moderate-to-high search overlap (65%) on international relations forecasting and demographic politics with solid content similarity (71%), indicating broader audience interest with analytical ideas similar to geopolitical forecasting.

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Discovered competitors include DW News (85% match, 6.2M subscribers) and Al Jazeera English (82% match, 17.5M subscribers) as top contenders by match strength, followed by the Center for Strategic & International Studies (82% match, 382K subscribers). These outlets share overlapping queries with Geopolitical Futures such as Middle East strategy, US-China relations, post-Ukraine era policy, and great power competition. The channel ATP Geopolitics also shows an 85% match with 65.9K subscribers, overlapping on Ukraine geopolitics. In terms of size, Geopolitical Futures operates with 74.7K subscribers, substantially smaller than DW News and Al Jazeera English, but competitive with niche outlets like ATP Geopolitics and CSIS. All identified competitors focus on international relations forecasting, geopolitics, and regional security dynamics.

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#7	65%	Hugo the Brainwasher	75%	2.5K	50%	3
#8	65%	Council on Foreign Relations	80%	328K	42%	6
#9	64%	Zeihan on Geopolitics	79%	959K	41%	6
#10	64%	AtlanticCouncil	77%	122K	44%	6
#11	61%	Foreign Policy	82%	29.5K	30%	3
#12	58%	StratOptic	79%	3.0K	28%	2
#13	58%	Financial Times	76%	1.4M	30%	2
#14	57%	Geopolitical Economy Report	76%	699K	27%	3
#15	56%	Noah Zerbe	79%	26.7K	21%	2
#16	56%	Reuters	75%	4.1M	26%	3
#17	55%	Bloomberg Originals	76%	5.0M	24%	3
#18	55%	Foreign Policy Association	76%	59.4K	22%	2
#19	54%	PBS NewsHour	76%	5.2M	20%	1
#20	54%	WoodrowWilsonCenter	74%	102K	24%	2
#21	53%	TheStockdalecenter	70%	4.6K	27%	2
#22	53%	Strategic Learning	72%	6.2K	25%	4
#23	53%	WION	73%	10.4M	22%	3
#24	53%	CFR Education	72%	36.1K	24%	6
#25	52%	Eurelectric	71%	2.5K	24%	2
#26	52%	The Learning Studio	65%	1.9K	31%	4
#27	52%	Interesting Times	69%	1.1K	25%	1
#28	51%	World Knowledge Forum	72%	217K	19%	3
#29	50%	WIRED	66%	12.8M	25%	1
#30	50%	Educationleaves	64%	171K	28%	4
#31	50%	Washington Post Universe	72%	686K	17%	1
#32	49%	FLOWLEDGE	68%	2.2K	21%	2
#33	49%	OECD	65%	53.7K	25%	1
#34	47%	Asia One News	65%	3.5M	20%	1
#35	47%	TheMowst	65%	21.7K	20%	1
#36	47%	KidVestors	65%	6.9K	20%	1
#37	45%	Austrade	61%	4.8K	20%	1
#38	44%	Airman Magazine	63%	12.6K	17%	1
#39	42%	OpenTuition	57%	219K	20%	1

Search Queries Used

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Geopolitical Futures?

Geopolitical Futures' biggest competitors on YouTube are ATP Geopolitics (65.9K subscribers) with an 85% match, DW News (6.2M subscribers) with an 85% match, and Al Jazeera English (17.5M subscribers) with an 82% match. All three channels produce geopolitics and international affairs content similar to Geopolitical Futures, focusing on global politics, analysis, and current events.

What type of content does Geopolitical Futures make?

Geopolitical Futures creates analysis-driven geopolitics content, as reflected in video titles such as 'George Friedman on America's Real Iran Goals: Regime Change or Regional Reset?', 'Now or Nuclear: Iran and the Threat of Islamist Terror', and 'The Math of Dominance: Why Middle Powers Can’t Afford to Decouple from US, China'. The channel averages about 42.6K views per video. Upload frequency is described as an average per week, though an exact number of uploads per week is not provided.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Geopolitical Futures?

We analyze Geopolitical Futures'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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