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Subscribers 97.8K

Videos 206

Views 8.2M

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Gold and Gunpowder covers the Golden Age of Piracy and related maritime history topics, using video scripts that discuss true pirate stories, naval history, ships, and pirate biographies. The channel emphasizes historical storytelling and analysis, with keywords pointing to deep-dives on piracy, colonial history, and nautical tech, and recent videos exploring practical and cultural aspects of pirate life. Content appears to be long-form, research-based history videos produced by the creator alone, posted regularly with an average of about 33.5K views per video across 206 videos since 2019.

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#1

Pirate Times On TV

88% relevance

Subscribers 26.5K

Videos 119

Views 6.7M

Appearances 12

SERP 95%

Similarity 84%

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Both target audiences interested in pirate life and technology, matching on searches like pirate ships life and pirate technology, with an 88% match indicating similar content focus though Pirate Times On TV may present in a more television-style format.

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Kings and Generals view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 17

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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Strong overlap on pirate history, golden age piracy, and pirate warfare in queries, achieving an 82% match that signals shared historical storytelling interest, though Kings and Generals tends to be more narrative history while Gold and Gunpowder adds tactical detail.

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#3

WIRED view on YouTube ▶

75% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 12

SERP 92%

Similarity 64%

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Shares high search interest in pirate history and golden age piracy, with 92% search overlap indicating broad audience queries, but WIRED’s content style is more tech-news oriented whereas Gold and Gunpowder focuses on historical naval tech and battles.

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#4

History Hit view on YouTube ▶

72% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 750

Views 316.9M

Appearances 15

SERP 69%

Similarity 74%

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Similar audience and topics around pirate history and daily life, reflected in a 69% search overlap and 74% content similarity, though History Hit often presents concise documentary-style history while Gold and Gunpowder emphasizes naval tech and logistics.

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Drachinifel view on YouTube ▶

71% relevance

Subscribers 581K

Videos 1.5K

Views 303.7M

Appearances 9

SERP 64%

Similarity 75%

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Direct alignment on naval tactics, logistics, and 18th-century sailing technology (queries like naval tactics 18th century), yielding 71% match with a content emphasis on detailed maritime analysis similar to Gold and Gunpowder.

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Scurvy Dogs view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 16.1K

Videos 70

Views 2.7M

Appearances 10

SERP 30%

Similarity 87%

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Targets the golden age piracy niche with content on pirate technology and medicine diets; high content similarity (87%) but lower overall match (64%) due to broader or more humorous presentation style.

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Discovered competitors include Pirate Times On TV (88% match) with 26.5K subscribers, and Kings and Generals (82% match) with 4.1M subscribers; both overlap on pirate history, golden age piracy, and pirate warfare. WIRED (75% match) with 12.8M subscribers, History Hit (72% match) with 1.9M subscribers, and Drachinifel (71% match) with 581K subscribers also compete on related topics such as naval tactics of the 18th century, sailing technology, and naval history. The top two competitors by match strength are Kings and Generals (82%) and Pirate Times On TV (88%), while WIRED, History Hit, and Drachinifel share overlapping queries like pirate history, golden age piracy, and pirate ships life. Gold and Gunpowder has 97.8K subscribers, which is smaller than all listed competitors except Pirate Times On TV, highlighting a significant size gap versus major players like WIRED and Kings and Generals.

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#7	62%	History of Pirates	83%	9.9K	31%	5
#8	62%	Walk The Plank	86%	17.4K	25%	4
#9	62%	The Pirates Port	85%	25.3K	26%	4
#10	55%	History at Night	75%	70.5K	25%	6
#11	55%	National Geographic ▶	62%	25.9M	44%	12
#12	54%	The Daily Navy ▶	69%	211K	32%	2
#13	54%	Good Enough ▶	72%	1.4M	27%	6
#14	53%	Mundane History	78%	1.2K	16%	3
#15	53%	SandRhoman History ▶	70%	511K	27%	8
#16	53%	Scary Interesting ▶	71%	1.9M	26%	4
#17	52%	Military History Visualized	69%	786K	28%	5
#18	52%	Sam O'Nella Academy ▶	73%	4.8M	20%	4
#19	52%	Urban Scout	67%	20.2K	29%	3
#20	51%	CGP Grey ▶	66%	6.9M	29%	7
#21	51%	Ocean Mysteries	74%	3.4K	16%	2
#22	50%	Weird History ▶	65%	4.7M	27%	4
#23	49%	This Is History	67%	275K	22%	6
#24	49%	Joe Franta. Ship	69%	176K	18%	3
#25	49%	Naval Warfare Pro	70%	1.4K	18%	1
#26	49%	Epic History ▶	66%	3.0M	23%	5
#27	49%	Chief MAKOi	72%	434K	13%	3
#28	48%	Medieval Discoveries	69%	3.0K	18%	1
#29	48%	Wilbur Sprinkle	71%	1.3K	14%	1
#30	48%	PBS Origins	69%	675K	16%	6
#31	48%	JeffHK	71%	503K	14%	2
#32	48%	Insider ▶	65%	9.5M	23%	5
#33	48%	Animagraffs ▶	68%	1.8M	18%	2
#34	47%	History of Everything	70%	148K	14%	1
#35	47%	Departmento Loretorum	69%	8.3K	14%	2
#36	47%	Flashback History	66%	403K	18%	2
#37	46%	Overly Sarcastic Productions ▶	66%	2.5M	17%	4
#38	45%	HistoryMaps	65%	2.3K	16%	2
#39	45%	Best Documentary ▶	64%	8.0M	16%	4
#40	45%	Epic Parts of Epic Movies	66%	20.3K	14%	1
#41	45%	Pantheon Mythology	61%	221K	20%	2
#42	44%	40K Theories	64%	200K	14%	1
#43	44%	Nautical Nomads	64%	1.5K	14%	1
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#45	43%	Julian Dorey	63%	1.4M	14%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Gold and Gunpowder?

Pirate Times On TV — 88% match, 26.5K subscribers; Kings and Generals — 82% match, 4.1M subscribers; WIRED — 75% match, 12.8M subscribers. All three compete in history-themed or maritime/pirate-adjacent content, sharing an interest in historical storytelling and educational history videos.

What type of content does Gold and Gunpowder make?

Gold and Gunpowder creates history-focused content about piracy, naval and maritime history, and the Golden Age of piracy, with video topics such as How Pirates Collected Fresh Water, Inside of a Pirate Captain's Cabin, How Pirates Settled their Issues... By the Sword, How Did Pirates Actually Speak?, and Did Real Pirates Have Tattoos? The channel has an average of about 33.5K views per video, and uploads roughly a list-based weekly cadence (average views per video provided; precise uploads per week not stated).

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