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John Casterline
Subscribers 7.9M
Videos 2.2K
Views 10.1B

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John Casterline covers true crime and mystery-related topics, as indicated by video titles such as 'The Grandpa Who Turned His Lottery Win Into a Drug Empire' and 'The Kid Who Stole $40 Million,' along with search queries like true crime stories, famous crime cases, and crime documentary channels. The content style appears to include deep-dives and narrative investigations, with recent videos showing a mix of long-form explorations and intriguing case reveals. The channel publishes irregularly but maintains an average of approximately 531.4K views per video and about 0.4 uploads per week.

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Subscribers 25.9M
Videos 32K
Views 17.9B
Appearances 23
SERP 100%
Similarity 75%
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Both target true crime and famous crime cases with high search overlap, but WatchMojo’s list-format and pop-culture angle yield a strong audience fit (85% match) while their content is slightly less aligned with John Casterline’s style (75% content match).

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Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 140
Views 190.4M
Appearances 9
SERP 68%
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Shares interest in celebrity crime stories and mysteries, showing solid audience overlap on searches (68%) and strong content alignment (80%), indicating similar topic interests but a distinct presentation approach.

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Subscribers 12.9M
Videos 687
Views 3.6B
Appearances 13
SERP 53%
Similarity 74%
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Both cover true crime and famous cases, attracting a similar search audience (53% queries) though Kallmekris combines crime content with creator-led, entertainment-focused delivery resulting in higher content similarity (74%).

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EXPLORE WITH US YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 7.3M
Videos 492
Views 1.7B
Appearances 9
SERP 38%
Similarity 78%
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Competes on true crime stories and crime documentaries, with a notable search alignment (38%) and very strong content overlap (78%), suggesting parallel topics but different channel pacing and format.

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Time Of Crime YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 129K
Videos 138
Views 25.3M
Appearances 4
SERP 40%
Similarity 75%
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Targets true crime and unresolved mysteries, mirroring John Casterline’s niche with moderate search overlap (40%) and solid content similarity (75%), indicating comparable subject matter with potentially different narrative style.

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Videos 69
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Appearances 8
SERP 46%
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Focuses on crime documentaries and online scandals, sharing true crime queries (46% search) and decent content similarity (70%), implying a similar topic scope but varied documentary approach.

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Top competitors by match strength are WatchMojo.com (85% match) and Visual Venture (75% match). WatchMojo.com closely aligns on overlapping queries such as true crime stories, famous crime cases, and pranks gone wrong, while Visual Venture aligns on celebrity crime stories, google maps mysteries, and untold conspiracy stories. Kallmekris (65% match) and EXPLORE WITH US (62% match) also compete in similar spaces. John Casterline has 7.9M subscribers, trailing WatchMojo.com (25.9M) and Kallmekris (12.9M) but leading over Visual Venture (1.6M) and EXPLORE WITH US (7.3M) in some areas; Time Of Crime (129K) is comparatively smaller. Shared queries include true crime stories and famous crime cases, with additional overlap on google maps mysteries and untold conspiracy stories through Visual Venture.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to John Casterline?

WatchMojo.com (25.9M subscribers, 85% match), Visual Venture (1.6M subscribers, 75% match), and Kallmekris (12.9M subscribers, 65% match) are John Casterline's top competitors. They share similar content focus on entertaining, high-interest topics and list-style or narrative-driven videos aimed at a broad audience.

What type of content does John Casterline make?

John Casterline creates narrative-style, human-interest and crime-themed content based on video titles such as The Grandpa Who Turned His Lottery Win Into a Drug Empire, The Kid Who Stole $40 Million (Then Got Tortured), and The 12-Year-Old Who Quit School for Fortnite. He uploads about 0.4 times per week (roughly one video every 2-3 days) and his videos average around 531.4K views each.

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