Hard Fork

Subscribers 60.2K

Videos 607

Views 4.6M

Channels Like Hard Fork

Hard Fork covers stories from the bleeding edge of tech, exploring what’s real versus hype. The channel uses a journalistic, explanatory style with long-form interviews and deep-dives into AI, regulation, and tech policy, publishing weekly on Fridays. With 607 videos and an average of about 32.8K views per video, it maintains an ongoing output since joining in October 2023, totaling 4.6M total views and 60.2K subscribers.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are IBM Technology (85% match) and TED (73% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as ai regulation analysis, ai policy impact, and ai industry trends, positioning them in the same information-seeking space as Hard Fork. CNBC Television (62% match) also overlaps on ai policy impact and ai industry trends, with Bloomberg Technology (60% match) touching ai tech policy and workforce impact. TheAIGRID (54% match) also appears in the landscape for ai backlash concerns. Hard Fork has 60.2K subscribers, while IBM Technology, TED, and CNBC reach 1.6M, 27.2M, and 3.3M subscribers respectively, indicating substantial size gaps but similar topic focus around AI policy, governance, and industry dynamics.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Hard Fork?

IBM Technology — 85% match, 1.6M subscribers; TED — 73% match, 27.2M subscribers; CNBC Television — 62% match, 3.3M subscribers. All three channels produce content focused on technology, innovation, and industry trends, similar to Hard Fork's core topics around AI, tech policy, and future of technology.

What type of content does Hard Fork make?

Hard Fork creates content about technology and AI, as suggested by video titles such as Is Google Doing Enough to Win the A.I. Race?, Sundar Pichai on A.I. Backlash, the Future of Work and Google’s Next Era, Why Washington Suddenly Wants A.I. Regulation, OpenAI Trial: The 5 Most Surprising Moments, and How Prediction Markets Got Out of Control. The channel averages about 32.8K views per video and has an unknown uploads-per-week rate (not explicitly provided beyond the average views per video).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Hard Fork?

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