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Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 276.4M

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Heather Cox Richardson covers American political history, analyzing contemporary politics through facts and history. The channel features explainer-style videos and discussions on topics like the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, and the American West, with recent titles such as 'The Administration’s Extraordinary Display of Bait and Switch' and multiple 'Today in Politics | Explainer' videos. Upload frequency appears steady since joining in 2020, with an average of about 205.1K views per video across 1900 published works.

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CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

81% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 43

SERP 100%

Similarity 68%

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Both target broad history education for a general audience and share strong overlap on searches like civil war reconstruction, gilded age politics, and westward expansion history, with CrashCourse’ s content aligning closely to intro-to-history style (81% match in total but 68% content, indicating a similar audience but different presentation depth).

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Heimler's History

63% relevance

Subscribers 1.2M

Videos 746

Views 199.9M

Appearances 32

SERP 53%

Similarity 69%

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Rely on historical timelines and analysis for a general audience, with substantial search overlap on civil war reconstruction, gilded age politics, and american democracy history; content alignment is solid (69%), indicating similar topics delivered with a slightly different emphasis.

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55% relevance

Subscribers 538K

Videos 41

Views 31.3M

Appearances 9

SERP 26%

Similarity 74%

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Focuses on american political history and democracy history, sharing core queries with Heather Cox Richardson on American politics; high content similarity (74%) shows comparable narrative depth but potentially a different sourcing approach.

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Robert Reich view on YouTube ▶

53% relevance

Subscribers 1.5M

Videos 1.5K

Views 218.9M

Appearances 3

SERP 15%

Similarity 78%

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Both cover political history and polarization, aligning on gilded age politics and polarization trends; search overlap is moderate (15%), but content angle is close (78%), indicating similar topics delivered in a policy-oriented or analytical style.

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BayStateHistory

52% relevance

Subscribers 10.1K

Videos 51

Views 1.1M

Appearances 8

SERP 17%

Similarity 75%

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Shares interest in american political history and institutions with Richardson; content overlap is strong (75%), though search signals are modest (17%), suggesting a similar historical focus presented for a more niche audience.

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PragerU view on YouTube ▶

52% relevance

Subscribers 3.5M

Videos 6.2K

Views 2.5B

Appearances 8

SERP 18%

Similarity 74%

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Addresses civil war reconstruction and american democracy history, and discusses constitutional powers; while search overlap is modest (18%), the content alignment (74%) points to similar subject matter presented through a different ideological framing.

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Discovered competitors include CrashCourse (81% match) and Heimler's History (63% match) as the top two. Both overlap with Heather Cox Richardson on civil war reconstruction, gilded age politics, and westward expansion history. Ryan Chapman (55% match) also competes on American political history and political polarization, while Robert Reich (53% match) shares topics like gilded age politics and polarization. BayStateHistory (52% match) also targets American political history and institutions. Heather Cox Richardson has 1.1M subscribers, while CrashCourse has a substantially larger audience (16.9M). Heimler's History has about 1.2M subscribers, Ryan Chapman 538K, Robert Reich 1.5M, and BayStateHistory 10.1K, indicating varying audience sizes among competitors. All highlighted channels compete on overlapping queries such as american political history, gilded age politics, westward expansion history, american democracy history, and political polarization history.

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#28	45%	Stand Together	68%	35.7K	11%	3
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Heather Cox Richardson?

CrashCourse — 81% match, 16.9M subscribers; Heimler's History — 63% match, 1.2M subscribers; Ryan Chapman — 55% match, 538K subscribers. All are education-focused channels that cover history or politics and aim to explain complex topics to a broad audience.

What type of content does Heather Cox Richardson make?

Heather Cox Richardson creates explainer and politics-focused videos, with recent titles such as Politics Chat, May 5, 2026 (237.7K views), The Administration’s Extraordinary Display of Bait and Switch | Explainer (17.6K views), and Today in Politics | Explainer (189.6K views). The channel averages about 205.1K views per video, with multiple uploads per week.

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