How it was

Subscribers 245K

Videos 41

Views 32.1M

Channels Like How it was

How it was covers history, culture, education, and life events through deep-dives and informative explorations, with a focus on notable deaths, influential historical moments, and world events. The channel uses a mix of educational storytelling and analysis, aligning with search terms like 'real story,' 'mysterious deaths,' and 'history' while occasionally incorporating entertaining or thought-provoking elements. Uploads appear to be regular, leveraging topics from recent videos such as death stories and major events, with an average of roughly 6 minutes per video and around 262K views per video.

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We found 46 YouTube channels similar to How it was

#1

WatchMojo.com view on YouTube ▶

85% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 32K

Views 17.9B

Appearances 32

SERP 100%

Similarity 75%

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Both target audiences curious about mysteries, famous deaths, and historical explanations, with high search overlap on queries like 'mysterious deaths history' and 'celebrities deaths mystery' (search 100%) while their content style differs from How It Was (content 75%).

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#2

Chat History view on YouTube ▶

73% relevance

Subscribers 981K

Videos 91

Views 98.8M

Appearances 17

SERP 71%

Similarity 75%

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Similar focus on royal and historic deaths and catastrophes, reflecting strong search alignment on 'mysterious deaths history' and 'historic catastrophes explained' (search 71%), but slightly different content approach (content 75%).

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#3

Scary Interesting view on YouTube ▶

71% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 264

Views 311.5M

Appearances 15

SERP 66%

Similarity 75%

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Shares interest in historical catastrophes and disasters explained, with solid search overlap for 'historic catastrophes explained' and related queries, though its content emphasis on scarier or eerie angles aligns less with How It Was's tone (content 75%).

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#4

Jaydone History view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 193K

Videos 157

Views 33.0M

Appearances 17

SERP 60%

Similarity 72%

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Both cover historical events and mysterious deaths, evidenced by queries like 'historical events timeline' and 'mysterious deaths history' (search 60%), with a moderately similar content style (72%) to How It Was.

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#5

List 25 view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 2.8M

Videos 3.2K

Views 804.1M

Appearances 7

SERP 45%

Similarity 75%

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Shares broad historical coverage and timelines, matching queries like 'historical events timeline' and 'history of world events' (search 45%), while maintaining a different list-driven format (content 75%).

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#6

The Scribble Scholar

60% relevance

Subscribers 83.4K

Videos 68

Views 17.9M

Appearances 8

SERP 33%

Similarity 78%

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Sits in the same niche of celebrity death mysteries and royal history deaths, showing overlap in searches like 'celebrities deaths mystery' (search 33%) and similar emphasis in content (78%), though audience may skew younger.

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Discovered competitors include WatchMojo.com (85% match) and Chat History (73% match) as the top two by match strength, with Scary Interesting (71% match) also close. They share overlapping queries such as 'mysterious deaths history,' 'royal history deaths,' and 'historic catastrophes explained,' indicating alignment on death-related history content and broad historical event topics. WatchMojo.com has a substantially larger audience with 25.9M subscribers, while How it was has 245K subscribers, showing a significant size gap. Chat History (981K subscribers) and Scary Interesting (1.9M subscribers) are closer in scale to How it was but still much smaller, highlighting different levels of reach within similar historical- and mystery-focused niches.

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#7	57%	Top 5 Unknowns ▶	75%	2.2M	29%	9
#8	56%	The Paint Explainer ▶	76%	1.8M	26%	7
#9	55%	Chris Explains	71%	23.8K	31%	4
#10	55%	Epicano	76%	24.4K	22%	4
#11	54%	The Infographics Show ▶	74%	15.4M	24%	9
#12	54%	UsefulCharts ▶	70%	2.0M	30%	7
#13	54%	Beginning To Now ▶	69%	296K	31%	5
#14	53%	Timeline - World History Documentaries ▶	68%	5.8M	31%	12
#15	53%	Brofessor Stein ▶	76%	290K	18%	3
#16	52%	Boring Royal History	77%	16K	15%	3
#17	52%	Sci Facts Info	71%	35.2K	23%	5
#18	52%	Simple History ▶	72%	5.1M	21%	5
#19	52%	oompaville ▶	75%	5.9M	17%	3
#20	51%	Sideprojects ▶	72%	1.3M	20%	10
#21	51%	Peak Tens	75%	4.7K	14%	3
#22	51%	Loony Throne	76%	10.9K	13%	3
#23	51%	The Painful Explainer	77%	104K	11%	3
#24	50%	Timeless Vintage	72%	92.4K	18%	2
#25	50%	Uncharted Mysteries ▶	73%	256K	17%	5
#26	49%	Worldostats ▶	68%	136K	21%	3
#27	49%	HISTORY ▶	72%	15.2M	14%	6
#28	49%	The Blue Truth Digital	73%	98.2K	13%	1
#29	49%	Spds ▶	75%	450K	9%	3
#30	48%	Lazy Chill History	73%	51.8K	11%	3
#31	48%	Gingy ▶	71%	512K	15%	2
#32	47%	Weird History ▶	73%	4.7M	9%	4
#33	46%	The Historian	71%	4.9K	10%	1
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#35	46%	5 MINUTES ▶	68%	30.7K	14%	2
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#37	46%	Doctor Mike ▶	67%	14.7M	15%	2
#38	46%	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell ▶	68%	25.1M	12%	5
#39	46%	NeddyTheNoodle ▶	69%	268K	11%	2
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#41	44%	ABC News ▶	66%	19.4M	11%	3
#42	44%	National Geographic ▶	66%	25.9M	10%	3
#43	43%	René van Westen	64%	7.8K	10%	1
#44	42%	Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs	64%	40.9K	10%	1
#45	42%	Ollie Bye	63%	373K	10%	5
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to How it was?

WatchMojo.com — 85% match, 25.9M subscribers; Chat History — 73% match, 981K subscribers; Scary Interesting — 71% match, 1.9M subscribers. All three channels produce informational, list- and analysis-driven content focused on history, culture, and learning, similar to How it was’s educational entertainment style.

What type of content does How it was make?

How it was creates history-, culture-, science-, and entertainment-focused videos, often exploring real events and notable topics (e.g., mysterious deaths, real-stories behind famous events, and explanations of incidents). It averages about 262.3K views per video and posts multiple times per week, with recent titles reaching from around 83K to 1.5M views.

How do we determine which channels are similar to How it was?

We analyze How it was'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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