Lume

Subscribers 215K

Videos 89

Views 33.0M

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Lume covers original, weekly documentary-style investigations into financial crime, fraud, cybercrime, and related systems, offering deep-dives that inform and surprise. The channel posts long-form videos (averaging around 24 minutes) with rapid weekly uploads and averages about 318K views per video, built from 89 published works since joining YouTube in June 2024.

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#1

Caleb Hammer view on YouTube

83% relevance

Subscribers 3.0M

Videos 3.8K

Views 3.2B

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

financial audit failures

Both target audiences interested in financial issues and audits, with high search overlap on queries like 'financial audit failures'; however, Caleb's content style diverges (71% content match) from Lume's investigative documentary approach.

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#2

Insider view on YouTube

77% relevance

Subscribers 9.5M

Videos 8K

Views 5.5B

Appearances 9

SERP 80%

Similarity 75%

financial crime documentaries banking fraud documentaries cybercrime investigations

Shares strong interest in financial crime and banking fraud documentaries (80% search overlap) and cybercrime investigations (converges with Lume on crime-focused topics), with substantial but not identical content style (75% content match).

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FRONTLINE PBS | Official view on YouTube

76% relevance

Subscribers 3.4M

Videos 1.2K

Views 929.7M

Appearances 10

SERP 90%

Similarity 66%

financial crime documentaries banking fraud documentaries prison surveillance programs

Aligns on financial crime and banking fraud documentary queries (high search overlap) and prison surveillance programs, reflecting similar documentary storytelling though FRONTLINE's style is more long-form investigative journalism (66% content match).

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#4

WIRED view on YouTube

73% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 7

SERP 74%

Similarity 72%

systems hacking stories technology and crime investigations data privacy scandals

Overlap centers on technology-enabled crime and data privacy scandals (74% search overlap) and crime investigations, but WIRED's tech-news framing differs in narrative approach (72% content match).

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#5

Unhinged Explainer view on YouTube

71% relevance

Subscribers 10K

Videos 21

Views 779.5K

Appearances 6

SERP 59%

Similarity 79%

banking fraud documentaries economic crime case studies corporate fraud cases

Both cover banking and economic crime case studies with solid search alignment (59% search) and share a strong emphasis on corporate fraud storytelling (79% content match), though Unhinged Explainer is more explainer-driven while Lume is investigative.

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#6

60 Minutes view on YouTube

71% relevance

Subscribers 4.0M

Videos 4.8K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 7

SERP 75%

Similarity 68%

financial crime documentaries banking fraud documentaries prison surveillance programs

Competes on financial crime and banking fraud documentaries (75% search overlap) and prison surveillance programs, sharing investigative depth though 60 Minutes presents a traditional broadcast format and pacing (68% content match).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are: 1) Caleb Hammer — 83% match, 3M subscribers; overlaps include financial audit failures. 2) Insider — 77% match, 9.5M subscribers; overlaps include financial crime documentaries, banking fraud documentaries, and cybercrime investigations. 3) FRONTLINE PBS | Official — 76% match, 3.4M subscribers; overlaps include financial crime documentaries, banking fraud documentaries, and prison surveillance programs. These channels share queries like financial crime documentaries, banking fraud, and cybercrime investigations, showing similar investigative, documentary-driven content. Lume has fewer subscribers than these peers (3–9.5M vs. 215K) but targets closely related topics; competitors also align on overlapping queries such as financial crime and surveillance topics.

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#14	62%	Bloomberg Originals	71%	5.0M	48%	3
#15	62%	IBM Technology	67%	1.6M	54%	7
#16	61%	MikkiMaseHQ	79%	435K	33%	1
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#20	59%	TED	69%	27.2M	45%	3
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#23	59%	Caleb Hammer - Clips	73%	237K	39%	3
#24	59%	National Geographic	64%	25.9M	50%	2
#25	58%	Matthew Cox \| Inside True Crime	77%	1.0M	30%	5
#26	58%	Newsthink	78%	1.2M	27%	1
#27	57%	SLICE Full Doc	66%	479K	45%	2
#28	57%	Public Record Lens	73%	8.8K	33%	1
#29	57%	AI News & Strategy Daily \| Nate B Jones	73%	286K	33%	1
#30	56%	List 25	72%	2.8M	33%	1
#31	56%	Uncover Fraud	74%	22.2K	28%	3
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#33	55%	Reuters	61%	4.1M	45%	2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Lume?

Caleb Hammer — 83% match, 3M subscribers; Insider — 77% match, 9.5M subscribers; FRONTLINE PBS | Official — 76% match, 3.4M subscribers. They all share a focus on investigative, documentary-style or explainers about finance, crime, and large-scale systems, similar to Lume.

What type of content does Lume make?

Lume creates content about financial crime, scams, and clever schemes, as suggested by video titles like The Most Genius Bank Robbery In History and She Stole $98 Million From The IRS Using This One Crazy Loophole!. The channel posts multiple videos with high engagement, with an average of 318K views per video and about 2.9 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Lume?

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