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Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 1.3K

Views 408.1M

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Mayday: Air Disaster covers dramatic non-fiction aviation disasters, investigating how and why high-profile air crashes occurred. The channel features deep-dives into specific incidents, survivor and victim perspectives, and safety-focused analyses, using keywords like 'air disaster analysis' and 'air crash investigation' to guide content. Uploads total 1,300 videos since 2021, averaging around 31.7K views per video, with channels publishing about 3.5 uploads per week and a subscriber count of 1.1M.

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#1

Air Safety Institute

85% relevance

Subscribers 238K

Videos 257

Views 50.2M

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

Similarity 74%

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Both target aviation safety and accident analysis, with strong overlap on searches like air disaster analysis and aviation safety investigations, though Air Safety Institute emphasizes safety training rather than episode-style storytelling (high search match, moderate content alignment).

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#2

Airlines Disasters: Full Episodes

73% relevance

Subscribers 1.2K

Videos 36

Views 171.9K

Appearances 12

SERP 68%

Similarity 77%

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Shares a focus on aviation accident investigations and air crash recovery, aligning on queries like aviation accident investigation and airplane crash investigation, but uses full-episode formats rather than Mayday's disaster-by-disaster narrative (high search match, content alignment similar yet episodic approach differs).

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Mentour Pilot view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 740

Views 534.5M

Appearances 13

SERP 52%

Similarity 82%

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Both cover air disaster analysis and aviation accident investigations, with similar audience interest in aircraft accident reports, though Mentour Pilot blends instructional flying content with accident cases (strong search match, high content similarity).

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#4

Pilot Debrief

70% relevance

Subscribers 969K

Videos 269

Views 644.3M

Appearances 14

SERP 57%

Similarity 78%

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Competes on airliner cockpit fire and aircraft accident reports, sharing queries like airliner cockpit fire and aviation safety investigations, but Pilot Debrief presents concise debriefs rather than Mayday’s dramatized reconstructions (high search match, overlapping content with different tone).

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WIRED view on YouTube

69% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 12

SERP 78%

Similarity 63%

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Both tackle air disaster analysis and aviation safety investigations to explain complex failures, though WIRED leans toward broad tech storytelling and investigative journalism rather than episodic aviation disaster reenactments (high search overlap, broader content scope).

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#6

Air Crash Investigation

64% relevance

Subscribers 233K

Videos 41

Views 31.7M

Appearances 6

SERP 32%

Similarity 85%

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Directly parallels Mayday in subject matter—aviation accident investigations and air crash recovery investigations—and targets similar search queries, though it often emphasizes survivor accounts and documentary-style storytelling (high search and strong content alignment).

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Top competitors by match strength are Mentour Pilot (70% match) and Pilot Debrief (70% match), followed closely by Air Safety Institute (85% match) and WIRED (69% match). The channel competes on overlapping queries such as 'air disaster analysis', 'aviation safety investigations', and 'aircraft accident reports'. Mayday: Air Disaster has 1.1M subscribers, while Mentour Pilot has 2.4M and Pilot Debrief has 969K, with Air Safety Institute at 238K and WIRED at 12.8M, showing a range of audience sizes but shared interest in aviation incident analysis and safety investigations.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Mayday: Air Disaster?

Mayday: Air Disaster's biggest competitors on YouTube are Air Safety Institute — 85% match, 238K subscribers; Airlines Disasters: Full Episodes — 73% match, 1.2K subscribers; Mentour Pilot — 70% match, 2.4M subscribers. They share a focus on aviation safety, air disasters, and flight accident analysis, with Mayday also producing documentary-style aviation incident content.

What type of content does Mayday: Air Disaster make?

Mayday: Air Disaster creates documentary-style aviation safety content focused on air crashes and investigations, as indicated by video titles such as DHL Cargo Plane Shot Down Over Baghdad 2003, FedEx Flight 705 Hijacking, Bomb Hidden in Seat 26K Philippine Airlines 434, and Egypt Air 990. The channel uploads about 3.5 videos per week, with an average of roughly 31.7K views per video.

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