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Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 1.3K

Views 408.1M

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Mayday: Air Disaster covers high-profile air disasters through dramatic non-fiction storytelling, featuring survivors, victims' families, and transportation safety investigations. Content style includes deep-dives and documentary-style analyses of plane crashes and related safety topics, with a heavy emphasis on investigations and context from search queries like 'air disaster analysis' and 'aviation safety investigations.' The channel publishes a large library (approximately 1,300 videos) with an active posting history since Jan 18, 2021, and averages around 31.7K views per video, contributing to a total of 408.1M views from 1.1M subscribers.

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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 analysis and investigations, sharing high search alignment on 'air disaster analysis' and 'aviation safety investigations', though Air Safety Institute’s content is more educational and safety-data oriented (74% content match) with an 85% overall match.

#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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Similar focus on aviation accident investigations and crash recovery, aligning on queries like 'aviation accident investigation' and 'air crash recovery investigations', with content oriented toward full episodes and case recaps (77% content match).

#3

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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Shares emphasis on aviation incident analysis and accident reporting, ranking for 'air disaster analysis' and 'aircraft accident reports', though Mentour Pilot often blends explanatory flight training with incidents (82% content match).

#4

Pilot Debrief

70% relevance

Subscribers 969K

Videos 269

Views 644.3M

Appearances 14

SERP 57%

Similarity 78%

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Similar niche analyzing airliner safety events and cockpit incidents, with overlapping queries such as 'airliner cockpit fire' and 'aircraft accident reports', while its style leans toward narrated debriefs (78% content match).

#5

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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#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’s investigation-led format with strong audience interest in 'aviation accident investigation' and 'air crash recovery investigations', though its stylistic presentation emphasizes documentary-style episodes (85% content match).

Content Landscape

Top competitors identified: Mentour Pilot (70% match) and Pilot Debrief (70% match) as primary rivals by overlap in topics such as air disaster analysis, aviation accident investigations, and aircraft accident reports. Air Safety Institute (85% match) also closely aligns on overlapping queries like air disaster analysis and aviation safety investigations, while Airlines Disasters: Full Episodes (73% match) shares queries around aviation accident investigation and air crash recovery investigations. Mayday: Air Disaster has fewer subscribers than Mentour Pilot (2.4M) and Pilot Debrief (969K) but more than Airlines Disasters: Full Episodes (1.2K), with WIRED (12.8M) also appearing as a broad-match competitor. Shared queries across these channels include air disaster analysis, aviation safety investigations, and aircraft accident reports, indicating competition around similar educational and documentary content on aviation incidents.

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Air Safety Institute — 85% match, 238K subscribers; Airlines Disasters: Full Episodes — 73% match, 1.2K subscribers; Mentour Pilot — 70% match, 2.4M subscribers. All three channels focus on aviation safety, accidents, and flight incidents, similar to Mayday: Air Disaster's emphasis on plane crashes and air-disaster investigations.

What type of content does Mayday: Air Disaster make?

Mayday: Air Disaster creates documentary-style aviation safety content about plane crashes and air disasters. The channel uploads multiple videos (examples show titles like DHL Cargo Plane Shot Down Over Baghdad 2003, FedEx Flight 705 Hijacking, and Egypt Air 990) with an average of ~31.7K views per video and about 3.5 uploads per week.

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