Mental Floss

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 922

Views 223.7M

Channels Like Mental Floss

Mental Floss covers trivia-tastic information, fun facts, myths and misconceptions, and untold stories from history, science, culture and more, with new episodes every Wednesday at 3pm EST. The channel publishes lists, explanations, and fact lists across various topics and averages about 16K views per video, based on recent uploads and totals of 922 videos.

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#1

List 25 view on YouTube

87% relevance

Subscribers 2.8M

Videos 3.2K

Views 804.1M

Appearances 25

SERP 100%

Similarity 79%

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Strong overlap in searches for fun facts, unusual history, and fact lists; content matches are high for trivia-style lists, aligning with Mental Floss's fact-list heritage (queries 100% overlap, 79% content similarity, 87% overall).

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#2

WIRED view on YouTube

78% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 11

SERP 84%

Similarity 75%

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Shares audience interest in myths, word origins, and language etymology, with high search overlap (84%) and substantial content similarity (75%), reflecting WIRED’s explanatory, fact-based storytelling similar to Mental Floss in those topics.

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#3

Fun Quiz Questions view on YouTube

75% relevance

Subscribers 265K

Videos 468

Views 108.6M

Appearances 17

SERP 74%

Similarity 76%

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Competes in the trivia space with history and science trivia; strong search overlap and content alignment indicate similar short-form, quiz-oriented facts style (queries 74%, content 76%, 75% overall).

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#4

Insider Science view on YouTube

69% relevance

Subscribers 3.1M

Videos 649

Views 903.0M

Appearances 13

SERP 50%

Similarity 82%

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Targets myths and aging misconceptions, showing audience overlap for debunking content, though Insider Science leans more toward science explanations; high content similarity (82%) but moderate search overlap (50%).

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#5

Unexplained Mysteries view on YouTube

67% relevance

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 7.3K

Views 713.1M

Appearances 12

SERP 59%

Similarity 72%

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Appeals to curiosity about mysteries and paranormal topics; shares interest in unexplained phenomena with Mental Floss, evidenced by substantial content similarity (72%) and decent search overlap (59%), though topic focus differs.

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Extra Medium Stuff view on YouTube

65% relevance

Subscribers 222K

Videos 62

Views 40.6M

Appearances 8

SERP 56%

Similarity 71%

trivia channel curious trivia lists

Trivia- and curiosity-themed lists overlap with Mental Floss’s listicle format; moderate search overlap (56%) and solid content similarity (71%), signaling a shared audience for curious trivia.

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Top competitors by match strength are List 25 (87% match) and WIRED (78% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as fun facts channel, fact lists, and language etymology or myths debunked. Insider Science (69% match) also shares aging misconceptions and myth debunking themes, while Unexplained Mysteries (67% match) targets unsolved mysteries. Mental Floss has 1.3M subscribers, which is smaller than WIRED (12.8M) and List 25 (2.8M) but larger than Insider Science (3.1M) and Unexplained Mysteries (2M). The shared queries include trivia, myths and misconceptions, word origins, and fact lists, indicating significant overlap in search intent and subject matter across these channels.

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#11	56%	Chat History	74%	981K	28%	5
#12	55%	The Quiz Channel	70%	275K	33%	11
#13	55%	Sprouts	74%	1.9M	27%	2
#14	55%	Storied	80%	1.1M	17%	4
#15	55%	WatchMojo.com	75%	25.9M	24%	6
#16	55%	TED-Ed	75%	22.4M	23%	5
#17	54%	Sleepy Science Channel	74%	242K	25%	5
#18	54%	RobWords	74%	940K	24%	6
#19	53%	BRIGHT SIDE	75%	44.7M	21%	8
#20	53%	Quizzes4U	75%	196K	20%	5
#21	52%	Brian Wiles	74%	3.0M	20%	3
#22	52%	Trust Me Bro Compilations	71%	131K	24%	4
#23	52%	Snap Language	73%	73K	20%	4
#24	52%	Top 5 Unknowns	75%	2.2M	17%	6
#25	52%	Big Think	78%	8.6M	12%	2
#26	52%	Detormentis	73%	345K	20%	10
#27	52%	The LIVING Room Podcast \| Inside The WNDR Lab	78%	13.1K	13%	3
#28	51%	British English Teacher Roy	63%	223K	35%	4
#29	51%	Apptato Trivia & Word Games	73%	65.8K	19%	4
#30	51%	Words Unravelled	77%	152K	13%	6
#31	51%	Unsolved Mysteries - Full Episodes	66%	435K	27%	5
#32	51%	Quiz Blitz	69%	2.1M	23%	3
#33	50%	Guessr	74%	523K	15%	5
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#35	50%	Dr. Regina Koepp	67%	4.4K	23%	2
#36	50%	IBM Technology	72%	1.6M	17%	2
#37	50%	Uncharted Mysteries	74%	256K	13%	2
#38	49%	BE AMAZED	74%	13.4M	12%	3
#39	49%	BBC Timestamp	70%	914K	18%	2
#40	49%	University of California Television (UCTV)	70%	1.4M	17%	2
#41	49%	20 Question Trivia	73%	3.1K	12%	2
#42	49%	Ghost Theory	64%	201K	26%	11
#43	49%	Weird History	73%	4.7M	13%	3
#44	49%	Quiz44llyt	71%	12.1K	16%	4
#45	47%	WFMY News 2	60%	137K	27%	2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Mental Floss?

List 25 — 87% match, 2.8M subscribers; WIRED — 78% match, 12.8M subscribers; Fun Quiz Questions — 75% match, 265K subscribers. They share a focus on educational and trivia-style content that centers on facts, science, and interesting knowledge.

What type of content does Mental Floss make?

Mental Floss creates short-form and fact-based videos about trivia, word origins, and curious facts, as indicated by titles like '16 True Facts That Sound Like Lies' and 'Why Is It Called a Crush? (and 14 other surprising word origins)'. The channel has an average of about 16K views per video and uploads with a frequency of roughly several per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Mental Floss?

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