MonkeyExplains

Subscribers 235K

Videos 98

Views 18.4M

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MonkeyExplains delivers simple and unserious explainers about everything, covering topics in global politics, international relations, economic policy, tech industry insights, AI and space trends, and digital economy dynamics. The channel uses a mix of explanatory style videos with lengthy runtimes and appears to publish around 1.4 uploads per week, averaging approximately 280K views per video.

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83% relevance

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Videos 28K

Views 2.5B

Appearances 8

SERP 93%

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Shares a focus on economics and trade policy with MonkeyExplains, driven by high search overlap on tariffs and trade explained, though their content style is more traditional business journalism (77% content match).

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80% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 10

SERP 100%

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EconClips

80% relevance

Subscribers 113K

Videos 79

Views 6.6M

Appearances 2

SERP 85%

Similarity 77%

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IBM Technology view on YouTube

77% relevance

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Videos 1.5K

Views 108.6M

Appearances 7

SERP 89%

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76% relevance

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Videos 15K

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Appearances 3

SERP 76%

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76% relevance

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Videos 14K

Views 668.4M

Appearances 4

SERP 93%

Similarity 64%

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Top competitors by match strength are The Wall Street Journal (83% match) and TEDx Talks (80% match). EconClips (80% match) and IBM Technology (77% match) also overlap significantly. The overlapping queries include tariffs and trade explained, economic policy impacts, tech industry analysis, AI industry trends, digital economy trends, and space industry trends. MonkeyExplains has 235K subscribers, while The Wall Street Journal and TEDx Talks have substantially larger audiences at 6.6M and 44.2M subscribers, respectively; EconClips has 113K subscribers, and IBM Technology has 1.6M subscribers. These competitors vary in size but share common ground in explaining policy, economics, tech industry dynamics, and AI/space topics, creating overlap in search queries related to policy impacts, trade, tech ecosystems, and industry trends.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to MonkeyExplains?

MonkeyExplains' biggest YouTube competitors are The Wall Street Journal (83% match, 6.6M subscribers), TEDx Talks (80% match, 44.2M subscribers), and EconClips (80% match, 113K subscribers). They share a focus on explanatory, informative content about current events, economics, and world affairs, similar to MonkeyExplains.

What type of content does MonkeyExplains make?

MonkeyExplains creates explanatory videos about current events, science, and technology topics visible in titles such as South Korea Is A Warning To The World, WTF Is Happening To SpaceX?, The (Overdue) Collapse of Ubisoft, America is Losing The Tariff War, and Meta's Disturbing AI 'Gulags'. The channel uploads about 1.4 times per week, and its average video gathers around 280K views.

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