Monsieur Z

Subscribers 281K

Videos 345

Views 47.5M

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Monsieur Z is a United States–based channel focused on historical and geopolitical analysis, exploring topics like American history, empire dynamics, geopolitics, and future predictions. The content appears to be deep-dives and explanatory analyses rather than vlogs, with frequent discussions around conservatism, civilizational decline, and alternate history themes, supported by a catalog of tutorials and explainers. The channel posts 345 videos since 2010 and averages around 122.3K views per video, with a current subscriber base of 281K.

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Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (82% match) and CrashCourse (68% match), both aligning on queries about political transformation and empire collapse lessons, indicating shared interests in broad historical and geopolitical explanations. Overly Sarcastic Productions (60% match) also competes on western imperial history and crusader kingdoms concepts. Gen Z Politics (59% match) mirrors Monsieur Z on gen z politics, while msvetov (58% match) covers end-of-empire indicators, signaling overlap in historical decline themes. Monsieur Z has 281K subscribers, larger than msvetov (8.4K) but smaller than TED-Ed (22.4M) and CrashCourse (16.9M); the top competitors differ in scale but compete for similar search queries around history, politics, and civilization trajectories.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Monsieur Z?

TED-Ed (82% match, 22.4M subscribers) and CrashCourse (68% match, 16.9M subscribers) are Monsieur Z's biggest competitors. Overly Sarcastic Productions is also a notable competitor (60% match, 2.5M subscribers). All three channels produce educational, explanatory content focused on history, politics, and ideas intended for a broad audience, similar to Monsieur Z.

What type of content does Monsieur Z make?

Monsieur Z creates explanatory/history/puturposed analysis content, including topics on American history, geopolitics, and future predictions, with video titles like 'This Has All Happened Before...', 'How Gen Z's Left & Right Became The Same Thing', and 'Why The Right-Wing Turned AGAINST Itself'. The channel averages about 122.3K views per video, and the upload frequency is roughly multiple uploads per week.

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