Moth Light Media

Subscribers 505K

Videos 167

Views 87.5M

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Moth Light Media covers evolutionary biology, paleontology, and prehistoric life, exploring how ancient creatures and their descendants evolved across continents. The channel uses deep-dives into topics like dinosaurs, mammals, birds, and marine reptiles, with tutorials and explainer-style content supported by recent videos such as How Bird Wings came from Dinosaurs and When Crocodiles Evolved Like Whales, and an average of ~0.4 uploads per week delivering about 87.5M total views across 167 videos from the United Kingdom.

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89% relevance

Subscribers 3.2M

Videos 502

Views 756.7M

Appearances 29

SERP 100%

Similarity 82%

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Both target a science-curious audience with strong overlap on searches like fossil evolution and ancient reptile evolution (100% and 100% search alignment respectively), and share high content similarity (82%), indicating they cover comparable topics in paleontology and prehistoric life.

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86% relevance

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Videos 124

Views 257.8M

Appearances 15

SERP 85%

Similarity 86%

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They match heavily on prehistoric creatures and marine reptile evolution (85% and 85% search overlap) with strong content alignment (86%), suggesting similar topic focus and presentation style on extinct animals and predators.

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American Museum of Natural History view on YouTube

67% relevance

Subscribers 431K

Videos 1.1K

Views 112.5M

Appearances 5

SERP 46%

Similarity 82%

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Both cover dinosaurs to birds and paleontology techniques with solid search overlap (46% for AMNH vs 100% for Moth Light) but high content similarity (82%), indicating comparable educational coverage though AMNH may target a broader institutional audience.

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66% relevance

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Videos 643

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Appearances 6

SERP 41%

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Videos 180

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Appearances 10

SERP 44%

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Videos 266

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Appearances 5

SERP 30%

Similarity 84%

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Aligns on ancient mammal and early reptile evolution with notable content similarity (84%), while search overlap is lower (30%), implying similar topics delivered with a slightly different framing or expert angle.

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Top competitors identified are PBS Eons (89% match) and ExtinctZoo (86% match). Both overlap with Moth Light Media on queries like fossil evolution, marine reptiles evolution, and prehistoric creatures, with PBS Eons also tying to gigantism in ancient reptiles. PBS Eons has 3.2M subscribers and ExtinctZoo has 1.4M, compared to Moth Light Media’s 505K, highlighting significant subscriber gaps. American Museum of Natural History (67% match) also competes, sharing queries such as dinosaurs to birds and paleontology techniques. The common thread is educational, long-form explorations of evolution and prehistoric life, with the top two competitors driving the strongest alignment through overlapping topics.

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#7	61%	Natural History Museum	80%	255K	33%	3
#8	61%	National Geographic	72%	25.9M	44%	6
#9	60%	Ben G Thomas	84%	751K	23%	3
#10	59%	Animal Origins	81%	95.3K	28%	2
#11	59%	BeyondTheBlue	82%	116K	24%	3
#12	57%	GEO GIRL	73%	137K	32%	5
#13	57%	Evolution Explained	85%	4.0K	14%	3
#14	57%	RealPaleontology	84%	12.9K	16%	4
#15	55%	Dinosaur Discovery	80%	64.5K	17%	4
#16	55%	Mavora	76%	32.9K	23%	5
#17	55%	NORTH 02	76%	641K	23%	4
#18	55%	Evolution is true 🧬	80%	2.5K	16%	3
#19	54%	Next Generation Science	71%	251K	28%	3
#20	54%	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	70%	25.1M	30%	5
#21	54%	Lindsay Nikole	75%	1.9M	23%	5
#22	53%	Professor Dave Explains	67%	4.2M	31%	3
#23	52%	NOVA PBS Official	69%	1.4M	27%	4
#24	52%	BRIGHT SIDE	76%	44.7M	16%	2
#25	52%	SciShow	75%	8.4M	17%	5
#26	51%	Phrenotopia	76%	18.5K	15%	2
#27	51%	New Scientist	75%	453K	14%	3
#28	49%	Mugsy Explains	73%	32.9K	14%	2
#29	49%	Natural World Facts	73%	1.0M	14%	1
#30	49%	Best Documentary	68%	8.0M	22%	4
#31	49%	Paleo Edits	73%	56.9K	13%	3
#32	49%	TED-Ed	69%	22.4M	19%	3
#33	48%	Primal Space	71%	1.9M	14%	1
#34	48%	UCL Earth Sciences	68%	1.3K	18%	1
#35	48%	Today I Learned Science	70%	771K	15%	2
#36	48%	Big Think	67%	8.6M	18%	1
#37	47%	Oliver Lugg	67%	126K	18%	2
#38	47%	LivingZoo	67%	255K	17%	2
#39	47%	BBC	58%	15.4M	29%	3
#40	46%	The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences	68%	2.0K	14%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Moth Light Media?

PBS Eons (3.2M subscribers, 89% match), ExtinctZoo (1.4M subscribers, 86% match), and American Museum of Natural History (431K subscribers, 67% match) are Moth Light Media's biggest competitors. All three channels produce science and natural history content focused on paleontology, evolution, and prehistoric life, similar to Moth Light Media's themes.

What type of content does Moth Light Media make?

Moth Light Media creates educational videos about paleontology and prehistoric life, with titles such as The Story Behind New Zealand's Weird Animals, The first Marine Reptiles, The Mystery of the Cave Hyena, How Bird Wings came from Dinosaurs, and When Crocodiles Evolved Like Whales. The channel averages about 144.8K views per video and uploads roughly 0.4 times per week.

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