Nick Shirley

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 916

Views 365.7M

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Nick Shirley covers investigations and commentary on fraud, government accountability, and political issues, presenting through long-form deep-dives and investigative-style videos. Content appears to blend exposé-style narratives with analysis, often addressing fraud scandals, debt crises, and political topics, with an average of about 985K views per video and a prolific output cadence given 916 videos since joining in 2015.

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#1

Financial Crime Academy

80% relevance

Subscribers 4.6K

Videos 210

Views 310.3K

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 67%

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Both target audiences interested in fraud, with high search overlap on fraud investigation analysis and financial crime investigations (80% match search, 67% content), indicating similar topics and practical focus.

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#2

Austin Lee

69% relevance

Subscribers 2.2K

Videos 42

Views 134.1K

Appearances 13

SERP 62%

Similarity 74%

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Significant alignment on fraud-focused queries like fraud investigation analysis and financial crime investigations (69% match), and similar content emphasis (74%), pointing to an audience overlap in financial crime topics.

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#3

U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

65% relevance

Subscribers 7.0K

Videos 605

Views 1.2M

Appearances 13

SERP 67%

Similarity 64%

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Shares a focus on government accountability and oversight (65% match) with comparable audience interests in investigative rigour, though GAO's style is more institutional.

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#4

Fox News view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 15M

Videos 135K

Views 24.4B

Appearances 9

SERP 59%

Similarity 65%

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Both cover fraud scandals and emerging fraud schemes (63% match) and attract audiences interested in timely, high-stakes fraud narratives, though Fox News adopts a more political news framing.

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Fox Business view on YouTube ▶

62% relevance

Subscribers 3.3M

Videos 87K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 9

SERP 52%

Similarity 69%

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Aligns on topics like political fraud scandals and government corruption exposure (62% match) with a similar audience seeking fraud-related accountability, yet Fox Business emphasizes business impact.

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#6

Uncover Fraud

62% relevance

Subscribers 22.2K

Videos 94

Views 1.9M

Appearances 7

SERP 42%

Similarity 75%

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Highly similar in core topics (fraud investigation analysis, fraud case studies) and even forensic accounting basics (62% match), implying strong content and audience overlap.

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Discovered competitors include Fox News (63% match) and Fox Business (62% match), both aligning on political fraud scandals, government corruption exposes, and fraudster crackdowns, with Fox News at 15M subscribers and Fox Business at 3.3M subscribers. Also relevant is the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) at 65% match with 7K subscribers, sharing queries around government accountability efforts; Financial Crime Academy (80% match) with 4.6K subscribers and Austin Lee (69% match) with 2.2K subscribers similarly overlap on fraud investigation analysis and financial crime investigations. Nick Shirley differentiates through a much larger audience than most competitors (except Fox News) and focuses on investigative narratives around fraud and debt crises, overlapping most strongly with fraud investigation-focused queries.

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#7	58%	TED-Ed ▶	65%	22.4M	48%	8
#8	56%	FinCrime Agent ▶	72%	26.9K	31%	6
#9	56%	TEDx Talks ▶	64%	44.2M	43%	6
#10	55%	Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)	75%	12.7K	24%	5
#11	55%	Iyad Mourtada (The Fraudologist)	69%	12.5K	33%	4
#12	54%	Basel Institute on Governance	73%	1.5K	26%	3
#13	53%	NewsNation	68%	2.6M	31%	3
#14	53%	MNHouseInfo	61%	8.7K	40%	5
#15	52%	Vox ▶	70%	12.7M	25%	2
#16	51%	Learn Liberty	72%	299K	19%	1
#17	50%	KCRA 3	69%	373K	21%	4
#18	49%	The Wall Street Journal ▶	68%	6.6M	22%	2
#19	49%	TED ▶	67%	27.2M	23%	5
#20	49%	FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul ▶	68%	798K	21%	5
#21	49%	The Banker	71%	20K	15%	1
#22	49%	MS NOW ▶	67%	9.7M	21%	2
#23	48%	IBM Technology ▶	61%	1.6M	28%	5
#24	48%	CNN ▶	67%	19.3M	19%	3
#25	48%	TOP ACCOLADE NEWS	67%	18.6K	18%	2
#26	47%	Transparency International	68%	19.6K	17%	3
#27	47%	ABC News (Australia)	65%	2.5M	20%	6
#28	47%	Anas Udan	66%	27.4K	19%	1
#29	47%	Crónica Panamericana	66%	38.6K	19%	1
#30	47%	Financial Times ▶	69%	1.4M	13%	2
#31	47%	The Federalist Society ▶	68%	108K	15%	1
#32	46%	CBS News ▶	63%	7.0M	21%	2
#33	46%	Phoenix Police Department	66%	69.3K	15%	1
#34	46%	C-SPAN	68%	1.8M	13%	3
#35	46%	The Advertiser	66%	11.5K	15%	1
#36	46%	ACI Worldwide	67%	2.9K	14%	3
#37	43%	Harvest Machies	60%	1.8K	19%	1
#38	42%	NewsTamil 24X7	60%	4.3M	15%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Nick Shirley?

Financial Crime Academy — 80% match, 4.6K subscribers; Austin Lee — 69% match, 2.2K subscribers; U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) — 65% match, 7K subscribers. All three channels, like Nick Shirley, focus on topics around finance, government actions, and investigative content that analyzes fraud and accountability.

What type of content does Nick Shirley make?

Nick Shirley creates investigative, satirical vlog-style videos about fraud, politics, and current events, based on titles like I Investigated Minnesota’s Billion Dollar Fraud Scandal, California Passed the Stop Nick Shirley Act, and The Minnesota Fraud Empire is Falling. The channel averages about 985.1K views per video, with recent videos ranging from 209K to 4.1M views, and the channel has about 2 million subscribers; uploads appear to occur multiple times per week.

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