We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Not What You Think
Both channels focus on naval topics and warship classifications, aligning with searches for navy warfare topics and warship classes explained, and they share a similar audience interested in detailed ship analysis (87% search match; 78% content match).
Both cover military ships and destroyer classes with overlying interest in naval warfare topics, though AiTelly emphasizes more bomb/weapon topics; they share a strong audience for military ships overview (66% match; 49% search vs 78% content).
Both channels provide overviews of military ships and naval vessels, appealing to viewers seeking naval aircraft carriers and ship topics, with notable search overlap but differing emphasis in content style (64% match; 33% search vs 85% content).
Both cover naval topics including navy stealth ships and naval logistics, attracting a similar audience; high content similarity but moderate search overlap (64% match; 46% search vs 76% content).
Shares interest in navy warfare topics and submarine stealth, appealing to an audience curious about stealth tactics; strong content similarity despite lower search alignment (60% match; 21% search vs 86% content).
Both discuss naval aircraft carriers and logistics with an audience interested in military infrastructure and design; good overall alignment driven by content depth (59% match; 29% search vs 78% content).
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| #7 | 58% | Garand Thumb | 74% | 4.5M | 32% | 3 |
| #8 | 57% | The Navy Channel | 76% | 51.4K | 27% | 5 |
| #9 | 56% | Perun ▶ | 81% | 622K | 19% | 3 |
| #10 | 56% | Megaprojects | 83% | 1.6M | 16% | 5 |
| #11 | 56% | U.S. Navy ▶ | 75% | 378K | 28% | 5 |
| #12 | 56% | Sam Eckholm ▶ | 84% | 1.6M | 13% | 5 |
| #13 | 55% | BFBS Forces News | 75% | 1.0M | 26% | 5 |
| #14 | 55% | America's Navy ▶ | 75% | 196K | 26% | 5 |
| #15 | 55% | Casual Navigation | 83% | 619K | 12% | 1 |
| #16 | 55% | The Daily Aviation | 83% | 2.6M | 12% | 4 |
| #17 | 55% | Kamome | 80% | 174K | 17% | 2 |
| #18 | 54% | Naval History with Dr Alex | 80% | 19.3K | 15% | 1 |
| #19 | 54% | Top Fives ▶ | 72% | 3.1M | 27% | 4 |
| #20 | 54% | Sandboxx | 80% | 519K | 14% | 4 |
| #21 | 54% | ryu1940 | 81% | 12.7K | 12% | 1 |
| #22 | 53% | Blueprint | 76% | 177K | 19% | 3 |
| #23 | 53% | The Buzz | 79% | 390K | 14% | 4 |
| #24 | 53% | Naked Science | 74% | 1.7M | 21% | 2 |
| #25 | 53% | Fleet Secrets | 80% | 43.1K | 12% | 1 |
| #26 | 53% | MAD LAB | 75% | 4.1M | 18% | 3 |
| #27 | 53% | Beyond Facts | 80% | 705K | 12% | 3 |
| #28 | 52% | The Military Show ▶ | 76% | 2.1M | 17% | 4 |
| #29 | 52% | Spacedock | 75% | 467K | 18% | 2 |
| #30 | 52% | Media Magik Entertainment | 78% | 319K | 13% | 3 |
| #31 | 52% | Unclassified | 76% | 40.8K | 15% | 2 |
| #32 | 51% | World of Warships Official Channel | 74% | 812K | 18% | 6 |
| #33 | 51% | New Horizon TV | 77% | 161K | 12% | 1 |
| #34 | 51% | Zack D. Films ▶ | 71% | 26M | 20% | 3 |
| #35 | 51% | REAL ATC | 74% | 68.3K | 15% | 1 |
| #36 | 50% | 32TFS Aviation | 74% | 42.9K | 15% | 1 |
| #37 | 50% | Motherland's Angels | 74% | 1.1M | 15% | 1 |
| #38 | 50% | The Infographics Show ▶ | 75% | 15.4M | 12% | 5 |
| #39 | 50% | hypohystericalhistory | 75% | 117K | 12% | 1 |
| #40 | 49% | Casper Arms | 72% | 34.8K | 15% | 1 |
| #41 | 49% | marinersgalaxy | 74% | 10.9K | 12% | 1 |
| #42 | 49% | Military TV | 74% | 861K | 12% | 4 |
| #43 | 49% | DangerTV ▶ | 71% | 1.1M | 14% | 2 |
| #44 | 47% | Business Insider ▶ | 70% | 10.4M | 13% | 4 |
| #45 | 47% | Black Watch International | 71% | 1.3K | 12% | 1 |
| #46 | 46% | Our History | 69% | 980K | 12% | 1 |
| #47 | 45% | AFN Iwakuni | 67% | 2.2K | 12% | 1 |
Drachinifel (87% match, 581K subscribers), AiTelly (66% match, 1.9M subscribers), The Daily Navy (64% match, 211K subscribers). They are similar in that they produce naval and military history or defense content targeting a similar audience with informational videos about ships, aircraft carriers, and military technology.
Not What You Think creates naval and military history/defense content based on video titles such as 3 Nights Onboard US Navy's Largest Stealth Ship, Emergency Landing on Aircraft Carriers, and The Bomb That Ended a War. Uploads appear frequent with an average around 15M views per video, though exact upload frequency per week is not specified.
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