YESTERDAY

Subscribers 86K

Videos 18

Views 7.7M

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YESTERDAY covers history-focused stories about well-known topics explored in depth, delivering long-form narratives and analyses. The channel appears to specialize in deep-dives on historical events, wars, mysteries, and survival stories, with a storytelling style that stays with viewers after watching. It uploads roughly 1 video per week, with an average of about 611.8K views per video (based on recent data).

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#1

HISTORY view on YouTube

83% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Shares high search overlap on history-related queries like unsolved mysteries and world war overviews, mirroring YESTERDAY's historical topics, with a strong content alignment in history storytelling (83% match overall but differing in presentation style).

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The Paint Explainer view on YouTube

76% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 141

Views 260.9M

Appearances 9

SERP 68%

Similarity 82%

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Both target audiences seeking in-depth explanations of historical topics such as ancient wars and military history, with overlapping search interest (ancient wars explained) and a strong content focus on analysis, though Paint Explainer emphasizes visual/explanatory formats.

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#3

Extreme Survival Stories view on YouTube

74% relevance

Subscribers 23.5K

Videos 66

Views 3.9M

Appearances 15

SERP 72%

Similarity 75%

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Overlap on survival-themed storytelling and true events drives similar search interest (terrifying/extreme survival stories), and content also includes survival narratives, yielding a strong audience parallel despite stylistic differences.

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Uncharted Mysteries view on YouTube

72% relevance

Subscribers 256K

Videos 66

Views 30.4M

Appearances 10

SERP 68%

Similarity 75%

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Similarities come from shared queries about unsolved mysteries and extreme survival, with content spanning mystery history and perilous scenarios, giving a parallel but with more investigative focus.

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Scary Interesting view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 264

Views 311.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 58%

Similarity 78%

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Competes for the same audience with overlapping searches for terrifying survival and historical events, and produces similarly intense, high-stakes storytelling content, though tonal delivery may vary.

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WatchMojo.com view on YouTube

70% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 32K

Views 17.9B

Appearances 9

SERP 62%

Similarity 75%

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Matches on queries about myths, legends, and terrifying historical events and military campaigns, appealing to broad history-interest viewers with list-driven history content, resulting in substantial search overlap and content breadth.

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Top competitors identified: HISTORY (83% match) with 15.2M subscribers, and The Paint Explainer (76% match) with 1.8M subscribers. Both share overlapping queries with YESTERDAY such as unsolved mysteries history, world war overview, and myths and legends history for HISTORY, and ancient wars explained, military history analysis, and terrifying historical events for The Paint Explainer. A third competitor, Extreme Survival Stories (74% match, 23.5K subscribers), shares queries like terrifying survival stories and extreme survival stories, though it is much smaller in audience. YESTERDAY (86K subscribers) sits well below HISTORY and The Paint Explainer in size, while sharing key topics and search terms.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to YESTERDAY?

HISTORY — 83% match, 15.2M subscribers; The Paint Explainer — 76% match, 1.8M subscribers; Extreme Survival Stories — 74% match, 23.5K subscribers. They share a focus on history, survival, and science/behind-the-scenes explanations, aligning with YESTERDAY's investigative and historical-topic videos.

What type of content does YESTERDAY make?

YESTERDAY creates history- and science-focused explainer videos, with titles like Why the Mariana Trench Still Terrifies Scientists and How Bin Laden Planned 9/11. The channel uploads about 1.0 video per week, and average video views are around 611.8K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to YESTERDAY?

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