OxfordUnion

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 3.1K

Views 368.6M

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OxfordUnion covers debates, politics, philosophy, history, and education topics, featuring internationally prominent individuals and discussions on free speech, controversial ideas, and current affairs. Content style includes debates, interviews, Q&A, and discussions, with an active history since 2007 and an average of about 13.3K views per video; channel has 2.4M subscribers and 3100 videos, with frequent uploads reflected by recent video activity.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are ReasonTV (83% match) and TEDx Talks (81% match). Both overlap with OxfordUnion on queries like university debate society, student debate topics, public speaking forum, and free speech advocacy. TED (78% match) also competes on free speech debate and global politics discussion. OxfordUnion has 2.4M subscribers, while ReasonTV has 1.3M and TEDx Talks has 44.2M; TED has 27.2M subscribers. These competitors share content around debates, free speech, and educational explorations of politics and philosophy, positioning them as direct content-performance rivals in the same searchable space.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to OxfordUnion?

ReasonTV — 83% match, 1.3M subscribers; TEDx Talks — 81% match, 44.2M subscribers; TED — 78% match, 27.2M subscribers. All three are major political, educational, and ideas-focused channels that feature talks, debates, and discussions similar to OxfordUnion.

What type of content does OxfordUnion make?

OxfordUnion creates debate and discussion content, including speeches, Q&A, and interviews. Recent videos include a celebration of free speech and debates on a unified European Army, with an average of about 13.3K views per video and an uncertain uploads frequency noted as 'Average: 13.3K views/video, ~? uploads/week'.

How do we determine which channels are similar to OxfordUnion?

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