Storied

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 357

Views 116.9M

Channels Like Storied

Storied covers arts and humanities shown through deep-dives into art, culture, mythology, folklore, legends, and storytelling, with a focus on mystery and the paranormal. The channel features educational content and explorations (e.g., mythological and linguistic topics) as part of PBS Digital Studios, including related series like Monstrum and Otherwords. Uploads appear to be frequent, with an average of about 367K views per video, and the channel has 1.1M subscribers since joining March 21, 2019.

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#1

TED-Ed view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 58

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Both focus on educational storytelling about language, myth, and human knowledge, sharing high search overlap for word origins, language evolution, and mythology storytelling, with TED-Ed’s content style closely aligned to Storied’s narrative explainer format (83% match; search 100%, content 71%).

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RobWords view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 940K

Videos 103

Views 92.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 21%

Similarity 80%

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Similar emphasis on word origins, etymology, and language evolution, attracting the same audience interested in linguistic roots, though RobWords leans more etymology-focused while Storied centers on narrative context (57% match; search 21%, content 80%).

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53% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 19

SERP 33%

Similarity 66%

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Shares interest in language evolution and storytelling traditions, appealing to audiences curious about myths and psychology of words, but with a broader conference-talk style that diverges from Storied’s curated storytelling channel (53% match; search 33%, content 66%).

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WIRED view on YouTube ▶

53% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 6

SERP 24%

Similarity 72%

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Catches the linguistic curiosity crowd through word origins, linguistics, and etymology, aligning on content depth and explainers though WIRED’s tech and culture framing differs from Storied’s mythic narrative focus (53% match; search 24%, content 72%).

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Mental Floss

52% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 922

Views 223.7M

Appearances 3

SERP 9%

Similarity 80%

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Targets word origins and mythical creature origins similarly to Storied, with a strong emphasis on trivia-style myth lore, but its format leans more list-based explainers than Storied’s story-driven episodes (52% match; search 9%, content 80%).

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Pantheon Mythology

52% relevance

Subscribers 221K

Videos 250

Views 14.8M

Appearances 13

SERP 28%

Similarity 68%

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Shares interest in mythology origins and cultural meaning, attracting an audience into mythic storytelling and monster folklore, though Pantheon Mythology focuses more on scholarly myth retellings than Storied’s narrative explorations (52% match; search 28%, content 68%).

Content Landscape

Top competitors include TED-Ed (83% match) and TEDx Talks (53% match) as well as WIRED (53% match) in overlapping areas like word origins, language evolution, and mythology storytelling. These channels share queries such as word origins, language evolution, etymology, and oral storytelling traditions with Storied. TED-Ed has 22.4M subscribers and TEDx Talks has 44.2M subscribers, both significantly larger than Storied’s 1.1M, while WIRED has 12.8M subscribers. RobWords (57% match) with 940K subscribers also overlaps on word origins and etymology, presenting a mid-sized competitor. The channel’s strongest matches are with TED-Ed (83% match) and TEDx Talks (53% match), reflecting common interests in language, myths, and storytelling across a broad audience.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Storied?

TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 83% match) and TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 53% match) are Storied's biggest competitors. RobWords has 940K subscribers and a 57% match. All three share a focus on educational, explanatory, and literature- or language-themed content that explores knowledge in accessible video formats.

What type of content does Storied make?

Storied creates short-form explainer videos about language, word origins, and linguistics, as evidenced by titles like 'Everyone Gets These Word Origins Wrong' and 'Punctuation's Weird Backstory' (average ~367.1K views per video). The channel uploads multiple videos per week, with recent videos ranging from 152.3K to 560.8K views, averaging around hundreds of thousands per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Storied?

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