Philip Thompson

Subscribers 139K

Videos 115

Views 23.8M

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Philip Thompson covers true life spy stories, espionage history, and related topics drawn from World War I and II, the Cold War, and beyond. The channel delivers documentary-style deep-dives and narrative explorations, using keywords like history, spying, true life spy stories, and spy biographies to guide content. It publishes a mix of long-form videos averaging around 95K views per video, with an upload frequency of about 0.4 uploads per week (115 videos over roughly 9 years).

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#1

Get.factual view on YouTube ▶

81% relevance

Subscribers 818K

Videos 1.1K

Views 188.2M

Appearances 22

SERP 100%

Similarity 69%

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Shares a high overlap in searches like spy stories documentary, cold war espionage, and world war two spies (81% match) and similarly focuses on espionage history, giving a strong audience alignment with Philip Thompson's documentary-style spy content (69% content match).

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Best Documentary

63% relevance

Subscribers 8.0M

Videos 3.1K

Views 2.1B

Appearances 12

SERP 41%

Similarity 78%

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Overlaps with Philip Thompson on spy stories and espionage topics (63% match), attracting a similar audience despite a slightly divergent style, with content closely aligned to espionage operations (78% content match).

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#3

War of shadows: Declassified

62% relevance

Subscribers 19K

Videos 115

Views 946.0K

Appearances 8

SERP 32%

Similarity 82%

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Targets deep cover agents and counterintelligence history, mirroring Philip Thompson's espionage history focus; searches for related terms are moderate (32%), but content stays highly aligned (82% content match).

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59% relevance

Subscribers 18K

Videos 65

Views 756.9K

Appearances 8

SERP 24%

Similarity 83%

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Covers spy missions and espionage operations, aligning with Philip Thompson's niche via similar search queries, with high content similarity (83%) despite only moderate search overlap (24%).

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#5

International Spy Museum

57% relevance

Subscribers 124K

Videos 821

Views 18.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 20%

Similarity 82%

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Delivers spies and intelligence history and spy networks warfare content, drawing a shared audience through moderated search overlap (20%) and strong content alignment (82%).

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#6

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57% relevance

Subscribers 6.7M

Videos 1.2K

Views 979.9M

Appearances 14

SERP 32%

Similarity 74%

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Addresses cold war espionage and spy missions history, mirroring Thompson's subject matter; audience overlap exists (32% search) with solid content similarity (74%).

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Discovered competitors include Get.factual (81% match) and Best Documentary (63% match) as top contenders, both sharing overlapping queries such as spy stories documentary, cold war espionage, and world war two spies. War of shadows: Declassified (62% match) and Spy Wars: Declassified (59% match) also align on deep cover agents and espionage operations, while International Spy Museum (57% match) overlaps on spies and intelligence history and counterintelligence history. Philip Thompson has 139K subscribers, while competitors range from 19K to 8M subscribers, with Get.factual and Best Documentary being the larger channels. The common thread is documentary-style coverage of espionage history and spy networks, competing for the same search queries and interest in true life spy stories.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Philip Thompson?

Get.factual — 81% match, 818K subscribers; Best Documentary — 63% match, 8M subscribers; War of shadows: Declassified — 62% match, 19K subscribers. All three channels focus on documentary-style true spy stories and espionage content, similar to Philip Thompson's true life spy stories.

What type of content does Philip Thompson make?

Philip Thompson creates documentary-style videos about espionage and spies, with titles like The Spy Without A Face and The Greatest Spy Who Ever Lived. His channel uploads about 0.4 videos per week, with an average of ~95K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Philip Thompson?

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