Quirkology

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 87

Views 527.8M

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Quirkology covers psychology, illusions, magic, tricks, and bets you can win, featuring quirky mind stuff from a psychologist, author and magician. The channel leans toward tutorials and demonstrations related to mentalism, predictions, and practical jokes, with a mix of science-backed stunts and illusion-based content. It publishes new content regularly, aggregates an average of about 24.8 million views per video, and has an overall presence of 2.4 million subscribers and 87 videos since joining in 2007.

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#1

BRIGHT SIDE view on YouTube

80% relevance

Subscribers 44.7M

Videos 11K

Views 11.8B

Appearances 8

SERP 100%

Similarity 67%

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High search overlap on psychology tricks and optical illusions; they resemble Quirkology in topic focus and audience interest, though Bright Side emphasizes rapid, list-style demonstrations while Quirkology is more experiment-driven (80% search match, 67% content match).

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#2

Oscar Owen Magic

77% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M

Videos 625

Views 367.6M

Appearances 6

SERP 81%

Similarity 75%

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Shares audience interest in mentalism, mind reading and magician psychology; the match is strong on queries like mentalism demonstrations, but Oscar Owen focuses on performance magic rather than research-based psychology content (81% search match, 75% content match).

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TED-Ed view on YouTube

76% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 9

SERP 86%

Similarity 70%

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Both cover optical illusions and psychology experiments, appealing to curious minds with educational content; TED-Ed leans more toward animated explainers, explaining why search similarity is high (86%) but content alignment is slightly lower (70%).

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TED view on YouTube

71% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M

Videos 5.5K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 13

SERP 74%

Similarity 68%

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TED channels overlap on mentalism demonstrations and predictive psychology topics, attracting a similar audience while presenting longer-form talks and demonstrations than Quirkology (74% search match, 68% content match).

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#5

SpideyHypnosis

62% relevance

Subscribers 460K

Videos 187

Views 36.3M

Appearances 10

SERP 42%

Similarity 75%

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Targets mentalism demonstrations and mind reading tricks like Quirkology, but with a stronger emphasis on illusion-focused performances and magician psychology; shares audience interest yet differs in content style (42% search match, 75% content match).

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TEDx Talks view on YouTube

61% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 11

SERP 57%

Similarity 64%

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Covers predictive psychology and magician psychology topics, drawing audiences interested in psychology with broader entrepreneurial and educational contexts; search overlap is modest while content alignment is mid-high (57% search match, 64% content match).

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Top competitors include BRIGHT SIDE (80% match) with 44.7M subscribers, TED-Ed (76% match) with 22.4M subscribers, and TED (71% match) with 27.2M subscribers. These channels share overlapping queries such as psychology tricks, optical illusions, predictive psychology, and psychology experiments, aligning with Quirkology’s focus on mentalism, mind reading tricks, and illusion effects. Oscar Owen Magic (77% match) and SpideyHypnosis (62% match) are also relevant, aligning with magician psychology, mind reading tricks, and mentalism demonstrations, though they have smaller subscriber bases (1.6M and 460K respectively). Quirkology competes with much larger channels like BRIGHT SIDE and TED/TED-Ed on search terms related to psychology tricks and optical illusions, while maintaining its niche through a blend of psychology-informed tricks and magical demonstrations.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Quirkology?

BRIGHT SIDE — 44.7M subscribers, match 80%; Oscar Owen Magic — 1.6M subscribers, match 77%; TED-Ed — 22.4M subscribers, match 76%. They share a focus on educational and entertaining content involving psychology, illusions, tricks, and life-hacking-style bets and demonstrations similar to Quirkology.

What type of content does Quirkology make?

Quirkology makes videos about illusions, psychology, tricks, and bets, as seen in titles like '10 More Amazing Science Stunts', '10 more amazing bets you will always win', 'How Predictable Are You?', and '10 Amazing Illusions'. The channel averages about 24.8M views per video and uploads roughly 0.1 times per week.

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