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Subscribers 447K

Videos 98

Views 31.8M

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Rational Animations covers topics related to AI safety, alignment, governance, and related science topics through animated explainers and deep-dives. The channel emphasizes rational thinking, altruistic causes, and learning, with content likely including tutorials, explainers, and in-depth analyses. Uploads appear frequent, and videos garner substantial engagement, with an average around 317.9K views per video and typical runtimes around 13 minutes.

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89% relevance

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Videos 1.5K

Views 108.6M

Appearances 58

SERP 100%

Similarity 82%

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High search overlap on risk of ai, ai governance, and explainable ai aligns with Rational Animations’ focus on AI safety and governance topics, though IBM’s content is broader and more enterprise-oriented (search 100%, content 82%).

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59% relevance

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Videos 99

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Appearances 14

SERP 24%

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Significant audience overlap around ai safety and safety tools, with Rational Animations sharing the same safety-driven topics, while Neural Nutshell’s content depth skews more tool-focused (search 24%, content 83%).

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Videos 54

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Appearances 9

SERP 13%

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Strong alignment on ai safety, alignment, and safety research, reflecting a common niche and audience despite Robert Miles’ more research-leaning presentation (search 13%, content 86%).

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54% relevance

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TED covers risk of ai, information hazards, and ai policy topics that echo Rational Animations’ governance and policy-oriented angles, though TED is broader in format and audience (search 18%, content 78%).

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Siliconversations

54% relevance

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Videos 113

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SERP 4%

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Overlap in ai safety research and safety tools with Rational Animations, sharing a strong safety-experimentation thread, while Siliconversations presents more interview-driven content (search 4%, content 87%).

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robertus

54% relevance

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Appearances 3

SERP 8%

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Shares AI alignment and misalignment risk discussions with Rational Animations, appealing to the same audience though robertus emphasizes alignment challenges in a distinct creator voice (search 8%, content 84%).

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Top competitors include IBM Technology (89% match) and TED (54% match) as the closest matches. IBM Technology overlaps on risk of AI, ai governance, and explainable AI queries, while TED aligns on risk of AI, information hazards, and AI policy. Siliconversations (54% match) and Robert Miles AI Safety (57% match) also compete on ai safety-related queries, with Robert Miles AI Safety closer in alignment topics. Rational Animations has 447K subscribers, which is far smaller than TED (27.2M) and IBM Technology (1.6M) but larger than Neural Nutshell (23.9K) and Siliconversations (150K), indicating varying competitive scales across overlap topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Rational Animations?

The top competitors are IBM Technology — 89% match, 1.6M subscribers; Neural Nutshell — 59% match, 23.9K subscribers; Robert Miles AI Safety — 57% match, 169K subscribers. They share a focus on AI, technology, and safety topics related to artificial intelligence and its implications, similar to Rational Animations.

What type of content does Rational Animations make?

Rational Animations creates educational, explanatory videos about science, AI, and rationality themes, with titles such as 'This May Be Humanity’s Hardest Challenge', 'The dumbest AI taught the smartest AI. Here’s how that went…', 'Can we just... pause AI?', 'AI could be a tool for global control (plus other major AI risks)', and 'What a 100-year-old horse teaches us about AI'. The channel uploads multiple AI/science videos weekly, averaging around 317.9K views per video.

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