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Subscribers 18.7M

Videos 3K

Views 14.9B

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Ray William Johnson curates true crime storytelling content, focusing on narrated crime histories, profiles of infamous criminals, and crime-related stories. The channel appears to emphasize deep-dives and narrative storytelling with a true crime orientation, using keywords like true crime, stories, and true story, and recent videos revolve around individual criminal cases. Upload frequency is high with a large library (over 3100 videos) and an average view per video around 4.4 million.

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EXPLORE WITH US view on YouTube

86% relevance

Subscribers 7.3M

Videos 492

Views 1.7B

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 76%

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Both target audiences interested in crime history narrations and infamous criminal stories; while Explore With Us ranks highly for crime and history queries (100% search match) and has strong content alignment (76%), they resemble Ray William Johnson in topical focus on true crime storytelling rather than the exact humor-critique format.

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#2

Bailey Sarian view on YouTube

76% relevance

Subscribers 7.9M

Videos 1.4K

Views 1.5B

Appearances 18

SERP 71%

Similarity 79%

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They share a strong alignment with crime history narrations and true crime storytelling (high search and content scores), indicating a similar audience and subject matter, though Bailey Sarian emphasizes long-form storytelling whereas RayWilliamJohnson centers on commentary.

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48 Hours view on YouTube

75% relevance

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 2.2K

Views 1.2B

Appearances 20

SERP 77%

Similarity 73%

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Both channels appear in searches for crime documentary and famous murder cases (high search similarity) and deliver crime-focused content (solid content match), making their audiences overlap around serialized crime storytelling.

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Rotten Mango view on YouTube

69% relevance

Subscribers 6.3M

Videos 447

Views 1.1B

Appearances 13

SERP 53%

Similarity 79%

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Rotten Mango coincidences with true crime storytelling and murder case analysis (notably strong content match at 79%), suggesting similar subject matter and narrative approach with RayWilliamJohnson sharing the crime-oriented audience.

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LADbible Stories view on YouTube

67% relevance

Subscribers 3.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 1.5B

Appearances 11

SERP 59%

Similarity 72%

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They target infamous criminal stories and real-life crime summaries with a credible overlap in audience interest (content similarity moderate to high) though LADbible’s style is more newsy and concise versus RayWilliamJohnson’s commentary approach.

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TED-Ed view on YouTube

65% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 7

SERP 66%

Similarity 65%

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Both have substantial overlap on crime history narrations and real-life crime summaries in searches (66% search) and a balanced content similarity (65%), appealing to viewers curious about factual crime narratives across formats.

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Top competitors by match strength are EXPLORE WITH US (86% match) and Bailey Sarian (76% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as crime history narrations, murder case analysis, infamous criminal stories, and true crime storytelling. 48 Hours (75% match) also shares similar queries like crime documentary channels and famous murder cases. Ray William Johnson has a larger subscriber base (18.7M) than 48 Hours (2.4M), while Bailey Sarian holds 7.9M and EXPLORE WITH US 7.3M. All identified competitors focus on crime storytelling and analysis, with overlapping search targets around high-profile crimes and investigative narratives.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Ray William Johnson?

EXPLORE WITH US — 86% match, 7.3M subscribers; Bailey Sarian — 76% match, 7.9M subscribers; 48 Hours — 75% match, 2.4M subscribers. All are true crime/story-telling or investigative-style channels that overlap with Ray William Johnson's focus on story-driven, true crime content.

What type of content does Ray William Johnson make?

Ray William Johnson creates story-time true crime content, describing real-life stories and reports in video format. Recent videos have titles like The Richard Ramirez story, The Haliey Welch story, and The John of God story, with average views around 4.4M per video and an upload frequency of about multiple uploads per week.

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