Real Time History

Subscribers 677K

Videos 67

Views 94.6M

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Real Time History covers military history across the ages, with videos on major wars, battles, and revolutions such as WW2, the Great War, the Iranian Revolution, and the Boxer Uprising. The channel presents documentary-style deep-dives and full-length investigations, leveraging keywords like History, Documentary, WW2, Cold War, and Napoleon, with recent uploads focusing on specific historical events and campaigns. It publishes around 0.5 videos per week and averages roughly 584.5K views per video.

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Epic History view on YouTube ▶

86% relevance

Subscribers 3.0M

Videos 298

Views 390.5M

Appearances 11

SERP 100%

Similarity 77%

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Shares a strong overlap in search terms like naval battles history and world wars overview, and, while Real Time History emphasizes concise history videos, Epic History also covers these topics but with a broader naval and global war focus reflected in an 86% match driven by search queries (100%) and content alignment (77%).

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82% relevance

Subscribers 9.5M

Videos 33

Views 1.4B

Appearances 5

SERP 96%

Similarity 72%

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Targets the same core topics (Cold War conflicts, world wars overview) as Real Time History, with high search overlap (96%) but somewhat lighter or more humorous presentation, giving an 82% match overall due to strong query alignment but different content style (72%).

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77% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 11

SERP 75%

Similarity 79%

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Aligns on naval battles history and island hopping/military topics similar to Real Time History, showing solid search overlap (75%) and deeper war content (79%), yielding a 77% match driven by topics like Manila battles and island campaigns.

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70% relevance

Subscribers 511K

Videos 148

Views 82.6M

Appearances 9

SERP 70%

Similarity 70%

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Focuses on military history and siege warfare akin to Real Time History, with moderate search and content parity (70% each), producing a 70% match through topic alignment though presentation styles differ.

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70% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 753

Views 268.5M

Appearances 6

SERP 62%

Similarity 75%

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Covers 20th century wars and specific battles (e.g., sino-japanese wars, Manila battles) that Real Time History also examines, resulting in a 70% match driven by 62% search overlap and 75% content similarity in military history topics.

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The Armchair Historian

69% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 322

Views 411.3M

Appearances 6

SERP 61%

Similarity 74%

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Shares Cold War conflicts, island hopping/military topics, and Afghan war history with Real Time History, showing an 69% match from 61% search overlap and 74% content similarity, indicating similar subject matter but differing stylistic delivery.

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Top competitors by match strength are Epic History (86% match) and OverSimplified (82% match). Epic History and Real Time History overlap on queries like naval battles history, Sino-Japanese wars, and world wars overview. OverSimplified aligns with Cold War conflicts, Falklands War analysis, and world wars overview. A third close competitor is Kings and Generals (77% match), sharing overlap on naval battles history, island hopping military, and Manila battle history. Real Time History has 677K subscribers, while Epic History (~3M) and OverSimplified (~9.5M) have substantially larger audiences, with Kings and Generals (~4.1M). The competitors collectively target similar search queries around 20th-century wars, naval battles, and island-hopping campaigns.

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#13	62%	Dr. Explained	72%	59K	47%	3
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Real Time History?

Epic History — 86% match, 3M subscribers; OverSimplified — 82% match, 9.5M subscribers; Kings and Generals — 77% match, 4.1M subscribers. They share a focus on history-themed documentary-style content and history education for a broad audience.

What type of content does Real Time History make?

Real Time History creates documentary-style history videos covering topics like wars and revolutions, based on video titles such as Start of the Iraq War, Eight Great Powers Invade China, Why Argentina Lost the Falklands War, Red Army vs. Mujahedeen, and What Happened During the Iranian Revolution. The channel averages ~584.5K views per video and about 0.5 uploads per week.

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