Channels Like RMTransit

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RMTransit
Subscribers 346K
Videos 782
Views 62.4M

RMTransit covers global public transportation systems, transit planning, urbanism, and city development through in-depth analyses and explainers. The channel features tutorials, deep-dives, and critique-style content on rail, metro, tram, and bus networks, with a focus on how transit systems perform and how they could improve. Uploads are frequent, with a catalog of 782 videos and average view counts around 598.1K per video, reflecting a robust, knowledge-driven channel cadence since joining Apr 10, 2012.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Not Just Bikes (69% match) and Urban Planner Explained (86% match) as the closest rivals, sharing overlapping queries such as metro system rankings, tram systems comparison, and urban transit analysis. The B1M (62% match) and Wendover Productions (59% match) also compete on themes like world rail networks, high speed rail overview, and intercity rail development. RMTransit has 346K subscribers, while Not Just Bikes has about 1.4M subscribers and Urban Planner Explained has about 50.7K, indicating RMTransit competes with larger channels on search terms but with a substantial user base and a specialized focus on transit critique and planning.

Similar Channels

We found 41 YouTube channels similar to RMTransit

Urban Planner Explained YouTube channel thumbnail
#1 Urban Planner Explained

86% relevance

Subscribers 50.7K
Videos 33
Views 4.4M
Appearances 14
SERP 100%
Similarity 76%
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Shares a focus on urban transit analysis and metro systems with RMTransit, evidenced by high search overlap (urban transit analysis, metro system rankings, tram systems comparison) and a strong content alignment (76%), indicating similar style and depth.

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#2 Not Just Bikes

69% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M
Videos 139
Views 198.3M
Appearances 10
SERP 59%
Similarity 75%
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Targets metro system rankings and tram comparisons via common queries, plus public transport critique, yielding substantial search overlap and content similarity (75%), indicating a comparable audience and analytical approach.

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#3 The B1M

62% relevance

Subscribers 4.0M
Videos 831
Views 860.8M
Appearances 8
SERP 39%
Similarity 76%
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Engages with world rail networks and metro expansion topics that align with RMTransit’s scope, reflected in shared queries like world rail networks and metro expansion projects and a solid content match (76%).

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#4 Wendover Productions

59% relevance

Subscribers 4.9M
Videos 275
Views 808.2M
Appearances 7
SERP 38%
Similarity 73%
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Covers world rail networks and intercity transit development, matching RMTransit’s inquiry set and delivering a strong content match (73%), though with a broader global transit storytelling style.

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#5 Railways Explained

59% relevance

Subscribers 128K
Videos 222
Views 18.6M
Appearances 5
SERP 22%
Similarity 83%
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Delivers urban rail and rail infrastructure insights similar to RMTransit, with high relevance to queries like rail infrastructure assessment and urban rail explained, and an especially high content alignment (83%).

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#6 Oh The Urbanity!

59% relevance

Subscribers 112K
Videos 195
Views 15.1M
Appearances 4
SERP 39%
Similarity 71%
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Focuses on urban transit analysis and city transit performance, overlapping RMTransit’s audience via queries on transit ridership trends, yielding substantial search overlap and good content similarity (71%).

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to RMTransit?

Urban Planner Explained — 50.7K subscribers, 86% match; Not Just Bikes — 1.4M subscribers, 69% match; The B1M — 4M subscribers, 62% match. All three channels share a focus on urbanism, infrastructure, and city planning topics that overlap with RMTransit’s transit systems and urban development content.

What type of content does RMTransit make?

RMTransit produces content about transit systems, rail, trams, urban planning, and public transportation, with video titles such as 'The Train of the Future is Already Here', 'Why American Buses Are Just Worse', 'My Top 10 Metro Systems of the World', 'The Largest Rail System In the World | Tokyo’s Urban Railways Explained', and 'The Modern Tram Has Gone Off the Rails.' The channel averages about 598.1K views per video and uploads multiple times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to RMTransit?

We analyze RMTransit's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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