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The RSA
Subscribers 787K
Videos 1.8K
Views 134.8M

Channels Like The RSA

The RSA covers ideas, social change, and innovation, focusing on events, talks, debates, design, culture, and education. Content appears as long-form talks and REPLAY/event videos, with occasional fellowship or community-focused prompts, suggesting tutorials-like and discussion formats rather than quick vlogs or shorts. The channel has 787K subscribers and 134.8M total views, with 1800 videos published, and uploads are indicated as ongoing since 2009, averaging around 2M views per video.

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#1

84% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 71
SERP 100%
Similarity 74%
public policy ideas social change leadership creative destruction innovation

Shares high search overlap on public policy ideas and social change leadership (queries: public policy ideas, social change leadership, creative destruction innovation) and a strong content alignment around transformative ideas (84% match) though RSA’s delivery is more in-depth long-form talks whereas TEDx is broad and event-driven.

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#2

51% relevance

Subscribers 2.7M
Videos 1.1K
Views 176.7M
Appearances 14
SERP 19%
Similarity 72%
social change leadership empathy leadership talks influential leadership talks

Overlaps on leadership and social change (queries: social change leadership, empathetic leadership talks) with moderate search alignment (51% match) and substantial content similarity (72%), yet RSA tends to favor systemic policy discourse while Simon Sinek emphasizes leadership philosophy and narrative.

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#3

51% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M
Videos 5.5K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 11
SERP 13%
Similarity 76%
empathy leadership talks economic equality initiatives influential leadership talks

Shares emphasis on leadership and societal impact (queries: empathy leadership talks, influential leadership talks) with a 51% match and high content similarity (76%), but RSA focuses more on public policy and systemic change rather than TED’s broader idea-focused variety.

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#4
LSE

48% relevance

Subscribers 275K
Videos 3.6K
Views 25.3M
Appearances 4
SERP 4%
Similarity 78%
public policy ideas creative destruction innovation economic equality initiatives

Little-to-moderate search overlap on policy and economic equality discussions (queries: public policy ideas, economic equality initiatives) with strong content alignment (78%), reflecting a similar policy-analytic angle though RSA presents it in a more narrative, talk-centric format.

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#5
GetSmarter

46% relevance

Subscribers 26K
Videos 519
Views 4.9M
Appearances 2
SERP 5%
Similarity 74%
public policy ideas public policy reform

Contains overlap in policy-oriented education and reform (queries: public policy ideas, public policy reform) with modest search alignment but solid content similarity (74%), distinguishing itself by a more instructional or course-like approach rather than RSA’s conference-ted talk style.

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#6

46% relevance

Subscribers 79.3K
Videos 1.5K
Views 15.1M
Appearances 3
SERP 4%
Similarity 75%
impact measurement frameworks

Targets impact measurement frameworks (queries: impact measurement frameworks) with moderate search alignment and high content similarity (75%), aligning RSA’s interest in evaluating social and economic initiatives though Oxford’s content is more academic in methodology.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include TED (51% match) and TEDx Talks (84% match). Both overlap on queries like empathy leadership talks, social change leadership, and creative destruction innovation, indicating common ground in ideas, leadership, and global issues; TED has 27.2M subscribers while TEDx Talks has 44.2M, larger than The RSA. A third match is Simon Sinek (51% match), who competes on social change leadership and influential leadership talks, with 2.7M subscribers, also larger than The RSA. LSE (48% match) and GetSmarter (46% match) also share public policy and economic equality queries but have smaller audiences (275K and 26K subscribers respectively). Overall, the RSA competes most with TED and TEDx Talks on broad idea-based, leadership, and social impact searches, with size differences showing the RSA trailing behind the big education and inspiration channels.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The RSA?

TEDx Talks — 44.2M subscribers (match 84%). Simon Sinek — 2.7M subscribers (match 51%). TED — 27.2M subscribers (match 51%). They all share a focus on ideas, talks, leadership, and social impact aimed at broad audiences through long-form video content.

What type of content does The RSA make?

The RSA creates talks and event videos exploring ideas, social change, innovation, climate, design, and public discourse, with content labeled as event, talk, TED talks, and related topics. They average about 2 million views per video, with an upload cadence of roughly 1–2 videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The RSA?

We analyze The RSA'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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