We found 49 YouTube channels similar to Sabine Hossenfelder
They match Sabine on physics theory, quantum foundations, and philosophy of science (high search and content similarity), presenting content in accessible explainers similar to Sabine's critical science perspective.
Overlaps Sabine on physics theory and emerging/alternative physics topics, with strong search alignment but varying style and format that differ from Sabine's more analytical approach.
Shares interest in physics theory and cosmology updates, including topics like fusion energy, with similar audience reach, though Kurzgesagt delivers highly visual animated content vs Sabine's critique-driven format.
Aligns on physics theory and space-time/gravitational wave topics, attracting a similar science-curious audience, yet their events-focused presentation differs from Sabine's channel-by-channel analysis.
Converges on quantum foundations and existential physics with academic physics commentary, targeting a similar science-interested audience, though RH often emphasizes lectures and demonstrations rather than Sabine's critique style.
Shares interest in science skepticism and quantum/computing impacts, drawing the same search terms but varies content format and depth compared to Sabine's rigorous physics critique.
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
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| #7 | 71% | TED-Ed ▶ | 70% | 22.4M | 73% | 6 |
| #8 | 71% | StarTalk | 75% | 5.4M | 64% | 11 |
| #9 | 71% | The Sleepy Scientist | 79% | 144K | 59% | 7 |
| #10 | 71% | History of the Universe | 74% | 1.1M | 65% | 9 |
| #11 | 70% | AstroKobi | 81% | 3.0M | 52% | 5 |
| #12 | 69% | Quanta Magazine | 82% | 1.2M | 50% | 8 |
| #13 | 65% | Arvin Ash | 81% | 1.1M | 42% | 7 |
| #14 | 64% | NASA Space News | 81% | 605K | 39% | 4 |
| #15 | 63% | Curt Jaimungal | 79% | 539K | 39% | 5 |
| #16 | 63% | Boston University | 66% | 192K | 58% | 4 |
| #17 | 63% | Robinson Erhardt | 81% | 535K | 36% | 6 |
| #18 | 62% | Closer To Truth | 75% | 665K | 44% | 9 |
| #19 | 62% | Dr Ben Miles | 84% | 2.3M | 29% | 3 |
| #20 | 61% | ScienceClic English | 78% | 919K | 37% | 5 |
| #21 | 59% | Science ABC | 75% | 528K | 34% | 4 |
| #22 | 59% | Essentia Foundation | 76% | 249K | 33% | 5 |
| #23 | 58% | PBS Space Time | 79% | 3.4M | 27% | 6 |
| #24 | 58% | Boring Space | 79% | 39.3K | 25% | 3 |
| #25 | 57% | Sean Carroll | 72% | 248K | 35% | 2 |
| #26 | 57% | Cleo Abram ▶ | 82% | 7.5M | 18% | 4 |
| #27 | 56% | Astrum | 77% | 2.8M | 25% | 6 |
| #28 | 56% | Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky | 78% | 1.0M | 24% | 3 |
| #29 | 56% | Rotman Institute of Philosophy | 72% | 10K | 32% | 2 |
| #30 | 56% | minutephysics | 77% | 5.9M | 25% | 2 |
| #31 | 56% | Looking Glass Universe | 78% | 441K | 22% | 4 |
| #32 | 55% | Sciencephile the AI | 80% | 1.1M | 18% | 1 |
| #33 | 55% | The Institute of Art and Ideas | 74% | 695K | 25% | 6 |
| #34 | 54% | Late Science | 77% | 105K | 19% | 3 |
| #35 | 53% | IBM Technology ▶ | 74% | 1.6M | 23% | 1 |
| #36 | 53% | NOVA PBS Official | 75% | 1.4M | 21% | 3 |
| #37 | 53% | MIT OpenCourseWare ▶ | 74% | 6.2M | 21% | 2 |
| #38 | 51% | PankaZz | 71% | 6.3K | 20% | 2 |
| #39 | 51% | Klonusk | 73% | 137K | 18% | 1 |
| #40 | 51% | TDC | 70% | 3.3M | 23% | 1 |
| #41 | 51% | Andrew Dotson | 70% | 250K | 21% | 3 |
| #42 | 50% | Professor Dave Explains ▶ | 69% | 4.2M | 22% | 5 |
| #43 | 48% | doescience | 67% | 4.8K | 21% | 2 |
| #44 | 47% | Eurac Research | 66% | 3.8K | 18% | 1 |
| #45 | 45% | TruckeeAPChemistry | 63% | 2.0K | 18% | 1 |
| #46 | 45% | 3M Canada | 59% | 34.5K | 23% | 3 |
| #47 | 44% | UC Berkeley Summer Sessions | 61% | 1.4K | 18% | 1 |
| #48 | 43% | Philosophy Beyond | 60% | 3.2K | 18% | 1 |
| #49 | 42% | Universitetet i Agder | 57% | 4.7K | 20% | 4 |
Big Think — 88% match, 8.6M subscribers; Veritasium — 80% match, 20.4M subscribers; Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell — 73% match, 25.1M subscribers. All three compete in science-focused explainers and educational videos with broad audiences interested in physics, science news, and technology.
Sabine Hossenfelder creates science explainers and brief science summaries about physics, technology, and research, with videos like warp drive plans, AI, data storage breakthroughs, and the simulation hypothesis. She uploads multiple videos per week and the average video view count is about 185.1K.
We analyze Sabine Hossenfelder'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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