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Sam Harris
Subscribers 859K
Videos 676
Views 73.2M

Channels Like Sam Harris

Sam Harris covers philosophy, neuroscience, religion, secular mindfulness, and contemporary political topics, featuring deep-dives, interviews, and conversations through the Making Sense podcast and related discussions. Content style includes in-depth conversations, interviews, and explorations of big ideas, meditation and rationality topics, with a focus on science, reason, and atheism. The channel publishes a substantial number of episodes since 2010, with an extensive catalog (676 videos) and an average view count around 42.8K per video, indicating a mix of longer-form discussions and explorations rather than short-form content.

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We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Sam Harris

TED-Ed YouTube channel thumbnail
#1

82% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 16
SERP 100%
Similarity 70%
moral philosophy discussions economic inequality ethics trust and media bias

Both target audiences seeking accessible explorations of moral philosophy and societal issues (queries like moral philosophy discussions and economic inequality ethics), with high search overlap but TED-Ed's content style is more animated lessons than Harris's dialogue-heavy philosophy talks (82% match, 70% content).

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Subscribers 364K
Videos 223
Views 29.0M
Appearances 14
SERP 83%
Similarity 76%
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Shares focus on neuroscience and moral philosophy, rationality, and skepticism in a similar educational vein, resulting in strong search overlap and fairly aligned content (83% search, 76% content; 79% match).

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#3

79% relevance

Subscribers 8.6M
Videos 9.9K
Views 1.0B
Appearances 17
SERP 74%
Similarity 82%
contemporary philosophy podcast rationality and skepticism free will debate

Targets contemporary philosophy, rationality and skepticism, and free will debates much like Harris, with high search alignment but slightly broader format (74% search, 82% content; 79% match).

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#4

78% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 12
SERP 86%
Similarity 72%
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Appeals to rationality/skepticism and debates on religion/politics—topics Harris engages with—yielding substantial search overlap though CrashCourse uses a faster-paced, high-energy style (86% search, 72% content; 78% match).

TEDx Talks YouTube channel thumbnail
#5

61% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 14
SERP 46%
Similarity 72%
moral philosophy discussions secular mindfulness training technology and civilization impact

Covers moral philosophy discussions and secular mindfulness plus tech/civilization topics, overlapping with Harris on ethics discourse but with broader, speaker-focused talks and variable depth (46% search, 72% content; 61% match).

Alex O'Connor YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 1.9M
Videos 588
Views 381.5M
Appearances 9
SERP 37%
Similarity 75%
moral philosophy discussions contemporary philosophy podcast free will debate

Directly engages in moral and contemporary philosophy debates including free will, aligning with Harris on core philosophical questions though with a distinct online persona and format (37% search, 75% content; 60% match).

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Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (82% match) and Big Think (79% match) as top matches, with Wireless Philosophy (79% match) close behind. These competitors share overlapping queries such as moral philosophy discussions, rationality and skepticism, and secular mindfulness training, aligning with Harris’s focus on philosophy, science, and religion. In terms of audience size, Sam Harris has 859K subscribers, while TED-Ed and Big Think boast significantly larger audiences (TED-Ed 22.4M subscribers, Big Think 8.6M), and Wireless Philosophy has 364K, indicating a range of larger educational brands competing in similar intellectual and philosophy-driven search spaces.

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#9 55% StarTalk 74% 5.4M 27% 3
#10 55% Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell 73% 25.1M 28% 4
#11 55% Jared Henderson 78% 733K 20% 3
#12 54% TED 78% 27.2M 19% 6
#13 54% Berkley Center 74% 23.8K 24% 2
#14 53% Unsolicited advice 76% 882K 19% 5
#15 53% The Ethical Compass 68% 1.2K 29% 10
#16 52% Then & Now 75% 543K 17% 1
#17 52% Art Of Living | Shorts & Stories 68% 167K 27% 4
#18 52% Aperture 74% 2.5M 18% 6
#19 51% Bite-sized Philosophy 73% 531K 19% 2
#20 51% Monash University 77% 32.4K 14% 1
#21 51% Turning Point USA 73% 6.7M 17% 1
#22 51% Katie Halper 72% 457K 19% 2
#23 51% Fadi Akil (Untimely Thoughts) 75% 11.1K 14% 1
#24 50% Vsauce 74% 24.7M 15% 2
#25 50% Philosophy Vibe 67% 131K 25% 5
#26 50% Transcultural Psychiatry 70% 3.8K 20% 2
#27 50% MasterClass 72% 1.6M 17% 1
#28 50% Sprouts 72% 1.9M 16% 3
#29 50% Rationality Rules 73% 569K 14% 4
#30 49% Tangle News 71% 41.5K 17% 1
#31 49% Angelicum Media 73% 2.8K 14% 1
#32 48% DNA Today 72% 3.7K 12% 2
#33 48% Language and Philosophy 69% 23.9K 16% 3
#34 48% Fuller Seminary 70% 28K 15% 5
#35 48% University of California Television (UCTV) 71% 1.4M 14% 3
#36 48% Overthink Podcast 70% 174K 15% 2
#37 48% History investigation 68% 2.9K 17% 1
#38 47% Luke Shori 70% 4.8K 14% 1
#39 47% Practical Psychology 71% 2.3M 12% 2
#40 47% A Little Bit of Philosophy 68% 22.2K 16% 2
#41 47% Harvard University 70% 2.8M 13% 3
#42 47% Meditations By Gurudev 64% 844K 22% 8
#43 46% UPSC Unstoppables by Unacademy 65% 724K 17% 1
#44 46% Global Ethics Solutions 66% 10.5K 15% 3
#45 44% John Bosco 64% 17.1K 14% 1
#46 44% Chase Reeves 64% 142K 14% 1
#47 43% ROME REPORTS in English 63% 478K 14% 1

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Sam Harris?

TED-Ed — 82% match, 22.4M subscribers; Wireless Philosophy — 79% match, 364K subscribers; Big Think — 79% match, 8.6M subscribers. All are education-focused channels that feature discussions, interviews, and explanatory videos on science, philosophy, and critical thinking, similar to Sam Harris's content.

What type of content does Sam Harris make?

Sam Harris creates long-form discussions, interviews, and philosophical/sc科学 topics, including neuroscience, atheism, religion, meditation, and politics. The channel averages about 42.8K views per video, with a mix of episodes and conversations, and an irregular upload schedule described as ~? uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Sam Harris?

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