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Subscribers 156K

Videos 4.6K

Views 106.4M

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Santa Monica Closeup documents real-time news, public safety, and street life across Southern California, focusing on breaking news, police activity, fire recovery, and the homeless crisis in Santa Monica, Venice Beach, Pacific Palisades, and Malibu. The channel employs photojournalism and documentary storytelling with a mix of news coverage and visual storytelling, publishing a high volume of videos (4600 published) and averaging around 1.7M views per video, with recent uploads spanning long-form coverage and real-time updates, roughly 34 minutes per video.

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#1

CBS LA

82% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 105K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Both target Santa Monica and Venice Beach public safety topics with high search overlap (Santa Monica news, public safety Santa Monica, Venice Beach police activity) and substantial content similarity in local news coverage (82% match overall; 100% search, 71% content).

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#2

ABC7

67% relevance

Subscribers 2.8M

Videos 32K

Views 2.8B

Appearances 13

SERP 53%

Similarity 75%

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Match on Santa Monica news and Venice Beach police activity as well as broader Southern California incident recovery topics, driven by strong search overlap (53% search) and solid content similarity (75%), totaling a 67% match.

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NBC News view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 11.8M

Videos 91K

Views 9.7B

Appearances 11

SERP 67%

Similarity 65%

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Converges on California crises and police-related content (police surveillance footage, Homeless crisis California news) with broad national reach, showing balanced search (67%) and content (65%) alignment and a 66% overall match.

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KTLA 5

65% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 36K

Views 1.6B

Appearances 17

SERP 55%

Similarity 72%

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Shares Santa Monica news and coastal California issues like homeless encampment cleanup and fire aftermath, reflected in 55% search and 72% content scores, yielding a 65% overall match.

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#5

FOX 11 Los Angeles

65% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 34K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 13

SERP 54%

Similarity 72%

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Similar focus on Santa Monica news and local disaster cleanup (homeless encampment cleanup, fire recovery Southern California) with comparable search (54%) and strong content overlap (72%), totaling 65%.

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#6

Cal OES

62% relevance

Subscribers 7.8K

Videos 1.7K

Views 3.0M

Appearances 12

SERP 46%

Similarity 72%

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Aligns on fire recovery and emergency response topics in Southern California, showing substantial content similarity (72%) and moderate search overlap (46%), leading to a 62% overall match.

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Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include ABC7 (67% match) and NBC News (66% match), with CBS LA (82% match) also aligning on Santa Monica news and public safety topics. Top matches by overlap are CBS LA at 82% and ABC7 at 67%, followed closely by NBC News at 66%. They share queries such as Santa Monica news, public safety Santa Monica, and Venice Beach police activity, indicating overlapping coverage of local law enforcement and crime-related events. Santa Monica Closeup has substantially fewer subscribers (156K) compared with NBC News (11.8M) and ABC7 (2.8M), though all compete for similar search terms and audience interest in Southern California news and crisis reporting.

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#12	52%	THE MARLON MARRACHE SHOW	69%	7.2K	27%	6
#13	52%	City of Santa Monica	71%	6.0K	24%	6
#14	52%	Invisible People	76%	1.2M	16%	3
#15	51%	NBCLA	76%	385K	15%	6
#16	51%	Junk Removal Service	71%	29.2K	20%	3
#17	50%	CAL FIRE TV	73%	30.8K	16%	1
#18	49%	Los Angeles Professional Security	72%	1.2K	16%	1
#19	49%	WTRF	66%	14.7K	24%	2
#20	49%	ABC News ▶	62%	19.4M	30%	7
#21	49%	iCkEdMeL	70%	339K	17%	2
#22	49%	NewsNation	67%	2.6M	22%	4
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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Santa Monica Closeup?

CBS LA — 82% match, 1.1M subscribers; ABC7 — 67% match, 2.8M subscribers; NBC News — 66% match, 11.8M subscribers. They share a focus on local news and public safety reporting in Southern California, similar to Santa Monica Closeup’s documentary-style coverage of Santa Monica, Venice Beach, and police activity.

What type of content does Santa Monica Closeup make?

Santa Monica Closeup creates documentary-style local news and public-safety oriented content, including police actions, homelessness enforcement, and emergency responses, evidenced by titles like Ferry Dodgers crackdown, standoff at Venice Beach, and mobile home park fire. Uploads appear frequent with an average of about 1.7 million views per video, and multiple recent videos with high view counts (e.g., 4.8M, 2.4M, 1.9M, 1.6M).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Santa Monica Closeup?

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