Scary Mysteries

Subscribers 987K

Videos 1.2K

Views 218.0M

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Scary Mysteries covers true crime and mysterious events, ranging from unsolved crimes, strange disappearances, cold cases, and high-profile murders, presented in a documentary and storytelling style. Content appears as long-form explanations and deep-dives, with frequent references to investigations, interrogations, and historical crime analysis. The channel uploads regularly and has an average of about 73.2K views per video, based on recent data, with a sizable library of 1,200 videos and a subscriber base of 987K.

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Appearances 22

SERP 100%

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73% relevance

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Top competitors identified by match strength are Kallmekris (81% match) and A&E (78% match). Both share overlapping queries with Scary Mysteries such as true crime mysteries, unsolved crimes, and missing persons cases. A third notable competitor is 48 Hours (73% match), also aligning on true crime mysteries, unsolved crimes, and murder investigations. Scary Mysteries has 987K subscribers, while Kallmekris has 12.9M and A&E has 11.7M, with 48 Hours at 2.4M, indicating larger established audiences for the competing channels. The common queries among these competitors include serial killer profiles, murder investigations, and police interrogations, illustrating similar search intent and topic focus.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Scary Mysteries?

Kallmekris — 81% match, 12.9M subscribers; A&E — 78% match, 11.7M subscribers; 48 Hours — 73% match, 2.4M subscribers. All three compete with Scary Mysteries in the true crime, mystery, and documentary-style storytelling niche, focusing on crime, mysteries, and investigations.

What type of content does Scary Mysteries make?

Scary Mysteries creates documentary-style content about scary mysteries, true crime, unsolved cases, cold cases, and related stories. Uploads appear to be frequent, with an average of about 1 video per week or more, and recent videos show around 35–90k views per video, contributing to an average of approximately 73.2k views per video.

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