We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Scott Manley
Both target spaceflight topics such as spacecraft design principles and propulsion types, with Spacedock matching Scott Manley on search interest (85% overall) and sharing detailed design-focused content (81% content similarity).
Both focus on orbital mechanics and rocket science education, aligning on searches about orbital mechanics education and rocket propulsion technology, with LabRat nearly matching Scott Manley in search (100%) though slightly less in content (72%).
Both explain orbital mechanics concepts (education, basics) and rendezvous techniques, showing strong search overlap (81%) and content similarity (83%), indicating similar subject matter and approachable explanations.
Both cover space mission planning and propulsion technology along with spacecraft design principles, yielding substantial overlap in searches (71%) and a high content similarity (82%).
Both produce content on rocket propulsion technology and engine performance, sharing strong search interest (58%) and high content alignment (86%), though Everyday Astronaut sometimes emphasizes more hands-on demonstrations.
Both address orbital mechanics education and spaceflight engineering, with notable search overlap (59%) and good content similarity (82%), reflecting science-education oriented material.
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
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| #7 | 70% | Marcus House | 81% | 575K | 55% | 3 |
| #8 | 70% | Real Engineering ▶ | 76% | 5.0M | 60% | 9 |
| #9 | 69% | NASA ▶ | 83% | 12.7M | 47% | 5 |
| #10 | 67% | Virgin Galactic | 78% | 270K | 50% | 2 |
| #11 | 67% | Overlook Horizon | 84% | 113K | 41% | 2 |
| #12 | 64% | Kerbal Physics | 77% | 6.4K | 45% | 5 |
| #13 | 64% | European Space Agency, ESA | 73% | 1.4M | 50% | 2 |
| #14 | 63% | Science ABC | 74% | 528K | 47% | 3 |
| #15 | 63% | CrashCourse ▶ | 66% | 16.9M | 58% | 6 |
| #16 | 62% | Cool Worlds Classroom | 75% | 20.3K | 42% | 3 |
| #17 | 62% | Jared Owen ▶ | 80% | 4.3M | 33% | 7 |
| #18 | 61% | Cleo Abram ▶ | 79% | 7.5M | 36% | 4 |
| #19 | 61% | Alfonso Gonzalez - Astrodynamics & SE Podcast | 82% | 12.9K | 31% | 6 |
| #20 | 61% | Digital Astronaut | 84% | 32.2K | 27% | 6 |
| #21 | 61% | Exploring Space | 79% | 14.9K | 34% | 6 |
| #22 | 60% | The Astronomers! 🚀 | 81% | 1.5K | 30% | 2 |
| #23 | 60% | Matt Lowne | 80% | 633K | 30% | 5 |
| #24 | 59% | Thumblegudget | 79% | 3.5K | 30% | 2 |
| #25 | 59% | Destiny | 77% | 2.0M | 32% | 2 |
| #26 | 59% | SpaceChallenges | 79% | 9.5K | 27% | 2 |
| #27 | 58% | Pro Way | 72% | 147K | 37% | 7 |
| #28 | 58% | Arvin Ash | 70% | 1.1M | 39% | 2 |
| #29 | 57% | United Launch Alliance | 73% | 120K | 33% | 4 |
| #30 | 57% | Curious Droid | 80% | 1.1M | 22% | 1 |
| #31 | 57% | Mike Aben | 78% | 54.4K | 25% | 4 |
| #32 | 56% | StarTalk | 76% | 5.4M | 25% | 4 |
| #33 | 55% | Ed Ting | 78% | 75.5K | 21% | 4 |
| #34 | 55% | Homemade Documentaries | 78% | 106K | 21% | 5 |
| #35 | 55% | Sciencephile the AI | 75% | 1.1M | 25% | 3 |
| #36 | 55% | Go To Space | 77% | 55.9K | 22% | 2 |
| #37 | 55% | Space Junkies ▶ | 72% | 7.5K | 29% | 4 |
| #38 | 54% | Progress - Science Documentaries | 70% | 295K | 31% | 3 |
| #39 | 54% | History of the Universe | 68% | 1.1M | 33% | 3 |
| #40 | 53% | VAOS | 73% | 32.9K | 23% | 2 |
| #41 | 53% | The Efficient Engineer ▶ | 71% | 1.4M | 27% | 4 |
| #42 | 52% | Inmarsat | 67% | 8.7K | 28% | 1 |
| #43 | 52% | travel in space | 71% | 2.8K | 22% | 1 |
| #44 | 51% | Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics (IPAM) | 70% | 40.6K | 22% | 1 |
| #45 | 51% | Math and Science ▶ | 66% | 1.7M | 27% | 2 |
| #46 | 47% | Story seasons | 64% | 1.3K | 22% | 1 |
Spacedock — 85% match, 467K subscribers; LabRat Scientific — 83% match, 16.7K subscribers; Animations Xplaned — 82% match, 62.7K subscribers. All three channels have a focus on science and space topics similar to Scott Manley, featuring educational science and spaceflight content.
Scott Manley creates science and space-focused videos, including astronomy, physics, spaceflight, and space exploration topics. Recent videos include titles about scramjets, asteroid redirect mission, NASA lunar plans, Starliner report, and other space-related analyses, with an average of about 443.4K views per video and a rate of uploads roughly weekly.
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