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Subscribers 22.9K

Videos 35

Views 1.7M

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Secret State Files analyzes American tax history and public finance through deep-dives into historical taxation milestones and government revenue topics. The channel presents long-form explorations (multiple videos around 22–41 minutes) that read like tutorials or explanatory histories, with a focus on how policies evolved over time. Uploaded content appears frequent (average ~6.3 uploads per week) and videos attract about 10.6K views per video on average.

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Compressed Histories

87% relevance

Subscribers 1.6K

Videos 115

Views 234.9K

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 78%

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Both target audiences interested in historical tax policy and economic history, with high search overlap (100% for the same queries) but slightly lower content alignment (78%), suggesting similar topics presented in a distinct storytelling or documentary style.

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73% relevance

Subscribers 262K

Videos 161

Views 34.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 76%

Similarity 71%

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Share a strong focus on american tax history and us tax policy history, evidenced by high search overlap (76%) and solid content similarity (71%), indicating comparable subject matter delivered with a broad-historical narrative approach.

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Valuetainment

65% relevance

Subscribers 7.1M

Videos 11K

Views 3.3B

Appearances 13

SERP 68%

Similarity 63%

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Both engage viewers around american taxation milestones and policy history, with substantial search overlap (68%) and moderate content similarity (63%), implying similar topics presented in Valuetainment’s characteristic interview and explainers format.

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62% relevance

Subscribers 10.2K

Videos 293

Views 8.1M

Appearances 14

SERP 47%

Similarity 72%

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Aligns on american tax history and economic history of taxes with notable search overlap (47%) and higher content similarity (72%), showing Tax Foundation covers policy history in a detailed, data-driven policy analysis style akin to Secret State Files.

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59% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 79.0M

Appearances 6

SERP 38%

Similarity 74%

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Both address the federal tax system and us tax policy history, reflected in search overlap (38%) and strong content similarity (74%), indicating topic overlap delivered in Karlton Dennis’s analytical or opinion-driven format.

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58% relevance

Subscribers 21K

Videos 81

Views 1.5M

Appearances 7

SERP 18%

Similarity 84%

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Share a focus on government revenue history and tax/policy topics, as seen in search overlap (18%) and high content similarity (84%), suggesting subject matter overlap with a likely investigative or archival presentation style.

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Top competitors include How History Works (73% match) and Compressed Histories (87% match), with significant overlap on queries like american tax history, us tax policy history, and economic history taxes. Tax Foundation (62% match) and Karlton Dennis (59% match) also compete on similar topics. Secret State Files has 22.9K subscribers, which is smaller than How History Works (262K) and Compressed Histories (1.6K) but much smaller than Valuetainment (7.1M) and Karlton Dennis (1.1M); the shared queries focus on tax policy history, public finance, and economic history taxes, indicating direct competition in audience interest.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Secret State Files?

1) Compressed Histories — 1.6K subscribers, match 87%. 2) How History Works — 262K subscribers, match 73%. 3) Valuetainment — 7.1M subscribers, match 65%. All share a focus on history-related content and analysis with similar storytelling formats and topics.

What type of content does Secret State Files make?

Secret State Files creates history-oriented content centered on economic and government policy topics, as reflected by video titles like 'America Had No 20% Interest Rates Until 1978,' '1791: America's First Tax Sparked an Armed Rebellion,' and 'America Had No Gas Tax Until 1932.' The channel uploads roughly 6.3 videos per week, with an average of about 10.6K views per video.

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