Simple Paint

Subscribers 346K

Videos 75

Views 57.6M

Channels Like Simple Paint

Simple Paint uses paint to explain interesting subjects in a simple way, focusing on explainer-style content that covers history, incidents, warfare, and notable events. The channel combines education with illustration and animation, presenting tutorials and explainers in short to mid-length formats. It publishes around 2.9 videos per week, with an average view count of about 164.8K per video.

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#1

Simple History

87% relevance

Subscribers 5.1M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.7B

Appearances 11

SERP 100%

Similarity 78%

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Both target history-focused audiences and rank highly for queries like 'largest military disasters' and 'military mistakes in war,' reflecting similar subject matter and informational storytelling, though Simple History has a broader historical emphasis than Simple Paint's visual explainer format.

#2

WatchMojo.com view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 32K

Views 17.9B

Appearances 6

SERP 52%

Similarity 78%

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Share audience interest in 'largest military disasters' and other dramatic topic lists; high content similarity (78%) indicates comparable list-based history/occurrence content, but WatchMojo mixes broader pop-culture lists beyond strictly war-focused content.

#3

FailArmy

66% relevance

Subscribers 17.5M

Videos 895

Views 4.9B

Appearances 4

SERP 53%

Similarity 75%

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Overlap exists in 'unlucky deaths' and 'pranks gone wrong' themes with a penchant for dramatic, event-driven clips, showing audience crossover in sensational content, though FailArmy emphasizes viral fails rather than historical analysis.

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#4

The Paint Explainer view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 141

Views 260.9M

Appearances 7

SERP 36%

Similarity 85%

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Both cover war-related topics and historical events with a strong emphasis on explanations, sharing high content similarity (85%) but The Paint Explainer prioritizes visual paint-based storytelling while Simple Paint concentrates on concise historical visuals.

#5

The Unknown Explained

65% relevance

Subscribers 17.3K

Videos 64

Views 2.8M

Appearances 3

SERP 47%

Similarity 78%

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Similar focus on war crimes overview and wars-and-massacres content with substantial content overlap (78%), indicating a like-minded audience drawn to grim historical topics, though Unknown Explained is smaller in scale.

#6

Trust Me Bro view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 1.2M

Videos 121

Views 126.8M

Appearances 2

SERP 36%

Similarity 83%

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Targets readers with war-crimes-focused explanations, reflecting overlapping subject matter in war history, with strong content similarity (83%), yet likely differing in delivery voice and channel branding.

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Top competitors by match strength are Simple History (87% match) and WatchMojo.com (67% match). Simple History overlaps with Simple Paint on topics like largest military disasters and US invasion history, while WatchMojo.com shares queries about largest military disasters, theme park accidents, and pranks gone wrong. FailArmy (66% match) also competes on similar themes such as unlucky deaths and pranks gone wrong. The Paint Explainer (66% match) aligns with war crimes overview/detailed queries, and The Unknown Explained (65% match) covers war crimes overview/detailed topics. Simple Paint has 346K subscribers, which is smaller than all listed competitors, with Simple History at 5.1M and WatchMojo at 25.9M, FailArmy at 17.5M, The Paint Explainer at 1.8M, and The Unknown Explained at 17.3K. Competitors share overlapping queries around war, military history, accidents, and pranks, which positions them as direct content neighbors in the explanatory and documentary-style space.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Simple Paint?

Simple Paint's biggest YouTube competitors are Simple History (87% match, 5.1M subscribers), WatchMojo.com (67% match, 25.9M subscribers), and FailArmy (66% match, 17.5M subscribers). They share a focus on educational, explainer-style content that covers history, incidents, and overviews of events or topics.

What type of content does Simple Paint make?

Simple Paint creates explainer-style educational videos about history and notable events, often with titles describing deaths, wars, or incidents. The channel uploads about 2.9 times per week and averages approximately 164.8K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Simple Paint?

We analyze Simple Paint's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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