Skallagrim

Subscribers 1.6M

Videos 1.6K

Views 460.3M

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Skallagrim provides educational entertainment focused on historical arms and armor, knives, firearms, bows, and related tools. The channel features tutorials, reviews, rants, and deep-dives, leveraging keywords like HEMA, medieval armor, and historical weapon history, with content that debunks misconceptions and offers buyer's advice. It publishes long-form, in-depth videos (average ~64.7K views per video) and has an extensive library from an active presence since 2006, totaling 1.6M subscribers and 460.3M total views.

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Top competitors by match strength are scholagladiatoria (90% match) and Shadiversity (65% match). Scholagladiatoria overlaps on polearms overview, two handed swords, and HEMA discussion, while Shadiversity covers medieval armor, HEMA discussion, and ancient siege weapons; both share queries related to historical weapons and armor. Other notable competitors include Sellsword Arts (64% match) and Top Fives (64% match), which align on medieval armor, armor and protection, and historical weapon topics. Skallagrim has 1.6M subscribers, whereas scholagladiatoria has 526K, Shadiversity 1.6M, Sellsword Arts 2.5M, and Top Fives 3.1M, indicating larger audiences for some peers while maintaining similar content niches.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Skallagrim?

skallagrim's biggest YouTube competitors are scholagladiatoria (90% match, 526K subscribers) and Shadiversity (65% match, 1.6M subscribers). A third relevant channel is Swords Explained (68% match, 13.1K subscribers). All share a focus on historical weapons, swords, armor, and martial arts, with in-depth debates and analyses of weapons realism and usage.

What type of content does Skallagrim make?

Skallagrim creates weapon-focused content, including reviews, discussions, and demonstrations of swords, armour, guns, knives, and related historical topics. Videos include comparisons (e.g., rapier vs maille), collections, off-hand weapons, and hypothetical historical developments. He uploads multiple videos per week, with average views around 64.7K per video.

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