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Subscribers 923K

Videos 155

Views 79.6M

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Small Brained American covers adventurous travel and exploration with a focus on offbeat and risky experiences, including investigations, cultural immersion, and urban exploration. Content style appears to be vlogs and documentary-like videos about travels in Asia, Africa, and beyond, with a mix of low-budget challenges and real-world investigations. The channel publishes irregularly with an average of about 0.7 million views per video and an average of roughly 0.3 uploads per week.

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88% relevance

Subscribers 6.7M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.4B

Appearances 8

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Both target travel-hungry audiences with content around extreme or risky travel experiences and living abroad, matching searches like extreme travel experiences and poverty and living abroad (search 100%, content 81%), indicating a strong audience overlap but similar content style with Drew's more sensational approach.

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78% relevance

Subscribers 3.1M

Videos 2.3K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 5

SERP 94%

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Shares audience interest in dangerous travel destinations and hidden cities travel (search 94%, content 68%), suggesting overlap in curious, list-style travel content while Top Fives formats differ from Small Brained American’s more narrative/broad exploration approach.

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73% relevance

Subscribers 752K

Videos 1.6K

Views 473.3M

Appearances 7

SERP 75%

Similarity 71%

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Both focus on urban exploration themes (urban exploration journeys, urban exploration tips) with a solid search match (75%) and content alignment (71%), indicating closely related topics and style for city-based exploration.

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71% relevance

Subscribers 864K

Videos 1.4K

Views 204.4M

Appearances 3

SERP 81%

Similarity 65%

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71% relevance

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Videos 685

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Appearances 4

SERP 84%

Similarity 63%

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71% relevance

Subscribers 326K

Videos 306

Views 48.2M

Appearances 6

SERP 72%

Similarity 70%

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Top competitors include Drew Binsky (88% match) and Top Fives (78% match). They share overlapping queries such as extreme travel experiences, dangerous travel destinations, and poverty or living abroad. TP Urbex (73% match) also competes on urban exploration journeys, aligning with Small Brained American on urban exploration topics. In terms of size, Small Brained American has 923K subscribers, while Drew Binsky has about 6.7M and Top Fives has about 3.1M, indicating a significant gap in audience scale but similar content focus. Shared queries across these channels include dangerous travel destinations and urban exploration-related topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Small Brained American?

Drew Binsky — 88% match, 6.7M subscribers; Top Fives — 78% match, 3.1M subscribers; TP Urbex — 73% match, 752K subscribers. All three channels produce travel-related content and exploration-focused videos that align with documentary-style or adventure storytelling similar to Small Brained American.

What type of content does Small Brained American make?

Small Brained American creates travel and adventure content based on the video titles, such as investigating workplaces, city guides, hitchhiking, and exploring or challenging situations. They upload about 0.3 times per week, and their videos average about 711K views.

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