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Subscribers 923K

Videos 155

Views 79.6M

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Small Brained American covers extreme and offbeat travel experiences and urban exploration, often exploring dangerous or controversial destinations and cultural immersion through vlogs and investigative-style videos. Content includes adventurous itineraries, explorations of challenging locales, and provocative commentary, with an upload pace of about 0.3 videos per week and an average of roughly 711K views per video.

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88% relevance

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Videos 1.2K

Views 1.4B

Appearances 8

SERP 100%

Similarity 81%

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Both target travelers seeking extreme or dangerous experiences and insights into poverty or living abroad, evidenced by a perfect 100% search overlap and 81% content similarity, indicating a closely aligned audience and travel-experience emphasis.

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78% relevance

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Videos 2.3K

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Appearances 5

SERP 94%

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73% relevance

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Views 473.3M

Appearances 7

SERP 75%

Similarity 71%

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71% relevance

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Videos 1.4K

Views 204.4M

Appearances 3

SERP 81%

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71% relevance

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SERP 84%

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71% relevance

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Videos 306

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Appearances 6

SERP 72%

Similarity 70%

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Top competitors include Drew Binsky (88% match) and Top Fives (78% match). Both align with overlapping queries such as extreme travel experiences, dangerous travel destinations, and poverty and living abroad. TP Urbex (73% match) also shares urban exploration topics, while Taylor Wynn (71% match) overlaps on low-budget travel hacks and budget solo trips. Small Brained American has 957K subscribers, smaller than Drew Binsky (6.7M) and Top Fives (3.1M), but the channels converge on similar search queries around dangerous destinations, offbeat travel, and costs of travel.

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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. They share a focus on travel and adventure, exploring global locations and unique experiences, similar to Small Brained American.

What type of content does Small Brained American make?

Small Brained American creates travel/adventure content, with videos like Investigating Illegal Sweatshops in Bangladesh, An Alcoholic's Guide to Drinking in Tokyo (relapse edition), Hitchhiking in Saudi Arabia Until I Get Kidnapped, Scamming the Scammers at the Pyramids, and Inside Somalia’s Rebel State. The channel uploads around 0.3 times per week on average, with an average of about 711K views per video.

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