Smarter While You Sleep YouTube channel thumbnail

Subscribers 176K

Videos 229

Views 9.9M

Channels Like Smarter While You Sleep

Smarter While You Sleep appears to explore psychology, philosophy, and mind-related topics aimed at deep thinking and self-improvement, often framed as long-form discussions or explorations (e.g., 'Level 1 to 100 Dark Psychology Tactics to Fall Asleep To', '100 Psychological Truths That Feel Illegal to Know'). The channel uses educational, thought-provoking content with a nocturnal or sleep-friendly angle, publishing long videos that average around 8,000 views per upload, based on recent video performance, and has been active since Jan 18, 2025 with 176K subscribers and 9.9M total views.

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#1

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82% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 23

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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High overlap on philosophy and decision-making queries (100% search match; 70% content), indicating similar interest in explaining complex ideas, though TED-Ed presents as animated educational explainers rather than Sleep-focused philosophy content.

#2

SleepWise

81% relevance

Subscribers 235K

Videos 68

Views 15.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 76%

Similarity 85%

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Similar audience interest in existential thoughts and unsettling philosophy (queries: existential thoughts, psychological truths, unsettling philosophy) with strong content match (85%), suggesting shared topics but SleepWise likely uses a different format or tone than Smarter While You Sleep.

#3

SleepNomad

75% relevance

Subscribers 62.1K

Videos 138

Views 4.6M

Appearances 17

SERP 78%

Similarity 73%

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Overlaps on existential thoughts and sleep-to-philosophy insights (queries: existential thoughts, sleep to philosophy), with solid content similarity (73%), indicating a shared niche around philosophy inspired by sleep.

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The Paint Explainer view on YouTube ▶

75% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 141

Views 260.9M

Appearances 11

SERP 74%

Similarity 75%

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Comparable focus on unsettling philosophy and concepts explained philosophy (queries: unsettling philosophy, philosophy for thinkers, concepts explained philosophy) and strong content alignment (75%), aligning on deep-dive philosophical explanations with a potentially different visual style.

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Pursuit of Wonder

71% relevance

Subscribers 3.4M

Videos 313

Views 239.1M

Appearances 11

SERP 60%

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#6

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70% relevance

Subscribers 13M

Videos 3.9K

Views 2.1B

Appearances 13

SERP 61%

Similarity 76%

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Shares interests in psychological truths and human nature insights (queries: psychological truths, human nature insights) with notable content overlap (76%), implying Smarter While You Sleep attracts a similar audience to psychology-focused explainers.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are TED-Ed (82% match) and SleepWise (81% match). TED-Ed overlaps on decision making psychology, philosophy for thinkers, and concepts explained philosophy, while SleepWise overlaps on existential thoughts, psychological truths, and unsettling philosophy. SleepNomad (75% match) and The Paint Explainer (75% match) also compete on existential thoughts and unsettling philosophy queries. Smarter While You Sleep has 176K subscribers, whereas these competitors range from 235K (SleepWise) to 22.4M (TED-Ed), indicating a substantial size gap with the leading competitor. Shared queries include existential thoughts, unsettling philosophy, philosophy for thinkers, and concepts explained philosophy, which align with the channel’s search queries.

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#7	67%	TEDx Talks ▶	67%	44.2M	68%	13
#8	67%	Manipulation Unleashed	79%	53.8K	48%	4
#9	66%	Escaping Ordinary (B.C Marx)	78%	1.7M	49%	6
#10	63%	Robert Greene	76%	2.2M	44%	4
#11	62%	CrashCourse ▶	69%	16.9M	50%	10
#12	59%	SleepEnlightened	88%	24.5K	15%	4
#13	59%	LITTLE BIT BETTER	74%	1.2M	36%	4
#14	59%	EverythingProfessor ▶	80%	350K	27%	4
#15	58%	SUCCESS CHASERS	81%	881K	23%	4
#16	58%	Shonen Dynamics	83%	7.5K	20%	3
#17	58%	Top 5 Unknowns	77%	2.2M	28%	7
#18	57%	Big Think ▶	75%	8.6M	30%	4
#19	57%	Aperture	81%	2.5M	20%	5
#20	57%	Practical Psychology ▶	82%	2.3M	19%	2
#21	56%	Unsolicited advice ▶	77%	882K	26%	4
#22	56%	Dark Psychology Coded ▶	79%	173K	21%	3
#23	55%	Beyond Average	80%	102K	18%	1
#24	55%	Inspire and Thrive	75%	75.8K	26%	2
#25	55%	Shaan Kassam	71%	127K	31%	2
#26	55%	Jarvis Johnson! GOLD	70%	1.3M	33%	2
#27	55%	The Paint Doodler	79%	4.0K	18%	1
#28	54%	List 25 ▶	77%	2.8M	21%	2
#29	54%	Psygorithm	78%	18.1K	18%	3
#30	54%	Chris Williamson	78%	4.2M	17%	3
#31	53%	PhiloNautica	76%	100K	18%	2
#32	53%	HealthyGamerGG ▶	69%	3.2M	29%	4
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#34	52%	Thynksee	78%	123K	14%	2
#35	52%	One Percent Better	77%	714K	15%	1
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Smarter While You Sleep?

Smarter While You Sleep's biggest competitors on YouTube are TED-Ed (82% match, 22.4M subscribers), SleepWise (81% match, 235K subscribers), and SleepNomad (75% match, 62.1K subscribers). These channels share a focus on educational or psychology-related content aimed at improving mental states, sleep, and self-improvement, often using structured, topic-centered videos.

What type of content does Smarter While You Sleep make?

Smarter While You Sleep creates videos about psychology, sleep, and human behavior, as suggested by titles like 100 Unethical Life Hacks That Give You an Unfair Advantage, Level 1 to 100 Dark Psychology Tactics to Fall Asleep To, and Level 1 to 100 Manipulation Defenses to Make You Mentally Unbreakable. The channel averages 8.2K views per video, and its recent uploads show multiple topics per video with a pattern of several videos listed (e.g., 13.9K, 5K, 9.8K, 4.1K, 2.5K views). Upload frequency is indicated by the note ‘Average: 8.2K views/video, ~? uploads/week’, suggesting multiple uploads per week though an exact number isn’t provided.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Smarter While You Sleep?

We analyze Smarter While You Sleep'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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