We found 49 YouTube channels similar to Smarthistory
Both target art history education and world art history with strong search overlap (100% for World Art History/Art History Education) and similar content emphasis on civilizations, though Mae’s videos are broader in delivery while Smarthistory is more lecture-style.
Shares focus on art history and museums with high search alignment (art history museums, lectures) and substantial content similarity, reflecting museum-based educational storytelling akin to Smarthistory.
Overlaps on world art history and religious art traditions in both search queries, with strong audience interest, but differs in Smarthistory’s concise art-historical analysis versus Everything Explained’s broader explainer style.
Similar emphasis on art history education and world art history; solid search overlap but Smarthistory and Lets Learn About Art diverge in presentation style and depth of scholarly analysis.
Both cater to art history resources and world art history with notable search alignment, yet Master’s Gaze’s niche on iconography and symbolism creates a narrower focus compared to Smarthistory’s broader narrative approach.
Shares goals of art history education and world history accessibility with high search overlap, though CrashCourse often uses rapid, tutorial-style videos, while Smarthistory emphasizes sustained, art-historical context.
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| Rank | Relevance | Channel | Similarity | Subscribers | SERP | Appearances |
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| #7 | 63% | Behind the Masterpiece ▶ | 71% | 101K | 50% | 9 |
| #8 | 62% | Accessible Art History | 72% | 16.5K | 48% | 12 |
| #9 | 59% | TEDx Talks ▶ | 63% | 44.2M | 54% | 15 |
| #10 | 59% | Baumgartner Restoration | 69% | 1.9M | 44% | 7 |
| #11 | 59% | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | 73% | 75.3K | 37% | 6 |
| #12 | 57% | Art History 101 | 76% | 23.2K | 29% | 9 |
| #13 | 56% | Great Art Explained ▶ | 71% | 1.8M | 33% | 12 |
| #14 | 55% | Armchair Academics | 69% | 24.3K | 34% | 3 |
| #15 | 55% | Narrative Art History | 68% | 18.7K | 35% | 5 |
| #16 | 54% | Perspective | 70% | 508K | 30% | 8 |
| #17 | 54% | TED-Ed ▶ | 64% | 22.4M | 37% | 4 |
| #18 | 53% | Central European University | 61% | 22.2K | 41% | 5 |
| #19 | 52% | The Histocrat | 67% | 605K | 29% | 2 |
| #20 | 50% | DavidsonArtOnline | 74% | 40K | 15% | 2 |
| #21 | 50% | Little Art Talks | 70% | 46.8K | 19% | 3 |
| #22 | 49% | Sahari | 66% | 29.9K | 24% | 6 |
| #23 | 49% | The Art Institute of Chicago | 73% | 54.4K | 14% | 4 |
| #24 | 49% | Citaliarestauro | 67% | 7.4K | 20% | 4 |
| #25 | 49% | Monastery Icons | 72% | 10.4K | 13% | 1 |
| #26 | 49% | Art History with Travis Lee Clark | 73% | 51.8K | 12% | 4 |
| #27 | 48% | Mr. E on Art History | 73% | 12.1K | 12% | 2 |
| #28 | 47% | Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries | 62% | 860K | 25% | 6 |
| #29 | 47% | Inspiraggio | 69% | 498K | 15% | 4 |
| #30 | 47% | The Art of Education | 68% | 30.3K | 15% | 5 |
| #31 | 47% | Masters Of Craft | 68% | 409K | 15% | 4 |
| #32 | 46% | World History Encyclopedia | 67% | 130K | 15% | 2 |
| #33 | 46% | All Out History - Premium History Documentaries | 65% | 300K | 17% | 2 |
| #34 | 46% | Archaeology Tube | 64% | 8.6K | 19% | 9 |
| #35 | 46% | Rick Steves' Europe | 63% | 2.0M | 20% | 5 |
| #36 | 46% | Curious Muse | 67% | 221K | 14% | 5 |
| #37 | 46% | Great Museums | 68% | 35.8K | 12% | 2 |
| #38 | 46% | Maria Baias | 65% | 4.5K | 16% | 2 |
| #39 | 46% | The Museum Guide ▶ | 67% | 102K | 13% | 4 |
| #40 | 45% | Patristix | 67% | 71.8K | 13% | 3 |
| #41 | 45% | Contemporary Art Issue ▶ | 64% | 187K | 16% | 4 |
| #42 | 45% | Rev. Dr. Peter Spiro | 65% | 2.3K | 16% | 1 |
| #43 | 44% | Academy of Realist Art Boston | 66% | 10.9K | 12% | 3 |
| #44 | 44% | Nerdwriter1 | 63% | 3.2M | 14% | 2 |
| #45 | 43% | National Geographic ▶ | 61% | 25.9M | 17% | 4 |
| #46 | 43% | 5 MINUTES | 63% | 30.7K | 13% | 1 |
| #47 | 43% | Canal Cultura Visual | 62% | 4.8K | 13% | 2 |
| #48 | 42% | Marc Brunet | 62% | 1.8M | 13% | 1 |
| #49 | 41% | Vox ▶ | 57% | 12.7M | 18% | 4 |
History by Mae — 79% match, 1.8M subscribers; The Met — 77% match, 502K subscribers; Everything Explained — 74% match, 25.7K subscribers. All are art, history, or explainers channels that cover educational content with a focus on history, art, and cultural topics.
Smarthistory creates art history and museum-focused videos, with recent titles like Portrait of a Young Woman (known as Sappho) from Pompeii, Minoan Pithos, and Mosaics in Rome. It uploads about 3.7 videos per week, with an average of ~3.6K views per video.
We analyze Smarthistory'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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