Channels Like Spark

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Spark
Subscribers 2.0M
Videos 1.1K
Views 466.5M

Spark covers science, technology, engineering, and education through documentaries and mind-blowing shows, aiming to educate with award-winning content from producers around the world. The channel emphasizes deep-dives and factual storytelling, featuring regular weekly uploads and a library of long-form documentaries, with an average view count around 508.9K per video across 1100 published works since 2017.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are BBC Earth Science (90% match) and Astrum (75% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as planetary science, space and astronomy documentaries, and solar system exploration, aligning with Spark’s focus and recent video topics. Science Channel (72% match) also shares these interests and attracts a larger subscriber base (5.3M) than Spark (2M), while HISTORY (68% match) and CrashCourse (62% match) cover geology, earth formation, and cosmology basics. Spark’s relative size sits between Astrum and BBC Earth Science, with 2M subscribers compared to 1.8M (BBC Earth Science) and 2.8M (Astrum), and it competes most directly in the space/earth science documentary space.

Similar Channels

We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Spark

BBC Earth Science YouTube channel thumbnail
#1 BBC Earth Science

90% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M
Videos 1.5K
Views 287.7M
Appearances 22
SERP 100%
Similarity 83%
planetary science space and astronomy documentaries solar system exploration

Very high search overlap (planetary science, space, solar system) with Spark, and strong content alignment (83%), making them similar in topics though BBC may present with documentary-focused storytelling rather than Spark's style.

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#2 Astrum

75% relevance

Subscribers 2.8M
Videos 454
Views 554.1M
Appearances 9
SERP 75%
Similarity 76%
ice ages earth history mars water loss solar system missions

Shares searches on ice ages, Mars water loss, and solar system missions, matching Spark in topic scope but with slightly lower content alignment, suggesting similar subject matter yet a different presentation.

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#3 Science Channel

72% relevance

Subscribers 5.3M
Videos 2.6K
Views 1.4B
Appearances 12
SERP 69%
Similarity 73%
planetary science space and astronomy documentaries extreme space events

Targets the same queries (planetary science, space documentaries, extreme space events) with content closely aligned (73%), indicating a strong topical similarity and comparable documentary approach.

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#4 HISTORY

68% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M
Videos 11K
Views 5.0B
Appearances 8
SERP 57%
Similarity 75%
geology earth formation outer space discoveries

Occupies overlapping ground on geology and outer space discoveries; search overlap is moderate (57%) but content overlap is high (75%), signaling shared topics with a historically oriented framing.

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#5 CrashCourse

62% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 12
SERP 51%
Similarity 70%
geology earth formation cosmology basics big bang science

Covers geology, cosmology basics, and big bang science, aligning with Spark on core science topics; search overlap is decent (51%) though content overlap is higher (70%), indicating concise educational style with similar subject matter.

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#6 The Secrets of the Universe

61% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M
Videos 626
Views 293.7M
Appearances 5
SERP 43%
Similarity 74%
water on planets mars water loss rare celestial events

Shares queries about water on planets and rare celestial events and shows strong content alignment (74%), yet search overlap is lower (43%), suggesting similar themes but less cross-channel search visibility.

Didn't Make the Cut

40 additional channels that were close

Rank Relevance Channel Similarity Subscribers SERP Appearances
#7 60% Professor Dave Explains 71% 4.2M 44% 9
#8 59% Late Science 70% 105K 43% 8
#9 59% TV - Quantum Universe 78% 165K 31% 4
#10 59% Cosmoknowledge 76% 796K 32% 6
#11 58% WUFO - Science Documentaries 83% 30.1K 21% 5
#12 56% TED 72% 27.2M 34% 3
#13 56% Ryūsei 74% 9.2K 30% 2
#14 56% SEA 77% 758K 24% 3
#15 56% NASA 69% 12.7M 35% 5
#16 55% World Science Festival 74% 1.4M 27% 4
#17 55% Destiny 75% 2.0M 24% 6
#18 54% National Geographic 71% 25.9M 30% 7
#19 54% PBS Space Time 75% 3.4M 23% 5
#20 54% NASA Goddard 74% 1.7M 24% 6
#21 53% History of the Universe 71% 1.1M 27% 6
#22 53% TED-Ed 70% 22.4M 27% 4
#23 53% Astrum Extra 78% 276K 15% 5
#24 53% World Information Space 74% 1.3K 22% 3
#25 53% StarTalk 74% 5.4M 21% 5
#26 53% Arvin Ash 74% 1.1M 21% 4
#27 53% AstroKobi 75% 3.0M 20% 7
#28 52% John Michael Godier 72% 491K 23% 3
#29 52% SciMind 75% 21.5K 18% 1
#30 52% PSW Science 77% 14.5K 14% 1
#31 52% Naked Science 75% 1.7M 17% 5
#32 52% Beyond Horizons 74% 52K 18% 3
#33 51% PBS Eons 73% 3.2M 19% 3
#34 51% Insane Curiosity 73% 620K 17% 2
#35 51% It's Just Astronomical! 73% 98.8K 18% 1
#36 50% Discovery UK 72% 4.9M 18% 1
#37 50% AstroBackyard 67% 528K 25% 3
#38 50% Veritasium 70% 20.4M 21% 3
#39 49% Lincoln Learning Solutions 71% 33.7K 17% 2
#40 49% Space Junkies 72% 7.5K 14% 1
#41 49% WashU Arts & Sciences 68% 1.7K 21% 2
#42 49% Stanford 70% 2.1M 18% 1
#43 49% KISSCaltech 72% 6.6K 15% 2
#44 48% Science Time 70% 1.1M 17% 4
#45 48% SALT SHACK - EDUCATION 70% 8.2K 14% 1
#46 48% FuseSchool - Global Education 63% 915K 25% 2

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Spark?

Spark's biggest YouTube competitors are BBC Earth Science (90% match, 1.8M subscribers) and Astrum (75% match, 2.8M subscribers), with Science Channel as a close third (72% match, 5.3M subscribers). All three channels publish science-focused content with educational and documentary-style videos that appeal to viewers interested in science, technology, and learning.

What type of content does Spark make?

Spark creates educational science and technology content, with titles such as Welcome To Spark and Naked Science episodes like The 200-Million-Year Formation Of The Rocky Mountains and The Mysteries Of Pluto. The channel posts videos that average around 508.9K views, and the list suggests a regular series format (Naked Science Season 5) with multiple weekly uploads.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Spark?

We analyze Spark'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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