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Subscribers 349K

Videos 463

Views 35.4M

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Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages covers ancient and medieval history topics, including civilizations, warfare, archaeology, and religious history, with content spanning ancient myths, genetic origins, and epic narratives. The channel uses long-form deep-dives and audiobook-style lectures, leveraging keywords such as Ancient History, Medieval Warfare, Crusade, and Early Christianity, and publishes content at an average around 1.1M views per video. It has been active since 2016 and features numerous videos about origins and civilizations, with a cadence suggested by the recent video list and the overall library of 463 videos.

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While primarily focused on medieval history and broader historical origins, it intersects with Study of Antiquity on ancient civilizations’ origins and canaanite/phoenician religious contexts, showing a moderate overlap in searches and content through historical narrative (46% search, 69% content).

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Top competitors by match strength are TED-Ed (81% match) and CrashCourse (65% match). Both align with overlapping queries like medieval history, ancient mythologies, early civilizations, and genetic or historical origins; See U in History / Mythology (63% match) also overlaps on Sumerian mythology and Babylonian epic. Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages has 349K subscribers, while TED-Ed and CrashCourse have substantially larger audiences (22.4M and 16.9M subscribers, respectively), highlighting a size gap. The common threads are explorations of ancient civilizations, mythologies, and early history, with top competitors competing for the same search terms such as sumerian mythology, ancient mythologies, and early civilizations.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages?

TED-Ed (81% match, 22.4M subscribers), CrashCourse (65% match, 16.9M subscribers), History with Cy (63% match, 290K subscribers). All three produce educational history content and have large, established YouTube channels focused on historical topics, similar to Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

What type of content does Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages make?

Study of Antiquity and the Middle Ages creates history-focused content, including ancient civilizations, medieval history, and related topics as seen in video titles like The Kingdom of Spiro: A Forgotten Civilization and Basque Origins | DNA, Language, and History. The channel averages about 1.1M views per video, with recent uploads such as The Real Origins of the Philistines and Palestinians (1.6M views) and Enuma Elish | The Babylonian Epic of Creation (1.7M views), and the top videos reach over 2M views. Upload frequency is described as ~? uploads/week, based on the provided data.

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