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Subscribers 26.5K

Videos 36

Views 3.6M

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The Thought Vortex explores questions about human behavior, evolution, and cognition through deep-dives inspired by topics like ancient human beliefs, sleep and circadian biology, and the psychology of modern life. The channel presents educational content in a tutorial/deep-dive style with occasional exploration of how evolution shapes behavior, publishing around 8 minutes per video and averaging roughly 219.9K views per video, with about 3.9 uploads per week.

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#1

TEDx Talks view on YouTube

75% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 24

SERP 100%

Similarity 59%

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They share a strong alignment on human biology and behavioral topics raised by searches like human mating evolution and circadian biology, but their longer, guest-lecture style videos diverge in content presentation from The Thought Vortex's more explanatory, narrative approach (search overlap high, content style divergence ~59%).

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#2

SciShow view on YouTube

71% relevance

Subscribers 8.4M

Videos 4.1K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 10

SERP 69%

Similarity 72%

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Similar audience interest in biology and evolution topics (e.g., circadian biology, animal domestication) with substantial search overlap, yet SciShow often favors rapid explainer format while The Thought Vortex emphasizes broader, concept-led investigations (search ~69%, content ~72%).

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#3

TED-Ed view on YouTube

58% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 11

SERP 39%

Similarity 71%

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Both cover biology and evolution themes, drawing viewers interested in animal domestication and biological rhythms, but TED-Ed leans toward animated, bite-sized lessons whereas The Thought Vortex uses deeper, exploratory narratives (search ~39%, content ~71%).

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#4

Sense of Mind

56% relevance

Subscribers 33.9K

Videos 383

Views 1.6M

Appearances 9

SERP 44%

Similarity 64%

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Targets early human cognition and the social brain, aligning with The Thought Vortex on cognitive evolution but with Sense of Mind delivering more concise, theory-driven content while The Thought Vortex emphasizes longer-form explorations (search ~44%, content ~64%).

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History of Humankind view on YouTube

55% relevance

Subscribers 176K

Videos 19

Views 12.3M

Appearances 4

SERP 16%

Similarity 82%

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Shares emphasis on human evolution and cognition topics, attracting a similar audience, but History of Humankind leans more toward chronological history storytelling while The Thought Vortex centers on conceptual explanations of brain and behavior (search ~16%, content ~82%).

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History of the Earth

52% relevance

Subscribers 608K

Videos 35

Views 60.9M

Appearances 3

SERP 15%

Similarity 76%

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Engages viewers interested in brain evolution and nervous system development, offering broad evolutionary content, but with a stronger Earth-science framing than The Thought Vortex's cognitive focus (search ~15%, content ~76%).

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Competitors identified: TEDx Talks (75% match) and SciShow (71% match) are the top two by match strength. They share overlapping queries with The Thought Vortex such as human mating evolution, circadian biology, animal domestication, and ancient earthquake theories. TEDx Talks has 44.2M subscribers and SciShow has 8.4M, while The Thought Vortex has 26.5K subscribers, indicating a large size gap. TED-Ed (58% match) also shares queries like animal domestication and biological rhythms, with 22.4M subscribers. Sense of Mind (56% match) and History of Humankind (55% match) are smaller players (33.9K and 176K subscribers, respectively) focusing on early human cognition and human evolution. All identified channels compete for viewers interested in evolution, cognition, and the biology of behavior.

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#8	51%	EarlyHumans	78%	44.5K	11%	3
#9	51%	MinuteEarth	75%	3.3M	15%	2
#10	50%	UCLABEC	70%	2.0K	21%	3
#11	50%	The Mike Stuff	77%	27.7K	10%	1
#12	50%	PBS Eons	76%	3.2M	10%	4
#13	49%	Primeval Old Man	76%	9.8K	10%	1
#14	49%	Jordan B Peterson	66%	8.8M	24%	4
#15	47%	Medical Centric Podcast	63%	697K	24%	4
#16	47%	Art of the Problem	64%	319K	23%	5
#17	47%	World Science Festival	64%	1.4M	23%	7
#18	47%	khanacademymedicine	64%	1.9M	22%	7
#19	47%	Alila Medical Media	64%	1.6M	22%	5
#20	47%	Joe Scott	72%	2.5M	10%	1
#21	47%	HISTORY	69%	15.2M	14%	2
#22	47%	Neuroscientifically Challenged	67%	685K	17%	9
#23	46%	Psych Explained	67%	118K	16%	6
#24	46%	Real Wild	68%	1.9M	14%	2
#25	46%	TED	67%	27.2M	15%	3
#26	46%	Atlas Pro	68%	1.3M	13%	1
#27	46%	The Functional Melancholic	64%	176K	18%	3
#28	46%	CrashCourse	63%	16.9M	19%	10
#29	45%	Professor Dave Explains	63%	4.2M	19%	11
#30	45%	University of California Television (UCTV)	62%	1.4M	20%	5
#31	45%	Wellcome	66%	303K	14%	2
#32	45%	Neuro Transmissions	64%	253K	17%	2
#33	45%	Dr. Tracey Marks	68%	2.3M	10%	1
#34	44%	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	65%	25.1M	14%	2
#35	44%	PBS Terra	66%	884K	11%	3
#36	44%	Dana Foundation	65%	22.5K	13%	1
#37	44%	Big Think	67%	8.6M	10%	3
#38	44%	National Geographic	63%	25.9M	14%	2
#39	44%	The School of Life	64%	9.6M	13%	1
#40	43%	Sprouts	65%	1.9M	10%	3
#41	43%	MIT OpenCourseWare	63%	6.2M	13%	4
#42	42%	The Weekend University	64%	149K	11%	2
#43	42%	UCLA Health	61%	575K	13%	1
#44	41%	Natural Mental Health	61%	1.8K	10%	1
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#46	40%	Dreamscience Motorsport TV	56%	1.8K	15%	2
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#48	38%	Nobel Prize	56%	799K	13%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Thought Vortex?

The Thought Vortex's biggest YouTube competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 75% match), SciShow (8.4M subscribers, 71% match), and TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 58% match). They share a focus on educational, science-related or informative content presented in concise videos.

What type of content does The Thought Vortex make?

The Thought Vortex creates educational videos exploring human history and science topics, as suggested by titles like Why are Human Babies So Useless?, How Humans Accidentally Created Dogs, What Did Ancient Humans Think About Earthquakes?, How did Ancient Humans Mate?, and How did Ancient Humans Wake Up on Time? The channel averages about 3.9 uploads per week with an average of 219.9K views per video.

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