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Subscribers 21.3K

Videos 696

Views 44.2M

Channels Like The American Petroleum Institute

The American Petroleum Institute's YouTube presence centers on energy, oil, natural gas, gasoline, and policy topics, using keywords like Energy, API, American petroleum institute, and energy tomorrow. Content appears as a mix of interviews, policy discussions, and updates on energy policy and industry state, with recent videos featuring leadership commentary and media appearances, suggesting a current-events, policy-focused style. The channel publishes regularly (average around 2.8 uploads per week) and garners an average of approximately 24.1K views per video, contributing to a total of 44.2M views across 696 videos from a channel active since 2005.

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#1

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84% relevance

Subscribers 3.3M

Videos 154K

Views 2.6B

Appearances 23

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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High search overlap on oil industry news and energy economy queries (100% search match) with 73% content similarity, indicating a strong audience overlap around energy market coverage but differing in presentation and policy advocacy style.

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#2

Bloomberg Television view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 3.1M

Videos 90K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 20

SERP 95%

Similarity 71%

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Very high alignment on oil industry news and policy/outlook queries (search 95%, content 71%), suggesting shared audience interested in energy markets, though Bloomberg’s reporting style emphasizes data-driven finance framing similar to API’s industry focus.

#3

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59% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M

Videos 45K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 5

SERP 49%

Similarity 66%

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Significant overlap on oil news and energy policy updates (search 49% vs API’s core queries) with stronger content similarity (66%), indicating a shared interest in energy security but with DW’s broader international policy emphasis.

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#4

The Wall Street Journal view on YouTube ▶

55% relevance

Subscribers 6.6M

Videos 28K

Views 2.5B

Appearances 6

SERP 34%

Similarity 68%

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Strong tie to petroleum trends and energy policy/outlook queries (search 34%, content 68%), reflecting a similar audience focused on market impacts of energy policy, though WSJ frames it within mainstream financial news.

#5

Energy Rogue, LLC

54% relevance

Subscribers 2.2K

Videos 1K

Views 369.5K

Appearances 7

SERP 31%

Similarity 69%

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Overlap on petroleum trends and refining insights (search 31%, content 69%), showing a shared niche in industry fundamentals with API, but Energy Rogue’s smaller scale and potentially less policy advocacy.

#6

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53% relevance

Subscribers 44.9K

Videos 13K

Views 8.4M

Appearances 5

SERP 31%

Similarity 68%

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Shared interest in energy markets and natural gas pricing (search 31%, content 68%), indicating alignment on market dynamics and trading perspectives similar to API’s industry-oriented content.

Content Landscape

Competitors identified by match strength include CNBC Television (84% match) and Bloomberg Television (80% match), both aligned with overlapping queries such as oil industry news, energy industry analysis, and American energy economy, and DW News (59% match) with queries like oil industry news and energy policy updates. The top two competitors by name and match are CNBC Television (84%) and Bloomberg Television (80%). These channels compete because they cover oil and energy policy, industry outlooks, and market analysis that intersect with API’s topics. In terms of size, API has 21.3K subscribers, while CNBC Television and Bloomberg Television both have about 3.3M and 3.1M subscribers respectively, indicating a substantial subscriber gap. Other overlapping queries include oil production outlook, natural gas markets, and energy policy updates, which DW News (6.2M subscribers) also covers, though with a slightly different emphasis.

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The American Petroleum Institute?

The American Petroleum Institute's biggest competitors on YouTube are CNBC Television (84% match, 3.3M subscribers), Bloomberg Television (80% match, 3.1M subscribers), and DW News (59% match, 6.2M subscribers). They share a focus on economics, business news, and energy topics, delivering informational content to a broad audience with substantial news programming.

What type of content does The American Petroleum Institute make?

The American Petroleum Institute produces content related to energy, oil, and natural gas, as indicated by video titles such as API x Landman episodes and energy-themed promos. Upload frequency is about 2.8 uploads per week, and videos average around 24.1K views. Recent video titles include 'API x Landman - Kodey Hoss' (2.4K views), 'API x Landman - Amancio Cruz' (4.5K views), 'America Builds, America Wins. (:60)' (865 views), and 'America Builds, America Wins. (:30)' (278.2K views).

How do we determine which channels are similar to The American Petroleum Institute?

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