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The Dance Lens
Subscribers 49.1K
Videos 448
Views 26.0M

Channels Like The Dance Lens

The Dance Lens dives into all aspects of dance, with a focus on ballet, exploring technique, history, politics, and cultural evolution through deep dives and interviews. The channel uses a mix of podcasts, ballet deep-dives, and storytelling videos to examine the lives and works of artists, along with analyses of dance culture and world stories, publishing about 0.5 uploads per week with an average of approximately 1,? views per video (recent videos show a range up to 1.8K and 1.4K, with an overall average around 622 views per video).

Results last updated 3 months ago.

Similar Channels

We found 44 YouTube channels similar to The Dance Lens

Royal Ballet and Opera YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 2.6K
Views 569.9M
Appearances 22
SERP 100%
Similarity 77%
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High search overlap on ballet history and figures (100% search) mirrors The Dance Lens's audience interest, and a strong content alignment (77%), indicating they share viewers seeking classic ballet knowledge and biographies, though Royal Ballet and Opera presents more performance footage while The Dance Lens concentrates on narrative and analyses.

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#2
Ballet Reign

86% relevance

Subscribers 66.5K
Videos 284
Views 7.3M
Appearances 28
SERP 99%
Similarity 77%
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Nearly identical search interest (99% for queries like ballet history) with The Dance Lens, and substantial content similarity (77%), suggesting they attract the same ballet-history and figure-oriented audience, though Ballet Reign may emphasize more actor-focused or performance context.

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#3

71% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M
Videos 1.9K
Views 2.4B
Appearances 21
SERP 65%
Similarity 75%
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Strong alignment on ballet choreographers and ballet figures (queries and content) with a 75% content match, indicating overlapping audiences seeking behind-the-scenes and biographical insights into ballet’s key figures, similar to The Dance Lens but with Eva Nys’s distinct creator voice.

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#4

71% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 12
SERP 76%
Similarity 67%
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Shared interest in ballet history and culture (high search overlap) and a solid content similarity (67%), meaning TED-Ed attracts viewers curious about educational, analysis-based takes on ballet, aligning with The Dance Lens’s informative approach but TED-Ed uses shorter, animation-driven formats.

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#5
Lori Hernandez

63% relevance

Subscribers 366K
Videos 2.7K
Views 452.4M
Appearances 7
SERP 47%
Similarity 74%
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Overlap on ballet actors and world stories plus culture (moderate search, high content similarity at 74%), indicating a similar audience segment interested in narratives around dancers and ballet culture, though Lori Hernandez may emphasize personal stories more than technical analysis.

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#6

63% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M
Videos 1.9K
Views 432.4M
Appearances 17
SERP 52%
Similarity 70%
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Notable search overlap around dance topics and a good content match on technique and criticism (70%), suggesting STEEZY and The Dance Lens share viewers seeking dance analysis, though STEEZY centers on practical technique instruction whereas The Dance Lens emphasizes historical and analytical storytelling.

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Content Landscape

Top competing channels by match strength are Royal Ballet and Opera (86% match) and Ballet Reign (86% match). They, like The Dance Lens, cover ballet history, ballet choreographers, and ballet figures, with larger subscriber bases (1.6M and 66.5K, respectively) compared to The Dance Lens (49.1K). Eva Nys (71% match) also competes, focusing on ballet choreographers, ballet world stories, and ballet figures, and TED-Ed (71% match) competes with content on ballet history, performance analysis, and culture, despite a much larger subscriber base (22.4M). Lori Hernandez (63% match) shares topics on ballet actors, ballet world stories, and ballet culture. All identified competitors overlap on queries related to ballet history, performance analysis, and culture, indicating similar search interest and topical scope.

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#12 57% Katelyn Power 77% 90.5K 27% 5
#13 57% Kathryn Morgan 76% 348K 28% 7
#14 56% Master Ballet Academy 73% 420K 32% 9
#15 56% TEDx Talks 71% 44.2M 34% 9
#16 55% Marquee TV 77% 26.5K 23% 4
#17 54% Runqiao Du Ballet Coaching 73% 171K 25% 9
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#19 53% Free Movement™ Dance Solutions 76% 385K 18% 5
#20 51% Alina Taratorin 71% 15.4K 22% 4
#21 51% Goldie Jane | The Lazy Ballerina 77% 9.1K 12% 1
#22 50% WIRED 67% 12.8M 24% 4
#23 50% itorook! 69% 19.9K 21% 4
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#26 48% CBC Arts 71% 297K 13% 2
#27 48% Gina Milroy 73% 10.4K 10% 1
#28 48% MONARDA 73% 11.3K 10% 1
#29 48% The Ohio State University Libraries 70% 1.0K 14% 2
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#31 47% Wallpaper* 70% 37.3K 12% 1
#32 46% Danseuddannelsen 70% 1.7K 12% 1
#33 46% AJ+ 62% 2.4M 23% 3
#34 46% Scene City 67% 3.3M 15% 1
#35 46% Einstein Forum 66% 6.8K 16% 2
#36 46% Allure 67% 2.1M 15% 1
#37 45% BBC Global 67% 751K 12% 2
#38 45% TalkTV 65% 1.4M 15% 1
#39 45% Art History 101 64% 23.2K 17% 4
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Dance Lens?

The Dance Lens's biggest competitors are Royal Ballet and Opera — 86% match, 1.6M subscribers; Ballet Reign — 86% match, 66.5K subscribers; Eva Nys — 71% match, 2.5M subscribers. All three have channels focused on dance, ballet, and dance criticism or performance coverage, aligning with The Dance Lens's dance-focused content.

What type of content does The Dance Lens make?

The Dance Lens creates podcast-style and story-focused dance content, with titles like The Rhythm of Memory—Kathak in The Modern Age: Interview w/ Rachna Nivas and Rukhmani Mehta (157 views), The Life and Times of the Great Dance Critic: Alastair Macaulay (231 views), From Refugee to Ballet Star (322 views), The Migrant Body-Interview With Multidisciplinary Artist Claudia Hilda (152 views), and BALLET STORYTIME: LA SYLPHIDE (1.2K views). It uploads about 0.5 videos per week and averages around 622 views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Dance Lens?

We analyze The Dance Lens'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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