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Subscribers 415K

Videos 47

Views 20.5M

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The Elephant Graveyard covers dark comedy, satire, and commentary with a focus on parody of media, societal decay, and anti-reality themes. Its videos blend elements of radio-hour style discussions, deep-dives, and critique of the comedy industry, with long-form episodes and episodic content such as Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour. The channel publishes a mix of long-form content and serialized episodes, averaging about 1.2M views per video, and uploads at a cadence suggested by recent videos and overall catalog since joining Jan 5, 2022, with 47 videos and 20.5M total views; it currently has 415K subscribers from Canada.

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Top competitors by match: 1) TED-Ed (80% match) and 3) TEDx Talks (66% match) overlap on death and ritual myths, dystopian media critique, ecological and non-traditional storytelling, with overlapping queries like death and ritual myths and ecstatic experiences in death. 2) Weird History (74% match) overlaps on death and ritual myths and anthropology of death. The New Yorker (61% match) overlaps on radio hour analysis, and Golden Radio Hour (59% match) overlaps on experimental radio drama and radio hour analysis. The Elephant Graveyard has 415K subscribers, while TED-Ed (22.4M) and TEDx Talks (44.2M) are substantially larger, Weird History (4.7M) also larger, The New Yorker (1.1M) and Golden Radio Hour (134K) are closer in size. Shared queries include death and ritual myths, anthropology of death, dystopian media critique, satire and social decay, and radio/hour analysis, indicating competition in topics around dark humor analysis and media critique delivered in long-form, educational, or radio-drama formats.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Elephant Graveyard?

The Elephant Graveyard's biggest competitors on YouTube are TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 80% match), Weird History (4.7M subscribers, 74% match), and TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 66% match). They share a focus on educational or explanatory video content and structured delivery similar to The Elephant Graveyard's satire and commentary format.

What type of content does The Elephant Graveyard make?

The Elephant Graveyard creates comedy and commentary content, including satire and stand-up comedy formats, with videos such as 'How Comedy Was Destroyed by an Anti-Reality Doomsday Cult' and various 'Elephant Graveyard Radio Hour' episodes. The channel uploads frequently enough to average about 1.2M views per video, with recent titles ranging from around 106K to 3.9M views.

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