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Subscribers 19.2K

Videos 99

Views 2.1M

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The Explainer Boss covers lifestyle-oriented POV stories and narrative career journeys, presenting topics like sports, trading, music, and entertainment careers through a fictional, character-driven explainer format. The channel blends long-form, selfie-style commentary with mockumentary storytelling and thought-provoking insights, and publishes videos centered on ‘Your Life as Every Level of...’ across various professions. Uploads average around 20 minutes per video, with an overall view count of about 2.1M across 99 videos and a subscriber base of 19.2K. Typical videos attract roughly 78K views on average, indicating a steady engagement pattern.

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TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

79% relevance

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Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 30

SERP 100%

Similarity 65%

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High search overlap on lifestyle storytelling and life/work narrative queries (100% search similarity) but lower content similarity to Explainer Boss (65%), indicating shared audience interest in storytelling and career/life explanations with differing video formats.

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Ali Abdaal view on YouTube ▶

56% relevance

Subscribers 6.5M

Videos 1.3K

Views 533.6M

Appearances 5

SERP 33%

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Strong alignment on lifestyle as a career and progression themes (queries around lifestyle career progression) with moderate search overlap and higher content similarity (71%), suggesting a similar audience and career-focused explainer content, though presentation varies.

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Ladder Theory

54% relevance

Subscribers 21.4K

Videos 60

Views 2.1M

Appearances 6

SERP 17%

Similarity 78%

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Shares the ‘every level career’ query focus (search overlap around career progression) and high content similarity (78%), indicating comparable career-explainer topics despite a different stylistic approach.

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53% relevance

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Appearances 5

SERP 26%

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TED view on YouTube ▶

52% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M

Videos 5.5K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 10

SERP 29%

Similarity 68%

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Broad alignment with lifestyle storytelling and work-life perspectives (search overlap around lifestyle storytelling) and substantial content similarity (68%), reflecting similar thematic territory in narrative-based explainers.

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Tim Runia

51% relevance

Subscribers 116K

Videos 26

Views 2.4M

Appearances 5

SERP 23%

Similarity 70%

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Shares lifestyle storytelling and professional-life storytelling themes (queries like lifestyle storytelling explains) with moderate search overlap and strong content similarity (70%), indicating comparable storytelling focus in explainer format.

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Top competitors: TEDx Talks (79% match) and TED (52% match) share overlapping queries around lifestyle storytelling, narrative lifestyle analysis, and work/life perspectives; Ali Abdaal (56% match) focuses on every level career and lifestyle career progression. These channels differ in scale, with TED/TEDx and Ali Abdaal boasting tens of millions of subscribers compared to The Explainer Boss’s 19.2K. The common thread is exploring lifestyle and career trajectories through explainer or documentary-style content, signaling audience interest in narrative-driven insights about personal and professional growth.

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#29	43%	Words and Meanings Explained	66%	227K	10%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Explainer Boss?

The Explainer Boss's biggest competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers) with a 79% match, Ali Abdaal (6.5M subscribers) with a 56% match, and Ladder Theory (21.4K subscribers) with a 54% match. They share a focus on educational and explanatory, list-style or concept-driven content that aims to teach or explain ideas to audiences.

What type of content does The Explainer Boss make?

The Explainer Boss produces educational and explainer-style content, as suggested by titles like Welcome to The Explainer Boss, Your Life as Every Level of Basketball/Trader/Samurai/Record Label Owner. Upload frequency appears to be multiple videos per week, with an average view count around 78.4K per video, and recent videos ranging from 86K to 120K views.

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