TheGhostFiles

Subscribers 129K

Videos 430

Views 10.8M

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TheGhostFiles covers paranormal, haunted locations, true crime paranormal, and related horror topics through documentary-style videos and in-depth investigations. The channel emphasizes true paranormal experiences, hauntings, and historical context, with a production style that is self-produced as an independent documentary project. Uploads span long-form full documentaries, stories, and case explorations, with an average of about 636K views per video and frequent new uploads since joining February 26, 2020.

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91% relevance

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Videos 153

Views 40.1M

Appearances 26

SERP 100%

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Both channels target paranormal and ghost-related content with shared searches like paranormal documentary and ghost hunting documentary, and a very high content overlap (86%), indicating similar video styles and topics.

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SERP 74%

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73% relevance

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Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 15

SERP 73%

Similarity 73%

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Both cover haunted locations and paranormal investigation formats, matching on searches like haunted locations and paranormal evidence, with identical mid-to-high content similarity (73%), reflecting similar documentary-style content.

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72% relevance

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Views 31.7M

Appearances 7

SERP 53%

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71% relevance

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67% relevance

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Appearances 12

SERP 38%

Similarity 85%

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Both emphasize true crime paranormal and paranormal investigations, and although their search overlap is moderate (38%), their high content similarity (85%) points to similar in-depth investigative formats.

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Top competitors include The Tape Library (91% match) and Mr. Nightmare (76% match). The Tape Library aligns on paranormal documentary and true crime paranormal topics, while Mr. Nightmare shares focus on paranormal accounts and haunting stories, including haunted locations like lighthouses. History channel (73% match) also competes on haunted locations and paranormal evidence. The GhostFiles has fewer subscribers than History (129K vs. 15.2M) and Mr. Nightmare (129K vs. 7M), but similar query overlaps on paranormal investigations and hauntings, making them direct competitors for overlapping searches like haunted locations, paranormal documentary content, and ghost encounters.

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#7	63%	Paranormal Quest	87%	256K	26%	8
#8	61%	Ghost Theory	80%	201K	31%	6
#9	60%	Grandma's Nightmares	78%	58.5K	32%	7
#10	59%	The Royal Institution	64%	1.7M	53%	7
#11	58%	A Haunting	84%	324K	19%	3
#12	58%	HauntTV	80%	206K	24%	6
#13	57%	GroovyGavin	80%	2.3M	24%	5
#14	57%	Sam and Colby	85%	15.6M	15%	5
#15	57%	John Wolfe	75%	995K	30%	7
#16	56%	MostAmazingTop10	76%	7.8M	25%	7
#17	56%	Get.factual	74%	818K	29%	5
#18	56%	Real Ghost Stories	79%	17.8K	22%	7
#19	56%	Criminally Listed	76%	1M	25%	3
#20	56%	Travel Channel	81%	855K	17%	3
#21	56%	The Dark Logs	82%	5.8K	16%	1
#22	56%	Zoanfly	79%	117K	20%	5
#23	55%	They're Here...	75%	9K	27%	6
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#26	54%	MindSeed TV	76%	2.0M	21%	4
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#29	54%	MercurieMoth	80%	1.2K	15%	2
#30	54%	Watcher	79%	3.0M	16%	3
#31	54%	MrBallen	78%	10.8M	17%	4
#32	53%	WatchMojo.com	70%	25.9M	28%	5
#33	53%	Small Town Monsters	78%	294K	15%	2
#34	52%	Ghostcircle	77%	3.9K	15%	2
#35	52%	Lets Read!	72%	1.3M	22%	8
#36	52%	MINDJUNKIE	76%	267K	16%	1
#37	51%	Fright Night	74%	150K	16%	1
#38	51%	Lighthouse Horror	75%	877K	14%	4
#39	51%	Mortis Media	75%	439K	14%	6
#40	50%	Curious Archive	70%	1.4M	20%	2
#41	50%	SOWETO PODCAST	75%	234K	13%	2
#42	50%	Get.history	72%	140K	17%	6
#43	50%	Our History	72%	980K	16%	1
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#47	47%	Benedikt Pleyer (Nomadic Nostoc)	68%	10.5K	16%	2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to TheGhostFiles?

TheGhostFiles' biggest competitors on YouTube are The Tape Library (419K subscribers, 91% match), Mr. Nightmare (7M subscribers, 76% match), and HISTORY (15.2M subscribers, 73% match). They share a focus on paranormal, horror, and scary content, appealing to audiences interested in hauntings, ghost stories, and supernatural accounts.

What type of content does TheGhostFiles make?

TheGhostFiles makes paranormal/horror content, including full documentary-style hauntings and true-story investigations, as seen in titles like The Thompson Family Haunting & The Story of Man (940.3K views) and A Haunting In Indiana: The True Story of Jennifer Patterson (Full Documentary) (3.9M views). They average about 636K views per video, with multiple uploads per week (exact weekly upload rate not specified).

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