Nate Hagens

Subscribers 134K

Videos 1K

Views 14.4M

Channels Like Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens covers topics at the intersection of energy, environment, climate, finance, economy, and renewables, exploring systems science and human behavior through long-form conversations and expert interviews. The channel emphasizes deep-dives into ecology, economics, geopolitics, and monetary/financial systems, often delivered as full-length discussions and lectures, with a publishing history since 2019 and an average of about 251.8K views per video across 93 minutes per piece, reflecting its long-form, exploratory content style.

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We found 40 YouTube channels similar to Nate Hagens

#1

World Economic Forum

84% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 9.8K

Views 116.9M

Appearances 17

SERP 98%

Similarity 74%

energy transition global risks energy security

Both target global systemic risks and energy transition topics, showing a high search overlap (98%) with Nate Hagens’ focus on energy security and global risks, though WEF’s content is policy-forward and institutionally oriented (content similarity 74%).

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TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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Share audience interest in systems science and future scenarios (queries match 100%) and have strong content alignment on complex systems and futurist thinking (content similarity 70%), aligning with Nate Hagens’ holistic systems approach.

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TED view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M

Videos 5.5K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 10

SERP 90%

Similarity 76%

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Overlap on future scenarios and energy transition queries (search 90%), plus substantial content alignment around global risks and energy topics (content 76%), indicating a shared focus on long-term systemic thinking.

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#4

Systems Innovation Network

63% relevance

Subscribers 101K

Videos 609

Views 10.7M

Appearances 5

SERP 48%

Similarity 73%

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Converge on systems science and complex systems with a clear emphasis on economic resilience (queries match 48%), but lower search overlap suggests a smaller audience reach relative to Nate Hagens while maintaining similar topics in content (content 73%).

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DW Documentary view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 6.4M

Videos 1.5K

Views 923.4M

Appearances 6

SERP 51%

Similarity 71%

environment and energy energy transition societal resilience

Addresses environment, energy transition, and societal resilience with moderate search overlap (51%) and strong content similarity (71%), mirroring Nate Hagens’ thematic space in documentary form.

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Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell view on YouTube ▶

61% relevance

Subscribers 25.1M

Videos 349

Views 3.6B

Appearances 5

SERP 38%

Similarity 77%

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Shared interest in environment/energy and future scenarios (search overlap 38%), with high content alignment (77%), indicating similar topics delivered in Kurzgesagt’s distinctive visual explainer style.

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Discovered competitors include World Economic Forum (84% match) and TEDx Talks (82% match) as top matches, with TED (82% match) also closely aligned. All three share overlapping queries around energy transition, global risks, and future scenarios, placing them in similar search spaces as Nate Hagens. World Economic Forum’s 1.1M subscribers and TED’s 44.2M, 27.2M subscribers respectively dwarf Nate Hagens’ 134K, highlighting a substantial size gap. Systems Innovation Network (63% match) and DW Documentary (63% match) also compete on topics like systems science, complex systems, environment and energy, and societal resilience, adding breadth to the landscape but with smaller audiences than the top two.

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Rank	Relevance	Channel	Similarity	Subscribers	SERP	Appearances
#7	58%	TED-Ed ▶	68%	22.4M	42%	7
#8	58%	LSE	74%	275K	34%	2
#9	58%	BBC News ▶	65%	19.4M	46%	7
#10	55%	OVERSHOOT \| Shrink Toward Abundance	80%	2.8K	18%	3
#11	55%	CrashCourse ▶	73%	16.9M	27%	3
#12	55%	New Economic Thinking	72%	335K	29%	5
#13	55%	The Economist ▶	73%	3.9M	27%	4
#14	54%	Final Hour Files	79%	1.8K	17%	1
#15	54%	Alex Fergnani	76%	3.9K	21%	3
#16	54%	Science Talk	80%	2.8K	14%	1
#17	53%	National Institutes of Health (NIH)	74%	118K	21%	1
#18	52%	Principles by Ray Dalio ▶	75%	3.1M	17%	1
#19	51%	Foreign Policy	72%	29.5K	21%	1
#20	51%	euronews ▶	68%	2.5M	26%	3
#21	51%	Simplified In Short	75%	18.1K	14%	1
#22	51%	CIFAR	70%	3.6K	21%	1
#23	51%	Next Generation Science	71%	251K	20%	2
#24	51%	One Minute Economics ▶	72%	232K	19%	3
#25	50%	CEPR & VideoVox Economics	72%	10.1K	19%	2
#26	50%	MIT OpenCourseWare ▶	70%	6.2M	19%	4
#27	50%	Bloomberg Originals ▶	72%	5.0M	16%	2
#28	50%	The Wall Street Journal ▶	69%	6.6M	20%	3
#29	50%	Patrick Boyle ▶	71%	1.1M	17%	1
#30	49%	USC Price	63%	18.5K	28%	3
#31	49%	Just Have a Think ▶	72%	688K	14%	1
#32	49%	Paramount Plus	67%	2.1M	21%	1
#33	48%	DrAzevedoEcon	66%	71K	21%	1
#34	48%	Wall Street Journal Opinion	68%	133K	17%	1
#35	48%	Benjamin ▶	70%	637K	14%	1
#36	47%	Sim Institute	70%	8.6K	14%	1
#37	46%	PBS NewsHour ▶	66%	5.2M	17%	1
#38	45%	Speak Fluent English Now	62%	15.9K	21%	1
#39	45%	Econ	65%	196K	14%	1
#40	45%	Arup	63%	14K	18%	2

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Nate Hagens?

World Economic Forum — 84% match, 1.1M subscribers; TEDx Talks — 82% match, 44.2M subscribers; TED — 82% match, 27.2M subscribers. All three share a focus on broad, policy-relevant discussions about global issues, often featuring thought leaders and experts on energy, climate, economy, and society.

What type of content does Nate Hagens make?

Nate Hagens creates long-form, discussion-based content focused on energy, environment, climate, finance, economy, renewables, degrowth, and post-growth. Based on titles, his videos feature interviews and talks with notable thinkers (e.g., Daniel Schmachtenberger, Robert Sapolsky, Jeffrey Sachs) and cover topics like energy futures, AI and society, brain science, and systemic risks, averaging about 251.8K views per video. Upload frequency appears to be irregular with multiple long-form episodes in a series like The Great Simplification.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Nate Hagens?

We analyze Nate Hagens'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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