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Subscribers 22.7K

Videos 20

Views 5.8M

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Professor Historian makes fun and entertaining videos explaining events in history, covering topics like ancient medicine, empires, poisons, punishments, and notable rulers. The channel uses a mix of deep-dives and list-style explorations, with uploads averaging ~3.1 videos per week and recent videos frequently attracting tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of views (example: 590K views for 'Every Drug Used in Ancient Civilizations' and 205K for a one-hour compilation).

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#1

Weird History view on YouTube ▶

84% relevance

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 1K

Views 716.5M

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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Both target broad historical curiosities and ancient topics using accessible storytelling, with high search overlap on queries like ancient medicine practices and medieval kings history, though Weird History’s content is more quirky and pop-leaning (84% match, but content only 73%).

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The Infographics Show view on YouTube ▶

77% relevance

Subscribers 15.4M

Videos 6.1K

Views 6.7B

Appearances 12

SERP 90%

Similarity 68%

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Share a focus on explaining history concepts (ancient inventions, collapse of empires) to a mass audience, evidenced by strong search alignment (90%) and substantial content similarity (68%), aligning with Professor Historian’s historical explainers.

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74% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 20

SERP 81%

Similarity 70%

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Both produce educational history content with topics like ancient medicine practices and medieval kings history; high search overlap (81%) indicates similar audience interests, and solid content similarity (70%).

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73% relevance

Subscribers 256K

Videos 66

Views 30.4M

Appearances 14

SERP 66%

Similarity 77%

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Interested in ancient history mysteries and craziest ancient stories, which mirrors Professor Historian’s intrigue-driven history niche, yielding good search overlap (66%) and strong content alignment (77%).

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Chat History view on YouTube ▶

68% relevance

Subscribers 981K

Videos 91

Views 98.8M

Appearances 7

SERP 46%

Similarity 82%

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Covers history of punishment and crazy ancient stories, reaching a similar audience, with decent search overlap (46%) but high content overlap (82%), indicating similar presentation style with a focus on sensational topics.

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Fall of Civilizations view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 1.5M

Videos 45

Views 209.1M

Appearances 8

SERP 61%

Similarity 71%

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Explores collapse of empires and history of empires’ fall, echoing Professor Historian’s broad macro-history interests, reflected in moderate search overlap (61%) and solid content similarity (71%).

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Top competitors by match strength are Weird History (84% match) and The Infographics Show (77% match). Both overlap with Professor Historian on queries about ancient medicine practices, ancient civilization food, and medieval kings history (Weird History) or ancient inventions explained and collapse of empires (The Infographics Show). TED-Ed (74% match) also competes due to overlaps on ancient medicine practices, ancient poisons, and medieval kings history. Weird History currently has 4.7M subscribers, The Infographics Show has 15.4M, and TED-Ed has 22.4M, which are all substantially larger than Professor Historian's 22.7K subscribers, reflecting a size gap though similar content themes. Competitors share overlapping queries around ancient history mysteries, medicines, poisons, empires, and punishments.

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#14	56%	Heimler's History	68%	1.2M	38%	5
#15	55%	MedievalMadness ▶	80%	495K	18%	2
#16	55%	Trust Me Bro ▶	81%	1.2M	17%	4
#17	55%	The Ancient Library	80%	11.9K	18%	1
#18	55%	Sideprojects ▶	78%	1.3M	19%	3
#19	54%	The Painful Historian	79%	41.4K	18%	2
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#23	53%	Lost in Time	77%	2.3M	17%	3
#24	53%	Brofessor Stein ▶	76%	290K	18%	2
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#28	50%	See U in History / Mythology	70%	2.4M	20%	2
#29	49%	Extra History ▶	73%	4.5M	14%	1
#30	49%	DARK ARCHIVE	73%	17.5K	14%	1
#31	49%	Captivating History	71%	498K	17%	2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Professor Historian?

Weird History — 84% match, 4.7M subscribers; The Infographics Show — 77% match, 15.4M subscribers; TED-Ed — 74% match, 22.4M subscribers. They share a focus on educational history and science topics presented in accessible, short-form videos for broad audiences.

What type of content does Professor Historian make?

Professor Historian creates educational history content, with video titles such as Ancient Medical Practices That Were Completely INSANE, 1 Hour of the CRAZIEST Stories From Ancient Times, Disgusting Foods Ancient People ACTUALLY Ate, Ancient Inventions That Were Centuries Ahead of Their Time, and Every Poison Used in Ancient Civilizations. The channel uploads about 3.1 videos per week and averages roughly 77.8K views per video.

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