Channels Like The Museum of Modern Art

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The Museum of Modern Art
Subscribers 621K
Videos 1.3K
Views 59.6M

The Museum of Modern Art's YouTube channel covers modern and contemporary art through studio visits, artist interviews, behind-the-scenes conservation work, and how-to tutorials, with content that also touches on painting, sculpture, installation, film, and photography. Videos range from deep-dives and artist profiles to educational talks and explorations of art history, typically gaining around 66K average views per video, with a long-running history since 2006 and a catalog of about 1,300 published videos.

Content Landscape

The top competitors are TEDx Talks (83% match) and Baumgartner Restoration (83% match), followed by Contemporary Art Issue (77% match). They share overlapping queries such as contemporary art, artist interviews, art and technology, art conservation, and modern/contemporary art topics. The Museum of Modern Art has 621K subscribers, which is smaller than TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers) and Baumgartner Restoration (1.9M subscribers), indicating significant size differences while competing for similar search topics and audience interest.

Similar Channels

We found 47 YouTube channels similar to The Museum of Modern Art

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#1 TEDx Talks

83% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 18
SERP 98%
Similarity 73%
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Both target audiences interested in contemporary ideas and interviews with artists and creators, with high search overlap on contemporary art and artist interviews, though MoMA’s content is more curatorial and art-history focused (content 73% similarity).

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#2 Baumgartner Restoration

83% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M
Videos 233
Views 218.4M
Appearances 26
SERP 100%
Similarity 72%
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Shares audience interest in art conservation and technique, aligning on queries about art conservation and restoration, with MoMA differing in broader museum context and exhibition-focused content (content 72% similarity).

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#3 Contemporary Art Issue

77% relevance

Subscribers 187K
Videos 200
Views 10.3M
Appearances 18
SERP 76%
Similarity 79%
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Both cover modern/contemporary art topics and movements, with strong alignment on modern/contemporary art queries and fairly high content overlap in focus on art discourse (content 79% similarity).

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#4 The Met

63% relevance

Subscribers 502K
Videos 2.4K
Views 118.3M
Appearances 7
SERP 43%
Similarity 77%
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Both operate as major art institutions with interest in art museums and conservation, attracting viewers searching for museum-related content and artist interviews, though MoMA’s channel is more modern-art-centric (content 77% similarity).

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#5 Film Courage

60% relevance

Subscribers 793K
Videos 6.4K
Views 105.6M
Appearances 9
SERP 47%
Similarity 69%
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Shares emphasis on artist interviews and art theory discussions, resonating with searches for artist interviews; MoMA’s content is more institutionally curated, giving moderate content alignment (content 69% similarity).

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#6 Behind the Masterpiece

57% relevance

Subscribers 101K
Videos 37
Views 5.0M
Appearances 6
SERP 30%
Similarity 75%
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Both explore art museums and movements, attracting viewers seeking gallery visit insights and modern art movements, with high alignment in content around museum-context art exploration (content 75% similarity).

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#8 56% Tate 79% 391K 21% 4
#9 56% Masters Of Craft 71% 409K 34% 6
#10 55% Dans Le Gris 74% 36.1K 27% 4
#11 54% Let’s Learn About Art 75% 64.7K 23% 4
#12 54% Great Art Explained 75% 1.8M 21% 4
#13 53% Christie's 78% 220K 17% 2
#14 53% World of Creatives 78% 64.2K 16% 3
#15 53% Perspective 77% 508K 18% 4
#16 53% Architectural Digest 69% 7.8M 28% 5
#17 53% Glo 72% 37K 23% 3
#18 52% Victoria and Albert Museum 76% 482K 17% 4
#19 52% Great Museums 77% 35.8K 15% 4
#20 52% ArtworkArchive 73% 2.3K 19% 4
#21 51% Harvard Business Review 72% 1.6M 20% 2
#22 51% Grady Frederick Art 75% 80.1K 15% 1
#23 51% sounds of new york 72% 3.5K 19% 2
#24 50% Martin Osner 72% 18.8K 18% 4
#25 50% Milwaukee Art Museum 75% 3.0K 13% 2
#26 50% Brianrutenbergart 71% 18.5K 18% 2
#27 49% Art Prof: Your Art School 74% 241K 12% 1
#28 49% CrashCourse 68% 16.9M 20% 5
#29 49% Documentary Guru 72% 9K 14% 2
#30 49% Shrimpy 73% 1.3M 12% 1
#31 49% National Geographic 67% 25.9M 21% 2
#32 48% Bloomfield Art Restoration 70% 44.5K 15% 4
#33 48% Armchair Academics 70% 24.3K 15% 1
#34 48% Royal College of Art 71% 21.8K 14% 2
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#37 47% Culture Vulture Rises 67% 13.8K 19% 2
#38 47% Harper's BAZAAR 71% 1.8M 12% 1
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#40 47% Art of Minimal Techno Trip 68% 842K 15% 1
#41 47% Harper's Bazaar UK 65% 282K 19% 5
#42 47% The Museum Guide 70% 102K 12% 3
#43 47% ibz 68% 375K 15% 1
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Museum of Modern Art?

The Museum of Modern Art's biggest competitors on YouTube are TEDx Talks — 44.2M subscribers (83% match) and Baumgartner Restoration — 1.9M subscribers (83% match), followed by Contemporary Art Issue — 187K subscribers (77% match). All three channels produce content related to art, exhibitions, and art restoration or discussion, similar to MoMA's focus on modern and contemporary art. They share audiences interested in art, culture, and educational videos.

What type of content does The Museum of Modern Art make?

MoMA creates documentary-style and educational art content, with video titles such as MoMA's YouTube channel | Passionate perspectives on art; Kids as Collaborators: Ruth Asawa's Teaching Philosophy; How Artists Are Rewriting AI’s Future | Fei-Fei Li, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst; The artist who makes miniature figures attempt the impossible; Ruth Asawa: documentary on an artist who worked every minute | HOW TO SEE. Upload frequency appears to be multiple videos per week, with an average of about 66K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Museum of Modern Art?

We analyze The Museum of Modern Art'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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