We found 44 YouTube channels similar to The New Detectives
Both target audiences interested in crime scene analysis and crime solving techniques, with high search overlap (crime scene analysis, crime solving techniques) and strong content alignment (65%), making WIRED similar in topic though WIRED’s presentation is more tech-forward.
A&E shares content around forensic science cases and high-tech crime evidence (queries: forensic science cases, high tech crime evidence) and has a strong content similarity (81%), aligning closely with The New Detectives’ true-crime investigation focus.
LADbible Stories covers crime scene analysis and forensic case studies with substantial content overlap (74%) and similar search interest (70%), indicating they attract a comparable audience interested in real-case investigations.
Both channels explore true crime investigations and real cases, with 84% content similarity and notable search alignment on crime investigation themes, though 48 Hours emphasizes documentary-style storytelling.
They intersect around victim-impact stories and testimony, sharing the same queries and moderate overall alignment (72% search, 66% content), appealing to audiences interested in the human side of crime.
CBS News covers crime investigation documentaries and real cases, showing meaningful search overlap and content similarity (65% search, 60% content) to The New Detectives’ investigative true-crime niche.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 62% | Lazy Masquerade ▶ | 75% | 1.9M | 42% | 11 |
| #8 | 61% | The Infographics Show ▶ | 67% | 15.4M | 51% | 8 |
| #9 | 60% | COURT TV | 80% | 2.1M | 30% | 8 |
| #10 | 60% | Real Crime ▶ | 80% | 2.1M | 29% | 7 |
| #11 | 56% | Law&Crime Network | 68% | 7.5M | 37% | 11 |
| #12 | 55% | The Crime Atlas® | 78% | 446K | 21% | 3 |
| #13 | 54% | The FBI Files ▶ | 77% | 1.0M | 19% | 4 |
| #14 | 54% | True Crime Stories | Ty Notts | 77% | 187K | 19% | 6 |
| #15 | 54% | Professor Dave Explains ▶ | 70% | 4.2M | 30% | 6 |
| #16 | 53% | Interrogators Playbook | 79% | 72.4K | 15% | 3 |
| #17 | 53% | CrimeCon | 80% | 18.5K | 13% | 2 |
| #18 | 53% | EWU Crime Storytime | 74% | 2.1M | 22% | 3 |
| #19 | 53% | DETECTIVE DELVI | 75% | 2.7K | 19% | 2 |
| #20 | 52% | National Institute of Justice | 72% | 5.7K | 23% | 7 |
| #21 | 52% | Absolute Crime ▶ | 78% | 587K | 14% | 3 |
| #22 | 52% | Mind Of A Criminal | 74% | 543K | 18% | 2 |
| #23 | 51% | Banijay History | 72% | 1.0M | 20% | 8 |
| #24 | 51% | Sinister with Josh Zeman | 75% | 14.7K | 15% | 2 |
| #25 | 51% | SciShow | 63% | 8.4M | 32% | 5 |
| #26 | 50% | Red Tree Crime | 75% | 769K | 14% | 4 |
| #27 | 50% | Criminal Core | 75% | 239K | 13% | 1 |
| #28 | 50% | Uncover Fraud | 71% | 22.2K | 18% | 2 |
| #29 | 49% | Insider ▶ | 72% | 9.5M | 16% | 3 |
| #30 | 49% | 3D Forensics | 73% | 22.1K | 13% | 1 |
| #31 | 48% | Wausau Fire Department | 71% | 1.1K | 15% | 2 |
| #32 | 48% | The Paint Explainer | 71% | 1.8M | 15% | 2 |
| #33 | 48% | Investigator Slater | 72% | 17.5K | 13% | 1 |
| #34 | 47% | EC-Council | 66% | 45.6K | 17% | 2 |
| #35 | 47% | MLive | 64% | 582K | 21% | 2 |
| #36 | 46% | Harrison Brown | 66% | 2.9K | 16% | 1 |
| #37 | 46% | FutureLearn | 63% | 52.2K | 21% | 3 |
| #38 | 45% | TED-Ed ▶ | 65% | 22.4M | 15% | 6 |
| #39 | 44% | Wellcome Collection | 61% | 108K | 18% | 3 |
| #40 | 43% | WGN News ▶ | 61% | 686K | 16% | 1 |
| #41 | 43% | KOBI-TV NBC5 | 61% | 14.9K | 16% | 1 |
| #42 | 43% | IFLScience | 62% | 171K | 13% | 2 |
| #43 | 42% | University of Derby | 60% | 37.7K | 15% | 6 |
| #44 | 40% | University of Staffordshire | 58% | 11.8K | 13% | 1 |
WIRED — 12.8M subscribers; A&E — 11.7M subscribers; LADbible Stories — 3.9M subscribers. All are large, narrative-driven media brands that produce documentary-style true crime or investigative content and compete for viewership in the crime/documentary space.
The New Detectives produces true crime documentary content, with titles like Best Of Season 6 | TRIPLE EPISODE, Bodies Of Evidence | FULL EPISODE, Shreds Of Evidence | FULL EPISODE, Infallible Witness | FULL EPISODE, and Out For Blood | TRIPLE EPISODE. Upload frequency is implied to be regular (average video views around 657.4K per video) with multiple weekly or frequent uploads.
We analyze The New Detectives'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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