The Oldest Reason

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The Oldest Reason explores why modern behavior can be traced back to ancient contexts, using video titles and keywords related to evolutionary psychology, hunter-gatherer influences, and historical daily life. The channel presents deep-dives into why people act a certain way, likely through explanatory tutorials or long-form discussions, and currently averages around 3 views per video with infrequent uploads since joining in August 2026.

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#1

TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

72% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 54%

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They overlap with searches on human behavior origins and ancient norms (100% search alignment) and share many topic interests, though their content style is more talk-event lectures than deep, sustained exploration like The Oldest Reason (54% content match).

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#2

The Well

63% relevance

Subscribers 203K

Videos 342

Views 16.5M

Appearances 4

SERP 73%

Similarity 56%

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High overlap in queries about hunter-gatherer influence and primitive social behavior (73% search), indicating audience interest, but their video approach similarly differs in presentation depth compared to The Oldest Reason (56% content match).

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#3

Stanford view on YouTube ▶

62% relevance

Subscribers 2.1M

Videos 4.1K

Views 303.1M

Appearances 11

SERP 70%

Similarity 56%

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Strong alignment on human behavior origins and evolutionary psychology (70% search), yet Stanford’s broader academic format yields a different content style from The Oldest Reason (56% content match).

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#4

KhAnubis

56% relevance

Subscribers 283K

Videos 413

Views 55.3M

Appearances 4

SERP 58%

Similarity 54%

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Queries about ancient city life psychology and habits align with 58% search overlap, suggesting shared historical-behavior focus, though KhAnubis’ content remains distinct in structure versus The Oldest Reason (54% content match).

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#5

TED-Ed view on YouTube ▶

54% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 8

SERP 50%

Similarity 57%

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Notes overlap on ancient ethics, city life psychology, and medieval behavior science (50% search), but TED-Ed’s animated, educational format differs from The Oldest Reason’s approach (57% content match).

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#6

Professor Dave Explains view on YouTube ▶

54% relevance

Subscribers 4.2M

Videos 2K

Views 486.7M

Appearances 4

SERP 49%

Similarity 57%

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Shares interest in historical roots of behavior and preindustrial psychology (49% search), but the channel’s explainer style diverges from The Oldest Reason’s delivery (57% content match).

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Top competitors by match: TEDx Talks (72% match) and The Well (63% match). They share overlapping queries such as human behavior origins, hunter gatherer influence, and ancient social norms. Stanford (62% match) also competes on human behavior origins and evolutionary psychology behavior. These channels differ in size, with TEDx Talks and TED-Ed far larger (tens of millions of subscribers) compared to The Oldest Reason's 1 subscriber, while The Well (203K) and Stanford (2.1M) are still substantially larger. Shared queries indicate a common focus on prehistory, ancient cognition, and the long-term roots of behavior.

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#8	51%	The School of Life ▶	57%	9.6M	42%	5
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#10	50%	The Weekend University	55%	149K	43%	6
#11	49%	Dr. Tracey Marks ▶	62%	2.3M	30%	5
#12	49%	Andrew Huberman ▶	57%	7.4M	37%	6
#13	48%	Huberman Lab Clips ▶	55%	1.4M	36%	3
#14	46%	Sleepy Time History ▶	57%	152K	28%	3
#15	46%	TED ▶	55%	27.2M	31%	3
#16	46%	UCLABEC	54%	2.0K	33%	4
#17	45%	History Skills	56%	44.3K	28%	3
#18	45%	Smarter While You Sleep ▶	60%	176K	21%	3
#19	44%	Sprouts ▶	55%	1.9M	27%	2
#20	44%	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell ▶	59%	25.1M	22%	2
#21	44%	History of Humankind ▶	58%	176K	23%	2
#22	44%	WIRED ▶	55%	12.8M	26%	4
#23	43%	All Things Humanities	54%	29.6K	25%	2
#24	42%	Santa Fe Institute	56%	74.1K	22%	3
#25	42%	Psych101	57%	16.2K	18%	2
#26	42%	Dan Davis History	56%	371K	20%	4
#27	41%	Philosophy Sketchbook	55%	1.5K	21%	2
#28	40%	National Geographic ▶	52%	25.9M	23%	5
#29	40%	Simplified In Short	56%	18.1K	17%	1
#30	40%	Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy	53%	50.9K	21%	1
#31	40%	Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) ▶	55%	169K	18%	2
#32	40%	Practical Psychology ▶	56%	2.3M	17%	4
#33	40%	NIMBioS	52%	4.4K	21%	1
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#35	40%	timewarp cities ▶	54%	44.8K	18%	4
#36	39%	Robert Greene	54%	2.2M	18%	3
#37	39%	Helpful Professor Explains!	53%	40K	17%	2
#38	39%	a partial perspective	53%	4.1K	17%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Oldest Reason?

TEDx Talks (72% match, 44.2M subscribers) and The Well (63% match, 203K subscribers) and Stanford (62% match, 2.1M subscribers) are The Oldest Reason's biggest competitors. They share a focus on informative, educational content related to psychology, science, and human behavior, with large, established audiences and a mix of scholarly and accessible presentations.

What type of content does The Oldest Reason make?

The Oldest Reason creates explanatory content about evolutionary psychology, human behavior, and the history of everyday life, as suggested by video titles like 'You're Not Too Sensitive. Your Alarm Is Just Old.' The channel has an average of 3 views per video, and the data indicates about 1 upload per week. Specifics: 1 subscriber, recent video has 3 views.

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