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The Painful Historian
Subscribers 41.4K
Videos 108
Views 8.2M

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The Painful Historian covers brutal and legendary figures from ancient, medieval, and dynastic history, focusing on how famous rulers and pirates died or behaved, as suggested by video titles like How Every Legendary Spartan Died and How Every Infamous Shogun Died. The content appears to be deep-dives and themed lists, likely with a documentary/tutorial style, and it publishes around 3.1 uploads per week with an average video view count of about 18.2K. The channel currently has 41.4K subscribers and 8.2M total views.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are The Scribble Scholar (93% match) and History Geek (70% match). The Scribble Scholar shares overlapping queries such as famous conquerors deaths, infamous leaders history, and medieval pirates deaths, aligning with The Painful Historian’s focus on rulers and infamous figures. History Geek overlaps on ancient rulers deaths and notorious dynasties deaths. The Unknown Explained (75% match) also competes, aligning with tyrants ancient history and medieval brutal rulers. Kings and Generals (68% match) and Battlefield Of Knowledge (62% match) also touch on medieval brutal rulers, mongol empire rulers, and norse warrior legends. The Painful Historian has 41.4K subscribers; The Scribble Scholar leads with 83.4K, while History Geek has 57.8K, The Unknown Explained 17.3K, Kings and Generals 4.1M, and Battlefield Of Knowledge 16.8K, indicating varying channel sizes among overlapping topics.

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#7 61% Weird History ▶ 70% 4.7M 47% 6
#8 61% The Most Painful Historian 82% 1.4K 29% 4
#9 60% Serious History ▶ 80% 692K 29% 7
#10 58% Sketchy Histories 84% 1.6K 18% 2
#11 57% The Paint Explainer ▶ 76% 1.8M 27% 6
#12 57% Chat History ▶ 76% 981K 27% 5
#13 55% Extra History ▶ 71% 4.5M 32% 3
#14 55% The Nightowl 79% 36.2K 20% 2
#15 55% History Uncovered 80% 6.8K 18% 1
#16 55% Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries 75% 860K 24% 3
#17 54% Centurion Explains 81% 2.9K 14% 1
#18 54% The Timeline Charts 79% 1.1K 18% 1
#19 54% History Timelines 82% 17.2K 12% 3
#20 53% Loonytricky 70% 39.1K 28% 4
#21 53% ANIMATED LIFE LINES 76% 93.4K 19% 2
#22 53% Jaydone History ▶ 81% 193K 11% 2
#23 52% History with Time Weave 77% 1.4K 14% 1
#24 52% Vadim Tries to Understand 80% 2.5K 10% 2
#25 52% Ancient Nathan 77% 5.3K 13% 2
#26 52% Historical Data 78% 70K 12% 1
#27 50% Gravity ▶ 64% 1.3M 30% 3
#28 50% Eternal Mysteries 73% 24.7K 15% 3
#29 49% World of Antiquity ▶ 67% 340K 24% 5
#30 48% HISTORY ▶ 67% 15.2M 20% 5
#31 48% A Grain of Salt 73% 68.2K 11% 2
#32 48% House of History 71% 343K 14% 1
#33 48% Epimetheus 73% 707K 11% 2
#34 48% Crime Depths 72% 27.5K 12% 1
#35 47% Zhang Bao 71% 9.3K 12% 1
#36 47% HistoryMarche ▶ 70% 1.3M 12% 2
#37 47% Archaia Historia 70% 20.5K 11% 3
#38 46% EmperorTigerstar 69% 561K 12% 3
#39 46% UsefulCharts ▶ 68% 2.0M 14% 2
#40 46% How History Works ▶ 67% 262K 14% 1
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#42 45% Chrono Rank 69% 1.4K 10% 2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Painful Historian?

The Painful Historian's biggest competitors on YouTube are The Scribble Scholar (93% match, 83.4K subscribers) and The Unknown Explained (75% match, 17.3K subscribers). A commonality is that all three channels publish history-focused content exploring notable figures, events, and eras, often with an explanatory or narrative style.

What type of content does The Painful Historian make?

The Painful Historian creates history-focused videos, as suggested by titles like How Every Legendary Spartan Died, The Most Legendary Inventor From Each Era, and How Every Evil Chinese Emperor Died. The channel posts approximately 3.1 uploads per week and averages about 18.2K views per video, with the recent videos ranging from 1.6K to 14.6K views.

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