The Plain Bagel

Subscribers 1.2M

Videos 266

Views 93.9M

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The Plain Bagel covers investing and personal finance educational topics with a hint of economics, using tutorials and history-style explanations. Content includes fundamentals like investing basics, stock market concepts, and financial crisis history, with videos such as 5 Minute History Lessons and explainers like margin calls and options trading. The channel posts regularly, averaging about 2.1 million views per video, with a total of 266 videos since joining in 2017.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Plain Bagel?

The Plain Bagel's biggest competitors on YouTube are Humphrey Yang (85% match, 2M subscribers), The Ramsey Show Highlights (83% match, 4.5M subscribers), and Charles Schwab (80% match, 532K subscribers). All share a focus on personal finance and investing education, with emphasis on market concepts and financial explanations.

What type of content does The Plain Bagel make?

The Plain Bagel creates investing and financial education content, as suggested by video titles like What To Do With Finfluencers?, The Great Depression - 5 Minute History Lesson, How Short Selling Works, The Greek Debt Crisis - 5 Minute History Lesson, and The Passive Income Scam. The channel averages about 2.1M views per video and posts with an indicated frequency of multiple uploads per week.

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