Sergeant Steve

Subscribers 511K

Videos 124

Views 121.9M

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Sergeant Steve covers real police bodycam footage with professional insight from inside the job, offering tutorials and deep-dives into on-the-job decisions, use-of-force analysis, and de-escalation strategies. The channel features long-form breakdowns and incident walkthroughs, with a posting cadence around 4.4 uploads per week and average video views near 746.9K.

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We found 44 YouTube channels similar to Sergeant Steve

#1

TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

79% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 66%

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They share an audience interested in on-the-job decision making and law enforcement education, evidenced by high search overlap on queries like on the job decisions and police use of force analysis, though their content style is more educational talks than practical policing breakdowns (79% match, content 66%).

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#2

WIRED view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 8

SERP 63%

Similarity 68%

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Similar audience to Sergeant Steve for crime scene breakdowns and crime scene interpretation, reflected in substantial search overlap on crime scene queries, while WIRED's presentation is more tech/analytical journalism than police training-focused content (66% match, content 68%).

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#3

The 10 Code Mindset

65% relevance

Subscribers 18.3K

Videos 586

Views 2.7M

Appearances 8

SERP 50%

Similarity 74%

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Targets real life policing insights and law enforcement education similar to Sergeant Steve, with strong alignment on police training insights and law enforcement education, though the channel is more niche and less produced policing analysis (65% match, content 74%).

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#4

Body Cam Watch

64% relevance

Subscribers 998K

Videos 224

Views 469.8M

Appearances 6

SERP 37%

Similarity 82%

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Appeals to viewers seeking law enforcement breakdowns and cop camera analyses, sharing searches about police bodycam concepts, but their content emphasizes camera footage reviews over broader policing education (64% match, content 82%).

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#5

Police1 view on YouTube ▶

61% relevance

Subscribers 20.5K

Videos 891

Views 2.0M

Appearances 5

SERP 41%

Similarity 75%

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Catches the same crowd interested in real life policing insights and patrol procedures, offering officer safety strategies that align with Sergeant Steve’s topics, though presented as a resource site/guide rather than a personal channel (61% match, content 75%).

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Sergeant Curtis view on YouTube ▶

61% relevance

Subscribers 437K

Videos 226

Views 161.4M

Appearances 5

SERP 27%

Similarity 84%

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Very similar audience with a sergeant perspective focus, matching on queries about sergeant viewpoints and real-life policing concepts, but with a distinct host persona and channel-specific framing (61% match, content 84%).

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Discovered competitors include TEDx Talks (79% match) and WIRED (66% match) as the top two by match strength. They share overlapping queries with Sergeant Steve such as on-the-job decisions, law enforcement education, and police use of force analysis, indicating a common focus on policing concepts and real-life scenario interpretation. Body Cam Watch (64% match) and The 10 Code Mindset (65% match) also align on real-life policing insights and police training themes, while Police1 (61% match) covers patrol procedures and officer safety. Sergeant Steve has 511K subscribers, which is smaller than TEDx Talks (44.2M) and WIRED (12.8M), but aligns with niche channels like Body Cam Watch (998K) and The 10 Code Mindset (18.3K) in audience scope. All identified competitors compete around police procedure explanations, bodycam breakdowns, and real-life policing education.

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#7	59%	West Mercia Police	75%	5.2K	36%	2
#8	58%	EWU Bodycam ▶	85%	3.1M	17%	4
#9	57%	Street Cop Training	73%	59.4K	35%	4
#10	57%	Shots Fired Podcast	82%	102K	20%	4
#11	56%	The LAWMANiac	79%	6.5K	23%	4
#12	56%	Combs Waterkotte	73%	13.9K	31%	2
#13	55%	The Fourth Watch	78%	1.4K	20%	1
#14	55%	LADbible Stories ▶	74%	3.9M	26%	2
#15	54%	FRONTLINE PBS \| Official ▶	70%	3.4M	30%	3
#16	53%	Hampton Law ▶	77%	618K	18%	2
#17	53%	Inside Edition ▶	78%	13.8M	17%	2
#18	52%	Cop Faxx (Perry Freeman)	75%	11.5K	16%	1
#19	51%	Officer.com	76%	22.4K	14%	3
#20	51%	Randall Arsenault	74%	54.2K	16%	2
#21	51%	PolicingTV	69%	1.3K	23%	2
#22	50%	DBSAlliance	63%	6.5K	31%	2
#23	50%	Washington State Department of Corrections	73%	2.8K	16%	1
#24	50%	TED-Ed ▶	68%	22.4M	23%	4
#25	49%	New Zealand Police	73%	78.5K	14%	2
#26	49%	Big Think ▶	68%	8.6M	21%	2
#27	49%	First Responder Fitness	71%	1.1K	16%	1
#28	49%	USA TODAY	68%	7.5M	20%	1
#29	49%	Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center	66%	1.9K	23%	2
#30	48%	TED ▶	66%	27.2M	22%	4
#31	48%	The School of Life ▶	69%	9.6M	17%	3
#32	48%	PoliceMag	70%	10.9K	15%	2
#33	48%	GracieBreakdown	70%	941K	14%	3
#34	47%	Taylor Lorenz	68%	267K	16%	1
#35	47%	NJ.com	68%	481K	16%	1
#36	47%	CrashCourse ▶	65%	16.9M	20%	2
#37	47%	The Record (Stockton, CA)	65%	7.2K	19%	3
#38	47%	PUNJAB POLICE TRAINING CHANNEL (OFFICIAL)	64%	18.1K	20%	1
#39	46%	Courier Video	66%	6.8K	17%	2
#40	46%	Coolpsychologist	67%	8.3K	16%	1
#41	46%	The University of British Columbia	63%	44.2K	20%	1
#42	46%	Andrew Huberman ▶	64%	7.4M	18%	2
#43	45%	Khan Academy	62%	9.3M	19%	2
#44	44%	projectcubicle	62%	5.2K	16%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Sergeant Steve?

The top competitors are TEDx Talks (79% match, 44.2M subscribers) and WIRED (66% match, 12.8M subscribers) and The 10 Code Mindset (65% match, 18.3K subscribers). They share a focus on provocative, thought-provoking or educational content that aims to provoke strong viewer reactions, similar to Sergeant Steve's sensational, high-view videos.

What type of content does Sergeant Steve make?

Sergeant Steve creates dramatic, sensational videos about people getting into trouble or facing consequences, as shown by recent titles like 'The Moment These School Principles Realize Their Lives Are Over' and 'Drunk Nurse Doesn't Realize She Just Ended Someone's Life', with an average of 746.9K views per video and about 4.4 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Sergeant Steve?

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