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Subscribers 48.9K

Videos 76

Views 1.9M

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The Social Dork | Cyber Security covers networking and security topics through tutorials, practical tips, and career guidance, including ethical hacking, SOC operations, penetration testing, and lab setup. Content style includes tutorials and career-oriented guidance with some project ideas and reviews, and video titles suggest a mix of how-to guides, home-lab builds, and career-focused advice. The channel posts content regularly, with recent videos around 9–13 minutes and average views around 15K per video, reflecting an estimated upload cadence of about one to two videos per week.

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Appearances 25

SERP 100%

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Both target aspiring cybersecurity professionals with queries like 'cyber security career' and 'cyber security analyst,' and their content aligns closely (86% content match) though Cyber with Ben has a higher overall audience.

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They share a strong focus on building a cybersecurity career and beginner content ('cyber security career', 'cyber security beginner'), with high audience alignment (queries match 62%) and similarly practitioner-oriented videos (87% content match).

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75% relevance

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SERP 74%

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IBM Technology also targets cyber security career paths and job roles (e.g., SOC analyst) with broad technical topics like cloud security basics, resulting in a solid 74% search overlap and 76% content similarity.

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Top competitors by match strength are Cyber with Ben (91% match) and UnixGuy | Cyber Security (77% match). IBM Technology (75% match) also overlaps significantly. All three share overlapping queries such as 'cyber security career', 'cyber security beginner', and 'cyber security analyst', indicating a focus on career paths, beginner guidance, and analyst roles. The Social Dork has 48.9K subscribers, while Cyber with Ben and UnixGuy boast substantially larger audiences at 120K and 292K subscribers respectively, with IBM Technology at 1.6M subscribers, highlighting a broad size gap but a shared thematic space around cyber security careers, training, and practical lab work.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Social Dork | Cyber Security?

Cyber with Ben — 120K subscribers, 91% match. UnixGuy | Cyber Security — 292K subscribers, 77% match. IBM Technology — 1.6M subscribers, 75% match. All three channels focus on cybersecurity topics such as ethical hacking, security operations, penetration testing, and cybersecurity career guidance, overlapping with The Social Dork | Cyber Security in subject matter and target audience.

What type of content does The Social Dork | Cyber Security make?

The Social Dork | Cyber Security produces content about cybersecurity concepts, career paths, and hands-on lab projects, as reflected in titles like 'FASTEST way to become a Cyber security engineer as a beginner (90 day plan)', 'Build your Cyber security Lab at Home in 15 minutes', and 'Build these 5 cyber projects this weekend and get a job'. The channel averages about 15.1K views per video with varying topics, and the recent uploads include instructional videos and career-oriented guides, suggesting a cadence of multiple videos per week.

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