Truly Criminal

Subscribers 931K

Videos 293

Views 211.1M

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Truly Criminal covers solved and unsolved crime cases from around the world, including high-profile and lesser-known murders, mystery, and documentary-style investigations. The channel uses deep-dive storytelling with a focus on true crime narratives, case profiles, and forensic investigations, posting long-form content that averages about 202.6K views per video and maintaining a cadence of ~1.4 uploads per week.

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#1

48 Hours view on YouTube

91% relevance

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 2.2K

Views 1.2B

Appearances 33

SERP 100%

Similarity 84%

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High search overlap on true crime topics like true crime stories, murder investigations, and unsolved murders (100% search for this channel’s matches) with content that closely mirrors case-focused storytelling, yielding a strong 84% content similarity to Truly Criminal.

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Kallmekris view on YouTube

64% relevance

Subscribers 12.9M

Videos 687

Views 3.6B

Appearances 23

SERP 61%

Similarity 66%

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Significant audience alignment around unsolved murders, serial killers, and high-profile cases (queries share 61%), with content that explores these cases in a similar true crime vein (content similarity 66%), though Kallmekris may blend humor or varied presentation.

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Time Of Crime view on YouTube

63% relevance

Subscribers 129K

Videos 138

Views 25.3M

Appearances 7

SERP 33%

Similarity 82%

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Shares key topics like unsolved murders, cold cases, and solved murder cases (33% search overlap but high 82% content similarity), indicating a comparable case-focused true crime approach with more emphasis on case chronology.

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Bailey Sarian view on YouTube

63% relevance

Subscribers 7.9M

Videos 1.4K

Views 1.5B

Appearances 7

SERP 26%

Similarity 87%

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Overlaps on crime storytelling and documentary-style crime history deep dives (search overlap 26% but content similarity 87%), indicating a similar narrative-driven approach though Bailey Sarian emphasizes stylized storytelling formats.

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Real Crime view on YouTube

62% relevance

Subscribers 2.1M

Videos 1.1K

Views 522.6M

Appearances 8

SERP 27%

Similarity 85%

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Similar focus on crime documentaries, investigations, and serial killers (27% search overlap; 85% content similarity), aligning closely in topic scope and depth of investigation.

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EXPLORE WITH US view on YouTube

61% relevance

Subscribers 7.3M

Videos 492

Views 1.7B

Appearances 13

SERP 30%

Similarity 83%

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Competes for audiences seeking true crime stories, murder investigations, and unsolved murders (30% search overlap) with content that closely mirrors case-based storytelling (83% content similarity).

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Top competitors include 48 Hours (91% match) and Bailey Sarian (63% match) as the strongest overlaps, sharing queries like true crime stories, murder investigations, unsolved murders, crime storytelling, and crime documentaries. Time Of Crime (63% match) and Real Crime (62% match) also compete on unsolved murders, cold cases, and crime documentaries. Truly Criminal has 931K subscribers, while 48 Hours leads with 2.4M subscribers and Bailey Sarian with 7.9M subscribers, indicating a substantial gap to the biggest players but similar topic focus and search intent.

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#22	53%	Serial Killers Documentaries	83%	840K	8%	2
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#26	52%	Forensic Investigators	79%	19.6K	11%	7
#27	52%	LADbible Stories	73%	3.9M	19%	6
#28	51%	Courtroom	77%	218K	13%	2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Truly Criminal?

Truly Criminal's biggest YouTube competitors are 48 Hours (91% match, 2.4M subscribers), Kallmekris (64% match, 12.9M subscribers), and Time Of Crime (63% match, 129K subscribers). They share a focus on crime-related content, including true crime cases, investigations, and documentary-style storytelling.

What type of content does Truly Criminal make?

Truly Criminal creates documentary-style true crime content, focusing on murder, mystery, solved and unsolved cases, and police investigations. The channel uploads about 1.4 videos per week, with recent videos averaging approximately 202.6K views (examples: 107.6K, 198.5K, 157.7K, 169.6K, 211.6K views).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Truly Criminal?

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