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Dhruv Rathee
Subscribers 31.5M
Videos 738
Views 5.3B

Channels Like Dhruv Rathee

Dhruv Rathee focuses on India, education, economics, current affairs, and science, delivering simplified and objective explainers of complex topics in a tutorial/educational style. The channel emphasizes learning, awareness, and education, with videos that often analyze political and social issues, and an average of about 12.8 million views per video across 738 published since January 2013.

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#1

80% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 12
SERP 100%
Similarity 66%
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Both Dhruv Rathee and TED-Ed explain complex political and governance topics in accessible formats, with high search overlap on queries like 'democracy and governance overview' and 'political corruption investigations,' though TED-Ed's content is more animated and one-lesson-per-topic compared to Dhruv’s in-depth current-affairs style.

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#2

76% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 14
SERP 87%
Similarity 68%
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Both cover public policy, international crises, and economic history to educate broad audiences, with substantial search overlap on terms like 'public policy explained' and 'major international crises explained,' but CrashCourse leans more into rapid, course-style series while Dhruv emphasizes current affairs analysis.

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Al Jazeera English

73% relevance

Subscribers 17.5M
Videos 136K
Views 6.8B
Appearances 9
SERP 77%
Similarity 71%
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Both provide explanations of international politics and conflicts with overlap on queries such as 'middle east conflicts analysis' and 'partition of india history,' though Al Jazeera's reporting is journalism-driven and Dhruv offers interpretive educational content.

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#4

66% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 13
SERP 61%
Similarity 69%
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Both address public policy and governance concepts and attract viewers interested in civic topics, with overlap on 'democracy and governance overview' queries; however TEDx Talks feature more diverse independent speakers and shorter talks than Dhruv’s structured explainer videos.

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Subscribers 15.4M
Videos 6.1K
Views 6.7B
Appearances 4
SERP 50%
Similarity 75%
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Share audience interest in history and global issues such as world war II and international conflicts, with similar search intent on 'world war II history' and 'terrorism and cartels explored,' though Infographics Show often uses fast, animated explainers while Dhruv provides sourced, narrative-driven analysis.

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Subscribers 36.1K
Videos 192
Views 7.6M
Appearances 5
SERP 51%
Similarity 68%
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Both cover democracy and governance topics and nuclear/energy security concepts with overlapping searches like 'democracy and governance overview' and 'energy security explained,' yet CFR Education presents more policy briefs and expert-led teaching aimed at students and policy novices.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors identified are TED-Ed (80% match) and CrashCourse (76% match). They share overlapping queries with Dhruv Rathee such as political corruption investigations, democracy and governance, partition of India history, public policy explained, and explanations of major international crises. TED-Ed has 22.4M subscribers and CrashCourse has 16.9M subscribers, both larger than Dhruv Rathee’s channel (31.5M subscribers). Al Jazeera English (73% match) also overlaps on international politics and Middle East analysis, with 17.5M subscribers. The Infographics Show (65% match) also touches on world war II history and related topics. Competitors align by delivering educational, explanatory content on politics, history, and global affairs, often targeting similar search queries.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Dhruv Rathee?

TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 80% match), CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers, 76% match), and Al Jazeera English (17.5M subscribers, 73% match) are Dhruv Rathee's top competitors. They share a focus on educational, informative content that covers topics like science, history, current affairs, and global issues.

What type of content does Dhruv Rathee make?

Dhruv Rathee creates educational and informational videos focusing on current affairs, economics, history, science, and related topics. The channel has 31.5M subscribers. Recent videos include titles such as Why World War 2 Happened? | The Real Reason, India Publicly Shamed by USA | Why is PM Modi Silent?, and Iran Israel War | Why is ENTIRE Middle East under Attack?, each with tens of millions of views (e.g., 25.1M, 11.5M, 22.5M respectively). Average views per video are about 12.8M. The average uploads per week is not specified in the provided data.

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