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Subscribers 4.8M

Videos 65

Views 755.8M

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Sam O'Nella Academy appears to cover historical topics in a humorous, fact-focused style, with video titles suggesting deep-dives into odd, obscure, and sometimes debunked historical notions. The channel relies on concise, engaging history tutorials and narrative explainers, supported by frequent uploads and high view counts, averaging about 17.1M views per video and maintaining an active posting cadence since June 2016.

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87% relevance

Subscribers 981K

Videos 91

Views 98.8M

Appearances 15

SERP 100%

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Views 716.5M

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SERP 97%

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72% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 141

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Appearances 11

SERP 68%

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Compares on range from funny history facts to myths debunked and broad history spans, with strong overlap in searches (68%) and decent content similarity (75%), indicating similar educational/history storytelling with visual emphasis.

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Shares broad historical timelines and prehistoric-to-modern scope (queries on such ranges) with Sam O'Nella, leading to moderate search overlap (53%) and solid content alignment (73%), differing mainly in presentation pace.

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Top competitors by match strength are Weird History (83% match) with 4.7M subscribers and Chat History (87% match) with 981K subscribers, both overlapping on funny history facts, historical myths debunked, and unusual historical topics. The Paint Explainer (72% match) and Joe Scott (67% match) also compete on similar queries like funny history facts, historical myths debunked, and prehistoric to modern history, while TED-Ed (67% match) overlaps on prehistoric medical practices and ancient medical topics. Sam O'Nella Academy has 4.8M subscribers, larger than Chat History and Weird History, but smaller than TED-Ed (22.4M) and The Paint Explainer (1.8M) in subscriber count. Competitors share queries around odd and uncommon historical topics, with overlapping focus on debunked myths and prehistoric to modern history.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Sam O'Nella Academy?

Sam O'Nella Academy's biggest YouTube competitors are Chat History — 87% match with 981K subscribers, Weird History — 83% match with 4.7M subscribers, and The Paint Explainer — 72% match with 1.8M subscribers. They share a focus on educational/history-inspired content presented in a humorous, digestible format.

What type of content does Sam O'Nella Academy make?

Sam O'Nella Academy creates educational, history-themed videos with a humorous, irreverent tone. Recent videos include titles like Presidential Pets: a Brief History (5.8M views), Historical Misconceptions For You to Bring Up during Family Dinner (23M views), Tarrare, the Hungriest Man in History (20M views), Why It Sucked to Be a Pirate (19M views), and The Presidential Assassination Nobody Talks About (19M views). The channel averages about 4.8M subscribers; videos average about 17.1M views, with an unspecified upload frequency described as ~? uploads/week.

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