NeverKnowsBest

Subscribers 367K

Videos 76

Views 48.2M

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NeverKnowsBest focuses on the history and analysis of role-playing games and video game history, with titles like 'The Entire History of RPGs' and 'The History of MMOs' indicating deep-dives and retrospective analyses rather than casual reviews. The channel appears to publish in-depth, long-form explorations (retrospectives and analyses) across RPGs, JRPGs, CRPGs, and related genres, with a cadence that yields an average of about 2 million views per video and a substantial back catalog of 76 uploads since May 7, 2018.

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Top competitors by match strength are RPG PHD (86% match) and The Game Overanalyser (79% match). They share overlapping queries such as 'rpg analysis' and 'rpg game design analysis' (also 'jrpg history' for The Game Overanalyser). I Finished A Video Game (78% match) and Game Maker's Toolkit (78% match) also compete on broader themes of 'history of video games' and 'retrospectives'. NeverKnowsBest has a subscriber base of 367K, which is smaller than The Game Overanalyser (23K? note: 23K is listed, which is larger than 367K? Actually 23K is smaller; but Game Maker's Toolkit has 1.7M, and I Finished A Video Game has 221K). The strongest overlap comes from RPG PHD, The Game Overanalyser, and Game Maker's Toolkit, with shared queries around rpg analysis, rpg history, and RPG game design analysis.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to NeverKnowsBest?

RPG PHD — 86% match, 7.3K subscribers; The Game Overanalyser — 79% match, 23K subscribers; I Finished A Video Game — 78% match, 221K subscribers. All three share a focus on video game history, analysis, and critique similar to NeverKnowsBest.

What type of content does NeverKnowsBest make?

NeverKnowsBest creates analysis-driven video essays about video game history and criticism, with titles like The Entire History of RPGs, The History of MMOs, A serious critique of Genshin Impact, and The Entire History of Video Games. The channel averages about 2M views per video, with an estimated weekly upload frequency of around multiple videos per week.

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