Channels Like Mental Outlaw

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Mental Outlaw
Subscribers 787K
Videos 1.1K
Views 168.0M

Mental Outlaw covers digital privacy, online surveillance, and related tech topics through a mix of analyses, explainers, and opinion-driven content. The channel’s video titles and description keywords indicate tutorials, reviews, and deep-dives on privacy tools, network security, and privacy-conscious tech practices, with occasional broader tech and comedy elements. It maintains an active publishing cadence since 2012, with an average of about 1.5M views per video across 1100+ uploads, and frequent coverage of topics like VPNs, Tor, and data protection.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Techlore (89% match) and All Things Secured (83% match). CyberFlow (78% match) also aligns closely. These channels share overlapping queries with Mental Outlaw such as digital privacy, online surveillance, and privacy tools, and All Things Secured additionally aligns on internet safety. Mental Outlaw has 787K subscribers, while Techlore has 299K and All Things Secured 428K, indicating Mental Outlaw sits between in size but often targets similar privacy-focused search terms and topics. IBM Technology (62% match) and Naomi Brockwell TV (65% match) also appear as relevant peers, with larger subscriber bases but slightly lower alignment on the core privacy-tool and surveillance queries.

Similar Channels

We found 45 YouTube channels similar to Mental Outlaw

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#1 Techlore

89% relevance

Subscribers 299K
Videos 607
Views 30.5M
Appearances 27
SERP 100%
Similarity 82%
digital privacy online surveillance privacy tools

Both target digital privacy and online surveillance with strong overlap in searches (privacy tools, digital privacy) and a highly similar content focus, yielding an 89% match overall (search 100%, content 82%).

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#2 All Things Secured

83% relevance

Subscribers 428K
Videos 436
Views 45.2M
Appearances 20
SERP 86%
Similarity 82%
digital privacy privacy tools internet safety

Shares digital privacy and privacy tools emphasis, plus internet safety in content, resulting in an 83% match driven by high search overlap (86%) and solid content similarity (82%).

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#3 CyberFlow

78% relevance

Subscribers 340K
Videos 201
Views 18.4M
Appearances 19
SERP 78%
Similarity 78%
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Equally centers on digital privacy, online surveillance, and privacy tools, producing a 78% match with balanced search (78%) and content (78%) overlap.

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#4 Naomi Brockwell TV

65% relevance

Subscribers 425K
Videos 692
Views 30.4M
Appearances 12
SERP 41%
Similarity 81%
digital privacy online surveillance privacy tools

Covers digital privacy and online surveillance with privacy tools, aligning in searches but differing in presentation style (41% search vs 81% content similarity), yielding a 65% match overall.

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#5 IBM Technology

62% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M
Videos 1.5K
Views 108.6M
Appearances 13
SERP 50%
Similarity 70%
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While IBM Technology emphasizes network security and data protection, its data breach protection angle overlaps with Mental Outlaw on privacy tools and security topics, giving a 62% match (search 50%, content 70%).

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#6 Proton

59% relevance

Subscribers 115K
Videos 93
Views 5.9M
Appearances 6
SERP 29%
Similarity 80%
digital privacy online surveillance privacy tools

Focuses on digital privacy, online surveillance, and privacy tools, generating a 59% match driven by modest search overlap (29%) but high content alignment (80%).

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Mental Outlaw?

Techlore (89% match, 299K subscribers), All Things Secured (83% match, 428K subscribers), and CyberFlow (78% match, 340K subscribers). All three channels share a focus on tech, cybersecurity, and privacy topics similar to Mental Outlaw.

What type of content does Mental Outlaw make?

Mental Outlaw creates tech-focused content centered on security, privacy, and technology topics, as suggested by video titles like The Metaverse Is The World's Deepest Money Pit, FBI Demands User Data From Signal - Here's What They Got, and YouTube Accidentally Made Ad Blockers More Powerful. The channel averages about 1.5M views per video and posts at a similar frequency to contemporaries, with an implied multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Mental Outlaw?

We analyze Mental Outlaw's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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