The Kohistani YouTube channel thumbnail
The Kohistani
Subscribers 2.9M
Videos 188
Views 334.0M

Channels Like The Kohistani

The Kohistani covers Islamic history, caliphate history, and related topics, featuring long-form explorations of medieval Islamic empires, Islamic leaders, and Iran politics history. Content style points to deep-dives and historical narratives, with recent videos like 'From Muawiya to Usmaniya Khilafat...' and 'The Great Sultan Mehmed Fatih' suggesting comprehensive history videos, and an average video view count around 2.4M with roughly 26 minutes per video. The channel has 2.9M subscribers and uploads since March 2020 from Pakistan.

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Kings and Generals YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 4.1M
Videos 1.9K
Views 1.0B
Appearances 29
SERP 100%
Similarity 73%
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Both target viewers interested in early Islamic and caliphate history, with high search overlap (caliphate history, early Islam) matching The Kohistani's historical focus, though their content style (84% match, 73% content) diverges somewhat from Kohistani’s presentation.

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#2

72% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 15
SERP 90%
Similarity 60%
islamic history caliphate history early islam

Share audience around Islamic history and caliphate history, evidenced by queries like islamic history and caliphate history (90% search overlap), but TED-Ed’s content delivery differs from Kohistani’s in format and depth (60% content match).

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Epic History YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 3.0M
Videos 298
Views 390.5M
Appearances 18
SERP 70%
Similarity 68%
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Aligns on Islamic history and caliphate history queries, reflecting similar topical interest (search overlap ~70%), with content style more general history storytelling (68% content match) to Kohistani.

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#4
TrueTube

54% relevance

Subscribers 178K
Videos 183
Views 37.9M
Appearances 7
SERP 24%
Similarity 74%
islamic history early islam pakistan history islam

Ranks for islamic history and early Islam queries (high search overlap) but has a stronger Pakistan history Islam content emphasis, creating audience overlap with Kohistani yet stylistic and regional focus differences (content 74%).

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Religious Story TV YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 824K
Videos 322
Views 65.6M
Appearances 8
SERP 20%
Similarity 75%
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Targets islamic history and caliphate history similarly to Kohistani, attracting a related audience (search overlap), while its emphasis on religion and state in Islam shifts focus within the same topic area (content 75%).

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Islamic Guidance YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 1.4M
Videos 1.3K
Views 123.7M
Appearances 4
SERP 21%
Similarity 73%
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Covers islamic leaders and muawiya history topics overlapping with The Kohistani’s historicalIslamic content, but presents a more guidance/lineage-oriented angle (content 73%), causing interesting but partial content alignment.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Kings and Generals (84% match) and TED-Ed (72% match). Kings and Generals overlaps on caliphate history, early Islam, and Islamic caliphates, while TED-Ed overlaps on islamic history, caliphate history, and early islam. Epic History (69% match) also competes on similar topics. The Kohistani has 2.9M subscribers; Kings and Generals has 4.1M, TED-Ed has 22.4M, and Epic History has 3M, indicating larger audiences for the closest rivals. Shared queries across competitors include islamic history, caliphate history, and early islam, positioning them as direct rivals in the history-focused Islamic and caliphate content space.

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#11 52% History Mapped Out 66% 160K 30% 11
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#23 48% History Empire 70% 77.2K 16% 3
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#26 48% Deen Dawah 73% 52.6K 10% 1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Kohistani?

Kings and Generals — 84% match, 4.1M subscribers; TED-Ed — 72% match, 22.4M subscribers; Epic History — 69% match, 3M subscribers. All three channels produce history-focused explainer/content narratives and have large subscriber bases, indicating overlap in topics and audience with The Kohistani.

What type of content does The Kohistani make?

The Kohistani creates historical and geopolitical content based on video titles such as The Great Sultan Mehmed Fatih ⚔️ | Usmaniya Khilafat, How Iran Won the War, The Muslim Hollywood, From Muawiya to Usmaniya Khilafat, and Arab Kings VS Iran. The channel averages about 2.4M views per video, with multiple videos posted per week (exact upload frequency not specified).

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Kohistani?

We analyze The Kohistani'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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