Extra History

Subscribers 4.5M

Videos 1.2K

Views 1.6B

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Extra History covers world history, mythology, and related subjects through short-form animated video essays, with a focus on educational storytelling and entertaining delivery. The channel emphasizes history education and mythological topics, publishing content weekly and accumulating an average of about 261.8K views per video across 1,200 published works since Aug 5, 2011.

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#1

TED-Ed view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 33

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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High search overlap on world history education and ancient civilizations overview (83% match with 71% content similarity), indicating they target similar educational queries and audiences as Extra History, though TED-Ed presents shorter, animated explainers rather than Extra History's narrative history format.

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#2

CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

80% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 31

SERP 96%

Similarity 69%

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Strong alignment on ancient civilizations overview and medieval history overview (80% match; search 96%, content 69%), showing they compete for the same history-education queries and audiences, while CrashCourse uses rapid, multi-episode series and a broader course-style approach compared to Extra History's storytelling videos.

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#3

Beginning To Now view on YouTube ▶

71% relevance

Subscribers 296K

Videos 11

Views 28.8M

Appearances 14

SERP 63%

Similarity 77%

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Moderate-to-high overlap on world history education and ancient civilizations overview (71% match; search 63%, content 77%), suggesting shared educational intent and audience, but BTN emphasizes chronological storytelling with documentary-like pacing that differs from Extra History's episodic narrative style.

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#4

HISTORY view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 17

SERP 54%

Similarity 74%

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Similar focus on ancient civilizations overview and Egyptian history/history empire (66% match; search 54%, content 74%), indicating overlapping topic interests and history-focused content, with HISTORY delivering traditional chronicle-style programming versus Extra History's dramatized, compact episodes.

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#5

Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries

63% relevance

Subscribers 1.0M

Videos 539

Views 186.1M

Appearances 9

SERP 37%

Similarity 81%

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Notable overlap on Egyptian history and ancient wonders (63% match; search 37%, content 81%), implying they share audience interest in ancient Egypt and wonders, though Odyssey emphasizes documentary footage and narration while Extra History relies on animated storytelling.

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#6

The Life Guide

61% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 59

Views 123.7M

Appearances 12

SERP 42%

Similarity 74%

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Overlap on mythology-related queries (61% match; search 42%, content 74%) indicates a shared interest in myth and mythological analysis; however, Life Guide centers on myth interpretation rather than history-based storytelling like Extra History.

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Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (83% match) and CrashCourse (80% match), which share overlapping queries such as world history education, ancient civilizations overview, medieval history overview, and egyptian history. Beginning To Now (71% match) also appears as a competitor with similar queries. History (66% match) and Odyssey - Ancient History Documentaries (63% match) further indicate a market focused on historical biographies and ancient civilizations. Extra History has 4.5M subscribers, while TED-Ed and CrashCourse have substantially larger audiences (22.4M and 16.9M respectively), illustrating a size gap but similar topic reach in world history education and related subjects.

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#7	59%	National Geographic ▶	69%	25.9M	45%	19
#8	59%	Brief Case	73%	471K	38%	10
#9	58%	Timeline - World History Documentaries ▶	73%	5.8M	35%	12
#10	55%	The People Profiles ▶	77%	1.6M	24%	9
#11	55%	Made In History	77%	219K	21%	9
#12	54%	Fall of Civilizations	71%	1.5M	28%	5
#13	53%	UsefulCharts ▶	76%	2.0M	19%	5
#14	53%	Jaydone History ▶	74%	193K	21%	5
#15	52%	ERB	71%	15.1M	24%	10
#16	52%	Epic History ▶	78%	3.0M	13%	5
#17	52%	Nicholas D. Chabraja Center for Historical Studies	75%	1.1K	18%	2
#18	52%	Dreamoria ▶	77%	63.2K	14%	3
#19	52%	All Out History - Premium History Documentaries	78%	300K	12%	3
#20	51%	hazards and catastrophes	78%	473K	12%	3
#21	51%	History Time ▶	77%	1.3M	12%	7
#22	51%	See U in History / Mythology	73%	2.4M	18%	5
#23	51%	Brief History ▶	76%	38.5K	14%	3
#24	50%	This Is History	77%	275K	10%	5
#25	50%	Forgotten Lore	77%	17.8K	10%	4
#26	50%	Get.factual ▶	77%	818K	11%	3
#27	50%	Kings and Generals ▶	75%	4.1M	13%	4
#28	50%	Case Factory	74%	4.7K	13%	3
#29	50%	Lost in Time	74%	2.3M	14%	2
#30	50%	Hidden Truths	75%	14.5K	12%	1
#31	50%	History Hit ▶	75%	1.9M	12%	5
#32	49%	Well, I Never ▶	74%	608K	12%	4
#33	49%	ASMR Historian ▶	75%	292K	10%	5
#34	49%	The Generalist Papers	72%	168K	15%	3
#35	49%	History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday	75%	1.1M	10%	2
#36	48%	Heimler's History	72%	1.2M	13%	5
#37	48%	Sideprojects	73%	1.3M	11%	2
#38	48%	Simpatico	72%	1.7K	12%	1
#39	47%	Brofessor Stein	72%	290K	10%	2
#40	47%	Mythic Women	70%	151K	12%	1
#41	47%	The Sprocket Vault	70%	159K	12%	1
#42	46%	Professor Dave Explains ▶	69%	4.2M	12%	4
#43	46%	Reading Through History	69%	105K	12%	2
#44	46%	Fortress of Lugh ▶	69%	283K	12%	1
#45	46%	Pantheon Mythology	64%	221K	18%	5
#46	46%	OverSimplified ▶	69%	9.5M	11%	5
#47	45%	Medieval Mindset	68%	151K	10%	3
#48	41%	Vanity Fair ▶	61%	4.8M	12%	1
#49	39%	bill wurtz	57%	5.5M	12%	4

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Extra History?

TED-Ed (83% match, 22.4M subscribers), CrashCourse (80% match, 16.9M subscribers), Beginning To Now (71% match, 296K subscribers). All are education-focused YouTube channels that produce short to mid-length historical or educational videos and target broad learning audiences.

What type of content does Extra History make?

Extra History creates history-focused documentary-style videos spanning world, European, Chinese, Egyptian, and miscellaneous topics, often under headings like Historical Tyrants or Complete Series. The channel uploads content with an average of about 261.8K views per video, and recent videos include titles such as Watch Extra History - Because Learning Matters, Jack the Ripper & The Birth of True Crime, Richard III, Cleopatra: The Whole Dang Story, and Qin Shi Huang.

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