Adam Something

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 174

Views 171.7M

Channels Like Adam Something

Adam Something covers topics related to politics, history, economics, and societal systems with a focus on megaprojects, urban planning, and technology critiques. The content style appears to include deep-dives and commentary on large-scale projects, engineering, and policy, with recent videos addressing futuristic megaprojects and their feasibility. The channel publishes irregularly, showing an average of about 4.7 million views per video across 174 published since joining in 2013, with an approximate upload rate around 0.2 per week.

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#1

Urban Planner Explained view on YouTube ▶

84% relevance

Subscribers 50.7K

Videos 33

Views 4.4M

Appearances 25

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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Both target audiences concerned with urban systems and megaprojects, matching on queries like urban planning critique and megaprojects failures; content overlap is solid (73%), indicating similar analytical focus but Urban Planner Explained may emphasize critique more than Adam Something's broader urbanism tech angles.

#2

WIRED view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 6

SERP 40%

Similarity 68%

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Shares interest in city planning flaws and sustainable urban design critique, with a strong search overlap (40%) but moderate content similarity (68%), suggesting WIRED attracts a tech-forward audience that overlaps with Adam Something while covering a broader tech/science angle.

#3

Arkive

53% relevance

Subscribers 61.1K

Videos 56

Views 9.8M

Appearances 4

SERP 12%

Similarity 80%

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Both channels tackle capital city design failures and city planning flaws, reflected in a high search overlap (12%) but high content similarity (80%), implying Arkive covers similar topics in a closely aligned presentation style.

#4

Mind The Map view on YouTube ▶

53% relevance

Subscribers 46.8K

Videos 66

Views 15.8M

Appearances 4

SERP 15%

Similarity 78%

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Common ground on urban planning critique and sustainable design, with modest search overlap (15%) but strong content similarity (78%), indicating overlapping topics delivered in a closely aligned investigative format.

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#5

Practical Engineering view on YouTube ▶

52% relevance

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 237

Views 524.7M

Appearances 5

SERP 18%

Similarity 75%

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Converges on transport infrastructure critique and engineering disaster/cost analysis, showing notable search overlap (18%) and solid content similarity (75%), meaning both dive into infrastructure risks with a technical bent.

#6

The B1M view on YouTube ▶

51% relevance

Subscribers 4.0M

Videos 831

Views 860.8M

Appearances 5

SERP 11%

Similarity 78%

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Both cover megaprojects failures and large-scale infrastructure risks, evidenced by search overlap (11%) and high content similarity (78%), pointing to parallel explorations of project risk in a professional presentation style.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Urban Planner Explained (84% match) and Practical Engineering (52% match) as top names by match strength. Urban Planner Explained shares queries like urban planning critique, megaprojects failures, and capital city design failures, aligning closely with Adam Something’s focus on urban planning and large-scale projects. Practical Engineering overlaps on transport infrastructure critique, engineering disaster analysis, and cost overrun analysis. The channels differ in size: Adam Something has 1.3M subscribers, while WIRED (57% match) has 12.8M and Practical Engineering has 4.7M, indicating a range of audience reach among competitors. Common queries among several competitors include urban planning critique and megaproject failures, forming the core overlap in the landscape.

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#7	51%	Bloomberg Originals ▶	74%	5.0M	15%	3
#8	51%	Boring Space Traveler	77%	3.8K	11%	3
#9	50%	BE AMAZED ▶	73%	13.4M	16%	3
#10	50%	MegaBuilds	73%	1.6M	16%	7
#11	50%	Tom Scott ▶	75%	6.6M	12%	1
#12	49%	Scott Manley ▶	74%	1.8M	12%	1
#13	49%	TED ▶	73%	27.2M	13%	5
#14	49%	Megaprojects	75%	1.6M	9%	3
#15	49%	CrashCourse ▶	63%	16.9M	27%	8
#16	48%	Sideprojects	71%	1.3M	15%	5
#17	48%	Luxified	70%	25.8K	15%	2
#18	48%	Civil Mentors ▶	74%	203K	10%	1
#19	48%	Yachtory ▶	69%	9.4K	17%	4
#20	48%	Safeti \| Your Trusted Health and Safety Partner	65%	15.2K	21%	5
#21	48%	Harvard Business Review ▶	69%	1.6M	16%	4
#22	48%	The Wall Street Journal ▶	72%	6.6M	11%	4
#23	47%	City Beautiful ▶	73%	739K	8%	4
#24	47%	TEDx Talks ▶	67%	44.2M	17%	8
#25	46%	Top Fives ▶	71%	3.1M	10%	3
#26	46%	PBS Terra	71%	884K	10%	1
#27	46%	The Nth Company	72%	23.1K	8%	1
#28	46%	DeFranco News Clips	69%	1.4M	12%	1
#29	46%	Underworld ▶	71%	2.0M	8%	2
#30	45%	Spark ▶	66%	2.0M	15%	3
#31	45%	Stanford Graduate School of Business ▶	68%	2.7M	12%	1
#32	45%	The Center Square	61%	39.5K	21%	2
#33	45%	Jared Watney	67%	177K	12%	1
#34	45%	Abhijit Verekar	67%	16.9K	11%	2
#35	44%	Chris Athanas	66%	2.4K	12%	1
#36	44%	Curious Muse	66%	221K	12%	1
#37	43%	Roundtable	66%	91.3K	10%	1
#38	43%	PBS NewsHour ▶	65%	5.2M	10%	2
#39	43%	ProjectManager ▶	58%	426K	21%	4
#40	43%	Capitol Technology University	65%	1.6K	10%	1
#41	43%	DW Documentary ▶	65%	6.4M	10%	1
#42	43%	CAGE Research Centre	63%	1.6K	12%	1
#43	42%	TechnologyAdvice	64%	34.5K	10%	1
#44	41%	WHTM - abc27 News	60%	25.7K	12%	3
#45	40%	Adriana Girdler	60%	272K	9%	3

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Adam Something?

Urban Planner Explained — 84% match, 50.7K subscribers; WIRED — 57% match, 12.8M subscribers; Arkive — 53% match, 61.1K subscribers. They share a focus on analytical, explanatory, or investigative content related to urbanism, technology, and societal trends, similar to Adam Something's style of explanatory commentary.

What type of content does Adam Something make?

Adam Something creates commentary and analysis on politics, economics, and society, often referencing topics like liberalism, socialism, capitalism, and European politics. He uploads irregularly, with an average of about 4.7M views per video and roughly 0.2 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Adam Something?

We analyze Adam Something'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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