The Met

Subscribers 502K

Videos 2.4K

Views 118.3M

Channels Like The Met

The Met covers over 5,000 years of art from around the world, featured through curator-led tours, exhibitions, and artist profiles. The channel’s content style includes exhibition tours, artist spotlights, and installation features, with a strong emphasis on art history and nonwestern and ancient art. It publishes a large volume of content (2,400+ videos) with an average of around 19,000 views per video, and active updates since January 5, 2007, indicating ongoing regular uploads.

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#1

Behind the Masterpiece view on YouTube ▶

84% relevance

Subscribers 101K

Videos 37

Views 5.0M

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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Both target art-focused audiences and rank highly for queries like art museums and world art traditions, aligning with The Met's global art scope (84% search match, 73% content similarity).

#2

Mr. E on Art History

78% relevance

Subscribers 12.1K

Videos 68

Views 414.7K

Appearances 10

SERP 81%

Similarity 76%

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They share a focus on ancient and non-Western art history, attracting similar search terms (ancient art, Africa art) though Mr. E emphasizes narrative history rather than museum curation (81% search, 76% content).

#3

Let’s Learn About Art

77% relevance

Subscribers 64.7K

Videos 86

Views 788.7K

Appearances 7

SERP 83%

Similarity 74%

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Both cover art history with attention to nonwestern and ancient art topics, drawing on related searches like art history and ancient art history, but with differing presentation styles (83% search, 74% content).

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#4

History by Mae view on YouTube ▶

76% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 813

Views 2.4B

Appearances 22

SERP 96%

Similarity 63%

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They compete for audiences interested in art history and ancient civilizations, matching on queries like ancient art while Mae’s channel leans broader storytelling than museum-focused content (96% search, 63% content).

#5

Art History with Travis Lee Clark

74% relevance

Subscribers 51.8K

Videos 97

Views 1.9M

Appearances 10

SERP 66%

Similarity 79%

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Both engage viewers exploring ancient and prehistoric art traditions, including Maya civilization topics, resulting in strong search overlap though formats diverge (66% search, 79% content).

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#6

The British Museum view on YouTube ▶

71% relevance

Subscribers 773K

Videos 570

Views 83.9M

Appearances 9

SERP 65%

Similarity 75%

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As a major museum channel, they share audience interest in art conservation and curatorial perspectives, aligning with The Met on related searches despite different institutional focus (65% search, 75% content).

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Behind the Masterpiece (84% match, 101K subscribers) and Let’s Learn About Art (77% match, 64.7K subscribers) as top matches. They compete on overlapping queries such as art museums, world art traditions, nonwestern art, and ancient art history. History by Mae (1.8M subscribers, 76% match) also shares similar topics like art history and ancient civilizations art, signaling broader competition in historical art content. The Met has a substantially smaller subscriber base than History by Mae but is aligned with the same educational and exhibitions-focused search queries; Behind the Masterpiece and Let’s Learn About Art are closer in topic specificity and audience interest.

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#9	63%	Rick Steves' Europe	65%	2.0M	59%	13
#10	60%	TED-Ed ▶	65%	22.4M	54%	4
#11	60%	DavidsonArtOnline	75%	40K	37%	2
#12	58%	Master's Gaze ▶	67%	3.5K	45%	6
#13	58%	Perspective ▶	73%	508K	36%	10
#14	58%	The Histocrat	68%	605K	42%	6
#15	58%	Sotheby's ▶	71%	302K	38%	10
#16	57%	Curious Muse	68%	221K	39%	4
#17	56%	Art & Beyond	72%	3.3K	32%	4
#18	56%	Art Knows Too Much	73%	8.2K	31%	3
#19	56%	The Immortal Art	79%	1.7K	21%	1
#20	55%	Great Art Explained ▶	72%	1.8M	29%	4
#21	55%	ARTSQ	76%	2.8K	23%	2
#22	54%	Masterworks	69%	32.5K	32%	2
#23	54%	Victoria and Albert Museum	72%	482K	26%	5
#24	53%	Prof. Neal's Art Appreciation & Art History	74%	7.9K	23%	3
#25	53%	Asura Gallery - Art History	73%	1.4K	22%	6
#26	52%	TEDx Talks ▶	65%	44.2M	32%	5
#27	52%	ARTPATICO	76%	25K	15%	2
#28	51%	Art Basel	74%	68.9K	17%	3
#29	51%	Asian Art Museum	74%	63.2K	18%	6
#30	51%	Ancient Americas ▶	74%	291K	16%	3
#31	51%	Kiran Nadar Museum of Art	73%	14.2K	17%	1
#32	50%	History Time	70%	1.3M	20%	2
#33	49%	Contemporary Art Issue ▶	70%	187K	18%	3
#34	49%	OCAD University	68%	6.4K	21%	1
#35	48%	Sylcom Light	69%	3.7M	17%	2
#36	48%	KSC \| Knowledge,Science,Culture Everyday .	66%	61.9K	21%	1
#37	48%	CrashCourse ▶	64%	16.9M	24%	5
#38	47%	Harvard Business Review ▶	63%	1.6M	24%	2
#39	47%	Masters Of Craft	67%	409K	16%	5
#40	46%	Insider ▶	61%	9.5M	25%	2
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#42	46%	Everything Explained	63%	25.7K	19%	4
#43	45%	Spark ▶	65%	2.0M	15%	2
#44	44%	Al Jazeera English	58%	17.5M	22%	3

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Met?

Behind the Masterpiece — 84% match, 101K subscribers; Mr. E on Art History — 78% match, 12.1K subscribers; Let’s Learn About Art — 77% match, 64.7K subscribers. All three focus on art history and museum content similar to The Met, covering artworks, exhibitions, and art education.

What type of content does The Met make?

The Met creates exhibition tours, artist spotlights, and art history videos (e.g., Exhibition Tour—Seeing Silence, Meet the Artist—The Genesis Facade Commission, Installing the Wari Panels). They upload multiple times per week, with an average of about 19K views per video.

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

We analyze The Met'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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