The Plain Bagel

Subscribers 1.2M

Videos 266

Views 93.9M

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The Plain Bagel focuses on investing and personal finance educational videos with a hint of economics, delivering tutorials and explainers in a clear, educational style. The channel posts regularly, spanning topics from how markets work to historical financial crises, with an average of about 2.1 million views per video across 266 published since joining in August 2017; it is Canadian-based with 1.2M subscribers.

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87% relevance

Subscribers 7.9M

Videos 317

Views 1.9B

Appearances 13

SERP 100%

Similarity 79%

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Both target beginners in personal finance and investing with high search overlap on 'investing for beginners' and 'stock market basics', aligning with a similar educational, beginner-friendly approach (87% match; content emphasizes basics for novices).

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73% relevance

Subscribers 65.8K

Videos 33

Views 2.8M

Appearances 11

SERP 57%

Similarity 83%

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Shares a focus on economics and stock market basics for beginners, with substantial search alignment on those queries but Martik’s content tilts more toward economic concepts and short selling topics (73% match; content high but search only moderate).

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Wall Street Survivor

70% relevance

Subscribers 98.6K

Videos 120

Views 10.8M

Appearances 4

SERP 68%

Similarity 72%

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Similar emphasis on foundational investing concepts and trading mechanics (e.g., short selling explained, margin trading), appealing to the same audience seeking beginner investment education (70% match; search and content moderately aligned).

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69% relevance

Subscribers 2.0M

Videos 1K

Views 538.2M

Appearances 13

SERP 61%

Similarity 74%

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Both deliver personal finance education and stock market basics for beginners, sharing core queries around investing fundamentals, though Humphrey leans more into quick, accessible explainer style (69% match; content similar but search slightly lower).

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68% relevance

Subscribers 4.5M

Videos 10K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 15

SERP 59%

Similarity 74%

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67% relevance

Subscribers 532K

Videos 633

Views 11.5M

Appearances 7

SERP 47%

Similarity 80%

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Career-long emphasis on investment fundamentals and trading basics creates shared audience interest in beginner-friendly content like options and margin trading (67% match; high content similarity despite differing production scale).

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Top competitors include Mark Tilbury (87% match) with 7.9M subscribers and overlapping queries such as personal finance education, investing for beginners, and stock market basics; Humphrey Yang (69% match) with 2M subscribers overlaps on personal finance education, investing for beginners, and stock market basics. These channels compete on similar topics and search terms such as stock market basics, investing education, and short selling; Wall Street Survivor (70% match) and Martik Finance (73% match) also align on related queries like short selling explained and margin trading explained. The Plain Bagel has a substantially smaller subscriber base than Mark Tilbury but competes directly with these channels for educational investment and personal finance content.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Plain Bagel?

The Plain Bagel's biggest competitors on YouTube are Mark Tilbury (87% match, 7.9M subscribers) and Martik Finance (73% match, 65.8K subscribers) and Wall Street Survivor (70% match, 98.6K subscribers). They share a focus on investing, personal finance, and financial education similar to The Plain Bagel.

What type of content does The Plain Bagel make?

The Plain Bagel creates investing-focused content, as evidenced by video titles like What To Do With Finfluencers?, The Great Depression - 5 Minute History Lesson, How Short Selling Works, The Greek Debt Crisis - 5 Minute History Lesson, and The Passive Income Scam. The channel averages about 2.1M views per video, and the description mentions an average of 2.1M views per video with roughly multiple uploads per week.

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