Crumb

Subscribers 415K

Videos 251

Views 63.9M

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Crumb covers cybercrime and crypto-related investigations through long-form documentary-style videos. The channel delves into stories about hackers, crypto thefts, and online crime networks, with a data-driven, explanatory approach that leans toward deep-dives and investigations. Uploads appear to be frequent, with an average of roughly 687K views per video and videos spanning around 32 minutes, highlighting a consistent output cadence since joining Aug 22, 2009.

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#1

Blackfiles view on YouTube ▶

87% relevance

Subscribers 390K

Videos 103

Views 43.0M

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

Similarity 79%

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High search overlap (100%) on queries like cybercrime documentaries and hacker crimes explained, plus strong content alignment (79%), making it very similar in topic and presentation to Crumb.

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#2

Thinker view on YouTube ▶

63% relevance

Subscribers 339K

Videos 37

Views 21.6M

Appearances 8

SERP 27%

Similarity 86%

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Shares audience with Crumb via digital heists and billion dollar hacks (queries with 27% search similarity is lower, but content similarity is high at 86%), indicating a similar style or approach despite fewer overlapping queries.

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#3

fern view on YouTube ▶

62% relevance

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 112

Views 460.5M

Appearances 7

SERP 41%

Similarity 76%

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Very similar in both search and content to Crumb (41% search, 76% content) with queries like hacker crimes explained and FBI hacker stories, signaling closely aligned topics and treatment.

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58% relevance

Subscribers 215K

Videos 89

Views 33.0M

Appearances 4

SERP 14%

Similarity 88%

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Moderate search overlap (14%) but very high content similarity (88%) around hacker crimes explained and FBI hacker stories, suggesting a similar style and subject matter even if discovery is less ubiquitous.

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KiraTV view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 578K

Videos 115

Views 95.9M

Appearances 4

SERP 14%

Similarity 87%

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Similar content focus (87%) with strong coverage of billion dollar hacks and hackers arrested stories, though lower search overlap (14%), indicating comparable videos but different discovery patterns.

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57% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 113

Views 315.4M

Appearances 7

SERP 32%

Similarity 73%

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Similar audience interest in criminal stories from a documentary angle (search 32%, content 73%), aligning with Crumb on the storytelling approach even if specific topics like kidnapping cases vary.

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Top competitors include Blackfiles (87% match) with 390K subscribers and Thinker (63% match) with 339K subscribers. Fern (62% match) with 4.7M subscribers also shares overlapping queries, followed by Lume (58% match) with 215K subscribers and KiraTV (57% match) with 578K subscribers. The common thread is coverage of cybercrime documentaries, digital heists, and FBI hacker stories, which align with Crumb’s search queries such as cybercrime documentaries, hacker crimes explained, digital heists, and fbi hacker stories. Crumb has 415K subscribers, which is smaller than Fern (4.7M) and KiraTV (578K) but comparable to Thinker (339K) and Blackfiles (390K), indicating Crumb operates in a mid-sized niche with several sizable competitors concentrating on similar investigative topics.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Crumb?

Crumb's biggest competitors are Blackfiles (87% match, 390K subscribers) and Thinker (63% match, 339K subscribers). Fern is also a close competitor (62% match, 4.7M subscribers). They share a focus on investigative or exposé-style content that critiques or reveals wrongdoing and controversial figures.

What type of content does Crumb make?

Crumb creates investigative/crime-adjacent content, with video titles like This Hacker Can Never Visit a Playground Again, Exposing The President's $11.6 Billion Crypto Grift, This Hacker Kept Embarrassing the FBI, He Stole $40,000,000 From His Dads Job, and Inside the Secret Luxury Market For Crypto Thieves. The channel averages about 687K views per video, and uploads appear to be multiple times per week.

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