City Beautiful

Subscribers 739K

Videos 200

Views 91.3M

Channels Like City Beautiful

City Beautiful covers topics related to cities and city planning, including transportation, land use planning, and urban design, through educational videos and analyses. The channel uses a tutorial and deep-dive style, posting new videos regularly with an average of about 2.8 million views per video and a history of 200 published videos since joining Aug 8, 2016. Current channel metrics include 739K subscribers and 91.3 million total views.

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#1

Urban Planner Explained view on YouTube ▶

90% relevance

Subscribers 50.7K

Videos 33

Views 4.4M

Appearances 43

SERP 100%

Similarity 84%

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Both target audiences interested in the fundamentals of city design (urban planning basics, transportation planning) with high search overlap (100%) and strong content alignment (84%), making them closely related in topic despite differences in presentation.

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#2

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55% relevance

Subscribers 10.9K

Videos 20

Views 927.9K

Appearances 6

SERP 12%

Similarity 84%

civic architecture planning mixed-use neighborhoods green infrastructure urbanism

Shares focus on urban design and planning (civic architecture, green infrastructure) and overlaps in audience, but has a lower overall search overlap (12%) despite strong content similarity (84%), indicating a niche but relevant audience.

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#3

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53% relevance

Subscribers 28.2K

Videos 203

Views 1.9M

Appearances 9

SERP 18%

Similarity 77%

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Both channels discuss urban planning topics like land use and transportation planning with substantial search overlap (18%) and high content similarity (77%), aligning closely in subject matter even if formats differ.

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#4

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53% relevance

Subscribers 12.7M

Videos 2K

Views 3.8B

Appearances 13

SERP 23%

Similarity 74%

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Relates to City Beautiful through overlapping topics on housing, zoning, and street design history (queries around housing policy and zoning) with moderate search overlap (23%) and solid content alignment (74%), implying a shared interest audience but broader policy/news approach.

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#5

Not Just Bikes view on YouTube ▶

53% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 139

Views 198.3M

Appearances 9

SERP 8%

Similarity 83%

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Shares emphasis on urban planning basics and urban design principles (urban planning, city planning basics) with strong content alignment (83%), but limited search overlap (8%), suggesting a similar topic lane but a more specialized or different audience reach.

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#6

Versed

53% relevance

Subscribers 185K

Videos 136

Views 36.8M

Appearances 6

SERP 6%

Similarity 85%

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Focuses on street design history and urban design history, aligning with City Beautiful on historical urban design content (content 85%), yet has modest search overlap (6%), indicating a niche historical audience rather than broad planning queries.

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Top competitors include Vox (53% match) and Not Just Bikes (53% match) as well as Planetizen (53% match) and Urban Planner Explained (90% match). Vox and Not Just Bikes are closest in matching queries such as public housing policy, street design history, housing and zoning, urban planning, and city planning basics, aligning with City Beautiful’s focus on urban design and policy topics. Vox is significantly larger with 12.7M subscribers compared to City Beautiful’s 739K, while Not Just Bikes has 1.4M subscribers; Planetizen has 28.2K subscribers, and Urban Planner Explained has 50.7K subscribers, all smaller than City Beautiful. The overlap in search queries centers on urban planning, transportation planning, land use planning, and housing-related topics, indicating competition for similar audience interests.

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#7	53%	TED ▶	71%	27.2M	25%	14
#8	52%	imperatur	85%	334K	3%	3
#9	52%	Justine Underhill ▶	83%	14.8K	5%	1
#10	51%	Arkive	80%	61.1K	9%	6
#11	51%	Dover Kohl	79%	3.7K	7%	6
#12	50%	Streetcraft	80%	145K	5%	2
#13	50%	Mind The Map ▶	77%	46.8K	10%	8
#14	50%	The Aesthetic City ▶	81%	212K	4%	4
#15	50%	UrbanNous	78%	8.6K	7%	7
#16	50%	Haussmann	80%	25.8K	4%	4
#17	47%	LSE	74%	275K	8%	4
#18	46%	PolyMatter ▶	74%	1.9M	4%	2
#19	46%	RMTransit ▶	74%	346K	3%	3
#20	46%	Bloomberg Originals ▶	68%	5.0M	12%	5
#21	45%	Real Prague Guides	73%	63.1K	4%	1
#22	45%	Going Green	69%	72.5K	7%	2
#23	45%	WIRED ▶	67%	12.8M	10%	9
#24	44%	Grim Dream	71%	10.9K	5%	2
#25	44%	Byron Tang	70%	4.3K	5%	1
#26	44%	Manuel Bravo	72%	680K	3%	3
#27	44%	Explained with Dom	71%	236K	4%	3
#28	43%	TEDx Talks ▶	65%	44.2M	10%	9
#29	43%	KhAnubis ▶	69%	283K	4%	2
#30	43%	CrashCourse ▶	67%	16.9M	7%	6
#31	43%	Bipartisan Policy Center	69%	5.7K	3%	2
#32	42%	Flatland	67%	6.9K	4%	1
#33	42%	WIA - What is architecture?	67%	5.0K	4%	1
#34	41%	Arup	65%	14K	6%	2
#35	39%	Natural England	63%	3.2K	3%	2
#36	39%	World Heritage Journey	60%	9.3K	7%	6

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to City Beautiful?

City Beautiful's biggest competitors on YouTube are Urban Planner Explained (90% match, 50.7K subscribers) and Streetscapes (55% match, 10.9K subscribers) and Planetizen (53% match, 28.2K subscribers). They share a focus on urban planning, city design, and planning concepts similar to City Beautiful.

What type of content does City Beautiful make?

City Beautiful creates educational videos about city planning, urban design, and related topics, as seen in titles like The Most Miserable City in America, The Reason Our Streets Switched to Cul-De-Sacs, and How did planners design Soviet cities? The channel uploads videos irregularly, with an average of 2.8M views per video and about 0.1 uploads per week.

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