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Subscribers 18.7M

Videos 3.1K

Views 14.9B

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Ray William Johnson covers true crime storytelling and crime history narrations through story-driven videos and narratives, often focusing on real-life cases and biographical crime stories. The channel’s content style leans toward deep-dives and storytelling about infamous criminals, with a cadence suggested by video titles and keywords. Upload frequency appears regular, with an average of about 4.4 million views per video across published content, derived from a large library of 3,100 videos since May 2008.

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EXPLORE WITH US view on YouTube ▶

86% relevance

Subscribers 7.3M

Videos 492

Views 1.7B

Appearances 18

SERP 100%

Similarity 76%

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Both target audiences drawn to crime history narrations and infamous criminal stories, sharing high search overlap (crime history narrations, murder case analysis) with a strong content gap (86% match but 76% content), indicating similar topics but different presentation style.

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76% relevance

Subscribers 7.9M

Videos 1.4K

Views 1.5B

Appearances 18

SERP 71%

Similarity 79%

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Competes directly in true crime storytelling with crime history narrations and dark history mysteries, showing a high search alignment (crime history narrations) and strong content similarity (79%), though personality-driven delivery may differ from RayWilliamJohnson’s format.

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#3

48 Hours view on YouTube ▶

75% relevance

Subscribers 2.4M

Videos 2.2K

Views 1.2B

Appearances 20

SERP 77%

Similarity 73%

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Similar to Ray William Johnson in covering crime documentary-style stories and famous murder cases, evidenced by high search alignment on crime documentary topics and solid content overlap, though produced as a traditional TV-style documentary channel.

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69% relevance

Subscribers 6.3M

Videos 447

Views 1.1B

Appearances 13

SERP 53%

Similarity 79%

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Shares true crime storytelling and murder case analysis focus with RayWilliamJohnson, with substantial content overlap (79%), indicating parallel topics and formats but possibly differing in pacing and host presentation.

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LADbible Stories view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 3.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 1.5B

Appearances 11

SERP 59%

Similarity 72%

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Aligns on real-life crime summaries and infamous criminal stories, showing notable search overlap while content overlap is moderate (72%), suggesting similar subject matter but less identical style or production approach.

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65% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 7

SERP 66%

Similarity 65%

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Relates through crime history narration and real-life crime summaries, reflected in a balanced search/content match (66%/65%), though TED-Ed’s educational animation style diverges from Ray William Johnson’s typical format.

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Top competitors include Bailey Sarian (76% match) and EXPLORE WITH US (86% match), both overlapping on true crime storytelling and murder case analysis. 48 Hours (75% match) also shares crime documentary and famous murder case queries. Ray William Johnson has fewer subscribers than Bailey Sarian (18.7M vs 7.9M for Bailey Sarian) and EXPLORE WITH US (18.7M vs 7.3M), indicating a larger audience but similar topic focus. Shared queries include crime history narrations, murder case analysis, infamous criminal stories, and true crime storytelling, showing strong overlap in content themes and search intent.

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#12	59%	True Crime Documentary	75%	159K	34%	4
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#14	56%	The Infographics Show ▶	68%	15.4M	39%	7
#15	56%	The FBI Files ▶	73%	1.0M	31%	9
#16	56%	MrBallen ▶	78%	10.8M	21%	7
#17	55%	True Crime Stories \| Ty Notts	74%	187K	27%	6
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#21	54%	Kendall Rae ▶	79%	4.0M	16%	2
#22	53%	WIRED ▶	66%	12.8M	35%	6
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#24	53%	The Unknown Explained ▶	68%	17.3K	30%	4
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Ray William Johnson?

EXPLORE WITH US — 86% match, 7.3M subscribers; Bailey Sarian — 76% match, 7.9M subscribers; 48 Hours — 75% match, 2.4M subscribers. These competitors share a focus on storytelling and true crime-style narratives, delivering scripted or retellings of real events to engage viewers.

What type of content does Ray William Johnson make?

Ray William Johnson creates story-time and true crime style videos, as indicated by titles like The Richard Ramirez story and The Maegan Hall story, with average around 4.4M views per video. The channel posts multiple videos per week, though exact uploads/week are not specified.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Ray William Johnson?

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