The Pharaoh Nerd YouTube channel thumbnail
The Pharaoh Nerd
Subscribers 146K
Videos 99
Views 9.1M

Channels Like The Pharaoh Nerd

The Pharaoh Nerd covers archaeology and history topics, focusing on deep-dives and explorations into out-of-place artifacts, ancient civilizations, and archaeology mysteries. The channel presents tutorials and explainers through iceberg-style videos and deep dives, with recent uploads spanning artifact hoaxes, ancient tomb discoveries, and Greenland archaeology, and it posts with an average of about 266K views per video. Upload frequency is roughly 0.2 uploads per week based on 99 videos since joining in 2014.

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Subscribers 256K
Videos 66
Views 30.4M
Appearances 39
SERP 100%
Similarity 79%
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They target archaeology mysteries and ancient civilizations, aligning with the Pharaoh Nerd on high search interest for archaeology and ancient history theories (80%+ content similarity; 87% overall match due to strong query overlap).

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63% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M
Videos 11K
Views 5.0B
Appearances 21
SERP 41%
Similarity 78%
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HISTORY covers ancient civilizations and ancient history theories similar to the Pharaoh Nerd, and shares audience interest in Ancient Egypt tombs, yielding a solid content overlap (78%) and substantial search overlap (41%).

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Videos 877
Views 307.3M
Appearances 17
SERP 46%
Similarity 74%
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Sideprojects focuses on out-of-place artifacts and archaeology mysteries, mirroring the Pharaoh Nerd’s niche in archaeology mysteries and ancient civilizations with a strong content match (74%) and notable search overlap (46%).

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59% relevance

Subscribers 637K
Videos 58
Views 171.6M
Appearances 9
SERP 33%
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Lifeder explores archaeology mysteries and lost civilizations, creating a similar audience and topics to the Pharaoh Nerd, evidenced by a high content similarity (76%) and moderate search overlap (33%).

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SERP 39%
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National Geographic covers ancient civilizations and tombs plus archaeology discoveries, aligning with the Pharaoh Nerd’s core topics and yielding substantial content overlap (70%) and meaningful search overlap (39%).

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Subscribers 340K
Videos 542
Views 36.9M
Appearances 9
SERP 28%
Similarity 75%
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World of Antiquity centers on archaeology discoveries and artifact hoaxes, paralleling the Pharaoh Nerd’s focus on archaeology with strong content alignment (75%) and moderate search overlap (28%).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include Uncharted Mysteries (87% match) and HISTORY (63% match). Both share overlapping queries such as archaeology mysteries, ancient civilizations, and ancient history theories. Sideprojects (63% match) also aligns on out-of-place artifacts and archaeology mysteries. The Pharaoh Nerd has 146K subscribers, while Uncharted Mysteries has 256K and HISTORY has 15.2M, showing a wide range in channel sizes but shared interest areas. National Geographic (58% match) also overlaps on ancient civilizations and Ancient Egypt tombs, though it has a substantially larger audience. Competitors are linked by common topics like out-of-place artifacts, ancient civilizations, and archaeology discoveries, with the top matches being Uncharted Mysteries (87%) and HISTORY (63%).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Pharaoh Nerd?

Uncharted Mysteries — 256K subscribers, 87% match; HISTORY — 15.2M subscribers, 63% match; Sideprojects — 1.3M subscribers, 63% match. They share a focus on historical mysteries, unexplained artifacts, and iceberg-style content similar to The Pharaoh Nerd.

What type of content does The Pharaoh Nerd make?

The Pharaoh Nerd creates videos about historical mysteries and artifact discussions, evidenced by titles like The Out-of-Place Artifacts Iceberg and The North Sentinel Island Iceberg. The channel uploads at ~0.2 videos per week, with an average of about 266K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Pharaoh Nerd?

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