Veritasium

Subscribers 20.4M

Videos 488

Views 4.1B

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Veritasium covers science topics, education, and intriguing phenomena through deep-dives and explorations, often presenting tutorials, explanations, and thought-provoking demonstrations. The channel emphasizes science literacy and teaching, with videos on physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and everyday science myths, posting since 2010 with an average of about 12.2 million views per video and an assorted publication rate described as about 0 uploads per week on average.

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Views 2.2B

Appearances 8

SERP 100%

Similarity 69%

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Both attract science-curious audiences via concise, engaging explanations of broad topics (electricity & magnetism, space, sound scientific reasoning) with a strong alignment in search interest (100% match) and substantial content overlap (69%), making them visually and intellectually parallel to Veritasium in style and scope.

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73% relevance

Subscribers 25.1M

Videos 349

Views 3.6B

Appearances 6

SERP 71%

Similarity 75%

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72% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 8

SERP 70%

Similarity 74%

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66% relevance

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Appearances 4

SERP 48%

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65% relevance

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Videos 86

Views 147.6K

Appearances 3

SERP 58%

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Views 6.5B

Appearances 4

SERP 48%

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Top competitors by match strength are CrashCourse (82% match) and Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (73% match). The overlap stems from queries about electricity and magnetism, space and cosmology, fundamental physics concepts, paradox explanations, and scientific reasoning. TED-Ed (72% match) also competes on scientific breakthroughs history and critical thinking in science. Veritasium’s audience size (20.4M subscribers) is smaller than Kurzgesagt (25.1M) and TED-Ed (22.4M) but larger than Astrum (2.8M) and Imperial Materials (1.7K). All highlighted channels compete for similar search topics around physics, space, and science education.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Veritasium?

CrashCourse — 16.9M subscribers, match 82%; Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell — 25.1M subscribers, match 73%; TED-Ed — 22.4M subscribers, match 72%. They share a focus on science education and making complex topics accessible, often delivering concise, explanatory videos to a broad audience.

What type of content does Veritasium make?

Veritasium produces science education content that covers physics, science literacy, misconception debunks, and related topics, as evidenced by titles like 'Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED' and 'This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50'. It uploads multiple videos per week with an average of about 12.2M views per video.

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