Caitlin Doughty YouTube channel thumbnail
Caitlin Doughty
Subscribers 2.1M
Videos 282
Views 297.1M

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Caitlin Doughty covers funeral industry topics, postmortem care, and death culture through tutorials, explanations, and discussions (e.g., human composting, open casket myths, and funeral options). Content style includes educational videos and Q&A formats (Ask a Mortician), with a focus on reform, green death practices, and morbid history, published at an approximate rate of 1 video per week, averaging about 2.2 million views per video across 282 published pieces.

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#1
Funeral Channel Network

84% relevance

Subscribers 6.3K
Videos 1.4K
Views 2.0M
Appearances 12
SERP 100%
Similarity 73%
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Both target audiences interested in end-of-life options, with high overlap in burial options, green burial, and human composting queries (84% match with 73% content similarity), signaling shared topics but potentially different presentation styles.

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Subscribers 64.3K
Videos 907
Views 3.7M
Appearances 10
SERP 72%
Similarity 78%
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Similar focus on death-related education and transparency in the death industry, aligning on death education resources and funeral industry transparency (76% match; queries 72%, content 78%).

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#3
Lauren the Mortician

75% relevance

Subscribers 647K
Videos 515
Views 72.6M
Appearances 9
SERP 56%
Similarity 87%
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Directly overlaps Caitlin’s niche on burial options and green/eco funeral topics (75% match; queries 56%, content 87%), indicating a very similar content scope with Caitlin-style presentation.

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Subscribers 128K
Videos 1.2K
Views 27.4M
Appearances 7
SERP 26%
Similarity 82%
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Shares focus on burial options and eco funeral trends (59% match; queries high in burial/green burial but lower search signal 26%), suggesting topic alignment with a different emphasis in content style and audience reach.

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Lecturio Nursing YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 177K
Videos 966
Views 18.7M
Appearances 2
SERP 39%
Similarity 70%
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Connects through postmortem care topics and ethics (58% match; queries 39%, content 70%), appealing to a medically informed audience around death care like Caitlin but from a nursing/ethics angle.

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#6
iilluminaughtii

58% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 644
Views 257.7M
Appearances 2
SERP 33%
Similarity 74%
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Similar interest in funeral industry reform and transparency (58% match; queries 33%, content 74%), indicating overlapping topics with a potentially more investigative or reformist presentation.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Funeral Channel Network (84% match) and Lauren the Mortician (75% match). Both relate to burial options, green burial, and human composting, aligning with Caitlin Doughty on death ethics and postmortem care queries. The second-strongest competitor is TabooEducation (76% match) with overlapping topics in death education and funeral industry transparency. Kari the Mortician (59% match) and Lecturio Nursing (58% match) also overlap on burial options, green burial, and postmortem care ethics, but with smaller audiences (128K and 177K subscribers, respectively) compared to Caitlin’s 2.1M. Overall, these channels compete on death education, burial options, and green death topics, placing Caitlin Doughty alongside established creators in a larger, knowledge-focused niche.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Caitlin Doughty?

Funeral Channel Network (84% match, 6.3K subscribers) and TabooEducation (76% match, 64.3K subscribers) are Caitlin Doughty’s biggest competitors. Lauren the Mortician (75% match, 647K subscribers) also ranks as a top competitor. They share a focus on death, funerary practices, and mortuary topics similar to Caitlin Doughty.

What type of content does Caitlin Doughty make?

Caitlin Doughty creates educational videos about death, funerals, mortuary practices, and related topics, as seen in titles like 'Let's Visit the Human Composting Facility!', 'Dying Fat: Your Funeral Options', and 'Ask a Mortician' videos. Her channel averages about 2.2M views per video, with content posted regularly ( uploads implied by multiple recent titles ).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Caitlin Doughty?

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