Shaun

Subscribers 762K

Videos 74

Views 87.5M

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Shaun runs an internet-focused channel from the United Kingdom with 762K subscribers and 87.5M total views across 74 videos since joining in 2016. Video titles and the search queries indicate a mix of science skepticism, culture war commentary, media critique, and political/cultural topics, delivered through long-form discussions and deep-dives (examples include 'The War on Science', 'Palestine', 'Harry Potter', and 'BBC Transphobia' parts). Content style appears to favor in-depth explorations and debates rather than shorter tutorials, with an average of about 1.9M views per video and a typical length around 69 minutes, suggesting a deep-dive editorial approach and a cadence of approximately 0.1 uploads per week.

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#1

TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 32

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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Also engages with science skepticism and media bias debates, sharing a high search overlap (100%) with Shaun's topics, while the content lean is moderately aligned (70%), indicating similar audience and issues discussed though presentation differs.

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#2

Big Think view on YouTube ▶

55% relevance

Subscribers 8.6M

Videos 9.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 8

SERP 27%

Similarity 74%

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Targets critique of identity politics and political correctness, overlapping Shaun's interest in controversial social topics via high-content similarity (74%) but with much lower search alignment (27%), suggesting a related audience but less direct topic overlap in searches.

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#3

CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

50% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 7

SERP 19%

Similarity 70%

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Covers science skepticism and media literacy similar to Shaun, with a strong content similarity (70%) and lower search overlap (19%), indicating parallel topics delivered in a different educational format.

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#4

Hazy Black

50% relevance

Subscribers 18.5K

Videos 117

Views 1.5M

Appearances 1

SERP 9%

Similarity 76%

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Delivers culture war commentary that aligns with Shaun's audience, showing equal overall match but a sparse search footprint (9%) and high content similarity (76%), implying a niche audience sharing similar discussions.

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#5

Visual Venture view on YouTube ▶

49% relevance

Subscribers 1.6M

Videos 140

Views 190.4M

Appearances 2

SERP 12%

Similarity 74%

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Analyzes cancel culture, mirroring Shaun's media-culture focus; shares substantial content similarity (74%) but limited search overlap (12%), meaning similar content style with a smaller discoverability footprint.

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The Institute of Art and Ideas view on YouTube ▶

49% relevance

Subscribers 695K

Videos 1.7K

Views 133.9M

Appearances 4

SERP 10%

Similarity 75%

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Discusses male identity and identity politics critique, yielding high content alignment (75%) and modest search overlap (10%), suggesting a closely related thematic space with different discovery patterns.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are TEDx Talks (82% match) and Big Think (55% match). Both share overlapping queries with Shaun such as science skepticism and media bias debate (TEDx Talks) and identity politics critique and political correctness controversy (Big Think). A third close match is CrashCourse (50% match), which aligns on science skepticism and culture shifts discussion. Shaun has 762K subscribers, while TEDx Talks and Big Think boast substantially larger audiences (TEDx Talks ~44.2M, Big Think ~8.6M), with CrashCourse at ~16.9M. The common thread across these competitors is engagement with science critique, culture and media analysis, and broader current-events discussions that overlap with Shaun’s topics.

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#7	49%	Willow Talks Books	74%	74K	10%	2
#8	49%	Crown Academy Online-- Debate Coach: Mike Hatcher	75%	1.1K	9%	1
#9	48%	StarTalk ▶	75%	5.4M	6%	1
#10	48%	The Dragons Treasure	74%	23.4K	8%	1
#11	47%	The Paint Explainer ▶	73%	1.8M	10%	3
#12	47%	Shark3ozero	75%	119K	6%	1
#13	47%	Dr. Todd Grande ▶	74%	1.7M	7%	3
#14	47%	Journal l'Humanité	68%	315K	15%	4
#15	47%	Dark Of All Trades	73%	4.4K	8%	1
#16	47%	TED-Ed ▶	72%	22.4M	9%	7
#17	47%	MsMojo ▶	71%	5.7M	9%	1
#18	47%	Monash University	72%	32.8K	9%	2
#19	46%	readwithcindy	70%	590K	11%	2
#20	46%	That Chernobyl Guy	71%	96.4K	9%	2
#21	46%	Veritasium ▶	72%	20.4M	8%	2
#22	46%	Brofessor Stein ▶	70%	290K	9%	1
#23	45%	The Telegraph	69%	6.1M	9%	1
#24	45%	Apologetics Squared ▶	70%	19K	8%	1
#25	45%	Double Down News	71%	1M	6%	1
#26	45%	Pictotherapy	70%	2.5K	8%	1
#27	45%	The Brian Bogert Companies	71%	1.6K	6%	1
#28	45%	Academy of Ideas ▶	70%	2.0M	6%	1
#29	45%	maintenance tunnels	70%	80.4K	8%	1
#30	44%	Dial In Ministries	70%	158K	6%	1
#31	44%	NBC News Learn	69%	40.5K	8%	1
#32	44%	CBN News	67%	2.7M	9%	1
#33	44%	Careers Drive	69%	17.7K	6%	1
#34	44%	CBS News ▶	66%	7.0M	11%	3
#35	44%	Global Health with Greg Martin ▶	68%	203K	8%	1
#36	43%	Sky News Australia	66%	6.1M	10%	3
#37	43%	Dr. Jennifer Andrews (Dr. Jen)	67%	5.1K	8%	1
#38	43%	Plurale Ökonomik	66%	6.9K	9%	1
#39	43%	AtlanticCouncil	66%	122K	8%	1
#40	43%	MS NOW ▶	66%	9.7M	7%	4
#41	43%	ARTE ▶	65%	4.8M	9%	1
#42	42%	3M Canada	61%	34.5K	14%	3
#43	41%	Al Jazeera English	63%	17.5M	8%	4
#44	41%	Orion Kelly - That Autistic Guy	63%	225K	8%	1
#45	41%	RMIT University Library Videos	62%	2.6K	9%	1
#46	40%	Sathiyam News	62%	7.6M	8%	3

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Shaun?

Shaun's biggest YouTube competitors are: TEDx Talks — 82% match, 44.2M subscribers; Big Think — 55% match, 8.6M subscribers; CrashCourse — 50% match, 16.9M subscribers. They share a focus on educational or thought-provoking content that covers complex or topical issues, similar to Shaun's videos.

What type of content does Shaun make?

Shaun produces analytical or opinion-style videos on current events and controversial topics, as indicated by titles like The War on Science, Palestine, Kellie-Jay & the Neo-Nazis, and PragerU & Fatherhood. He uploads infrequently, with an average of about 0.1 uploads per week, and his videos average approximately 1.9 million views per video.

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