Johnny Harris

Subscribers 7.5M

Videos 524

Views 1.2B

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Johnny Harris covers global affairs, investigative journalism, and documentary-style explorations. The channel emphasizes understanding the world through videos on politics, maps, travel, and news analysis, with a mix of deep-dives and explanatory content. Uploads appear frequent since joining June 7, 2011, with an average of about 4.9 million views per latest video and typical runtimes around six minutes, reflecting a mix of tutorials, investigations, and in-depth explorations.

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We found 44 YouTube channels similar to Johnny Harris

#1

TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

78% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 22

SERP 100%

Similarity 63%

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Shares investigative and academic journalism orientation with Johnny Harris, aligning on queries like investigative journalism and rural/urban resilience, though TEDx Talks manifests as standalone talks rather than on-the-ground reporting (78% match; search 100%, content 63%).

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#2

Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl

77% relevance

Subscribers 114K

Videos 242

Views 12.3M

Appearances 17

SERP 81%

Similarity 74%

decoding geopolitics

Appeals to audiences interested in geopolitical analysis and decoding geopolitics, mirroring Johnny Harris's global affairs focus, with high search alignment and strong content congruence (77% match; search 81%, content 74%).

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Geopolitical Economy Report view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 699K

Videos 651

Views 81.5M

Appearances 13

SERP 61%

Similarity 70%

economic geopolitics

Centers on economic geopolitics and global affairs analysis, paralleling Johnny Harris's interest in how economics shapes conflict and policy, showing solid content overlap though slightly different format (67% match; search 61%, content 70%).

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#4

Institute for War & Peace Reporting

62% relevance

Subscribers 15.9K

Videos 566

Views 6.4M

Appearances 15

SERP 56%

Similarity 66%

war and peace reporting

Focuses on war and peace reporting, matching Johnny Harris's on-the-ground, conflict-focused storytelling, with moderate audience overlap and comparable content style (62% match; search 56%, content 66%).

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CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

59% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 9

SERP 49%

Similarity 65%

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Provides global affairs analysis and cultural/political systems education, aligning on academic journalism elements and broad policy analysis while differing in production and pacing (59% match; search 49%, content 65%).

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WION view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 10.4M

Videos 266K

Views 6.6B

Appearances 7

SERP 39%

Similarity 69%

world politics reporting

Delivers world politics reporting with a global news perspective, similar in scope to Johnny Harris’s geopolitical storytelling but often more conventional news formatting (57% match; search 39%, content 69%).

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Top competitors by match strength are TEDx Talks (78% match) and Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl (77% match). Both share overlapping queries with Johnny Harris such as investigative journalism and decoding geopolitics, and TEDx Talks also aligns with academic journalism, rural and urban resilience, while Decoding Geopolitics focuses on geopolitical analysis. Another notable competitor is Geopolitical Economy Report (67% match), which similarly covers economic geopolitics. Johnny Harris’ subscriber size (7.5M) is smaller than TEDx Talks (44.2M) and significantly larger than the other competitors (Decoding Geopolitics 114K; Geopolitical Economy Report 699K), indicating a competitive landscape where audience interest centers on global affairs, policy analysis, and world dynamics.

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#7	55%	Making Politics Simple ▶	69%	2.2K	35%	9
#8	55%	Times Now World	70%	1.1M	34%	10
#9	53%	Transparency International	65%	19.6K	36%	10
#10	53%	International Policy Zone ▶	69%	2.8K	28%	7
#11	52%	TED-Ed ▶	69%	22.4M	25%	7
#12	51%	World At Crossroads	77%	29.6K	13%	3
#13	51%	Good Times Bad Times	74%	355K	16%	1
#14	51%	Geo Politics and Economics	75%	2.3K	15%	2
#15	51%	USA TODAY	73%	7.5M	16%	1
#16	50%	Economics Explained ▶	75%	2.8M	13%	1
#17	50%	Center for Strategic & International Studies ▶	75%	382K	13%	5
#18	50%	Hindustan Times	69%	8.7M	21%	2
#19	49%	FRONTLINE PBS \| Official ▶	72%	3.4M	16%	1
#20	49%	Veritasium ▶	72%	20.4M	15%	2
#21	49%	CFR Education ▶	66%	36.1K	23%	3
#22	49%	DW News ▶	71%	6.2M	15%	2
#23	49%	The Australia Institute	72%	48K	13%	1
#24	48%	Stanford Graduate School of Business ▶	72%	2.7M	13%	1
#25	48%	National Museum of American Diplomacy ▶	67%	9.4K	20%	2
#26	48%	TED ▶	70%	27.2M	14%	5
#27	48%	VisualPolitik EN	68%	1.5M	16%	1
#28	47%	The New Statesman ▶	67%	209K	17%	5
#29	47%	Nicholas Institute ▶	68%	1.0K	16%	2
#30	47%	Hugo the Brainwasher	69%	2.5K	13%	2
#31	47%	ColinsWrld ▶	67%	93.8K	16%	1
#32	47%	adelphi, Berlin	66%	2.2K	17%	5
#33	46%	Ethical Journalism Network	67%	4.4K	16%	1
#34	46%	Man Carrying Thing ▶	69%	820K	13%	3
#35	46%	Arab Gulf States Institute	68%	3.5K	13%	1
#36	46%	Anthony Gramuglia	65%	131K	17%	3
#37	44%	Khan Academy	65%	9.3M	14%	4
#38	44%	The Definition Channel	65%	191K	13%	1
#39	43%	PHILO-notes ▶	60%	205K	18%	2
#40	42%	World Bank Group ▶	62%	449K	14%	2
#41	42%	The Lowy International School, Tel Aviv University	62%	1.8K	12%	3
#42	41%	Peace Operations Training Institute®	60%	5.5K	13%	1
#43	40%	CIVILNET	58%	304K	13%	1
#44	40%	Directors' Institute - World Council of Directors	58%	9.1K	13%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Johnny Harris?

TEDx Talks — 44.2M subscribers, match 78%. Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl — 114K subscribers, match 77%. Geopolitical Economy Report — 699K subscribers, match 67%. They share a focus on geopolitical topics, geopolitics, and explanatory or documentary-style content similar to Johnny Harris.

What type of content does Johnny Harris make?

Johnny Harris creates documentary-style and explanatory travel/news content, with video titles like 'Why the US is deporting so many people', 'What’s really happening in the ocean’s “dark zones”', 'How the Mormon Church Made $293 Billion', and 'How Switzerland Engineered the Perfect Country'. He uploads multiple videos with an average around 4.9M views per video, and the channel lists about 7.5 million subscribers.

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