High search overlap on investigative and academic journalism queries aligns with Johnny Harris's in-depth reporting and analysis, with a rough 63% content similarity indicating similar topics but a broader, lecture-style presentation.
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Engages in global affairs analysis and cultural/political systems with broad educational goals; aligns on educational journalism queries (49% search) and substantive analysis (65% content match), mirroring Johnny Harris's explanatory approach but in a didactic format.
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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?
Johnny Harris's biggest YouTube competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 78% match) and Geopolitical Economy Report (699K subscribers, 67% match), with Decoding Geopolitics Podcast with Dominik Presl as a close third (114K subscribers, 77% match). They share a focus on geopolitics, travel, and in-depth documentary-style content that analyzes global issues. All three channels collaborate in the same informational domain, often producing long-form explanatory videos and analyses.
What type of content does Johnny Harris make?
Johnny Harris creates documentary-style and explanatory videos about politics, travel, borders, and current events, as evidenced by titles such as 'Why the US is deporting so many people' and 'What’s really happening in the ocean’s “dark zones”'. His channel averages about 4.9M views per video, with recent uploads including multiple high-view videos; his upload frequency is described as ~? uploads/week.
How do we determine which channels are similar to Johnny Harris?
We analyze Johnny Harris's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.
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