Smarter While You Sleep YouTube channel thumbnail

Subscribers 176K

Videos 229

Views 9.9M

Channels Like Smarter While You Sleep

Smarter While You Sleep appears to combine philosophy, psychology, and existential topics into long-form, sleep-friendly content. The channel features deep-dives and thought-provoking explorations such as dark psychology tactics, human nature insights, and unsettling/philosophical ideas, often framed as readings or guided contemplations designed to accompany sleep, with videos around various hours long. With 176K subscribers and about 9.9M total views across 229 published videos, the channel averages roughly 8.2K views per video and uploads content at a steady pace.

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#1

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82% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 23

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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High search overlap on decision making and philosophy queries aligns with Smarter While You Sleep's cognitive psychology and philosophy focus, and the content similarity (70%) shows comparable explainer style, educational tone, and concept breakdowns.

#2

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81% relevance

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Videos 68

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Appearances 12

SERP 76%

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#3

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75% relevance

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Videos 138

Views 4.6M

Appearances 17

SERP 78%

Similarity 73%

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#4

The Paint Explainer view on YouTube ▶

75% relevance

Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 141

Views 260.9M

Appearances 11

SERP 74%

Similarity 75%

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71% relevance

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Appearances 11

SERP 60%

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70% relevance

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Views 2.1B

Appearances 13

SERP 61%

Similarity 76%

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Appeals to viewers seeking psychological truths and human nature insights (61% search, 76% content), aligning with Smarter While You Sleep's cognitive psychology themes though with a broader psychology-focused style.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are TED-Ed (82% match) and SleepWise (81% match). Both share overlapping queries with Smarter While You Sleep, such as decision making psychology, philosophy for thinkers, existential thoughts, and psychological truths. SleepNomad (75% match) and The Paint Explainer (75% match) also align on existential and unsettling philosophy topics. Pursuit of Wonder (71% match) overlaps on existential thoughts and philosophy for thinkers. Smarter While You Sleep has 176K subscribers, while TED-Ed commands 22.4M and SleepWise 235K, indicating a substantial size gap with the leading competitor but closer alignment with smaller yet thematically similar channels. All identified competitors converge on philosophy-to-thinking and psychological/expansive thinking queries.

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#18	57%	Big Think ▶	75%	8.6M	30%	4
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#27	55%	The Paint Doodler	79%	4.0K	18%	1
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Smarter While You Sleep?

Smarter While You Sleep's biggest competitors on YouTube are TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 82% match), SleepWise (235K subscribers, 81% match), and SleepNomad (62.1K subscribers, 75% match). All three channels create educational or lifestyle content aimed at improving knowledge or wellbeing related to sleep, psychology, and learning strategies, similar to Smarter While You Sleep's themes.

What type of content does Smarter While You Sleep make?

Smarter While You Sleep produces content focused on psychology, self-improvement, and strategies related to sleep and mental performance, as indicated by video titles like 100 Unethical Life Hacks That Give You an Unfair Advantage, Level 1 to 100 Dark Psychology Tactics to Fall Asleep To, and 3 Hours of Dark Philosophy for Overthinkers. The channel's videos average about 8.2K views each, with recent uploads including titles ranging from 4.1K to 13.9K views; the exact weekly upload frequency is not specified beyond 'average: 8.2K views/video, ~? uploads/week.'

How do we determine which channels are similar to Smarter While You Sleep?

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