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Subscribers 1.8M

Videos 141

Views 260.9M

Channels Like The Paint Explainer

The Paint Explainer covers a mix of historical, crime, space, and science topics presented through explanatory videos with a focus on intriguing, sometimes disturbing events and phenomena. The channel uses AI for voiceovers and image enhancement, but emphasizes human-generated video ideas and drawings, delivering content in a documentary-style deep-dives and explainers. It uploads at roughly 1 video per week, with average viewed-per-video around 883K across 141 published videos.

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#1

Trust Me Bro view on YouTube ▶

89% relevance

Subscribers 1.2M

Videos 121

Views 126.8M

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 82%

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They share an audience around conspiracy and crime history with The Paint Explainer, especially on queries like ‘drug lord history’ and ‘war crimes history’ (search 100%, content 82%), indicating similar topical interest but potentially different presentation style.

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#2

The Infographics Show view on YouTube ▶

79% relevance

Subscribers 15.4M

Videos 6.1K

Views 6.7B

Appearances 10

SERP 75%

Similarity 81%

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Both cover historical topics and large-scale events; they align on queries like ‘empires downfall’ and ‘historical corruption cases’ (search 75%, content 81%), suggesting overlapping subject matter with similar data-driven storytelling.

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#3

Chilling Scares view on YouTube ▶

77% relevance

Subscribers 2.7M

Videos 171

Views 528.1M

Appearances 16

SERP 73%

Similarity 79%

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Overlap exists in the crime and mystery realm (e.g., ‘serial killers on the loose’) and unsolved topics; they share audience interest (search 73%, content 79%), though Chilling Scares emphasizes suspenseful/creepy framing while The Paint Explainer is more explanatory.

#4

List 25 view on YouTube ▶

70% relevance

Subscribers 2.8M

Videos 3.2K

Views 804.1M

Appearances 10

SERP 55%

Similarity 81%

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Both channels tackle big, list-style topics such as ‘significant wars crimes list’ and ‘unexplained scientific anomalies’ (search 55%, content 81%), indicating similar preference for enumerated historical and anomalous content with high informational focus.

#5

Some Guy Who Knows Stuff

67% relevance

Subscribers 90.1K

Videos 102

Views 11.9M

Appearances 9

SERP 42%

Similarity 84%

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Targets curiosity around space and unexplained phenomena; overlaps with queries like ‘space disturbing events’ and ‘disturbing space facts’ (search 42%, content 84%), showing a shared interest in mysterious topics, though styles differ (The Paint Explainer is more historical/analytical).

#6

Simple Paint view on YouTube ▶

67% relevance

Subscribers 346K

Videos 75

Views 57.6M

Appearances 8

SERP 38%

Similarity 85%

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Direct topic overlap on war crimes history and military crime history (queries like ‘war crimes history’; ‘significant wars crimes list’) with high content similarity (85%), though Simple Paint may present in a simpler, shorter format than The Paint Explainer.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Trust Me Bro (89% match) and The Infographics Show (79% match). They share overlapping queries with The Paint Explainer such as drug lord history, war crimes history, military crime history, empires downfall, serial killers on the loose, and unexplained scientific anomalies. Trust Me Bro has 1.2M subscribers, while The Infographics Show has 15.4M subscribers, both larger than The Paint Explainer’s 1.8M. Chilling Scares (77% match) also aligns on unsolved internet mysteries and creepy internet mysteries. List 25 (70% match) and Some Guy Who Knows Stuff (67% match) contribute to the space on unexplained anomalies and space-related topics, respectively. Overall, competitors cluster around history of crime and war, unsolved mysteries, and scientific anomalies, with subscriber counts ranging from ~2.7M to ~15.4M, larger than The Paint Explainer in most cases.

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Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Paint Explainer?

Trust Me Bro — 89% match, 1.2M subscribers; The Infographics Show — 79% match, 15.4M subscribers; Chilling Scares — 77% match, 2.7M subscribers. All three are similar in that they produce educational, explain-like content often involving history, world events, or informational topics presented in an engaging, infographic-style format.

What type of content does The Paint Explainer make?

The Paint Explainer creates informational videos that cover topics like empires, space events, and war crimes, as indicated by titles such as The Most Disturbing Events in Space and Every Major US War Crime, in 16 Minutes. The channel uploads about 1.0 video per week and averages around 883.1K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Paint Explainer?

We analyze The Paint Explainer'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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