fern

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 112

Views 460.5M

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fern covers armchair documentaries and world-history investigations, focusing on political, crime, and human-rights topics through deep-dives rather than tutorials or vlogs. The channel publishes almost weekly, with an average of about 2.7 million views per video across 112 uploads, and content drawn from searches related to political documentaries, dictatorship histories, and international geopolitics.

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#1

DW Documentary view on YouTube ▶

84% relevance

Subscribers 6.4M

Videos 1.5K

Views 923.4M

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 73%

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Both target audiences for political, crime, corruption, and international geopolitics documentaries (queries like political documentaries, crime and corruption documentaries, international geopolitics documentaries) with a high search overlap (100% for searches) and strong content alignment (73%), making them closely related in topic scope to fern.

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71% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 8

SERP 70%

Similarity 71%

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Share interest in historical and controversial leadership topics (queries like dictatorship histories, human rights investigations, controversial leadership histories) with substantial search overlap (70%) and solid content alignment (71%), though fern and TED-Ed differ in presentation style.

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FRONTLINE PBS | Official view on YouTube ▶

70% relevance

Subscribers 3.4M

Videos 1.2K

Views 929.7M

Appearances 13

SERP 64%

Similarity 73%

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Converge on political, crime, corruption, and economic influence themes (queries: political documentaries, crime and corruption documentaries, economic influence documentaries) with notable search overlap (64%) and strong content similarity (73%).

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World View - Documentary

66% relevance

Subscribers 16.9K

Videos 55

Views 2.5M

Appearances 4

SERP 45%

Similarity 79%

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Focuses on international geopolitics documentaries, aligning with fern on geopolitical storytelling, showing moderate search overlap (45%) but very high content similarity (79%), indicating similar topics presented differently.

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64% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M

Videos 45K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 6

SERP 48%

Similarity 74%

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Addresses hidden power structures, political corruption cases, and economic sanctions impact, yielding a solid search overlap (48%) and high content match (74%), placing it near fern in topical coverage.

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63% relevance

Subscribers 746K

Videos 61

Views 60.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 50%

Similarity 72%

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Covers political documentaries and international geopolitics with world history investigations, sharing substantial search overlap (50%) and strong content alignment (72%), though possibly differing in depth and pacing.

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Discovered competitors include DW Documentary (84% match) and TED-Ed (71% match) as top rivals. DW Documentary overlaps on political documentaries, crime and corruption, and international geopolitics; TED-Ed overlaps on dictatorship histories, human rights investigations, and controversial leadership histories. DW News (64% match) also shares queries around political topics and economic influence. Fern has 4.7M subscribers, while DW Documentary sits at 6.4M and TED-Ed at 22.4M, indicating fern competes with larger, well-established channels in similar topic spaces.

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#13	59%	The Infographics Show ▶	78%	15.4M	31%	6
#14	58%	WIRED ▶	72%	12.8M	37%	5
#15	58%	Brofessor Stein	80%	290K	25%	4
#16	58%	TEDx Talks ▶	66%	44.2M	46%	8
#17	57%	The Paint Explainer ▶	81%	1.8M	21%	2
#18	56%	Best Documentary	78%	8.0M	25%	2
#19	56%	Criminal Underworld	73%	29.3K	30%	3
#20	54%	Big Think ▶	73%	8.6M	26%	5
#21	54%	shnoop	79%	29.9K	17%	2
#22	53%	The Civil Rights Lawyer	70%	1.7M	29%	6
#23	53%	BBC News ▶	72%	19.4M	25%	7
#24	53%	History Matters ▶	72%	1.9M	24%	3
#25	53%	SBS News	71%	600K	26%	2
#26	52%	The People Profiles ▶	75%	1.6M	19%	4
#27	52%	Get.factual ▶	75%	818K	18%	2
#28	52%	ReasonTV ▶	72%	1.3M	22%	2
#29	52%	Tragedy Tales ▶	71%	480K	22%	1
#30	52%	Human Rights Watch	68%	154K	27%	4
#31	52%	TED ▶	70%	27.2M	23%	3
#32	52%	Sociologylearners	64%	11.7K	33%	4
#33	50%	Economics Explained ▶	74%	2.8M	16%	2
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#35	50%	Global News	70%	4.9M	20%	2
#36	50%	New Polity	68%	7.8K	22%	1
#37	50%	UN Human Rights Council	66%	38.7K	25%	3
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#40	49%	UATV English	70%	621K	18%	1
#41	47%	Timeline - World History Documentaries ▶	67%	5.8M	18%	3
#42	47%	SCOOPY BENZ	63%	280K	22%	1
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to fern?

fern's biggest YouTube competitors are DW Documentary (84% match, 6.4M subscribers), TED-Ed (71% match, 22.4M subscribers), and FRONTLINE PBS | Official (70% match, 3.4M subscribers). They share a focus on documentary-style, informative videos that explore real-world topics and history.

What type of content does fern make?

fern creates documentary-style videos about historical and political topics, with titles like "How Iran’s Leader Was Killed" (4.1M views) and "Why the U.S. President Is Almost Impossible to Kill" (3M views). The channel averages about 2.7M views per video and uploads roughly 1.0 times per week.

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