fern

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 112

Views 460.5M

Channels Like fern

fern focuses on armchair documentaries and world history investigations, delivering deep-dives into political, historical, and societal topics with a storytelling documentary style. Content appears as long-form explorations rather than tutorials or vlogs, with an average of about 2.7M views per video and an upload cadence around 1 per week (112 videos since 2020).

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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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Shares a high search alignment with fern on political documentaries, crime and corruption, and international geopolitics, reflected in an 84% match (search 100%, content 73%), indicating similar topics and a comparable investigative documentary approach.

#2

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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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Overlaps with fern in queries about dictatorship histories, human rights investigations, and controversial leadership histories (71% match; search 70%, content 71%), suggesting a similar interest in historical and governance topics with a more educational, explainer style.

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#3

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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Converges with fern on political and crime/corruption themes and economic influence documentaries (70% match; search 64%, content 73%), signaling a shared focus on in-depth investigative reporting with a documentary format.

#4

World View - Documentary

66% relevance

Subscribers 16.9K

Videos 55

Views 2.5M

Appearances 4

SERP 45%

Similarity 79%

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Targets international geopolitics queries with a 66% match (search 45%, content 79%), indicating fern-like interest in global political dynamics, though with a slightly narrower search footprint.

#5

DW News view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M

Videos 45K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 6

SERP 48%

Similarity 74%

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Aligns with fern on hidden power structures, political corruption cases, and economic sanctions impact (64% match; search 48%, content 74%), showing a comparable focus on power dynamics and policy effects in a news/documentary style.

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63% relevance

Subscribers 746K

Videos 61

Views 60.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 50%

Similarity 72%

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Shares political documentaries and international geopolitics topics (63% match; search 50%, content 72%), suggesting similar subject reach with slightly different emphasis or presentation.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include DW Documentary (84% match) and TED-Ed (71% match) as top rivals by match strength. DW Documentary overlaps on political documentaries, crime and corruption documentaries, and international geopolitics documentaries; TED-Ed overlaps on dictatorship histories, human rights investigations, and controversial leadership histories. DW News (64% match) also competes with hidden power structures, political corruption cases, and economic sanctions impact. fern has 4.7M subscribers, while DW Documentary channels sit around 6.4M and TED-Ed around 22.4M, indicating fern is smaller but targets similar investigative and geopolitical content.

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#11	62%	60 Minutes	78%	4.0M	37%	4
#12	60%	Philip Thompson	71%	139K	43%	9
#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
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#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
#34	50%	George Galloway	72%	852K	18%	1
#35	50%	Global News	70%	4.9M	20%	2
#36	50%	New Polity	68%	7.8K	22%	1
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Frequently Asked Questions

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; FRONTLINE PBS | Official — 70% match, 3.4M subscribers. They share a focus on informative, documentary-style content that explores real-world topics.

What type of content does fern make?

fern creates documentary-style videos about historical, political, and social topics, evidenced by titles like How Iran’s Leader Was Killed, The Only Nazi Hitler Feared, and Why the U.S. President Is Almost Impossible to Kill. The channel averages about 2.7M views per video and uploads roughly 1.0 video per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to fern?

We analyze fern'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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