Ink Explainer YouTube channel thumbnail
Ink Explainer
Subscribers 12.8K
Videos 9
Views 1.5M

Channels Like Ink Explainer

Ink Explainer is an educational channel that explores human history, behavior, and the science behind everyday things, using research from published studies and credible sources. It offers deep-dives into topics like human evolution, psychology, and daily-life phenomena, presented through tutorial-style videos that reference academic sources in each description. The channel publishes 9 videos to date, with an average of 0 views per video (as listed) and an overall presence since April 9, 2026, indicating frequent educational content creation.

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83% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 40
SERP 100%
Similarity 71%
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High search overlap on broad educational topics (e.g., history of alcohol, psychology of aging) coupled with content that similarly explains complex ideas, though Ink Explainer’s style is more narrative or visual storytelling.

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Subscribers 4.7M
Videos 1K
Views 716.5M
Appearances 11
SERP 28%
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Shares audience interest in history and health-related historical topics (sick care in history, clothing origins) but differs in deeper, structured history storytelling versus Ink Explainer’s likely explainer-focused format.

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#3

54% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 19
SERP 38%
Similarity 64%
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Similar emphasis on psychology and behavior science with searches like psychology of aging and immaterial factors influencing behavior, yet Ink Explainer typically uses concise, explainer-driven videos rather than conference-style talks.

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National Geographic YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 25.9M
Videos 11K
Views 6.9B
Appearances 7
SERP 25%
Similarity 68%
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Overlaps on human evolution/history topics and sick care in history, attracting a similar audience but Ink Explainer generally uses more didactic, bite-sized explainers than NatGeo’s documentary style.

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History of Humankind YouTube channel thumbnail
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Appearances 4
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Converges on human evolution history and social behavior evolution in searches and content, though Ink Explainer presents history concepts in shorter explainer formats rather than long-form narrative anthropology.

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Videos 2K
Views 486.7M
Appearances 5
SERP 22%
Similarity 66%
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Shares interest in bioanthropology and ancient medicine topics via searches like mathematical anthropology and ancient medicine practices, but Ink Explainer typically adopts a clearer, viewer-friendly explainer approach rather than Dave’s classroom-style teaching.

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Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include TED-Ed (83% match, 22.4M subscribers) and Weird History (54% match, 4.7M subscribers), with additional overlap from TEDx Talks (54% match, 44.2M subscribers) and National Geographic (51% match, 25.9M subscribers). The top two by match strength are TED-Ed and Weird History, connected through overlapping queries such as history of alcohol, psychology of aging, and sick care in history. Ink Explainer and these competitors share interest in human history, behavior, and science behind everyday life, with significantly smaller subscriber bases for Ink Explainer compared to the established channels (e.g., 22.4M vs 12.8K), illustrating a competitive gap in audience size while targeting similar research-backed topics.

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Search Queries Used

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Ink Explainer?

Ink Explainer's biggest YouTube competitors are TED-Ed (83% match, 22.4M subscribers), Weird History (54% match, 4.7M subscribers), and TEDx Talks (54% match, 44.2M subscribers). These channels share a focus on educational and historical topics presented in concise explainers or talks.

What type of content does Ink Explainer make?

Ink Explainer creates educational explainer videos about history and human behavior, evidenced by titles like 'When Did Humans Start Smoking Weed?', 'When Did Ancient Humans Start Drinking Alcohol?', and 'What did Early Humans do when they got Sick'. It appears to have an average of 0 views per video across its recent uploads, with about 0 uploads per week.

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