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Bad Friends
Subscribers 2.4M
Videos 862
Views 772.8M

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Bad Friends is a comedy podcast channel featuring Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino, with episodes that cover conversations, interviews, and banter among friends and guests. The content style leans toward long-form discussions, humorous storytelling, and guest appearances, often long-form episodes (average around 68 minutes) with high-view counts for each video. The channel publishes a high volume of episodes (862 videos published) and averages about 1,000,000 views per video, with a substantial total reach of 772.8M views and 2.4M subscribers.

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ShxtsnGigs Podcast YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 2.3M
Videos 1.3K
Views 867.3M
Appearances 13
SERP 100%
Similarity 73%
comedy podcast duo roast and banter podcast humor storytelling podcast

Similar to Bad Friends in sharing a comedy podcast duo format with high search overlap on 'comedy podcast duo' and 'roast and banter podcast,' and a strong content alignment in humor storytelling (84% overall match: 100% search, 73% content).

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Subscribers 915K
Videos 1.3K
Views 204.6M
Appearances 12
SERP 55%
Similarity 76%
comedy podcast duo humor storytelling podcast absurd humor podcast

Similar audience for humor storytelling and duo-driven formats, with substantial search alignment on 'comedy podcast duo' and 'absurd humor podcast,' and strong content similarity (68% match: 55% search, 76% content).

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#3
Drew Lynch

67% relevance

Subscribers 2.6M
Videos 577
Views 196.8M
Appearances 4
SERP 63%
Similarity 69%
comedy podcast duo comedians talk show humor storytelling podcast

Shares a comedy podcast/ talk-show vibe with Bad Friends and features humor storytelling, reflected by solid search overlap on 'comedy podcast duo' and 'humor storytelling podcast' and comparable content style (67% match: 63% search, 69% content).

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#4

65% relevance

Subscribers 9.3M
Videos 2.9K
Views 5.0B
Appearances 4
SERP 50%
Similarity 74%
improv comedy podcast humor storytelling podcast absurd humor podcast

Both emphasize improv/absurd humor and humor storytelling in podcast form, with notable search interest for 'improv comedy podcast' and strong content alignment (65% match: 50% search, 74% content).

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#5

60% relevance

Subscribers 1.5M
Videos 135
Views 432.8M
Appearances 7
SERP 44%
Similarity 71%
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Appeals to audiences via celebrity guest interviews and comedians interviewing comedians, matching Bad Friends’ humor focus and interview-driven content, evidenced by 60% overall match (44% search, 71% content).

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Subscribers 10.6M
Videos 12K
Views 11.2B
Appearances 12
SERP 39%
Similarity 69%
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Shares late-night humor style and host-driven banter format, aligning in search queries like 'late night style humor' and content tone, yielding a 57% match (39% search, 69% content).

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Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include ShxtsnGigs Podcast (84% match) and Two Hot Takes (68% match) as top matches. ShxtsnGigs overlaps on queries like comedy podcast duo, roast and banter podcast, and humor storytelling podcast, while Two Hot Takes aligns with comedy podcast duo, humor storytelling podcast, and absurd humor podcast, showing direct competition in the same open-conversation, interview, and banter niche. Drew Lynch (67% match) also competes with overlapping terms such as comedy podcast duo and humor storytelling podcast. In terms of audience size, Bad Friends has 2.4M subscribers, whereas ShxtsnGigs Podcast has 2.3M and Drew Lynch has 2.6M, indicating similar or modestly larger audiences for some competitors. Smosh Pit (65% match) and CubeHub01 (60% match) also share overlapping queries like improv comedy podcast and celebrity guest interviews, suggesting broader comedy and interview-focused competition.

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#7 57% The Rizzuto Show 74% 3.4K 30% 3
#8 56% Late Night with Seth Meyers ▶ 62% 5.3M 46% 13
#9 55% Bad Friends Clips 82% 394K 15% 1
#10 55% TEDx Talks ▶ 64% 44.2M 41% 8
#11 53% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ▶ 69% 33.6M 30% 5
#12 53% Unsubscribe Podcast 75% 968K 20% 2
#13 53% Dry Bar Comedy ▶ 77% 3.0M 17% 6
#14 53% Chicks in the Office 71% 245K 26% 2
#15 53% Page 68% 102K 30% 7
#16 53% Netflix Is A Joke ▶ 65% 4.5M 34% 4
#17 52% Conan O'Brien 71% 571K 24% 2
#18 51% Mark Little 73% 7.7K 18% 2
#19 50% justmehabibi 72% 949K 18% 1
#20 50% Annamarie Forcino 73% 651K 15% 1
#21 50% Rich Roll 71% 1.6M 18% 1
#22 50% Comedy Central UK 71% 2.4M 18% 1
#23 50% Jay Shetty Podcast ▶ 67% 5.4M 23% 5
#24 49% Colin Geddis 72% 55.1K 15% 3
#25 49% Comedy Dynamics 73% 721K 13% 3
#26 49% Charisma on Command ▶ 66% 7.0M 23% 4
#27 49% Laugh Society 72% 1.0M 13% 2
#28 49% We Might Be Drunk - Clips 70% 52K 16% 2
#29 48% Podcast.co 68% 7.0K 18% 1
#30 48% The School of Life ▶ 65% 9.6M 22% 2
#31 48% Rise Above Reality ▶ 64% 101K 24% 3
#32 48% Malcolm Gladwell 70% 126K 15% 1
#33 47% Patrick Cc: ▶ 70% 2.4M 14% 3
#34 47% Open Chats Podcast 68% 640K 16% 2
#35 47% Homeschool Faye 66% 38.1K 18% 1
#36 47% EmanRTM 62% 159K 24% 2
#37 47% theoffcamerashow 69% 447K 13% 2
#38 46% anything goes with emma chamberlain 65% 468K 18% 2
#39 46% TED-Ed ▶ 62% 22.4M 23% 3
#40 46% Joe at Claricast 62% 13K 22% 3
#41 46% OPEN CONVERSATIONS 66% 2.0K 16% 3
#42 46% Castos 67% 3.1K 15% 1
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#44 45% Think Media ▶ 65% 3.4M 15% 3
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#47 43% Career Friend 62% 1.4K 15% 2
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#49 42% JOB GUIDE 360 (PODCAST) 60% 25.1K 15% 1
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Bad Friends?

Bad Friends' biggest competitors are ShxtsnGigs Podcast (84% match, 2.3M subscribers) and Two Hot Takes (68% match, 915K subscribers). Drew Lynch is also a top competitor (67% match, 2.6M subscribers). These channels share a focus on conversational, comedy-driven podcast-style content featuring stand-up comedians and personalities, similar to Bad Friends.

What type of content does Bad Friends make?

Bad Friends creates conversational comedy content, featuring episodes and interviews with friends and guests, as indicated by recent episode titles such as Ep 188, Ep 320, Ep 319, Ep 318, and Ep 317. The channel averages about 1M views per video and posts in a weekly or near-weekly cadence, based on the recent video view counts and the note 'Average: 1M views/video, ~? uploads/week'.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Bad Friends?

We analyze Bad Friends'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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