Lume

Subscribers 215K

Videos 89

Views 33.0M

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Lume delivers original weekly documentaries focused on financial crime, white-collar crime, and related cyber and state surveillance topics. The channel uses deep-dives and investigative storytelling to inform and surprise, with long-form content and engaging narratives, averaging around 24 minutes per video and roughly 2.9 uploads per week, with an average of about 318K views per video.

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#1

Caleb Hammer view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 3.0M

Videos 3.8K

Views 3.2B

Appearances 16

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Both target audiences interested in financial integrity and corporate accounting failures, with strong search overlap on queries like financial audit failures (100% search) and similar finance-focused investigative angles, though content style diverges (71% content match).

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#2

Insider view on YouTube ▶

77% relevance

Subscribers 9.5M

Videos 8K

Views 5.5B

Appearances 9

SERP 80%

Similarity 75%

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Shares audience interest in financial crime and banking fraud documentaries (80% search, 75% content), aligning with Lume on investigative storytelling about economic wrongdoing, but Insider’s output leans more modern investigative journalism with broader platform coverage (signals from higher search but mid-range content similarity).

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#3

FRONTLINE PBS | Official view on YouTube ▶

76% relevance

Subscribers 3.4M

Videos 1.2K

Views 929.7M

Appearances 10

SERP 90%

Similarity 66%

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Both cover financial crime and banking fraud documentaries (high search overlap 90%), with substantial investigative documentary content, though FRONTLINE’s documentary-length format may differ from Lume’s style (content similarity at 66%).

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#4

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73% relevance

Subscribers 12.8M

Videos 4.1K

Views 4.8B

Appearances 7

SERP 74%

Similarity 72%

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Targets technology-enabled crime stories and data privacy scandals, overlapping with Lume on technology and crime investigations (74% search, 72% content), but WIRED emphasizes tech storytelling and culture over pure financial crime focus.

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Unhinged Explainer view on YouTube ▶

71% relevance

Subscribers 10K

Videos 21

Views 779.5K

Appearances 6

SERP 59%

Similarity 79%

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Similar focus on banking and economic crime case studies (59% search) and broader corporate fraud topics (79% content), indicating aligned subject matter but a distinct explainer-driven presentation style (moderate overall alignment).

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#6

60 Minutes

71% relevance

Subscribers 4.0M

Videos 4.8K

Views 1.3B

Appearances 7

SERP 75%

Similarity 68%

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Shares interest in financial crime and banking fraud documentaries and prison surveillance programs (75% search, 68% content), suggesting strong topic overlap but differing format and depth of reporting from Lume’s presentation style.

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Top competitors by match strength are Insider (77% match) and FRONTLINE PBS | Official (76% match), both overlapping on financial crime documentaries, banking fraud documentaries, and prison surveillance programs. Caleb Hammer (83% match) also aligns, particularly on financial audits and economic crime cases, though with fewer subscribers (3M) than Insider (9.5M) and FRONTLINE PBS (3.4M). WIRED (73% match) covers systems hacking and technology-related crime investigations, adding data privacy context. These channels compete on overlapping queries such as financial crime documentaries, banking fraud documentaries, and cybercrime investigations, with subscriber bases ranging from 3M to 12.8M, indicating varied reach but shared audience interests.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Lume?

Caleb Hammer — 83% match, 3M subscribers; Insider — 77% match, 9.5M subscribers; FRONTLINE PBS | Official — 76% match, 3.4M subscribers. All three channels focus on investigative or informational content about finance, scams, or systemic issues, similar to Lume's apparent focus on extraordinary financial stories and clever schemes.

What type of content does Lume make?

Lume produces investigative/edgy finance and scam-related storytelling content, with video titles like The Most Genius Bank Robbery In History and She Stole $98 Million From The IRS Using This One Crazy Loophole! It averages about 318K views per video and uploads roughly 2.9 times per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Lume?

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