Historia Civilis YouTube channel thumbnail
Historia Civilis
Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 88
Views 153.5M

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Historia Civilis focuses on civic history through in-depth explainer-style videos about historical events, such as revolutions, ancient battles, and political transitions, as indicated by titles like The Congress of Vienna, The Battle of Actium, and The Year Without a Summer. The channel emphasizes educational history content (History, Education) with long-form deep-dives and data-driven narrative, uploading since 2014, and averaging about 1.6M views per video across 88 published works.

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Videos 1.9K
Views 1.0B
Appearances 41
SERP 100%
Similarity 71%
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They compete in the same niche of historical storytelling and documentary-style history, sharing high search overlap on terms like ancient history and battles, though Kings and Generals has a slightly different content focus (71% vs; higher search interest in civil wars and Hellenistic era battles).

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60% relevance

Subscribers 1.7M
Videos 1.4K
Views 328.0M
Appearances 19
SERP 41%
Similarity 72%
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Similar audience interest in broad ancient and classical history topics (e.g., Roman Republic decline, Parthian invasions) resulting in a 60% overall match, with Invicta showing stronger content alignment in ancient military history but less alignment on Historia Civilis’s narrative style.

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#3

57% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 22
SERP 45%
Similarity 64%
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Both target history-minded viewers with structured, educational videos, yielding a 57% match driven by similar queries about revolutions and era analyses, though CrashCourse diverts into broader curricula and shorter, lecture-style episodes (content 64%).

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Subscribers 1.3M
Videos 356
Views 232.4M
Appearances 5
SERP 16%
Similarity 77%
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Direct overlap in ancient history topics like civil wars and Hellenistic battles, leading to a 53% match, but HistoryMarche’s style and pacing differ from Historia Civilis in presentation and depth (content 77% but search 16%).

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51% relevance

Subscribers 3.0M
Videos 298
Views 390.5M
Appearances 6
SERP 18%
Similarity 73%
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Shares interest in revolutions and the 19th-century era, producing about a 51% match; strong content alignment (73%), yet Epic History emphasizes a more analytical narrative on revolutions compared to Historia Civilis’s case-based storytelling.

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Videos 33
Views 1.4B
Appearances 6
SERP 12%
Similarity 76%
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Appeals to similar audiences with concise histories of ancient civil wars and revolutions (50% match), but uses a lighter, animation-driven style (content 76%), while Historia Civilis centers on documentary storytelling and deeper historical context.

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Top competitors by match strength are Kings and Generals (82% match) and Invicta (60% match). Kings and Generals and Historia Civilis overlap on queries about ancient history civil wars, romantic ancient politics, and Hellenistic era battles, while Invicta overlaps on topics like the decline of the Roman republic, Parthian invasions, and the Sicilian War. History channels differ in scale; Historia Civilis has 1.1M subscribers, compared with Kings and Generals at 4.1M and Invicta at 1.7M, indicating a smaller but focused audience. Other notable overlaps include CrashCourse (57% match) and Epic History (51% match) for revolutions history analysis and the Congress Vienna era, but their audiences are larger (CrashCourse with 16.9M subscribers, Epic History with 3M).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Historia Civilis?

Kings and Generals — 82% match, 4.1M subscribers; Invicta — 60% match, 1.7M subscribers; CrashCourse — 57% match, 16.9M subscribers. All three channels produce history-focused educational content and historical analysis similar to Historia Civilis.

What type of content does Historia Civilis make?

Historia Civilis creates history-focused educational videos, as shown by titles like Reform or Revolution? (1830 to 1832), The July Revolution (1820 to 1830), and The Year Without a Summer (1816 to 1824). The channel uploads approximately 0.1 videos per week and averages about 1.6M views per video.

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