Blackfiles

Subscribers 390K

Videos 103

Views 43.0M

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Blackfiles produces deep-dive videos on hacker histories, famous criminals, espionage, and organized crime, using long-form, narrative-style explorations with weekly uploads. The channel emphasizes documentaries and history-focused storytelling, aided by keywords like Blackfiles, Black files, and Hacking documentaries, and averages about 0 minutes per video in duration with roughly 94.4K views per video across 103 published videos since joining in 2025.

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Appearances 21

SERP 100%

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Top competitors include The FBI Files (88% match) and Robbers IQ (68% match). Both share overlaps with Blackfiles on organized crime investigations, historic heists, fugitive stories, and prison break themes. Cybernews (67% match) also competes on hacker histories and hacking history queries, while Real Crime (65% match) covers diplomat escape history and notorious criminals. Blackfiles has 390K subscribers, which is smaller than The FBI Files (1M), Cybernews (856K), Real Crime (2.1M), and Robbers IQ (203K), indicating a mid-sized channel in a landscape dominated by larger crime and espionage-focused creators.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Blackfiles?

The FBI Files (1M subscribers, 88% match) and Cybernews (856K subscribers, 67% match) are Blackfiles' top competitors, followed by Robbers IQ (203K subscribers, 68% match). They share a focus on crime, investigations, and hacking/documentary-style content about real-world criminal activity.

What type of content does Blackfiles make?

Blackfiles creates documentary-style videos about crime, espionage, and criminal investigations, as suggested by titles like The ONLY North Korean Who Survived Escaping His Own Team and The ONLY Man the Mafia has EVER Feared. The channel averages about 94.4K views per video and uploads roughly 4.2 times per week.

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