CrashCourse

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

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CrashCourse provides free, high-quality educational videos across a wide range of subjects, including history, biology, literature, science, and humanities, with a focus on learning and study skills. The channel publishes weekly videos across current courses, totaling around 1,600 videos since joining in 2006, and averages roughly 94.6K views per video. Content is presented as tutorials and deep-dives across subjects like scientific thinking, literature analysis, and cognitive science, with an emphasis on concise, informative lessons.

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81% relevance

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Views 8.8B

Appearances 27

SERP 100%

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High search overlap on queries about scientific thinking and science communication (81% match search), with strong content alignment in science communication topics (68% content), making them similar in subject but differing in format and depth.

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52% relevance

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Videos 415

Views 15.2M

Appearances 4

SERP 17%

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52% relevance

Subscribers 330K

Videos 235

Views 17.9M

Appearances 7

SERP 24%

Similarity 70%

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51% relevance

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SERP 20%

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51% relevance

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Appearances 3

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Overlap on the process of scholarly evaluation like peer review (51% match) and a heavy emphasis on explaining peer review mechanics (75% content), linking to CrashCourse's education-focused, critical-thinking angle but with a study-skills slant.

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50% relevance

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Videos 119

Views 327.7K

Appearances 4

SERP 8%

Similarity 78%

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Top competitors include TEDx Talks (81% match) and Global Health with Greg Martin (52% match) as well as Grad Coach (52% match). These channels share overlapping queries such as scientific thinking, science communication, and statistics or data interpretation. TEDx Talks has a substantially larger audience with about 44.2M subscribers, compared to CrashCourse's 16.9M, while Global Health with Greg Martin and Grad Coach have much smaller audiences (203K and 330K subscribers, respectively). The overlap centers on science communication and critical thinking topics, with additional connections to statistics and research methodology that align with CrashCourse’s Scientific Thinking and related playlists.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to CrashCourse?

CrashCourse's biggest competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 81% match) and Global Health with Greg Martin (203K subscribers, 52% match), with Grad Coach also listed (330K subscribers, 52% match). They share a focus on educational, informative video content that covers broad topics and learning strategies, aiming to educate and engage a wide audience.

What type of content does CrashCourse make?

CrashCourse creates educational, topic-diverse videos (e.g., scientific thinking, literature, history) with frequent uploads. It averages about 3.2 uploads per week and videos commonly receive around 94.6K views per video, as shown by recent content like 'How Scientists Build Consensus' and 'Peer Review and the Quest for Truth'.

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