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Subscribers 2.8M

Videos 420

Views 357.1M

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Economics Explained covers global markets, policy, and finance, breaking complex economic topics into accessible lessons. The channel appears to favor tutorial-style explanations, with deep-dives into policy, economics concepts, and real-world issues, complemented by a lineup of longer-form videos. It publishes about 1.0 upload per week, and recent videos average around 392.8K views each, with typical runtimes around 16 minutes.

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81% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 25

SERP 100%

Similarity 69%

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Both target broad, introductory explanations of macroeconomics and the global economy, aligning with queries like 'global economy explained' and 'macroconomics explained' and sharing a similar educational, structured approach (high search alignment but content slightly more varied in CrashCourse’s style).

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73% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M

Videos 550

Views 132.3M

Appearances 18

SERP 79%

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64% relevance

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Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 12

SERP 50%

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63% relevance

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Videos 28K

Views 2.5B

Appearances 13

SERP 45%

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62% relevance

Subscribers 378K

Videos 738

Views 68.3M

Appearances 14

SERP 49%

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61% relevance

Subscribers 6.2M

Videos 7.9K

Views 523.8M

Appearances 12

SERP 50%

Similarity 68%

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Top competitors by match strength are CrashCourse (81% match) and Jacob Clifford (73% match). Both compete on overlapping queries such as global economy explained, macroeconomics explained, and economic policy analysis, signaling shared focus on introductory and policy-oriented economics content. TED-Ed (64% match) and The Wall Street Journal (63% match) also overlap on finance, markets, debt, inflation, and macro policy topics. Economics Explained has 2.8M subscribers, which is smaller than CrashCourse (16.9M) and TED-Ed (22.4M) but larger than Jacob Clifford (1.1M) and EconplusDal (378K). Shared queries indicate a common interest in macro topics, monetary policy, and global economic trends.

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#10	55%	IMF	79%	201K	20%	5
#11	54%	Financial Times ▶	79%	1.4M	18%	3
#12	53%	Casual Economics ▶	81%	84.9K	11%	4
#13	53%	Adam's Axiom	82%	37.8K	8%	4
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#15	52%	Heresy Financial	78%	399K	12%	2
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#18	51%	Johnny Harris ▶	75%	7.5M	15%	2
#19	51%	Economics Help	79%	87.2K	8%	2
#20	51%	EPB Research	78%	110K	10%	1
#21	51%	World Economic Forum	76%	1.1M	12%	1
#22	50%	MeaningfulMoney	75%	147K	13%	2
#23	50%	Khan Academy	63%	9.3M	31%	8
#24	50%	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis	74%	31.2K	15%	3
#25	50%	Jack Chapple	74%	694K	12%	1
#26	48%	Martik Finance ▶	75%	65.8K	8%	1
#27	48%	MoneyWeek	73%	303K	10%	2
#28	47%	You Will Love Economics	73%	75.5K	9%	3
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#30	46%	Prof Ryan	70%	28K	10%	3
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#33	45%	TEDx Talks ▶	69%	44.2M	10%	5
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Economics Explained?

CrashCourse — 81% match, 16.9M subscribers; TED-Ed — 64% match, 22.4M subscribers; Jacob Clifford — 73% match, 1.1M subscribers. They all create educational, explanatory videos focused on economics, finance, and related social science topics for a broad audience.

What type of content does Economics Explained make?

Economics Explained produces explainer videos about economics topics, using titles like 'Has the World Become Uninsurable?', 'Finland's Happy Little Economic Crisis', 'How Much Does Clickbait Cost the Global Economy?', and 'Did Pensions Destroy France?'. The channel averages about 392.8K views per video and uploads roughly 1.0 video per week.

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