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Subscribers 17.3K

Videos 64

Views 2.8M

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The Unknown Explained covers dark history, conspiracies, and mysteries in a simple, explanatory style. The channel publishes tutorials-like historical explainers and deep-dives, with an average of about 7.3K views per video and an upload rate around 3.1 videos per week.

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83% relevance

Subscribers 511K

Videos 148

Views 82.6M

Appearances 15

SERP 100%

Similarity 72%

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Both target history fans with a focus on warfare and tactics, sharing high search overlap for siege warfare queries, though SandRhoman’s content dives deeper into historical military analysis (72% content match) while The Unknown Explained covers broader historical mysteries and explanations.

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82% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 32K

Views 17.9B

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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Appeals to viewers of history, myths, and conspiracies with high search alignment on 'evil rulers history' and 'myth and history explained,' but WatchMojo’s listicle, broad-topic style differs from The Unknown Explained’s deeper explanatory approach (70% content match).

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Fall of Civilizations view on YouTube

82% relevance

Subscribers 1.5M

Videos 45

Views 209.1M

Appearances 14

SERP 98%

Similarity 71%

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Shared interest in ancient empires and their collapses, aligning on searches like 'ancient empires downfall' with strong search similarity (98%), yet The Unknown Explained tends to focus on explanations and narratives rather than exhaustive collapse histories (71% content match).

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77% relevance

Subscribers 4.1M

Videos 1.9K

Views 1.0B

Appearances 9

SERP 85%

Similarity 71%

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Overlaps with siege warfare history in searches and occasional Renaissance tyrants, but Kings and Generals emphasizes detailed military campaigns and battles, yielding solid audience overlap yet distinct format (71% content match).

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The Painful Historian view on YouTube

74% relevance

Subscribers 41.4K

Videos 108

Views 8.2M

Appearances 4

SERP 54%

Similarity 88%

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Targets fans of notorious deaths and evil rulers via 'execution methods through history' and related topics, sharing audience interest though The Unknown Explained covers a wider array of mysteries and narratives (88% content match).

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Jaydone History view on YouTube

73% relevance

Subscribers 193K

Videos 157

Views 33.0M

Appearances 8

SERP 57%

Similarity 84%

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Competes for interest in ancient empires and civil wars, with significant overlap on 'evil rulers history,' but Jaydone’s style is more episodic/educational storytelling versus The Unknown Explained’s investigative tone (84% content match).

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Top competitors by match strength are SandRhoman History (83% match) and WatchMojo.com (82% match). Both compete on overlapping queries like siege warfare history, evil rulers history, myth and history explained, and conspiracy theories history. Larger channels include Fall of Civilizations (82% match, 1.5M subs) and Kings and Generals (77% match, 4.1M subs), which share topics such as ancient empires downfall and siege warfare. The Unknown Explained (17.3K subscribers) trails these competitors in size, while overlapping queries indicate competition for the same dark-history and historical-tyrant searches.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Unknown Explained?

The Unknown Explained's biggest competitors on YouTube are SandRhoman History — 83% match, 511K subscribers; WatchMojo.com — 82% match, 25.9M subscribers; Fall of Civilizations — 82% match, 1.5M subscribers. They share a focus on history and explain historical topics, events, or figures in a documentary-style format.

What type of content does The Unknown Explained make?

The Unknown Explained creates history-focused explainers, as suggested by video titles like 'How Every Famous Philosopher Died' and 'How Every Notorious Aztec Emperor Died.' The channel averages ~7.3K views per video with ~3.1 uploads per week.

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