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The Unplanned Podcast
Subscribers 868K
Videos 1.6K
Views 622.3M

Channels Like The Unplanned Podcast

The Unplanned Podcast covers personal, reality-based storytelling around young marriages, courtship, family dynamics, and life challenges, including fertility, pregnancy, divorce, and parenting. Content appears as long-form conversations and interviews (episodes often around an hour or more), with engaging topics suggested by recent videos and keywords like Matt & Abby, young and married, and weekly updates. The channel posts new episodes every Wednesday, with an average video view count around 1.9M per video from 1,600 published pieces, reflecting substantial reach for deep-dive, interview-driven content.

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Similar Channels

We found 45 YouTube channels similar to The Unplanned Podcast

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#1

79% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 24
SERP 100%
Similarity 65%
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Shares audience with The Unplanned Podcast on personal growth and life experiences as suggested by high search overlap (100%) for queries like 'pillars of courtship culture' and 'fertility and pregnancy stories'; content similarity is moderate (65%), indicating both discuss real-life topics but TEDx Talks favors structured talks rather than podcast-style storytelling.

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#2
Affair Recovery

62% relevance

Subscribers 103K
Videos 2.1K
Views 27.1M
Appearances 18
SERP 47%
Similarity 73%
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Targets listeners seeking relationship restoration and resilience after betrayal, aligning with The Unplanned Podcast’s focus on relationship experiences (search overlap 47%), while content similarity is high (73%), meaning both emphasize recovery narratives though Affair Recovery centers specifically on infidelity journeys.

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#3

58% relevance

Subscribers 10.4M
Videos 3.9K
Views 6.1B
Appearances 4
SERP 27%
Similarity 79%
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Appeals to audiences interested in family dynamics and teen pregnancy experiences (search overlap 27%), with strong content alignment to large-family upbringing themes (79%), indicating similar subject matter but a different emphasis and style.

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#4
Origin

55% relevance

Subscribers 701K
Videos 935
Views 229.0M
Appearances 10
SERP 22%
Similarity 76%
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Catches searches around large families, fertility journeys, and teen pregnancy (22% search overlap) and shares substantial content focus (76%), showing a related storytelling approach about families and reproduction, albeit with its own branding.

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#5
Focus on the Family

52% relevance

Subscribers 737K
Videos 1.9K
Views 161.8M
Appearances 9
SERP 17%
Similarity 75%
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Delivers miscarriage survivor stories and parenting/marriage topics (17% search overlap) with strong content overlap (75%), making it a similar audience-driven channel centered on family life and challenges.

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#6
Nateland Entertainment

50% relevance

Subscribers 379K
Videos 1.9K
Views 211.2M
Appearances 2
SERP 10%
Similarity 77%
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Relates to audiences curious about public figure relationships (10% search overlap) and exhibits high content similarity (77%), indicating a shared interest in personal relationships but with Nateland focusing on public personas rather than intimate life stories.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors identified are TEDx Talks (79% match, 44.2M subscribers) and Affair Recovery (62% match, 103K subscribers). A third close match is truly (58% match, 10.4M subscribers). These channels compete on overlapping queries such as pillars of courtship culture, fertility and pregnancy stories, pre-nuptial agreements, infidelity survival stories, and large-family or teen pregnancy experiences. TEDx Talks dwarfs The Unplanned Podcast in subscriber count, while Affair Recovery is much smaller; truly sits in between in size. All three share a focus on personal relationships, family dynamics, and life challenges, aligning with The Unplanned Podcast’s content themes.

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#7 50% Divorce University Online 67% 17K 24% 7
#8 50% Kurtis Conner 73% 5.6M 15% 2
#9 50% MsMojo 74% 5.7M 14% 4
#10 50% Natalie Crawford, MD 66% 252K 24% 5
#11 50% LADbible Stories 74% 3.9M 13% 2
#12 49% Live Action 74% 629K 13% 3
#13 49% RedditOutLoud Relationships 73% 69.3K 14% 2
#14 49% The Knot 74% 56.3K 11% 1
#15 49% Nicki Swift 74% 3.2M 12% 2
#16 49% Psych2Go 68% 13M 20% 6
#17 48% The Dr. John Delony Show 73% 1.6M 10% 7
#18 47% Jimmy on Relationships 67% 1.4M 17% 5
#19 47% Live On Purpose TV 65% 449K 20% 4
#20 47% Inside Stories 70% 5.1K 11% 1
#21 47% State Bar of Wisconsin 72% 3.1K 9% 1
#22 46% MedCircle 66% 1.7M 16% 3
#23 46% The Freemans | Marriage Coaches 71% 11.3K 9% 1
#24 46% Valuetainment 69% 7.1M 11% 1
#25 46% Smithsonian Channel 69% 4.3M 11% 1
#26 46% Theology of the Body Institute 70% 157K 10% 2
#27 46% Chris James 69% 492K 10% 2
#28 45% DoctorRamani 68% 2.1M 11% 5
#29 45% Mel Robbins 68% 5.3M 10% 2
#30 45% Roza Olyai 68% 3.0K 9% 1
#31 45% Shady Grove Fertility 69% 34.9K 8% 4
#32 44% Tim Fletcher 66% 478K 12% 2
#33 44% Emma Hubbard 66% 978K 12% 6
#34 44% Edifying The Ecclesia 67% 231K 9% 1
#35 44% Dr. Niky, MD 67% 127K 9% 1
#36 44% Psychlopaedia.org 67% 66.1K 9% 1
#37 44% WeddingWire India 67% 6.4K 9% 1
#38 43% WIRED 65% 12.8M 11% 1
#39 43% TODAY 63% 5.0M 14% 2
#40 43% TED 65% 27.2M 11% 4
#41 43% assimalhakeem 64% 1.4M 10% 2
#42 43% KX News 63% 26.1K 11% 1
#43 42% PBS Origins 62% 675K 11% 1
#44 42% Baptist Health 64% 40K 9% 1
#45 41% Geisinger 60% 3.6K 11% 1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The Unplanned Podcast?

TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 79% match) and Affair Recovery (103K subscribers, 62% match) are The Unplanned Podcast's top competitors. A third competitor is truly (10.4M subscribers, 58% match). They share a focus on personal stories, relationships, and life experiences, often featuring interviews or discussions about marriages, breakups, and sensitive topics.

What type of content does The Unplanned Podcast make?

The Unplanned Podcast makes conversational, relationship-centered content based on video titles like Our first time, getting married young & how we met; Growing up Duggar, courtship and baby #3; Getting cheated on, divorced & hiding our 12-year-old from the internet; Leaving a cult, growing up with 18 siblings; WE'RE PREGNANT BY SURPRISE. Videos average about 1.9M views, with an unspecified weekly upload frequency.

How do we determine which channels are similar to The Unplanned Podcast?

We analyze The Unplanned Podcast's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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