Variety

Subscribers 1.9M

Videos 5.3K

Views 888.6M

Channels Like Variety

Variety covers entertainment news and analysis with premiere series like Actors on Actors, offering access to major events, film festivals, and awards season coverage. Content style includes in-depth interviews, industry analysis, and behind-the-scenes insights, with an average of about 0 min per video and roughly 2.8 uploads per week, accumulating an average of 934.1K views per video across 5,300 published works.

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We found 43 YouTube channels similar to Variety

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#1

Associated Press view on YouTube ▶

75% relevance

Subscribers 4.3M

Videos 197K

Views 4.3B

Appearances 8

SERP 98%

Similarity 60%

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Both target award season and film festival audiences, matching Variety on searches for award coverage and live commentary, with content centered on industry events (75% match in overall profile but 98% search overlap yet only 60% content similarity).

#2

Backstage view on YouTube ▶

73% relevance

Subscribers 130K

Videos 1.9K

Views 32.1M

Appearances 7

SERP 69%

Similarity 76%

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Shares a focus on acting talent interviews and actor career pathways, aligning with Variety’s coverage through high search relevance (69%) and strong content overlap (76%), though their format is more talent-centric than Variety's broader entertainment news.

#3

Film at Lincoln Center

72% relevance

Subscribers 195K

Videos 4.4K

Views 114.6M

Appearances 3

SERP 68%

Similarity 75%

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Aligns with Variety on acting talent interviews and actor career paths, reflecting similar searches (68%) and substantial content similarity (75%), likely differing in institutional film-curation context vs. Variety’s news reporting.

#4

Vanity Fair view on YouTube ▶

71% relevance

Subscribers 4.8M

Videos 3.4K

Views 3.0B

Appearances 5

SERP 69%

Similarity 73%

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Competes on actor interviews and red carpet award-season reporting, with nearly identical search interest (69% for VF vs Variety’s overlap) and strong content overlap (73%), positioning VF as a fashion-leaning but event-focused rival.

#5

Tristan Spohn view on YouTube ▶

68% relevance

Subscribers 201K

Videos 172

Views 21.4M

Appearances 4

SERP 65%

Similarity 70%

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Targets acting talent interviews and career paths, mirroring Variety with similar search queries and moderate-to-high content overlap (70%), though individual presenter style may differ.

#6

The Awards Garage

67% relevance

Subscribers 6.3K

Videos 741

Views 826.9K

Appearances 7

SERP 59%

Similarity 72%

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Focuses on award-season predictions, matching Variety's audience through relevant searches (59%) and good content alignment (72%), but with a narrower predictive angle rather than broad news coverage.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are Associated Press (75% match) and Vanity Fair (71% match). Both overlap with Variety on award season coverage, film festival coverage, and actor interviews or red carpet content, aligning with queries like ‘award season coverage,’ ‘film festival coverage,’ and ‘actor interviews.’ Associated Press has 4.3M subscribers, substantially larger than Variety’s 1.9M, while Vanity Fair has 4.8M subscribers, also larger. Backstage (73% match) and Film at Lincoln Center (72% match) share themes of acting talent interviews and actor career paths, with 130K and 195K subscribers respectively, indicating smaller but focused audiences. Tristan Spohn (68% match) also mirrors acting talent interviews and actor career paths with 201K subscribers. Overall, the closest competition centers on entertainment journalism, awards coverage, and interview-led content, with the top two competitors differing mainly in subscriber scale.

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#7	66%	Luc Forsyth	65%	168K	68%	5
#8	66%	StudioBinder ▶	66%	2.2M	67%	6
#9	64%	OSSA	70%	1.4M	56%	4
#10	64%	Zee Cinema	68%	4.5M	57%	4
#11	63%	The Hollywood Reporter	78%	1.3M	40%	2
#12	63%	The Awards Contender	71%	81.2K	50%	5
#13	62%	FilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone	66%	3.2M	56%	4
#14	61%	Zee TV	63%	98.3M	58%	9
#15	61%	Broadwaycom ▶	69%	602K	49%	3
#16	61%	Thomas Flight ▶	70%	1.3M	47%	2
#17	59%	IMDb	76%	1.2M	35%	2
#18	59%	BnfTV	60%	1.5M	58%	8
#19	59%	Access Hollywood	77%	2.3M	32%	3
#20	59%	This Morning	69%	2.5M	43%	2
#21	58%	CrashCourse ▶	60%	16.9M	55%	5
#22	58%	Warner Bros. Entertainment	69%	4.7M	43%	4
#23	58%	Acting Career Center	72%	262K	36%	4
#24	57%	Film Courage ▶	66%	793K	43%	4
#25	56%	ABC News ▶	58%	19.4M	53%	5
#26	56%	Oscars ▶	72%	3.4M	31%	4
#27	54%	Tried&Refused Productions.	67%	1.3M	35%	1
#28	54%	Patrick (H) Willems ▶	68%	613K	33%	2
#29	54%	Wendy Alane Wright	66%	122K	35%	1
#30	54%	MsMojo ▶	70%	5.7M	30%	4
#31	54%	WatchMojo.com ▶	66%	25.9M	35%	3
#32	54%	DornanJohnsonUpdates	70%	12.2K	28%	1
#33	53%	ScreenCraft	68%	10.4K	31%	2
#34	53%	Amelia Dimoldenberg	65%	3.3M	35%	1
#35	53%	HELLO!	68%	217K	30%	2
#36	53%	Paramount Pictures	64%	4.3M	36%	2
#37	52%	Standard Story Company ▶	64%	281K	35%	1
#38	52%	Ministry Of Cinema	68%	9.6K	28%	1
#39	50%	Premiere Basics	60%	616K	35%	1
#40	50%	Stranger Things	64%	3.7M	28%	1
#41	49%	Makayla Lysiak	61%	612K	32%	4
#42	49%	Think Haven	58%	1.9K	35%	2
#43	49%	CareerVidz	58%	5.2M	35%	3

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Variety?

Associated Press — 4.3M subscribers, match 75%; Backstage — 130K subscribers, match 73%; Film at Lincoln Center — 195K subscribers, match 72%. All three share a focus on entertainment industry news, interviews, and film-related content similar to Variety.

What type of content does Variety make?

Variety produces entertainment-focused videos such as Actors on Actors interviews and other film/television industry content, with an average of 934.1K views per video and about 2.8 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Variety?

We analyze Variety'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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