Vox

Subscribers 12.7M

Videos 2K

Views 3.8B

Channels Like Vox

Vox covers news, politics, explainers, documentaries, and explainer videos, as indicated by keywords like vox.com, explain, politics, documentary, explainer, vox explains, and vox atlas. The channel appears to produce in-depth explainers and contextual analysis (long-form style) with recent videos spanning immigration policy, location-based storytelling, societal design, and energy topics, suggesting a mix of tutorials-like explainers and documentary-style content. Vox publishes frequently since joining in 2014, with an average of hundreds of thousands of views per video (approximately 248.6K per video) across about 2000 videos and a claimed total of 3.8B views, indicating a high-volume output and sustained audience engagement.

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CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

83% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Both target broad audiences with accessible explanations of politics and policy, evidenced by a high search overlap (100%) on queries like federal government structure and energy policy, and Vox similarity in substantive content (71%).

TEDx Talks view on YouTube ▶

70% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M

Videos 255K

Views 8.8B

Appearances 9

SERP 73%

Similarity 68%

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Share an audience interested in democracy, governance, and policy debates (high search overlap 73%), with Vox-like focus on environmental politics, though TEDx Talks emphasizes talks and ideas with slightly lower content alignment (68%).

TED view on YouTube ▶

65% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M

Videos 5.5K

Views 3.1B

Appearances 4

SERP 54%

Similarity 72%

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Intersect with Vox on energy policy and nuclear energy debates (high search overlap 54%), offering policy-oriented ideas and reform discussions with strong content alignment (72%).

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International Policy Zone view on YouTube ▶

60% relevance

Subscribers 2.8K

Videos 10K

Views 444.2K

Appearances 6

SERP 47%

Similarity 68%

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Relates to Vox through regional politics and national security themes (moderate search overlap 47%) and similar policy-focused content (68%), indicating a shared audience but distinct presentation.

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Making Politics Simple view on YouTube ▶

59% relevance

Subscribers 2.2K

Videos 9.8K

Views 386.6K

Appearances 8

SERP 43%

Similarity 70%

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Targets regional politics, environmental policy, and public opinion like Vox (search overlap 43%), with substantial policy explanation content (70%), but a simpler presentation style.

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Center for Strategic & International Studies view on YouTube ▶

58% relevance

Subscribers 382K

Videos 9.7K

Views 64.5M

Appearances 5

SERP 39%

Similarity 71%

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Centers on nuclear policy, national security, and defense—topics Vox covers (search 39%), with high factual policy content alignment (71%), indicating shared expert policy audience with more technical depth.

Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are CrashCourse (83% match) and TEDx Talks (70% match). They share overlapping queries with Vox around federal government structure, energy and climate policy, regional politics and policy, democracy and governance, and environmental policy. TED (65% match) also overlaps on topics like americas political reform, nuclear energy debate, and energy policy. Vox has 12.7M subscribers, while CrashCourse has 16.9M and TED Talks 44.2M, showing larger subscriber bases for the competing channels. The shared queries indicate competition in explainer-style political and policy content. International Policy Zone and Making Politics Simple are smaller entrants (2.8K and 2.2K subs, respectively) but also align on regional politics and public policy topics.

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#7	58%	Hoover Institution	71%	1.1M	39%	3
#8	57%	Brookings Institution	78%	163K	25%	2
#9	55%	Heimler's History	67%	1.2M	36%	5
#10	55%	The Guardian	76%	2.5M	22%	1
#11	54%	LSE	76%	275K	21%	3
#12	54%	Our Changing Climate	75%	544K	22%	1
#13	54%	TED-Ed ▶	71%	22.4M	28%	3
#14	53%	Illustrate to Educate	69%	176K	31%	3
#15	53%	Bloomberg Originals	74%	5.0M	21%	2
#16	52%	The Wall Street Journal ▶	72%	6.6M	22%	1
#17	52%	Ryan Chapman	72%	538K	22%	1
#18	52%	Sky News	67%	9.2M	28%	3
#19	51%	The New York Times ▶	77%	5.1M	13%	3
#20	51%	Facts Lab ▶	70%	3.6K	22%	1
#21	49%	Forbes Breaking News	70%	5.5M	18%	1
#22	49%	Veritasium ▶	71%	20.4M	15%	1
#23	49%	Senator Alex Padilla	69%	12.4K	18%	1
#24	48%	Maxwell School of Syracuse University	70%	6.5K	15%	1
#25	48%	PolicyEd	72%	47.2K	12%	1
#26	48%	National Museum of American Diplomacy ▶	64%	9.4K	24%	2
#27	47%	Capital Record	69%	1.7K	15%	1
#28	47%	KeoniProductions	64%	60.4K	22%	1
#29	47%	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell ▶	70%	25.1M	12%	4
#30	47%	Robert B Hayes	70%	5.4K	11%	1
#31	47%	CTV Your Morning	68%	216K	15%	1
#32	47%	Look Back History	70%	55.8K	11%	1
#33	47%	History Matters	68%	1.9M	15%	1
#34	47%	MinuteVideos	70%	1.7M	11%	1
#35	46%	Nuclear for Australia	67%	7.7K	15%	1
#36	46%	AAAS_org	65%	9.4K	18%	1
#37	46%	The Analyst ▶	68%	582K	14%	2
#38	46%	Inside China Business	69%	167K	11%	1
#39	46%	inthehouseNZ	65%	9.8K	16%	6
#40	45%	Geo195	66%	2.2K	15%	2
#41	45%	BBC News	66%	19.4M	15%	2
#42	45%	ABC News ▶	65%	19.4M	15%	1
#43	45%	Reuters	67%	4.1M	11%	1
#44	45%	Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) ▶	64%	169K	15%	1
#45	44%	David Pakman Show	66%	3.5M	12%	1
#46	44%	Firstpost	62%	9.4M	17%	2
#47	43%	Mark Lyda \| Attorney, CEO of Practist	62%	10.5K	15%	2
#48	42%	KVUE	62%	252K	11%	1

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Vox?

Vox's biggest competitors on YouTube are CrashCourse (83% match, 16.9M subscribers), TEDx Talks (70% match, 44.2M subscribers), and TED (65% match, 27.2M subscribers). They share a focus on educational, explanatory or informative video content that covers politics, science, and societal issues, similar to Vox's explainers and documentaries.

What type of content does Vox make?

Vox creates explanatory and documentary-style videos about news, politics, and society, as seen in titles like 'What was immigration like before ICE?', 'Why modern life is designed to keep you anxious — and what to do about it | The Gray Area', and 'To fight authoritarianism, America should look to Brazil'. The channel averages about 248.6K views per video, with a variable upload frequency described as approximately multiple videos per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Vox?

We analyze Vox'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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