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Subscribers 212K

Videos 2.5K

Views 52.7M

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Washington Week PBS focuses on weekly news analysis and political discussion, featuring moderator-led conversations with The Atlantic and PBS coverage of current events. The channel presents full episodes and live broadcasts, with a tutorial-style depth on U.S. politics and governance, and posts videos that average several hundred thousand views per episode; overall, it has 2,500 videos and about 52.7 million total views, with new content including full-episode uploads and related coverage since Oct 22, 2013.

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Top competitors identified: CrashCourse (77% match) and PBS NewsHour (70% match). CrashCourse and Washington Week PBS overlap on queries related to u.s. governance analysis, federal government policy, and media/policy analysis; PBS NewsHour overlaps on pbs political news, congressional race updates, and executive power limits. Washington Week PBS has 212K subscribers, while CrashCourse has 16.9M and PBS NewsHour has 5.2M, indicating Washington Week PBS is smaller in audience size but competes in similar political-news search spaces. Other matched channels include Bipartisan Policy Center (66% match) and MS NOW (64% match), which also cover bipartisan policy discussions and U.S. political affairs, reinforcing the shared emphasis on national politics and governance.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Washington Week PBS?

Washington Week PBS's biggest competitors on YouTube are CrashCourse (77% match, 16.9M subscribers) and PBS NewsHour (70% match, 5.2M subscribers). A third competitor is Bipartisan Policy Center (66% match, 5.7K subscribers). They share a focus on educational, policy, and current-events content, aiming to inform viewers about public affairs and U.S. politics.

What type of content does Washington Week PBS make?

Washington Week PBS creates long-form, policy and current-events coverage, with titles such as full episodes with The Atlantic and weekly discussions. Content features full episodes and collaborative segments, averaging about 321.3K views per video, with recent uploads including multiple full episodes from February and March 2026 and one with 42.8K views.

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