Weird History

Subscribers 4.7M

Videos 1K

Views 716.5M

Channels Like Weird History

Weird History covers the extreme, unexpected, untold, and bizarre aspects of history, delivering historical content that dives into odd events, dark topics, and curious coincidences. The channel uses a fact-focused, compilation-style and history-timeline approach, often presenting timelines and compilations in an educational yet entertaining format. With 4.7M subscribers and 716.5M total views across about 1000 videos, uploads appear frequent and aim at broad audience appeal; average views per video are about 67.6K.

Results last updated 3 months ago.

Similar Channels

We found 47 YouTube channels similar to Weird History

#1

HISTORY view on YouTube ▶

82% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M

Videos 11K

Views 5.0B

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 71%

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Shares a strong overlap in search queries like unexplained history mysteries, haunted history, and unsolved history cases (100% search overlap) and produces related historical storytelling content (71% content match), making it a broader mainstream cousin with similar topic focus.

#2

Top 5 Unknowns

77% relevance

Subscribers 2.2M

Videos 1.8K

Views 442.8M

Appearances 15

SERP 80%

Similarity 76%

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Targets odd, unusual, and bizarre historical moments, aligning closely with Weird History's niche in strange history, reflected by high search (80%) and solid content (76%) similarity, signaling a comparable audience and presentation style.

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#3

Wartime Stories view on YouTube ▶

76% relevance

Subscribers 833K

Videos 123

Views 86.4M

Appearances 17

SERP 85%

Similarity 69%

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Focuses on strange wartime stories and weird war anecdotes, aligning with Weird History on bizarre historical happenings, with high search overlap (85%) and decent content overlap (69%), though wartime framing differentiates subject matter emphasis.

#4

ChatHistoryCompilations

73% relevance

Subscribers 160K

Videos 30

Views 20.8M

Appearances 12

SERP 74%

Similarity 72%

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Offers history compilation videos on dark historical topics, matching Weird History on dark/unexplained history themes (74% search overlap, 72% content overlap), indicating similar subject matter delivered through compilations.

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#5

Uncharted Mysteries view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 256K

Videos 66

Views 30.4M

Appearances 16

SERP 64%

Similarity 68%

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Covers unusual history and unexplained mysteries, mirroring Weird History's core topics with moderate-to-high alignment (64% search, 68% content), suggesting a shared audience with slightly different curation.

#6

WatchMojo.com view on YouTube ▶

66% relevance

Subscribers 25.9M

Videos 32K

Views 17.9B

Appearances 9

SERP 56%

Similarity 72%

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Explains history mysteries and oddball historical figures, attracting a similar audience via queries like history mysteries explained, with substantial content overlap (72%) despite broader general-audience presentation.

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include HISTORY (82% match) and Top 5 Unknowns (77% match) as the closest peers. HISTORY shares overlapping queries like unexplained history mysteries, haunted history, and unsolved history cases, while Top 5 Unknowns focuses on odd historical events, unusual history, and bizarre historical moments. Both channels are larger or comparable in scale to Weird History, with HISTORY at 15.2M subscribers and Top 5 Unknowns at 2.2M subscribers, compared to Weird History's 4.7M. Wartime Stories (76% match) also aligns on strange wartime stories and weird war anecdotes, and ChatHistoryCompilations (73% match) overlaps on history compilation videos and dark historical topics. The common thread across competitors is a focus on unusual, mysterious, and historical compilation content; subscribers vary from hundreds of thousands to millions, indicating strong audience interest in these niche historical narratives.

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#7	65%	The Tape Library ▶	72%	419K	55%	11
#8	65%	Bedtime History	72%	27.5K	54%	7
#9	63%	Chat History	78%	981K	40%	8
#10	61%	Sideprojects	75%	1.3M	41%	12
#11	60%	Blundera	74%	35.8K	38%	10
#12	59%	List 25 ▶	72%	2.8M	41%	7
#13	59%	Timeline - World History Documentaries ▶	69%	5.8M	45%	10
#14	59%	The Infographics Show ▶	70%	15.4M	43%	9
#15	57%	Odd Whys	70%	50K	37%	3
#16	57%	Jaydone History ▶	75%	193K	29%	6
#17	57%	Grim History	67%	47.7K	41%	7
#18	57%	Serious History ▶	70%	692K	36%	6
#19	56%	Top Fives ▶	70%	3.1M	35%	8
#20	56%	MostAmazingTop10 ▶	72%	7.8M	31%	4
#21	55%	Joe Scott ▶	75%	2.5M	26%	2
#22	55%	Sci Facts Info	74%	35.2K	27%	6
#23	55%	Unexplained Mysteries	69%	2.0M	34%	8
#24	55%	Epicano	76%	24.4K	22%	5
#25	53%	Oddball History Podcast	76%	1.6K	19%	3
#26	53%	FORGOTTEN HISTORY	71%	1.1M	25%	4
#27	53%	Kelevin	75%	254K	19%	4
#28	52%	Scary Interesting ▶	72%	1.9M	24%	3
#29	52%	Extra History ▶	72%	4.5M	22%	2
#30	52%	Historical Photos	74%	36.7K	19%	1
#31	51%	Weird History Food	75%	747K	15%	2
#32	51%	Paralopedia	68%	8.1K	25%	3
#33	51%	Get.factual ▶	72%	818K	19%	4
#34	51%	Captivating History	71%	498K	20%	5
#35	50%	Absolute History	72%	3.7M	18%	7
#36	50%	BE AMAZED ▶	73%	13.4M	17%	3
#37	50%	They're Here...	71%	9K	19%	1
#38	50%	Geo History	71%	1.0M	19%	1
#39	49%	KM Uncharted Mysteries	72%	91.1K	15%	5
#40	49%	Music Vibe	70%	347K	19%	1
#41	49%	AlternateHistoryHub	72%	2.5M	15%	1
#42	48%	NaturesTemper ▶	69%	233K	17%	2
#43	47%	Rationality Rules	66%	569K	19%	1
#44	46%	True Crime Central	66%	1.4M	18%	2
#45	46%	SandRhoman History	66%	511K	16%	3
#46	46%	This Date in History	66%	307K	15%	4
#47	44%	Unnatural History Channel	61%	103K	18%	4

Search Queries Used

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Weird History?

HISTORY — 82% match, 15.2M subscribers; Top 5 Unknowns — 77% match, 2.2M subscribers; Wartime Stories — 76% match, 811K subscribers. All are history-themed channels with educational or narrative content focusing on historical events and facts, competing for viewers interested in history-based videos.

What type of content does Weird History make?

Weird History creates history-focused content such as timelines and compilations about specific years or events, e.g., Timeline: 1960, Timeline 1963, and The Unluckiest Coincidence Of The Civil War, plus general history compilations. The channel averages about 67.6K views per video and posts with some regular frequency (uploads per week not specified, but implied ongoing content).

How do we determine which channels are similar to Weird History?

We analyze Weird History'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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