Whatifalthist

Subscribers 736K

Videos 664

Views 137.8M

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WhatifAltHist covers questions about historical patterns, civilizational rise and fall, and anthropology patterns, exploring how patterns in history can predict future dynamics. The content style appears to be deep-dives and analytical explorations rather than tutorials, with video topics ranging from nuclear war risk, empire decline, and sociocultural evolution; uploads are frequent and the channel has 664 videos, averaging about 233.3K views per video across a subscriber base of 736K. The channel is active since Sep 16, 2013 and is described as exploring patterns in history and anthropology to understand civilizations and modernity.

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CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers) — 82% match; TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers) — 76% match; TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers) — 75% match. All three have a focus on educational, explanatory, and思想-provoking content with broad audiences and high production values, similar to Whatifalthist in aiming to teach or explore historical and ideological topics.

What type of content does Whatifalthist make?

Whatifalthist creates history-and-ideology themed content, as suggested by video titles like 'Are We on The Verge of Nuclear War?', 'Is the Woke Right Real?', and 'the next ideology isn't what you think.' The channel appears to upload multiple videos per week, with average view counts around 233.3K per video.

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