What Why How

Subscribers 26.5K

Videos 88

Views 3.2M

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What Why How covers history, politics, maps, and flags through long-form video essays and analyses, focusing on alternate history, regular history, and political topics. The channel uses a documentary-style, analytical approach with debunking and predictive history themes, releasing about 0.7 uploads per week and averaging roughly 17.9K views per video.

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We found 46 YouTube channels similar to What Why How

#1

AlternateHistoryHub

89% relevance

Subscribers 2.5M

Videos 293

Views 430.7M

Appearances 14

SERP 100%

Similarity 82%

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Both channels focus on alternate or counterfactual history and 'what if' scenarios, with a 89% overall match driven by high search overlap (100%) for alternate history analysis and civilizational alt history, though WHH’s content style diverges somewhat in presentation.

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#2

Pivot Point History

77% relevance

Subscribers 9.2K

Videos 150

Views 1.2M

Appearances 13

SERP 77%

Similarity 77%

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Similar emphasis on historical what-if scenarios and notations, reflected by a 77% match split evenly between search and content, indicating overlapping queries and comparable but not identical content approaches.

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#3

Whatifalthist

72% relevance

Subscribers 736K

Videos 664

Views 137.8M

Appearances 10

SERP 66%

Similarity 76%

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Shares civilizational alt history and alternate history theories, evidenced by a 72% match with strong content alignment (76%) and substantial search overlap (66%), indicating audience and topic similarity with some stylistic differences.

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#4

CrashCourse view on YouTube ▶

64% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M

Videos 1.6K

Views 2.2B

Appearances 7

SERP 58%

Similarity 69%

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Both address political history and foreign policy contexts, with WHH aligning on counterfactual and policy-history themes; a 64% overall match stems from lower search alignment (58%) but solid content similarity (69%).

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ThinkingWest view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 68.2K

Videos 157

Views 3.6M

Appearances 2

SERP 31%

Similarity 75%

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Focuses on empire rise-and-fall and civilization decline, aligning with WHH on broad historical/civilizational analysis; 57% match driven by modest search overlap (31%) but strong content similarity (75%).

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YaleCourses view on YouTube ▶

57% relevance

Subscribers 1.7M

Videos 2.1K

Views 189.8M

Appearances 5

SERP 35%

Similarity 72%

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Shares political history essays and recent political history review angles, yielding a 57% match with weaker search alignment (35%) but strong content similarity (72%).

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Competitors identified: AlternateHistoryHub (89% match) and Pivot Point History (77% match) are the closest rivals, sharing queries like alternate history analysis and historical what-if scenarios. Whatifalthist (72% match) also overlaps on civilizational alt history and alternate history theories and has a substantially larger subscriber base (736K) than What Why How (26.5K), while Pivot Point History has 9.2K subscribers. The top two by match strength—AlternateHistoryHub and Pivot Point History—compete mainly on alternate history analysis and historical what-if content, aligning with What Why How’s explore-and-debate style of civilizational and political history topics.

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#8	57%	Mr. Beat ▶	77%	1.4M	26%	3
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#10	56%	skye-jane	67%	1.5K	39%	2
#11	56%	OverSimplified ▶	72%	9.5M	31%	6
#12	55%	The Paint Explainer ▶	73%	1.8M	29%	6
#13	55%	TEDx Talks ▶	67%	44.2M	37%	8
#14	55%	TED-Ed ▶	73%	22.4M	28%	8
#15	55%	Crónica Panamericana	67%	38.6K	36%	11
#16	54%	Possible History	80%	260K	15%	2
#17	54%	Wars That Didn't Happen	75%	24.1K	23%	2
#18	54%	Big Think ▶	70%	8.6M	29%	3
#19	53%	Bruchminati	70%	91.1K	28%	3
#20	53%	History on Maps	73%	391K	22%	2
#21	53%	Binkov's Battlegrounds ▶	77%	932K	15%	1
#22	52%	HISTORY ▶	73%	15.2M	20%	4
#23	52%	Crunchy History ▶	69%	58K	25%	3
#24	51%	Ryan Chapman ▶	75%	538K	16%	4
#25	51%	Chris Williamson ▶	68%	4.2M	27%	2
#26	51%	The University of Chicago Graham School	62%	9.8K	35%	2
#27	51%	Hugo the Brainwasher	74%	2.5K	17%	4
#28	51%	Miniminuteman ▶	74%	3.1M	15%	2
#29	51%	Sean Munger ▶	72%	213K	19%	1
#30	51%	Nicole Rudolph ▶	74%	332K	15%	1
#31	50%	Gate Of Theories	69%	178K	22%	2
#32	50%	English Learning for Curious Minds	72%	5.6K	15%	1
#33	49%	Be Inspired ▶	71%	9.3M	16%	2
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#35	48%	Lucius Aurelian	68%	84.9K	18%	2
#36	48%	Predictive History ▶	68%	1.9M	19%	2
#37	48%	Reading the Past	67%	140K	19%	4
#38	48%	Columbia University	67%	119K	18%	2
#39	47%	econimate	69%	17.3K	15%	1
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#41	47%	Medieval Times Discovered	68%	145K	15%	1
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#43	46%	picsandportraits ▶	65%	60.9K	18%	2
#44	43%	Penn Medical Ethics & Health Policy Online	62%	1.2K	15%	1
#45	43%	ATAR Notes HSC	59%	11.2K	19%	1
#46	43%	Jeddle	60%	26.7K	16%	2

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to What Why How?

AlternateHistoryHub (89% match, 2.5M subscribers), Pivot Point History (77% match, 9.2K subscribers), Whatifalthist (72% match, 736K subscribers). They all share a focus on history and counterfactual or explanatory historical content similar to What Why How.

What type of content does What Why How make?

What Why How creates history-focused content with political and map-driven topics, as suggested by video titles such as What if Lincoln ducked? and The MAGA Civil War has begun. The channel uploads about 0.7 times per week, with an average of 17.9K views per video.

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