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World at War
Subscribers 1.2M
Videos 530
Views 335.9M

Channels Like World at War

World at War focuses on major military conflicts from World War I through ongoing Middle East tensions, offering in-depth history content with uncensored and feature-length presentations. The channel appears to lean toward deep-dives and documentary-style explorations, with long-form videos and historical analysis, and uploads content that averages about 1.8 million views per video. It has 1.2 million subscribers and has published 530 videos since joining May 23, 2013.

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Real Time History YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 677K
Videos 67
Views 94.6M
Appearances 7
SERP 100%
Similarity 77%
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High overlap in search queries for WWII battles analysis and desert/middle east conflicts; shares audience interest in military history, with content focused on detailed battle narratives (86% match: search strong, content moderately aligned at 77%).

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HISTORY YouTube channel thumbnail
#2

78% relevance

Subscribers 15.2M
Videos 11K
Views 5.0B
Appearances 9
SERP 93%
Similarity 68%
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Similar focus on WWII battles analysis and broader conflict history (search 93%, content 68%), indicating a shared audience for military history while History's broader catalog and documentary style diverge from World at War's format.

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The Great War YouTube channel thumbnail
#3
The Great War

77% relevance

Subscribers 1.9M
Videos 792
Views 354.4M
Appearances 6
SERP 78%
Similarity 77%
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Both cover world war topics and campaigns (queries include oriental conflict history and world war I campaigns), yielding a strong contextual overlap (queries 78%, content 77%), with World at War leaning more toward WWII-era content.

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WarFronts YouTube channel thumbnail
#4

76% relevance

Subscribers 1.3M
Videos 753
Views 268.5M
Appearances 6
SERP 83%
Similarity 72%
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Overlaps on WWII battles analysis and war strategy with emphasis on air power; strong search alignment (83%) but slightly different content focus, indicating a shared interest in strategic military topics rather than identical presentation.

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Timeline - World History Documentaries YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 5.8M
Videos 1.3K
Views 1.0B
Appearances 10
SERP 75%
Similarity 77%
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Shared interest in world war II documentaries and warfare history (queries 75%, content 77%), suggesting overlapping audience for documentary-style military history, though presentation differences exist.

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Epic History YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 3.0M
Videos 298
Views 390.5M
Appearances 5
SERP 73%
Similarity 76%
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Converges on world war I campaigns and naval battles history (queries align with WWI topics), producing a solid overlap in historical military topics (queries 73%, content 76%), with World at War more WWII-centric.

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Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Real Time History (86% match) with 677K subscribers and HISTORY (78% match) with 15.2M subscribers, both overlapping on WWII battles analysis, desert warfare history, and Middle East conflicts history. The Great War (77% match) with 1.9M subscribers also competes on oriental conflict history and World War I campaigns, while WarFronts (76% match) with 1.3M subscribers focuses on WWII battles analysis, war strategy analysis, and air power in war. Timeline - World History Documentaries (76% match) with 5.8M subscribers covers world war two documentaries and cold war era conflicts, aligning with uncensored war documentaries. World at War sits between smaller, focused channels and larger, mainstream history outlets, with overlap strongest in WWII analysis and regional conflict topics. World at War has 1.2M subscribers, while its top competitors range from 677K to 15.2M subscribers, illustrating a broad range of audience sizes in related history and war documentary content.

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#10 67% SandRhoman History ▶ 70% 511K 63% 7
#11 67% Simple History ▶ 81% 5.1M 46% 6
#12 66% World War Two 79% 1.1M 47% 5
#13 66% HistoryAtWar 85% 199K 38% 4
#14 65% Geo History ▶ 72% 1.0M 55% 5
#15 65% Euro Defence ▶ 74% 30.8K 52% 2
#16 65% All Out Warfare 82% 52.6K 39% 2
#17 65% American Battlefield Trust 70% 487K 56% 5
#18 64% DroneScapes ▶ 81% 484K 39% 5
#19 63% CrashCourse ▶ 61% 16.9M 66% 9
#20 62% Life is a Special Operation 71% 380K 48% 7
#21 60% Al Habduro 79% 17.9K 32% 1
#22 60% OverSimplified ▶ 69% 9.5M 45% 2
#23 60% History Hit ▶ 77% 1.9M 34% 4
#24 60% Best Documentary ▶ 80% 8.0M 29% 2
#25 59% Made In History 69% 219K 43% 2
#26 59% The Armchair Historian 77% 2.5M 31% 4
#27 59% Real History 80% 507K 27% 2
#28 59% RealLifeLore ▶ 69% 7.9M 42% 5
#29 58% The Front 77% 550K 30% 3
#30 58% The Life Guide 73% 1.1M 36% 3
#31 58% Jaydone History ▶ 68% 193K 42% 2
#32 57% Invicta ▶ 75% 1.7M 31% 4
#33 56% Johnny Harris ▶ 70% 7.5M 36% 2
#34 56% Historical Total War Battles 71% 99.1K 32% 1
#35 55% Centre for Army Leadership 66% 5.4K 39% 2
#36 54% Inkslasher 70% 1.2M 31% 2
#37 54% Insider ▶ 68% 9.5M 32% 2
#38 53% The Dole Institute of Politics 71% 24.5K 26% 1
#39 53% All Out History - Premium History Documentaries 69% 300K 29% 3
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#42 52% This Is History 68% 275K 27% 2
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to World at War?

World at War's biggest competitors on YouTube are Real Time History (86% match, 677K subscribers) and HISTORY (78% match, 15.2M subscribers) and The Great War (77% match, 1.9M subscribers). They share a focus on historical war topics and events, similar to World at War.

What type of content does World at War make?

World at War creates history-related war content, as shown by titles like Rare Color Footage of Berlin After WWII and Hitler’s Secret Plan to Destroy Paris. The channel averages about 1.8M views per video, with roughly multiple uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to World at War?

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