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Subscribers 14.6K

Videos 67

Views 2.3M

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The World is Our Thing covers world language, culture, and history topics, producing content that appears to be tutorial- and overview-style videos. With 67 published videos and a recent output focusing on language topics (e.g., Russian, Arabic, Portuguese, Hindi/Urdu, Swahili, Spanish, English, French, Japanese, Zulu/Xhosa, German, Tamil), the channel targets language learning and cultural exploration. The channel has 14.6K subscribers, 2.3M total views, and has been active since Feb 2, 2015, with an average of about two minutes per video and ~0 views per video for recent uploads.

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Broad culture and language-interest audience parallels TIOT’s topics, yet TIOT delves deeper into linguistic history, whereas TED covers wider cultural angles (search 47%, content 58%).

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Discovered competitors include TEDx Talks (75% match) and NativLang (50% match) as top rivals, sharing overlapping queries such as world languages overview, language and culture, and history of languages. TED-Ed (47% match) also competes on similar themes like world language families and language and culture, while LingoLizard (47% match) touches on global languages and language distribution. The World is Our Thing has 14.6K subscribers, while TEDx Talks and TED-Ed command substantially larger audiences (44.2M and 22.4M subscribers, respectively), and NativLang has about 1.1M subscribers; KhAnubis (50% match) with 283K subscribers also overlaps on world languages overview, world language families, and history of languages. Competitors share queries related to language diversity, history, and culture, indicating a shared focus on linguistic topics and cultural context.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to The World is Our Thing?

The World is Our Thing's biggest competitors on YouTube are TEDx Talks (75% match, 44.2M subscribers) and NativLang (50% match, 1.1M subscribers). KhAnubis is also a 50% match with 283K subscribers. All three compete in language, world, and culture-related content similar to The World is Our Thing.

What type of content does The World is Our Thing make?

The World is Our Thing creates language- and culture-focused content, as suggested by titles like 'Russian', 'Arabic', 'Portuguese', 'Hindi and Urdu', and 'Swahili'. The channel has 0 average views per video across recent uploads, and the cadence appears to be about 0 uploads per week based on the provided data.'

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