The World is Our Thing YouTube channel thumbnail
The World is Our Thing
Subscribers 14.6K
Videos 67
Views 2.3M

Channels Like The World is Our Thing

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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75% relevance

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Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 54
SERP 100%
Similarity 58%
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High search overlap on world languages overview and language and culture queries, indicating similar audience interests, with content focusing more on concise talks than TIOT's broader, narrative exploration (search 75%, content 58%).

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50% relevance

Subscribers 1.1M
Videos 218
Views 112.4M
Appearances 16
SERP 17%
Similarity 72%
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KhAnubis

50% relevance

Subscribers 283K
Videos 413
Views 55.3M
Appearances 8
SERP 26%
Similarity 66%
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Direct overlap on world languages overview, world language families, and history of languages signals a similar niche audience, though TIOT differs in pacing and delivery (search 50%, content 66%).

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#4

47% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 21
SERP 32%
Similarity 57%
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Overlap on world languages overview and language and culture suggests a shared audience; TIOT’s longer-form analysis contrasts with TED-Ed’s animated explainers (search 47%, content 57%).

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LingoLizard

47% relevance

Subscribers 76.5K
Videos 44
Views 11.0M
Appearances 3
SERP 4%
Similarity 76%
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Both target global language topics and distribution, but TIOT leans more into linguistic history and theory while LingoLizard emphasizes statistics and distribution (search 47%, content 76%).

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#6

47% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M
Videos 5.5K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 12
SERP 30%
Similarity 58%
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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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Content Landscape

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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Search Queries Used

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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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