xkcd's What If?

Subscribers 1.3M

Videos 76

Views 161.5M

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xkcd's What If? presents science-focused explorations inspired by Randall Munroe’s What If? books, delivered as video essays that translate theoretical scenarios into approachable explanations. The channel blends deep-dives and educational prompts with a tutorial-style presentation, likely produced by Neptune Studios LLC, and publishes content featuring physics, geophysics, energy concepts, and thought experiments, with an average of roughly 76 videos since joining in Aug 2023. It has 1.3M subscribers and 161.5M total views.

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Veritasium view on YouTube

86% relevance

Subscribers 20.4M

Videos 488

Views 4.1B

Appearances 7

SERP 100%

Similarity 77%

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High search overlap on antimatter and extreme-physics plausibilities mirrors What If?'s curiosity-driven physics explorations, with strong audience overlap but stylistically more vlog-lecture rather than What If?’s data-driven hypothetical scenarios (search 100%, content 77%).

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minutephysics view on YouTube

76% relevance

Subscribers 5.9M

Videos 304

Views 579.1M

Appearances 6

SERP 79%

Similarity 75%

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Shares concise, thought-provoking physics questions and thought experiments (e.g., antimatter, sunset duration) that align with What If?’s premise of exploring quirky physics, especially where anti-matter and Earth scenarios appear in searches (search 79%, content 75%).

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TED-Ed view on YouTube

72% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M

Videos 2.3K

Views 4.5B

Appearances 8

SERP 77%

Similarity 69%

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Both cultivate accessible, educational physics content for broad audiences and cover topics like deep-sea physics and energy concepts, though TED-Ed presents as structured lessons rather than What If?’s hypothetical narrative style (search 77%, content 69%).

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71% relevance

Subscribers 229K

Videos 741

Views 19.5M

Appearances 5

SERP 72%

Similarity 70%

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Delivers physics explanations on specialized topics like deep-sea and pressure physics similar to What If?’s deep-dive queries, but with more traditional lecture format (search 72%, content 70%).

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The Organic Chemistry Tutor view on YouTube

69% relevance

Subscribers 10.5M

Videos 3.1K

Views 1.7B

Appearances 7

SERP 79%

Similarity 63%

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Targets curious questions about propulsion and planetary heat transfer, overlapping on physics-forward curiosity, yet primarily a problem-solving tutorial channel rather than What If?’s narrative experiments (search 79%, content 63%).

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Cleo Abram view on YouTube

68% relevance

Subscribers 7.5M

Videos 507

Views 2.4B

Appearances 3

SERP 55%

Similarity 77%

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Explores physics concepts with approachable explanations and experiments that attract What If?’s audience interest in deep-ocean and digging-physics questions, though her format is more documentary than hypothetical scenario style (search 55%, content 77%).

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Top competitors by match strength are Veritasium (86% match) and minutephysics (76% match). Veritasium and What If? overlap on antimatter physics, deep sea physics, and banana radioactivity queries, while minutephysics shares interest in antimatter physics, sunset duration physics, and an antimatter Earth scenario. TED-Ed (72% match) also competes, aligning on deep sea physics, jetpack propulsion physics, and solar energy concentration. In terms of size, Veritasium has 20.4M subscribers and minutephysics has 5.9M subscribers, both larger than xkcd's What If? (1.3M), with TED-Ed at 22.4M. The common query threads among these channels include antimatter physics, deep sea physics, and energy/propulsion topics.

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#9	63%	What If	78%	8.8M	39%	4
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Which YouTube channels are most similar to xkcd's What If??

Veritasium — 86% match, 20.4M subscribers; minutephysics — 76% match, 5.9M subscribers; TED-Ed — 72% match, 22.4M subscribers. They share a focus on science and educational content, often explaining physics concepts or scientific ideas to a broad audience.

What type of content does xkcd's What If? make?

xkcd's What If? creates science-focused videos that pose hypothetical scenarios and analyze them, as suggested by titles like 'What if everything was antimatter EXCEPT Earth?' and 'Could you power a house with the radioactivity from bananas?'. The channel appears to have variable recent video views and an unspecified average views per video, with an inferred uploads cadence described as roughly ~? uploads per week.

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