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Hakim
Subscribers 362K
Videos 149
Views 30.9M

Channels Like Hakim

Hakim covers political and economic analysis with a focus on socialism, communism, and related critiques. The channel appears to deliver deep-dives and explainers rather than casual vlogs, with recent titles tackling topics like dictatorship, socialist theory, imperialism, and global south politics. Uploads are infrequent but steady, and the channel averages about 64.7 thousand views per video, with roughly 0.6 new uploads per week.

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#1

87% relevance

Subscribers 168K
Videos 37
Views 7.4M
Appearances 13
SERP 100%
Similarity 78%
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They share a strong audience interest in socialism analysis and leftist theory (search overlap 100% across those queries) and produce content with high alignment to Hakim's critical/analytic style (content 78%), making them a close topical peer.

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Socialism Explained

69% relevance

Subscribers 1.2K
Videos 6.6K
Views 185.4K
Appearances 10
SERP 65%
Similarity 71%
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Their focus on authoritarianism in socialism and postcolonial/state capitalism critiques aligns with Hakim’s leftist theory discussions, reflected in a solid content similarity (71%) despite a smaller channel size.

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Subscribers 538K
Videos 41
Views 31.3M
Appearances 5
SERP 53%
Similarity 74%
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Ryan Chapman targets socialism analysis and socialist economics with a content style similar to Hakim (74% content match), while the search overlap shows strong interest in the same topics (53%).

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Subscribers 1.9M
Videos 417
Views 206.6M
Appearances 7
SERP 35%
Similarity 75%
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Second Thought covers socialism analysis and neoliberal critique; though their audience widens, their content frequently parallels Hakim on leftist critique and authoritarianism themes (content 75% match).

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#5
Democracy At Work

57% relevance

Subscribers 574K
Videos 2.5K
Views 68.0M
Appearances 6
SERP 32%
Similarity 75%
socialist economics state capitalism critique workers self management

Democracy At Work discusses socialist economics and workers’ self-management, mirroring Hakim’s economic-structural analyses with high content similarity (75%) and shared queries like state capitalism critique.

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#6
Viki1999

53% relevance

Subscribers 49.5K
Videos 96
Views 3.9M
Appearances 1
SERP 17%
Similarity 76%
authoritarianism socialism

Viki1999’s emphasis on authoritarianism within socialist frameworks overlaps Hakim’s topics, evidenced by strong content alignment (76%) despite modest search overlap (17%).

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Content Landscape

Top competitors include overzealots (87% match) and Second Thought (59% match) as the strongest rivals. Overzealots shares queries such as socialism analysis, communism critique, and leftist theory, while Second Thought aligns with socialism analysis, neoliberal critique, and authoritarianism socialism; both have large audiences (over 168K and 1.9M subscribers, respectively) and broader reach than Hakim. Also relevant is Democracy At Work (57% match) which overlaps on socialist economics and state capitalism critique. Hakim has 362K subscribers, well below Second Thought and Democracy At Work, but above overzealots in specificity to the channel’s niche. Competitors overlap on key topics like socialism analysis, leftist theory, and critiques of capitalism and imperialism.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Hakim?

Hakim's biggest competitors on YouTube are overzealots (87% match, 168K subscribers) and Ryan Chapman (66% match, 538K subscribers), with Socialism Explained as a closer 69% match and 1.2K subscribers. They share a focus on political and economic topics, especially socialism and current events, similar to Hakim's content. All three channels discuss political theory, societal issues, and critiques of governance or economic systems.

What type of content does Hakim make?

Hakim creates political and socio-economic commentary videos, discussing topics like communism, socialism, cost of living, and political events. Upload frequency is about 0.6 uploads per week, and average views per video are around 64.7K.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Hakim?

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