We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Zach Star
High search overlap on differential equations explained and linear algebra applications, aligning with Zach Star's audience seeking math concepts for engineering, even though 3Blue1Brown's content style is more visual proofs (86% match, 96% search, 79% content).
Directly overlaps on engineering education and calculus in engineering, sharing a core audience of engineers and math for engineers (84% match; 94% search; 77% content).
Also targets engineering fundamentals and calculus in engineering through electrical engineering basics and differential equations, giving strong audience alignment though content diverges into chemistry-adjacent topics (83% match; 100% search; 72% content).
Competes for viewers interested in math in engineering education and differential equations problems, showing substantial overlap in queries though content emphasis skews more problem-solving than Zach Star’s practical engineering focus (67% match; 49% search; 78% content).
Broad engineering-education oriented audience with overlapping queries like calculus in engineering, yet content is varied talks rather than a channel-focused engineering tutorials (63% match; 59% search; 66% content).
Shares educational focus for engineers and math for engineers, ranking lower in search overlap but high in content similarity, indicating similar topics presented with a different personal channel style (63% match; 33% search; 84% content).
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| #7 | 60% | Brain Station Advanced | 80% | 344K | 31% | 8 |
| #8 | 59% | Engineering Gone Wild | 76% | 174K | 34% | 10 |
| #9 | 57% | Dr. Trefor Bazett | 73% | 585K | 34% | 7 |
| #10 | 55% | Becoming an Engineer | 76% | 69.1K | 23% | 5 |
| #11 | 54% | The Engineering Mindset ▶ | 69% | 4.3M | 30% | 7 |
| #12 | 53% | TAMU Physics & Astronomy | 71% | 3.7M | 27% | 4 |
| #13 | 53% | X to Y | 79% | 14K | 14% | 3 |
| #14 | 53% | Jeffrey Chasnov | 80% | 98.7K | 12% | 1 |
| #15 | 52% | Engineering Insiders ▶ | 77% | 72.5K | 15% | 3 |
| #16 | 52% | MATLAB | 73% | 595K | 21% | 4 |
| #17 | 52% | Aleks Gornik | 80% | 12.2K | 10% | 1 |
| #18 | 52% | Casually Explained | 66% | 4.2M | 30% | 6 |
| #19 | 51% | Better Explained | 78% | 19.1K | 12% | 1 |
| #20 | 51% | TheSiGuy | 76% | 23.4K | 14% | 3 |
| #21 | 51% | Engineering Made Easy | 74% | 341K | 17% | 2 |
| #22 | 51% | The Honest Torus | 78% | 21.6K | 10% | 1 |
| #23 | 50% | Jeff Hanson | 72% | 361K | 18% | 3 |
| #24 | 50% | Two Squared | 77% | 4.8K | 10% | 2 |
| #25 | 50% | JensenMath | 71% | 299K | 19% | 3 |
| #26 | 50% | Physics Tutoring Hub | 74% | 22.6K | 13% | 2 |
| #27 | 49% | MinnickPhysics | 74% | 2K | 12% | 1 |
| #28 | 49% | Professor Dave Explains ▶ | 66% | 4.2M | 22% | 6 |
| #29 | 49% | Dennis Davis | 72% | 144K | 13% | 2 |
| #30 | 48% | Electrician U ▶ | 68% | 908K | 19% | 2 |
| #31 | 48% | Control Room | 74% | 1.3K | 10% | 1 |
| #32 | 48% | CrashCourse ▶ | 68% | 16.9M | 18% | 3 |
| #33 | 48% | Mobius Institute | 69% | 28.6K | 15% | 2 |
| #34 | 47% | Sajjaad Khader | 70% | 272K | 13% | 3 |
| #35 | 47% | Mark Mattson | 70% | 32.1K | 12% | 1 |
| #36 | 47% | Onlock | 69% | 235K | 13% | 3 |
| #37 | 46% | MasterWuMathematics | 70% | 23.7K | 12% | 1 |
| #38 | 46% | Domain of Science | 71% | 1.6M | 10% | 4 |
| #39 | 46% | Mark Newman | 70% | 76K | 10% | 2 |
| #40 | 46% | Khan Academy | 70% | 9.3M | 10% | 4 |
| #41 | 45% | StarTalk | 68% | 5.4M | 10% | 1 |
| #42 | 45% | Lex Fridman | 67% | 5.0M | 12% | 2 |
| #43 | 44% | Sohile Ali | 67% | 3.4K | 10% | 1 |
| #44 | 44% | DIY Solar Power with Will Prowse ▶ | 61% | 1.1M | 19% | 2 |
| #45 | 44% | IES, Inc. iesweb.com | 67% | 1.6K | 10% | 1 |
| #46 | 40% | Young Mantis | 61% | 282K | 10% | 1 |
The top competitors are 3Blue1Brown (86% match, 8.2M subscribers), The Efficient Engineer (84% match, 1.4M subscribers), and The Organic Chemistry Tutor (83% match, 10.5M subscribers). All three channels produce educational content focused on STEM subjects and math, similar to Zach Star’s emphasis on engineering, math, and science topics.
Zach Star creates educational content focused on engineering, math, physics, and related STEM topics, with video titles like 'Engineering professors be like', 'The things you'll find in higher dimensions', 'This is How Easy It Is to Lie With Statistics', 'The scariest thing you learn in Electrical Engineering | The Smith Chart', and 'This is why you're learning differential equations'. The channel averages about 4.1M views per video, and there are multiple uploads per week.
We analyze Zach Star's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.
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