Bad Ink Studios

Subscribers 425K

Videos 501

Views 100.7M

Channels Like Bad Ink Studios

Bad Ink Studios creates content around comics, manga, and art tutorials with a focus on pulpy sci-fi and fantasy storytelling. The channel features tutorials and lesson-style videos on lettering, inking, and coloring, complemented by Shorts compilations and design-focused discussions, with frequent format variety and a steady upload cadence since joining February 28, 2023. It averages about 10.8K views per video across 501 published works, aligning with its small-press, instructional style and thematic keywords like comics, ink lettering, and coloring tips.

Results last updated 3 months ago.

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Content Landscape

Top competing channels include Proko (87% match) with 4.3M subscribers, Serkworks Art Labs (69% match) with 27K subscribers, and Walter Ostlie (68% match) with 41.3K subscribers. These competitors share overlapping queries such as coloring comics, inking comics, and comic lettering/design, which align with Bad Ink Studios’ content pillars. Proko is significantly larger, while Serkworks Art Labs and Walter Ostlie are closer in subscriber counts to Bad Ink Studios, illustrating a range of competition from niche to broader audiences. The common threads are lettering, inking, and coloring tips for comics and fantasy/sci-fi art.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Bad Ink Studios?

Proko (87% match, 4.3M subscribers), Serkworks Art Labs (69% match, 27K subscribers), and Walter Ostlie (68% match, 41.3K subscribers) are Bad Ink Studios' biggest YouTube competitors. They all produce art-related content focused on drawing, inking, and illustration tutorials for comics and art, targeting similar audiences.

What type of content does Bad Ink Studios make?

Bad Ink Studios creates short-form and long-form art and lettering tutorials for comics and manga, as evidenced by video titles like How To (ACTUALLY) Design Comic Lettering and 12 EVEN MORE Oddly-Specific Answers To YOUR Comic Lettering Questions. The channel averages about 10.8K views per video with roughly 0.3 uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Bad Ink Studios?

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