John Brinkley

Subscribers 7.8K

Videos 218

Views 418.1K

Channels Like John Brinkley

John Brinkley focuses on comics creation and art, offering tutorials and guidance on finishing comics, page workflow, pacing, panel composition, and time management. The channel emphasizes overcoming doubt and simplifying the comic-making process, with content styles that appear to be instructional and process-oriented, including topics like getting pages finished, improving flow, and boosting efficiency. The channel uploads about 1.1 videos per week, with an average view count around 1.6K per video.

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#1

Proko view on YouTube ▶

85% relevance

Subscribers 4.3M

Videos 1.1K

Views 477.5M

Appearances 54

SERP 100%

Similarity 75%

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High search overlap on comic creation topics (100% search), and very high content similarity (75%), indicating both target aspiring comic artists with tutorials on finishing pages and workflow, making them strongly aligned with John Brinkley’s audience despite Proko’s broader art focus.

#2

Jake Parker

69% relevance

Subscribers 190K

Videos 165

Views 9.4M

Appearances 22

SERP 45%

Similarity 85%

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Substantial search overlap for comic creation and finishing techniques (45%), with strong content alignment on time management for comics (85%), suggesting a shared audience of comics-focused creators who value efficient workflows, though Parker emphasizes production speed more.

#3

McKay & Gray

60% relevance

Subscribers 51.6K

Videos 1.1K

Views 5.5M

Appearances 13

SERP 24%

Similarity 83%

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Moderate search alignment on pacing and finishing comics (24%), paired with very high content similarity (83%), indicating they cover similar comic pacing and page finishing topics for creators similar to Brinkley.

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59% relevance

Subscribers 35.1K

Videos 8

Views 2.3M

Appearances 8

SERP 38%

Similarity 73%

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Good search overlap for comic creation and finishing techniques (38%), with solid content overlap (73%), placing them in the same niche of tutorial-style guidance on page workflow as Brinkley.

#5

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58% relevance

Subscribers 119K

Videos 1.1K

Views 8.6M

Appearances 14

SERP 24%

Similarity 80%

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Significant content similarity (80%) around pacing, panel composition, and storyboarding, but lower search overlap (24%), meaning they attract a similar audience around storytelling for comics, albeit with a distinct manga-focused framing.

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KeshArt view on YouTube ▶

56% relevance

Subscribers 750K

Videos 458

Views 55.2M

Appearances 19

SERP 29%

Similarity 75%

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Notable search overlap on comic creation and finishing techniques (29%), combined with strong content similarity (75%), indicating a shared focus on project planning and stepwise comic production.

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Top competitors are Proko (85% match) and Jake Parker (69% match), both sharing overlapping queries such as comic creation tips, finishing comics techniques, and comic page workflow. McKay & Gray (60% match) also aligns on pacing for comics and panel composition. Proko has a much larger audience with 4.3M subscribers, while Jake Parker has 190K subscribers, and McKay & Gray has 51.7K subscribers, indicating a wide gap in reach. All identified competitors connect through similar searches like finishing comics and workflow, meaning they vie for attention in tutorial and process-oriented comic creation content.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to John Brinkley?

Proko — 85% match, 4.3M subscribers; Jake Parker — 69% match, 190K subscribers; McKay & Gray — 60% match, 51.7K subscribers. They share a focus on drawing, comics, and art instruction, aligning with John Brinkley’s emphasis on comics creation and beginner art.

What type of content does John Brinkley make?

John Brinkley creates instructional art and comics content, with video titles like 'This mistake stops 99% of comics being completed' (1.6K views), 'Use this template to finally finish your comic' (829 views), 'The simple way to make your comic pages' (3K views), 'Simplify your comic process' (1.6K views), and 'These three things will help your comic flow' (606 views). He uploads roughly 1.1 videos per week, with an average of about 1.6K views per video.

How do we determine which channels are similar to John Brinkley?

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