Jesse Welles

Subscribers 782K

Videos 342

Views 144.4M

Channels Like Jesse Welles

Jesse Welles covers songs and music performances, as suggested by video titles like 'Have You Ever Seen The Rain' and 'War Isn’t Murder,' the channel description 'Come for the songs, stay for the songs,' and search queries including indie folk, singer-songwriter, and live performances. The content style appears to include live or collaborative performances, acoustic and folk-oriented pieces, and possibly storytelling in music, with an average of about 1.2 million views per video and roughly 0.2 uploads per week; overall activity since 2015 indicates regular releases across a variety of musical pieces.

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We found 46 YouTube channels similar to Jesse Welles

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#1

alexrainbirdMusic view on YouTube

82% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 1.7K

Views 636.9M

Appearances 44

SERP 100%

Similarity 70%

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They share a strong alignment on indie/folk and alternative music topics (queries like indie folk artists and indie music 2020s) and target a similar audience, with high search overlap but slightly lower content similarity to Jesse Welles’ specific presentation.

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#2

GBH Music

57% relevance

Subscribers 118K

Videos 769

Views 65.9M

Appearances 10

SERP 32%

Similarity 74%

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Both channels appeal to fans of live, intimate music experiences (queries like house of blues performances) and have a meaningful audience overlap, though GBH Music’s content is more focused on live performances than Jesse Welles’ broader singer-songwriter content.

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#3

Indie Folk Central

56% relevance

Subscribers 255K

Videos 184

Views 60.8M

Appearances 11

SERP 30%

Similarity 73%

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They target indie folk listeners with queries like indie folk artists and acoustic singer songwriters and show high content overlap with Jesse Welles, indicating a similar video style and sonic palette.

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#4

Paste Magazine

49% relevance

Subscribers 815K

Videos 21K

Views 599.2M

Appearances 2

SERP 10%

Similarity 75%

female folk artists

Their audience overlaps on female folk artists and related singer-songwriter content (high search overlap on female folk artists), but Paste Magazine tends to present more interview/profile and magazine-style content versus Jesse Welles’ creator-led videos.

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#5

Indie Folk Central 2026

49% relevance

Subscribers 18.3K

Videos 50

Views 4.0M

Appearances 4

SERP 20%

Similarity 68%

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Shares the indie folk focus with queries like indie folk artists and new indie folk songs, and while content similarity is strong, the channel branding and timing reflect a newer version of indie folk curation compared to Jesse Welles.

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#6

David Hartley

49% relevance

Subscribers 256K

Videos 133

Views 78.2M

Appearances 2

SERP 15%

Similarity 71%

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Both channels emphasize the songwriting process and new folk songwriters (queries like songwriting process videos), producing a high audience alignment, though David Hartley leans more into process tutorials than Jesse Welles’ performance-driven content.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are alexrainbirdMusic (82% match) and GBH Music (57% match), with Indie Folk Central (56% match) also closely aligned. These channels overlap on queries such as indie folk artists, alternative music artists, and house of blues performances, which connect to Jesse Welles through genre and live performance content. alexrainbirdMusic has 1.4M subscribers and GBH Music has 118K subscribers, while Jesse Welles has 782K subscribers, showing a size difference that places alexrainbirdMusic as the larger peer for similar indie/folk-focused content. Shared queries include indie folk artists, live acoustic performances, and house of blues performances.

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#7	48%	American Songwriter	72%	121K	12%	2
#8	48%	Rocknights	72%	173K	11%	2
#9	47%	Redlight Blue	71%	491K	12%	3
#10	47%	Trev Barnes	72%	52.5K	11%	5
#11	47%	Bruce Springsteen	74%	2.6M	6%	4
#12	46%	Farm Aid	73%	775K	5%	1
#13	46%	Hollow Coves	70%	634K	10%	4
#14	46%	Evan Nicole Bell	72%	39.2K	6%	1
#15	45%	Cordes Records	70%	6.4K	8%	1
#16	45%	Soul & Folk	68%	4.5K	12%	4
#17	45%	Rick Beato	70%	5.5M	8%	3
#18	45%	James Taylor	71%	579K	6%	1
#19	45%	Folk Songs Official	68%	156K	10%	5
#20	45%	Ash	72%	523K	6%	2
#21	45%	KNOWER MUSIC	70%	230K	8%	1
#22	45%	Frank Persico	71%	74.6K	6%	1
#23	45%	Van, Folk Travel	68%	6.5K	11%	3
#24	45%	How To Write Songs	64%	182K	16%	8
#25	45%	roger b	70%	59.6K	7%	2
#26	45%	Charlie Puth	69%	23.1M	8%	1
#27	44%	Lewis Capaldi	68%	8.2M	9%	3
#28	44%	Afterhours Acoustics	69%	5.0K	6%	1
#29	44%	Alec Koff Label	66%	414K	11%	3
#30	44%	Breana Marin	68%	34.4K	8%	1
#31	43%	Of Monsters and Men	68%	1.6M	5%	1
#32	43%	The Jazz Hop Café	66%	1.1M	9%	2
#33	43%	unusual.	67%	16.5K	7%	2
#34	43%	SongWriters Chop Shop	64%	71.9K	11%	4
#35	43%	Neighborhood Art Supply	65%	65.3K	9%	3
#36	43%	RYM lists	66%	12.7K	8%	1
#37	42%	Yannah Music	66%	1.5K	7%	2
#38	42%	Billy Shears Experience	66%	1.6K	6%	1
#39	42%	Timotha Lanae	66%	57.4K	5%	1
#40	42%	Ethan Davis	64%	292K	8%	4
#41	42%	Offshore Audio	65%	60.7K	6%	1
#42	41%	Rock Anthems Forever Official	64%	50.7K	6%	1
#43	41%	Coldplay	65%	28.4M	5%	1
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#45	40%	Top Viral Talent	63%	13.5M	6%	1
#46	40%	MomentsMusicaux	62%	18.4K	6%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Jesse Welles?

alexrainbirdMusic — 82% match, 1.4M subscribers; GBH Music — 57% match, 118K subscribers; Indie Folk Central — 56% match, 255K subscribers. All three channels are music-focused creators competing for similar audience niches in indie folk and singer-songwriter genres.

What type of content does Jesse Welles make?

Jesse Welles creates music-related content, as inferred from titles like Broken In, Knocking on Heaven's Door - S.G. Goodman and Jesse Welles, and God, Abraham, and Xanax - House of Blues Boston, along with Good Morning America and Vegetable Secrets. The channel averages about 1.2M views per video and uploads roughly 0.2 times per week (about one video every 5 weeks).

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