Matt Forrest

Subscribers 49.1K

Videos 234

Views 2.5M

Channels Like Matt Forrest

Matt Forrest produces content focused on modern GIS workflows, data architectures, and geospatial tooling, as indicated by video titles such as Stop Using Files for GIS. Build This Instead, The Death of the 'GIS Analyst', and Do You Actually Need Esri Today?, along with search queries like gis workflow alternatives, spatial data architectures, and postgis vs geopandas. The channel appears to offer tutorials and opinion pieces that critique traditional desktop GIS usage and promote newer tools, with a publishing cadence around 0.6 uploads per week and an average video view count of approximately 3.3K.

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We found 35 YouTube channels similar to Matt Forrest

#1

Spatial Zone view on YouTube ▶

86% relevance

Subscribers 10.3K

Videos 52

Views 1.2M

Appearances 20

SERP 100%

Similarity 77%

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Both target modern GIS tools and spatial data architectures with high search overlap (100%) and strong content alignment (77%), indicating similar topics and audience but Spatial Zone may present in a more tool-specific, enterprise-focused style than Matt Forrest.

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#2

Esri Events

70% relevance

Subscribers 55.8K

Videos 2.8K

Views 10.1M

Appearances 14

SERP 63%

Similarity 75%

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Share focus on gis data engineering and spatial data pipelines (high search similarity) and produce content around vector tile pipelines, aligning with Matt Forrest on professional GIS workflow topics, though Esri Events likely emphasizes event-driven content.

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#3

Esri

62% relevance

Subscribers 58.1K

Videos 804

Views 8.3M

Appearances 9

SERP 36%

Similarity 80%

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Both cover gis data engineering and software comparison, with substantial search overlap but Esri's content is broader and often more product-centric, while Matt Forrest may offer independent analysis.

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#4

Felt view on YouTube ▶

62% relevance

Subscribers 9.2K

Videos 176

Views 720.4K

Appearances 12

SERP 46%

Similarity 72%

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Both address modern GIS tools and spatial data architectures with strong content similarity, signaling overlapping audiences; Felt may have a comparable but distinct presentation style versus Matt Forrest.

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#5

Crunchy Data

61% relevance

Subscribers 3.7K

Videos 138

Views 254.3K

Appearances 6

SERP 36%

Similarity 78%

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Share interest in spatial data architectures and geospatial ETL, reflected in high content similarity, though Crunchy Data emphasizes PostGIS performance tips, creating a specialized niche alongside Matt Forrest.

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#6

CARTO view on YouTube ▶

58% relevance

Subscribers 6.6K

Videos 573

Views 406.2K

Appearances 7

SERP 29%

Similarity 78%

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Both discuss spatial analytics platforms and spatial data engineering, with notable search overlap; CARTO's emphasis on geo data science may differ in platform focus from Matt Forrest.

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Content Landscape

Competitors with notable overlap are Spatial Zone (86% match) and Esri (62–70% match). Spatial Zone and Esri share overlapping queries such as modern GIS tools, spatial data architectures, and GIS data engineering, placing them closest to Matt Forrest in topic space. Esri Events (70% match) and Esri (62% match) are larger in audience size (55.8K and 58.1K subscribers, respectively) and also cover gis data engineering, spatial data engineering, and GIS software comparison. Felt (62% match) and Crunchy Data (61% match) also align on modern GIS tools and spatial data architectures, with smaller subscriber bases (9.2K and 3.7K). Overall, the top competitors are Esri and Spatial Zone by match strength and topic overlap, with Esri significantly larger in subscribers and sharing several core queries related to GIS workflows, data engineering, and software comparisons.

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Rank	Relevance	Channel	Similarity	Subscribers	SERP	Appearances
#7	57%	Hans van der Kwast	81%	36.7K	19%	3
#8	55%	Temporal	67%	15.3K	38%	7
#9	55%	Native GIS	83%	3.9K	13%	3
#10	54%	Esri South Asia	75%	1.9K	23%	3
#11	54%	Roel Van de Paar	66%	212K	35%	13
#12	54%	GIS Chops	78%	8.3K	17%	2
#13	54%	Geospatial World ▶	78%	80.4K	18%	5
#14	54%	Atlas	78%	2.4K	17%	4
#15	53%	Dassault Systèmes	69%	89K	30%	7
#16	53%	Esri Australia	79%	4.6K	15%	1
#17	53%	FOSS4G	80%	5.6K	13%	5
#18	53%	Mr Cognito	78%	12.6K	15%	3
#19	53%	Harvard CGA	73%	3.2K	22%	2
#20	53%	Esri Industries	73%	27.3K	22%	6
#21	53%	FME Channel	75%	12.9K	20%	8
#22	52%	ArcGIS	73%	88.7K	20%	6
#23	52%	GeoMindz.com	76%	19.4K	15%	4
#24	52%	SpatialConsult	78%	6.3K	12%	2
#25	51%	IBM Technology ▶	70%	1.6M	23%	5
#26	50%	365 Data Science	77%	368K	11%	3
#27	50%	The Data Guy ▶	71%	27.7K	20%	3
#28	50%	Teradata	74%	9.8K	15%	1
#29	50%	GISP Study	73%	1.6K	14%	7
#30	47%	OpenStreetMap US	72%	2.9K	11%	3
#31	47%	NCSAatIllinois	68%	5.0K	16%	2
#32	47%	FlyGuys Drone Services	70%	1.2K	12%	1
#33	45%	BioTech Whisperer	66%	18.5K	15%	2
#34	45%	ByteByteGo ▶	68%	1.4M	10%	2
#35	45%	HydrologyVideos	67%	12.4K	12%	1

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to Matt Forrest?

Spatial Zone — 86% match, 10.3K subscribers; Esri Events — 70% match, 55.8K subscribers; Esri — 62% match, 58.1K subscribers. All three channels focus on GIS, geography, and Esri-related content, sharing overlap in GIS topics and tools with Matt Forrest.

What type of content does Matt Forrest make?

Matt Forrest creates GIS-focused content, with video titles such as You’re Using AI in GIS Completely Wrong, Stop Using Files for GIS. Build This Instead., The Death of the "GIS Analyst" (7 New Roles Replacing It), Stop Learning New GIS Tools. (Master These 4 Instead), and Desktop GIS is Dying. Here’s What Replaced It. The channel averages about 3.3K views per video and uploads roughly 0.6 times per week.

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