Thomas Brush

Subscribers 435K

Videos 737

Views 33.9M

Channels Like Thomas Brush

Thomas Brush covers indie game development and the business of making indie games, often featuring discussions with full-time indie developers on the Full Time Game Dev podcast. The channel emphasizes tutorials, dev logs, and conversations about game design, engines (Unity, Unreal), and related art and C# topics, with content that leans toward long-form discussions and deep-dives rather than quick reviews. Uploads are frequent with a notable catalog of episodes and videos, averaging around 39K views per video based on recent data, and the channel has been active since May 2011.

Results last updated 3 months ago.

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We found 50 YouTube channels similar to Thomas Brush

#1

Artindi

88% relevance

Subscribers 78.7K

Videos 160

Views 8.3M

Appearances 30

SERP 100%

Similarity 80%

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Both target indie game developers and studios with similar search intent (indie game development, making indie games, indie game studio), and Artindi’s content aligned to indie game creation aligns with Thomas Brush’s audience, achieving an 88% match driven by search overlap and substantial content similarity.

#2

Bean Juice Studios

72% relevance

Subscribers 32.3K

Videos 356

Views 17.0M

Appearances 15

SERP 54%

Similarity 84%

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Similar to Thomas Brush in appealing to solo or small-team indie developers and ongoing full-time game development, with strong audience overlap on indie development queries and high content alignment (84%), despite slightly lower search presence (54%).

#3

Indie Game Clinic

71% relevance

Subscribers 37.9K

Videos 340

Views 2.0M

Appearances 20

SERP 61%

Similarity 78%

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Shares focus on indie game development and marketing, attracting the same audience through queries like indie game development and making indie games, with 78% content similarity and 61% search overlap, indicating aligned but distinct marketing angle.

#4

Jonas Tyroller

70% relevance

Subscribers 228K

Videos 293

Views 22.6M

Appearances 21

SERP 48%

Similarity 84%

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Appeals to indie developers through a game dev podcast and indie game marketing topics; overlaps with Thomas Brush on 'making indie games' while maintaining strong content similarity (84%) and moderate search alignment (48%).

#5

Eastshade Studios

67% relevance

Subscribers 39.7K

Videos 62

Views 3.5M

Appearances 11

SERP 39%

Similarity 85%

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Targets indie game studio/career aspects and indie marketing; shares audience for indie game marketing and entrepreneurship, with high content similarity (85%) and moderate search overlap (39%).

#6

Inbound Shovel

66% relevance

Subscribers 191K

Videos 172

Views 60.8M

Appearances 15

SERP 36%

Similarity 85%

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Caters to indie game development and selling indie games; overlaps with Thomas Brush in audience and topics like selling indie games, showing strong content similarity (85%) but lower search overlap (36%).

Content Landscape

Discovered competitors include Jonas Tyroller (70% match) with 228K subscribers, Artindi (88% match) with 78.7K subscribers, and Indie Game Clinic (71% match) with 37.9K subscribers. They share overlapping queries such as indie game development, making indie games, and indie game marketing, positioning them as direct competitors in the indie game dev and podcast niche. Thomas Brush has 435K subscribers, which is larger than Artindi and Indie Game Clinic but smaller than Jonas Tyroller, signaling a range of audience sizes among competitors. The top two by match strength are Artindi (88%) and Jonas Tyroller (70%), both tying to overlapping topics like indie game development and marketing, while Indie Game Clinic (71%) also centers on indie development and marketing.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Thomas Brush?

Artindi — 78.7K subscribers, 88% match; Bean Juice Studios — 28.4K subscribers, 72% match; Indie Game Clinic — 37.9K subscribers, 71% match. All three compete in indie game development content, focusing on game design, development insights, and tutorials similar to Thomas Brush's channel.

What type of content does Thomas Brush make?

Thomas Brush creates content about game development, indie games, and tutorials. Video titles suggest podcasts and advice on making games, solo development, and industry insights (e.g., Pontypants, making games alone; How To Make Indie Games In 2026; interviews with other developers). Uploads average around 39K views per video, with a variety of podcast-style episodes featuring guests, and a frequent publication schedule implied by the channel’s ongoing recent titles.

How do we determine which channels are similar to Thomas Brush?

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