Trev Barnes

Subscribers 52.5K

Videos 218

Views 2.6M

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Trev Barnes documents music production through tutorials and vlogs, focusing on indie pop, indie folk, alt rock, and related genres. Content style includes music production videos, song creation from scratch, and educational segments like MIDI drums, mixing tricks, and production workflows, with an average of about 9.9K views per video and roughly 1.4 uploads per week. The channel has 52.5K subscribers and 2.6M total views, active since Oct 2, 2015, and centers on music, education, and production topics.

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#1

alexrainbirdMusic

87% relevance

Subscribers 1.4M

Videos 1.7K

Views 636.9M

Appearances 12

SERP 100%

Similarity 79%

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Shares a strong audience for indie/folk oriented singer-songwriter and soft indie folk queries (gloomy indie songs, soft indie folk, folk singer songwriter) with high search overlap (100%) but diverges in content style (79%), aligning with Trev Barnes on mood-focused classical/indie vocals yet different in genre emphasis.

#2

Ethan Davis view on YouTube ▶

81% relevance

Subscribers 292K

Videos 69

Views 11.2M

Appearances 9

SERP 85%

Similarity 78%

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Targets music production and indie/alt rock production similarly to Trev Barnes's production-oriented audience (search overlap 85%), with content skewing toward production tutorials, studio workflows, and alt rock, creating a strong overlap in intent but with a distinct emphasis on production technique.

#3

Make Pop Music

77% relevance

Subscribers 240K

Videos 408

Views 17.1M

Appearances 9

SERP 69%

Similarity 83%

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Joines Trev Barnes in the music-production/producer-focused space (search overlap 69%), but while Trev leans toward indie/folk-adjacent and personal production vibe, Make Pop Music focuses more on alt rock production, sound design for producers, and production vlogs, creating a similar but production-centered alignment.

#4

MTCHLR

74% relevance

Subscribers 10.9K

Videos 176

Views 703.5K

Appearances 8

SERP 56%

Similarity 86%

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Appeals to indie/alt rock production audiences (search overlap 56%), with content heavily oriented toward polished indie/alt rock production, giving MTCHLR a strong alignment with Trev Barnes's audience yet a more polished and genre-specific production approach.

#5

Lucas Fournier

67% relevance

Subscribers 7.7K

Videos 89

Views 582.5K

Appearances 7

SERP 39%

Similarity 85%

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Targets indie rock/alt rock/indie pop production (search overlap 39%), sharing a niche audience interested in producing indie styles, but with lower search alignment and highly polished production content (content 85%).

#6

Andrew Barr

67% relevance

Subscribers 52.4K

Videos 616

Views 8.2M

Appearances 7

SERP 45%

Similarity 81%

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Similar to Trev Barnes in serving producers with topics like MIDI drums and songwriting for producers (search overlap 45%), yet Andrew Barr emphasizes specific techniques (midi drums, mixing tricks) that diverge in focus from Trev's broader indie production lens.

Content Landscape

Top competitors identified are alexrainbirdMusic (87% match) and Ethan Davis (81% match). Both share overlapping queries with Trev Barnes such as gloomy/soft indie folk, indie rock/alt rock production, and general music production topics, aligning on indie and folk programming and production tutorials. alexrainbirdMusic has 1.4M subscribers and Ethan Davis has 292K, both significantly larger than Trev Barnes, which has 52.5K subscribers. Make Pop Music (77% match) also competes on alt rock production, music production vlogs, and sound design, with 240K subscribers. MTCHLR (74% match) and Lucas Fournier (67% match) are smaller peers also targeting indie/alt/indie pop production queries. The overlapping queries include music production, indie rock production, alt rock production, indie pop production, and sound design for producers, indicating these creators vie for similar search interests in production-focused content.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which YouTube channels are most similar to Trev Barnes?

alexrainbirdMusic — 87% match, 1.4M subscribers; Ethan Davis — 81% match, 292K subscribers; Make Pop Music — 77% match, 240K subscribers. All three channels create music production and playlist-focused content similar to Trev Barnes, including tutorials, production tips, and music-making videos.

What type of content does Trev Barnes make?

Trev Barnes creates music production and songwriting content, as evidenced by video titles like Making an Indie Rock Song for My Dogs, Making an Energetic Alt Rock Song, Making an Indie Pop Song for My Wife, The BEST Way to Learn MIDI Drums as a Music Producer, and Making a Dark Pop Song | Music Production Vlog. He uploads about 1.4 videos per week, with average views around 9.9K per video.

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