United States
Deadmeat is a creator with a presence on YouTube (7,000,000 followers), Instagram (127,643 followers), based in United States.
Total Followers +0.1%
7.1M
Across YouTube, Instagram
Primary Platform
YouTube
7M followers · 98% of audience
Engagement
5.9%
vs. 1.5% category median
Sponsorship Tier
Mega
Est. $2.6K–$6.4K / IG post
For the first time, the annual YouTube horror awards show screened simultaneously at the Pacific Electric in Los Angeles with a red carpet and in-person presenters including David Dastmalchian, Kane Hodder, and Radio Silence, alongside the YouTube broadcast on July 18.
James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca announced Fresh Meat, a competition for horror filmmakers with winning shorts compiled into a theatrical feature anthology.
Launched May 15, 2026, the spin-off channel covers horror video games, game film adaptations, and tabletop games, hosted by longtime collaborator Zoran Gvojic.
The long-running horror podcast hosted by Chelsea Rebecca and James A. Janisse became part of Bloody Disgusting's BloodyFM network, expanding its distribution reach.
James and Chelsea hosted a fundraising livestream on January 11, 2025, generating more than $20,000 USD in donations for wildfire relief efforts.
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| Last 7 days | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 +0.0% | +0 |
| Last 30 days | +10K +0.1% | +115 +0.1% | +0 +0.0% | +10K |
| Last 90 days | +30K +0.4% | -651 -0.5% | +0 +0.0% | +29K |
| Last 365 days | +30K +0.4% | -651 -0.5% | +0 +0.0% | +29K |
Daily follower snapshots from CreatorDB's longitudinal index.
| Brand | Type | Platform | Date | Performance vs. baseline |
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| Aura Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2026 | — |
| Zocdoc Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2026 | — |
| Brooklyn Bedding Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2026 | — |
| Rocket Money Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2026 | — |
| Raycon Sponsorship | Sponsored content | YouTube | Jul 2026 | — |
| Manscaped Personal care / grooming | Channel sponsor | YouTube | Long-term | — |
| MVMT Fashion / accessories | Channel sponsor | YouTube | Long-term | — |
| Shudder Streaming / entertainment | Sponsored content | YouTube | Long-term | — |
Deadmeat is a creator with a presence on YouTube (7,000,000 followers), Instagram (127,643 followers), based in United States. Their content sits in the horror & film space. Their YouTube bio reads: "Celebrating everything great and awful about the horror genre. Home of the Kill Count, Dead Meat Podcast, Dead Meat Horror Awards and more!". The full audience and engagement breakdown is below.
Deadmeat reaches an audience concentrated in United States primarily through YouTube, and is best activated via long-form YouTube integrations, Instagram Reels and Stories. Their sponsorship history skews toward Personal care / grooming, Fashion / accessories, Streaming / entertainment, a clear signal of fit for brands in those categories. Demonstrated partners include Aura and Zocdoc. Engagement on YouTube runs around 5.9%, pointing to an audience suited to category-relevant, mid-funnel brand campaigns rather than pure-reach buys.
Benchmark estimates for a creator at Deadmeat's tier (Mega, 7.1M combined followers, United States). Pulled from CreatorDB's category benchmarks.
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Dead Meat's real name is James A. Janisse, and he's the sole host, writer, and editor behind the channel. Fans use his first name so often that the hashtag #deadmeatjames has become a regular fixture across community posts and social media.
James's wife is Chelsea Rebecca, a horror content creator who goes by the handle @littlemunster. She co-hosts the Dead Meat Podcast with him and is a central part of the channel's extended universe beyond the Kill Count videos.
Yes — James is a working tattoo artist with a chair at South Main Tattoo in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and he links directly to his booking page from his Instagram bio. The horror-themed ink work is a natural extension of a person who has spent years obsessing over the visual language of the genre.
In each Kill Count video, James watches a horror film from start to finish and tallies every on-screen death, briefly describing how and why each one happens. He closes every episode by handing out awards for the coolest and dumbest kills in the movie, turning what could be a dry list into something closer to horror film commentary.
The Cleavers is the official name James uses for his fanbase, a nod to both the horror genre's favorite kitchen weapon and the tight-knit community that grew up around the Kill Count. The hashtag #deadmeatcleavers surfaces regularly in fan posts and channel interactions as a way fans identify themselves.
James Janisse and metalcore band Ice Nine Kills built a creative friendship rooted in shared horror obsession — he appeared in music videos tied to their horror-concept albums The Silver Scream and Welcome to Horrorwood, both of which are structured around famous horror films. The #iceninekills hashtag is one of James's most-used, reflecting an ongoing crossover between horror YouTube and horror-themed heavy metal.
Yes — James expanded the Kill Count format into a dedicated Kill Count Games series that applies the same death-tally and commentary structure to survival-horror games. Outlast: Whistleblower is among the titles he has covered, showing the format translates cleanly from slasher films to interactive horror.
The Dead Meat Horror Awards is an annual event James hosts to recognize the best and worst the horror genre produced over the past year, with the 2026 edition recently released. It functions as a fan-focused alternative to mainstream award shows, built by and for people who actually watch horror obsessively.
The Dead Meat Podcast is a weekly show hosted by James and Chelsea Rebecca where they dig into horror movies, news, and genre culture at a depth that doesn't fit a YouTube Kill Count. It's listed directly in the channel's YouTube bio alongside the awards show as one of the main pillars of the Dead Meat brand.
James is based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, which he lists openly in his Instagram bio alongside his local tattoo shop in the same town. The overwhelming majority of his audience is in the United States, which tracks with his English-language focus on American and international horror cinema.
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