United StatesBARELY ALIVE is a Mainstage act from United States, ranked #1195 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 266,300 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #145 in United States and #238 in Mainstage among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has slipped 5% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 281K to 266K. Their tracked peak was 284,500 in Sep 7, 2026. They have 225,123 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 47/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DUBSTEP”.
Who BARELY ALIVE is
Barely Alive is an American electronic music production and DJ duo composed of Matthew Meier and William "Watt" Watkins founded in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, U.S. The duo is well known for their songs on British-American and Los Angeles based electronic music record label: Disciple Records. Similar to some EDM groups such as Bassjackers and Dash Berlin, William's primary role is the headliner (as Watt) for the duo's tours whereas Matthew's primary role is the music production and "behind-the-scenes".
Biography from the BARELY ALIVE article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for BARELY ALIVE, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DUBSTEPBARELY ALIVE · 2026522
NO BAD PARTSBARELY ALIVE · 2026483
LAY ME DOWN100% NO AI · 2026454
POINT BLANKBARELY ALIVE · 2026435
OVERDRIVEBARELY ALIVE · 2026436
SPEED DEMONBARELY ALIVE · 2026437
Electric LadyBARELY ALIVE · 2021438
Time MachineBARELY ALIVE · 2026419
WE SET ITBARELY ALIVE · 20263910
Wompum VIPHead To Head Vol. 1 · 202041Latest releases
20 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO DUBSTEP2026 · single100% NO AI2026 · single
LEAVE IT ALL BEHIND2026 · singleNO BAD PARTS2026 · singlePOINT BLANK2026 · singleWE SET IT2026 · singleOVERDRIVE2026 · singleTime Machine2026 · singleSPEED DEMON2026 · single
OBSCURE VIBE2026 · single
HANDS UP2025 · single
hold me2025 · singlePost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does BARELY ALIVE have?
BARELY ALIVE has 266,300 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is BARELY ALIVE's world ranking?
BARELY ALIVE is ranked #1195 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is BARELY ALIVE from?
BARELY ALIVE is from United States, where they rank #145 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does BARELY ALIVE make?
BARELY ALIVE is categorised as Mainstage and Bass in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as dubstep, riddim, deathstep, bass music.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.