About & Coverage
Barbershop Study links BHS and BABS contest score records to YouTube performances. Scores are sourced from official published scoresheets. An AI agent matches each score record to a candidate video from a curated set of official contest channels, using the group name, year, round, and category — never a guess: if the agent can't confidently identify the right video, the record shows no video rather than a wrong one. “AI-matched” means the agent found a confident match. “Coming Soon” means the contest was held recently and BHS's First Look subscription window hasn't lifted yet.
Data coverage
| Org | Year | Records | AI-matched | Last processed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BABS | 2025 | 52 | 75.0% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2017 | 117 | 70.9% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2018 | 115 | 79.1% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2019 | 114 | 91.2% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2022 | 113 | 93.8% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2023 | 124 | 97.6% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2024 | 125 | 99.2% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2025 | 133 | 100.0% | 7/10/2026 |
| BHS | 2026 | 120 | 3.3% | 7/10/2026 |
Overall: 805 of 1013 records (79.5%) are AI-matched. Browse all contests →
Data sourced from BHS and BABS official published scoresheets, cross-referenced with Thinking Barbershop. This is an independent project, not affiliated with BHS or BABS.