# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kevin-macleod
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:10.904Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kevin-macleod"
name: "Kevin MacLeod"
slug: "kevin-macleod"
description: "Kevin MacLeod is an American composer and music producer. Described by The New York Times as \"arguably the most prolific composer you've never heard of\", MacLeod has composed over 2,000 pieces of royalty-free library music and made them available under a Creative Commons copyright license. One of his compositions, \"Monkeys Spinning Monkeys\", is among the most played on TikTok; from January through June 2021, it was played over 31.6 billion times."
tagline: "American composer and music producer (born 1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kevin_Macleod.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1972-09-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           75.31
  momentum:             1.377135348226019
  historical:           24.267532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1030000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/kmacleod"
    handle:    "kmacleod"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinmacleod72"
    handle:    "kevinmacleod72"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/kmacleodmusic"
    handle:    "kmacleodmusic"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-macleod-410914239/"
    handle:    "kevin-macleod-410914239"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1930572/"
    handle:    "nm1930572"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4fSMtiyC6lF5BUO1tUMWMs"
  - platform:  "TWITCH"
    url:       "https://www.twitch.tv/kevinmacleod"
    handle:    "kevinmacleod"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://incompetech.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSZXFhRIx6b0dFX3xS8L1yQ"
    handle:    "@incompetech_kmac"
    followers: 1030000
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كيفن ماكليود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Քևին Մաքլաուդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kevin MacLeod"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маклауд, Кевин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кевин Маклауд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump