# The 10 Best Maker YouTubers of All Time

> Robots that do nothing useful, hoops that never miss and lightsabers that actually cut. Workshop channels, judged on the builds.

*By YPB Team · Published October 3, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-10-best-maker-youtubers-of-all-time*

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1. **Mark Rober**
   Ex-NASA engineer whose squirrel mazes, glitter bombs and giant Nerf guns turned builds into blockbusters.
2. **Colin Furze**
   British plumber-turned-inventor of jet-powered go-karts and a secret underground bunker.
3. **Simone Giertz**
   The self-styled queen of useless robots, who later built a pickup out of a Tesla Model 3.
4. **Adam Savage's Tested**
   The MythBusters veteran's one-day builds, prop replicas and shop tours.
5. **Stuff Made Here**
   Shane Wighton's over-engineered builds, like the backboard that guarantees every shot goes in.
6. **Michael Reeves**
   Chaotic robotics comedian behind the laser that shoots people's eyes and the Roomba that screams.
7. **William Osman**
   Self-proclaimed 'bad engineer' known for disastrous builds and a backyard of experiments.
8. **Jimmy DiResta**
   New York maker whose silent, fast-cut builds influenced a generation of workshop channels.
9. **ElectroBOOM**
   Mehdi Sadaghdar's electrical engineering lessons, delivered between self-inflicted shocks.
10. **Jeri Ellsworth**
   Self-taught chip designer who built a Commodore 64 into a joystick and co-founded the AR company castAR.

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