Vloggers, reviewers, engineers, streamers and a few people who moved on to television, all of them American. Big audiences meet cult followings on this one.
1MrBeastGreenville, North Carolina native who became the most-subscribed creator on the platform in 2022.1000pts
2Jenna MarblesRochester, New York comedian who was the most-subscribed woman on YouTube for most of the 2010s.640pts
3Mark RoberOrange County engineer who left NASA's Curiosity team and made science videos a mass-audience genre.587pts
4David DobrikChicago-raised Vlog Squad leader whose four-minute vlogs defined 2018-2019.551pts
5Rhett & LinkNorth Carolina duo behind Good Mythical Morning, the longest-running daily talk show on YouTube.468pts
6Logan PaulOhio vlogger turned WWE wrestler and Prime co-founder.468pts
7Liza KoshyHouston comedian who went from Vine to hosting Double Dare and the MTV Movie Awards pre-show.468pts
8Hank GreenAlabama-born co-founder of Vlogbrothers, VidCon and Crash Course.468pts
9Casey NeistatConnecticut-born New York filmmaker who set the template for the daily vlog.468pts
10IShowSpeedCincinnati streamer whose travel streams made him the most-watched American creator abroad in 2024-2025.419pts
11Michelle PhanBoston-born beauty pioneer who turned makeup tutorials into the Ipsy company.419pts
12VsauceKansas-born Michael Stevens, whose Vsauce explainers made curiosity a genre.419pts
13Tyler OakleyMichigan vlogger who became the face of LGBTQ YouTube and a Trevor Project fundraiser.363pts
14Philip DeFrancoNew York-born host of the longest-running daily news show on the platform.363pts
15Jake PaulOhio creator who turned the YouTube-boxing craze into a promotion company and a Netflix fight with Mike Tyson.363pts
16MatPatOhio creator whose Game Theory network of channels ran for a decade before his 2024 retirement.363pts
17Emma ChamberlainCalifornia vlogger whose editing style reshaped the genre and who now co-hosts the Met Gala red carpet.299pts
18DreamFlorida Minecraft creator whose Manhunt series made him the fastest-growing channel of 2020.299pts
19Kai CenatNew York streamer whose subathons broke Twitch's subscriber record twice.299pts
20JacksfilmsMaryland comedian whose YIAY and Your Grammar Sucks ran for more than a decade.299pts
21MarkiplierCincinnati-raised horror Let's Player who directed and self-funded the 2026 theatrical film Iron Lung.140pts
22Ryan HigaHawaii-born sketch comedian who held the most-subscribed title from 2009 to 2011.140pts
23SmoshSacramento duo Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, the first sketch channel to be YouTube's most-subscribed.0pts
24NinjaDetroit-born Fortnite streamer who put gaming on the cover of ESPN The Magazine.0pts
25Marques BrownleeNew Jersey tech reviewer whose MKBHD channel became the industry's reference for phone reviews.0pts
Photo credits
- MrBeast — Tyren Redd, CC BY 4.0
- Jenna Marbles — RISE, CC BY 2.0
- Mark Rober — Newhcrossaint, CC BY-SA 4.0
- David Dobrik — America's Most Musical Family, CC BY 3.0
- Rhett & Link — SHOWTIME, CC BY 3.0
- Logan Paul — Diego Serrano, CC BY 2.0
- Liza Koshy — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Hank Green — Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0
- Casey Neistat — Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0
- IShowSpeed — Chin Yu Chu, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Michelle Phan — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Vsauce — 阿謙, CC BY 3.0
- Tyler Oakley — Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0
- Philip DeFranco — Philip Defranco, CC BY 3.0
- Emma Chamberlain — John Park, CC BY 3.0
- Kai Cenat — Agent 00 Gaming, CC BY 3.0
- Jacksfilms — Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0
- Markiplier — Ethan Nestor, CC BY 3.0
- Ryan Higa — KristoferYee, CC BY 3.0
- Smosh — Vlogbrothers, CC BY 3.0
- Marques Brownlee — Marques Brownlee, CC BY-SA 4.0
