Greetings, jingles, sign-offs and one famous refusal to have an intro at all. Pick the opener a stranger could finish for you.
1PewDiePieHow's it going bros, my name is PewDiePie, followed by the brofist that closed every video.1000pts
2Lilly SinghWhat up, everyone, it's your girl Superwoman, the greeting that named her brand.605pts
3Fred FigglehornHey, it's Fred!, the pitched-up scream from YouTube's first channel to a million subscribers.537pts
4Casey NeistatThe hand-drawn title over a Boosted board shot that opened two years of daily vlogs.537pts
5JacksfilmsThe YIAY and Your Grammar Sucks jingles, an intro built from fan submissions.537pts
6Tom ScottThe red T-shirt and a one-sentence on-location hook, with no logo at all.454pts
7MarkiplierHello everybody, my name is Markiplier, delivered in the same cadence for more than a decade.454pts
8VsauceHey, Vsauce. Michael here., the deadpan opener before a question nobody asked.454pts
9MrBeastThe no-intro intro: a shouted premise in the first three seconds that the whole platform now copies.353pts
10Jenna MarblesThe Thursday upload greeting and the dogs that wandered into every intro.353pts
11Philip DeFrancoSup, you beautiful bastards, the daily news show opener unchanged since the 2000s.353pts
12Marques BrownleeThe MKBHD matte-black title card and the one-word sign-off, Peace.353pts
13Angry Video Game NerdThe theme song about a nerd who takes you back to the past, the longest-running intro jingle on the platform.353pts
14Linus SebastianThe sponsor segue delivered mid-sentence before the Linus Tech Tips title card, now a meme in itself.353pts
15JacksepticeyeTop of the morning to ya laddies, the shouted Irish greeting with the high-five that fans do back.0pts
16SmoshShut up!, the two-word opener that started every Smosh sketch for years.0pts
17Rhett & LinkLet's talk about that, the Good Mythical Morning sting that has opened every episode since 2012.0pts
18Ryan HigaTeehee, the giggle that opened and closed Nigahiga videos.0pts
Photo credits
- Lilly Singh — Jay Dixit, CC BY 4.0
- Fred Figglehorn — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Casey Neistat — Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0
- Jacksfilms — Cold Ones Clips, CC BY 3.0
- Tom Scott — Tomzorz, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Markiplier — Ethan Nestor, CC BY 3.0
- Vsauce — 阿謙, CC BY 3.0
- MrBeast — Tyren Redd, CC BY 4.0
- Jenna Marbles — RISE, CC BY 2.0
- Philip DeFranco — Philip Defranco, CC BY 3.0
- Marques Brownlee — Marques Brownlee, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Angry Video Game Nerd — James Rolfe, BeatEmUps, CC BY 3.0
- Linus Sebastian — Tessa Bury, CC BY 4.0
- Jacksepticeye — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Smosh — Vlogbrothers, CC BY 3.0
- Rhett & Link — SHOWTIME, CC BY 3.0
- Ryan Higa — KristoferYee, CC BY 3.0
