The Best Big YouTubers.

[Bolt Van Der Huge]

To name but a few...

Doki66 (possibly doesn't count as "big", but I'm putting him here anyway.)

Came here to post this. Will add 666theheartless666 to the list as his LPs are such a refreshing antidote to the legions of shouty, hyperactive, swearing-and-rape-jokes LPs out there.

 

[michael87cn]

The Yogscast because they make me laugh. Northernlion because I'm addicted to his Binding of Isaac series (400+ episodes and going strong) and he does Let's Look Ats very professionally. JamesNintendoNerd because I was a nintendo kid and feel his pain regarding a lot of crappy games back in the day. OMFGcata (Jessie Cox) because he makes me laugh, the guy is hilarious. Simonscat because he's an excellent cartoonist. And Necroscope86 for getting me interested in watching videos on youtube about video games with his LP of X-com Enemy Unknown (the old version) and Breath of Fire 3.

There are others I watch and enjoy, but none like those above.

Toby/Tobuscus/TobyGames channels can be funny, I especially like his animated series and whacky hyperactive personality, his Amnesia the dark descent series introduced me to the game, as well as his Fallout New Vegas videos, both of which were 'less intense' with his whacky side, but it was still there. Lately though, I don't frequent his channels as much, I'm not sure why, he's a good youtuber.

Anyway those are the channels that I know of. I know of a couple others but they aren't 'big'.

 

[Lugbzurg]

Oh, this is gonna be good! So, in no particular order... (and with proper punctuation/capitalization/spacing/alternates/etc.)

CATEGORY: VIDEOGAMES

Ragnamune
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ragnamune

Peanut Butter Gamer
http://www.youtube.com/user/PeanutButterGamer

JonTron
http://www.youtube.com/user/JonTronShow

The Completionist
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThatOneVideoGamer

Continue?
http://www.youtube.com/user/ContinueShow

Did you know Gaming?
http://www.youtube.com/user/DYKGaming

Some Call me "Johnny"
http://www.youtube.com/user/SomecallmeJohnny

Errant Signal
https://www.youtube.com/user/Campster

Rabbid Luigi
http://www.youtube.com/user/rabbidluigi

Yuri of Wind
https://www.youtube.com/user/Yuriofwind

Emcee Prof. It
http://www.youtube.com/user/EmceeProphIt

Nintendo Capri Sun
http://www.youtube.com/user/NintendoCapriSun

Brutal Moose
http://www.youtube.com/user/brutalmoose

Yungtown
http://www.youtube.com/user/yungtown

Blind Zeo Power Kick
http://www.youtube.com/user/Blindzeopowerkick

First-Person Trolling
http://www.youtube.com/user/FirstPersonTrolling

Total Biscuit
http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut

The Bro Team
http://www.youtube.com/user/BroTeamPill

Chub Z. Doomer
http://www.youtube.com/user/Chubzdoomer

Vengeful B.K.M.
http://www.youtube.com/user/VengefulKBM

Ego Raptor
http://www.youtube.com/user/egoraptor

Thumbs-Up Master
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThumbsUpMaster

The Spoony Experiment
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpoonyOne

The Angry Joe Show
http://www.youtube.com/user/AngryJoeShow

The Angry Videogame Nerd
http://www.youtube.com/user/JamesNintendoNerd

The Great Clement
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClementJ642

Josh Jepson
http://www.youtube.com/user/JoshJepson

Chugga Conroy
http://www.youtube.com/user/chuggaaconroy

The Game Grumps
http://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps

Brain-Scratch Commentaries
http://www.youtube.com/user/BrainScratchComms


CATEGORY: MUSIC

Blake Robinson
http://www.youtube.com/user/dummeh

Oliver Sirois
http://www.youtube.com/user/ubergrau

Daniel Alvarez
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadowlink4321

Tee Lopes
http://www.youtube.com/user/teezord

Sander Otten
http://www.youtube.com/user/Smouvmaster

Gold Jinjo
http://www.youtube.com/user/jdmosermusic

Gooseworx
http://www.youtube.com/user/Gooseworx

B.K. Pianist
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThatOneComposer

Astroth Sounds
http://www.youtube.com/user/AstrothSounds

Clanky the Gorn
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClankytheGorn


CATEGORY: HUMOR

Smosh
http://www.youtube.com/user/smosh

Freddie W.
http://www.youtube.com/user/freddiew

Shippiddge
http://www.youtube.com/user/Shippiddge

Team Four Star
http://www.youtube.com/user/TeamFourStar

Shadow 759
http://www.youtube.com/user/shadow759\

Stoopid Monkey
http://www.youtube.com/user/stoopidmonkey

Rooster Teeth
http://www.youtube.com/user/RoosterTeeth

Sonic Paradox
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSonicParadoxTeam

V-Sauce
http://www.youtube.com/user/vsauce
http://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce2
http://www.youtube.com/user/vsauce3

 

[SideSmash]

Glad to see so much Grump love. Listening to the Banjo-Kascary episode as I type this.

 

[Headsprouter]

I know one.
His name is Jordan.
Or Captainsparklez, as his username would suggest.

He's entertaining, humble and harmless. A very down to earth guy. No problems.

Also, Cyriak (TALENT), AVGN (unfunny, to me, but goddamned entertaining, adn bloody talented, can;t wait for the movie!).

 

[CommanderL]

Gaming
Nerd cubed http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialNerdCubed and Scott manly http://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg and total biscut http://www.youtube.com/user/TotalHalibut

Reviews Angry Joe http://www.youtube.com/user/AngryJoeShow and Jeremy jahns http://www.youtube.com/user/JeremyJahns

Funny stuff Cup of team http://www.youtube.com/user/CupOfTeamOfficial?feature=watch and Tobuscus and jacksfilms

 

[camerinian]

I was the OP on the Worst YouTubers thread, and by God I was not expecting that amount of correspondence! I know people have to vent at that sort of unwarranted popularity on YouTube, which is why I made the thread in the first place, but I'll still name some of my favourites as well, to spread some of the more unknown ones around, but also so that I'm not just seen as a cynical, jealous bastard.

Jacksfilms: I'm really glad so many people on here love this guy. Your Grammar Sucks is such a simple idea I don't believe no-one capitalized on earlier, yet he "nails it" so well. His other videos (especially his Super Bowl one) deserve a shout out aswell

JonTron: Whilst I feel Game Grumps may outstay its welcome, his personal videos are some of the most hilarious, re-watchable and quotable on the site.

Caddicarus: This guy definitely deserves more attention. Whilst it's really obvious JonTron is a massive inspiration, that's not a bad thing, as he's genuinely funny in his own right. Also Jon himself subscribed to him, so he must be doing something right

Flula: This guy..... This is just surreal. Anyone who says Germans aren't funny haven't seen this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxKivzjCFNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rv1AAgFlWI

Wheezy Waiter: The only near-daily video maker who I haven't got sick of yet

ClementJ642: Okay I'm just a big Sonic fan. He LP's a lot of Sonic. His LP's are legitimately interesting to me. Sue me.

SomeCallMeJohnny: Again, quite a bit of Sonic. Good reviews in general though

JoshScorcher: Best gaming countdowns on the website, and also pretty good My Little Pony reviews. I don't even particularly like that show.

Matthew Patrick: Game Theory is an awesome, intelligent show. That is all

331ERock: I don't normally like metal, but his arrangements are just fucking brilliant.

MysteryGuitarMan: Some of the most brilliant editing online I've ever seen

Todd In The Shadows: Yeah, he's technically on ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, but I wasn't going to be able to mention him elsewhere. Quite possibly the best online pop music reviewer, and One Hit Wonderland is an awesome show as well.

Tobuscus: When he's not selling out or doing that stupid CuteWinFail series, I honestly like some of the other videos he puts out. He can actually be genuinely funny at times. I always get a kick out of the animated "Adventure" videos

 

[JemothSkarii]

Okay, lemme see:

GradualReport (His Unicorn Video is amazing)
FeastofFiction
SwedishMealTime
TheSw1tcher
Criken
Robbaz
TotalBiscuit
BroTeam
KenAshcorp

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

I'm a big fan of those dang ass game ass grumps as of late; it's the dream team that nobody saw coming!

What this guy said. GameGrumps is the first time I've EVER been able to watch a gameplay commentary from start to finish and still be entertained. No one else has done that for me.

I don't know about FAVORITE but I will agree to that. There's a lot of different character and comedic dynamics at play with game grumps and it makes great audio fodder. Every other commentary I've seen makes me feel like I'm 6 and I'm over at the house of that friend who doesn't ever let you have a turn on the nintendo. That said I prefer both Arin and Jon's content on their own respective channels much more.

Though anyone who does original cartoons has a lot of respect from me. Harrypartridge, psychicpebbles, Oney, StamperTV etc. Oh and I need to throw Ninjasexparty in there for being tragically underrated though they aren't really "big"

 

[Signa]

-Retsupurae are my favourite channel at the moment; I think I've watched most of their stuff at least twice.
-Achievement Hunter are also brilliant, but I'm way beyond on all their content.
-LtMkilla better known as the guy from Rage Quit at AH is the only LP'er I ever watch.
-Egoraptor's Sequelitis series is one of the best things I've ever seen, but sadly he never updates his channel since starting Game Grumps which I'm not a huge fan of.
-Oh, and Jaboody Dubs is brilliant too, although I've not checked out the channel in a while.

You practically stole my post. Egoraptor was the first thing to come to mind when seeing the title. I also fucking love Jabo0ody Dubs too. Retsupurae (how do you even pronounce that?) has some great stuff too. I can watch all three of those guys all day.

There's also this boyfriend/girlfriend combo that are always playing mean pranks on each other. I can't remember what they call their channel. Prank vs prank?

 

[Sacman]

I don't watch too many...

Cricken, I really like him... there's something very personal about his videos... always just looks like a couple people playing games for the first time...

Amazing Atheist... what can I say? just makes too much sense...

and that's about it as far as big youtubers go...<.<

 

[an annoyed writer]

I'm a big fan of those dang ass game ass grumps as of late; it's the dream team that nobody saw coming!

What this guy said. GameGrumps is the first time I've EVER been able to watch a gameplay commentary from start to finish and still be entertained. No one else has done that for me.

I don't know about FAVORITE but I will agree to that. There's a lot of different character and comedic dynamics at play with game grumps and it makes great audio fodder. Every other commentary I've seen makes me feel like I'm 6 and I'm over at the house of that friend who doesn't ever let you have a turn on the nintendo. That said I prefer both Arin and Jon's content on their own respective channels much more.

Though anyone who does original cartoons has a lot of respect from me. Harrypartridge, psychicpebbles, Oney, StamperTV etc. Oh and I need to throw Ninjasexparty in there for being tragically underrated though they aren't really "big"

Agreed, on both accounts. I've tried doing flash and it's hard as fuck to learn, and to get as good as those guys with that is nothing short of artistic. Then there's the voice actors that do all of the funny ass voices that really help put it all together. I'm also really hoping Jon and Arin get back to their original schtick: their own video content is getting incredible as of late. To get that good with editing software take many hours of hard work and really shitty energy drinks, but when you finally get the timing just right you make something special.

 

[MidnightSt]

TotalBiscuit - he's intelligent, reasonable guy with a style of humor that really fits my taste, ability to separate his personal opinions from the more objective ones, and present both in balanced manner, make it clear which is which, and ability to analyse gameplay mechanics and their effects in a very nice and clear way. If I ever finish making my game, it is my dream for him to do WTF is... of it, despite me knowing that he, personally, is going to hate it.

jefmajor - he's smart, despite him constantly claiming he's not and playing "the dumb guy" in a way, just for the fun of it, he's got awesomely juvenile humour, and loves "derping around" in games (i also believe he kind of invented the term), but at the same time, he knows how to really appreciate a game when it's worth of being appreciated, and is capable of story and symbolic analysis and interpretation better than mine - prior to watching his AC lp's I had no idea about the depth of the story despite finishing the game already. He mixes "the deep stuff" with "the derp stuff" in exactly the right amount for me, knows when to talk and when to shut up, and generally is probably the best LPer in my knowledge. On top of that, his choice of games is great, and usually a little different from the rest of the crowd.

vsauce - concentrate of fascinating tidbits of useless but inspiring and thought-provoking facts with a drop of entertainment, asks the most ridiculous and obvious questions with the most surprising and interesting answers. To me, his videos are kind of a "framework" of what edu-tainment should be and how should it be done.

minutephysics - I feel like I learned more from this guy than from all the physics classes in high school. I love his style of dumping relatively big amount of information on the viewer in a short time, I feel like it all connects together in my brain almost automatically thanks to that, as opposed to standard way of explaining, when I'm bored at every corner, because I have to wait for another piece of the puzzle while it is explained in a painfully slow way how the piece just presented fits to the bigger picture, which I already figured out by myself. Generally, I love how he doesn't assume the viewer is stupid.

 

[AgedGrunt]

NintendoCapriSun (LP)/BreakingNCS (vlog)
nqtv - rarely uploads
numberphile
deranker

 

[Syntax Error]

Niga Higa. I find him amusing.

 

[Vault101]

I'm a big fan of those dang ass game ass grumps as of late; it's the dream team that nobody saw coming!

I think I prefer jontrons videos

but yeah I like jontron

 

[Scarim Coral]

Let see-
ERB
Freddiew
TeamFourStar
LittleKuriboh AKA Cardgameftw
Roosterteeth (does that count? I mean they do got alot of subscribers)

 

[welker_83]

alchestbreach hes not that big but he is absolutely hilarious and definitely deserves to be bigger http://www.youtube.com/user/AlChestBreach?feature=g-user-lik
also whiteboy7thstreet i know its just cod videos but he still incredibly funny

 

[mrhappy1489]

I don't know if he's considered a BigYoutuber, but I love Penguinz0 aka Critical. I find his videos stupid and funny and he hasn't made a video, excluding his really early no commentary videos, that I haven't found funny.

 

[Mr Cwtchy]

Big fan of Day9's stuff. I don't even play Starcraft, I just like his personality. Extra special shoutout to his Amnesia LP, which I think is the best one out there on the Youtubez.

Highlight of that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLZgJ1Die9Y