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Top 50 YouTubers Mentioning Media Brands
See which YouTube creators work with Media brands. Discover the most sponsored YouTubers by Media companies and who pays them for sponsorships.
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In the Media space, we track 11,820 YouTube channels, 268 sponsors, and have detected 137,232 mentions.
Top 50 YouTubers Mentioning Media Brands ranking table
A machine-readable summary of the visible creator ranking.
| Rank | Creator | Brands mentioned | Sponsorship mentions | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Wolfe | 15 | 138 | 922,000 |
| 2 | Linus Tech Tips | 15 | 107 | 16,800,000 |
| 3 | Film Riot | 14 | 64 | 2,230,000 |
| 4 | Ishan Sharma | 14 | 34 | 1,990,000 |
| 5 | Internet Today | 13 | 270 | 319,000 |
| 6 | Today I Found Out | 13 | 85 | 3,260,000 |
| 7 | TechLinked | 12 | 232 | 1,990,000 |
| 8 | MacStories | 12 | 34 | 1,990 |
| 9 | Lenny's Podcast | 12 | 28 | 570,000 |
| 10 | Think Media | 11 | 340 | 3,340,000 |
| 11 | Wendover Productions | 11 | 142 | 4,840,000 |
| 12 | New Rockstars | 11 | 75 | 4,330,000 |
| 13 | ColdFusion | 11 | 66 | 5,190,000 |
| 14 | Joe Scott | 10 | 189 | 2,380,000 |
| 15 | AI Samson | 10 | 149 | 227,000 |
| 16 | Bellular News | 10 | 98 | 485,000 |
| 17 | Wisecrack | 10 | 43 | 3,100,000 |
| 18 | Simplicissimus | 10 | 28 | 2,210,000 |
| 19 | David Pakman Show | 9 | 538 | 3,550,000 |
| 20 | Autoline Network | 9 | 525 | 135,000 |
| 21 | Mr. Beat | 9 | 125 | 1,280,000 |
| 22 | TopTenz | 9 | 40 | 1,890,000 |
| 23 | AI Search | 9 | 37 | 630,000 |
| 24 | Skill Up | 9 | 32 | 1,070,000 |
| 25 | Latasha James | 9 | 30 | 226,000 |
| 26 | The Armchair Historian | 9 | 11 | 2,460,000 |
| 27 | My First Million | 9 | 11 | 804,000 |
| 28 | TLDR News EU | 8 | 467 | 1,050,000 |
| 29 | TLDR News Global | 8 | 457 | 1,030,000 |
| 30 | Kevin Stratvert | 8 | 257 | 3,900,000 |
| 31 | The Friday Checkout | 8 | 257 | 209,000 |
| 32 | SciShow | 8 | 213 | 8,270,000 |
| 33 | PolyMatter | 8 | 120 | 1,930,000 |
| 34 | I Allegedly | 8 | 106 | 317,000 |
| 35 | Second Thought | 8 | 103 | 1,870,000 |
| 36 | Philip DeFranco | 8 | 99 | 6,610,000 |
| 37 | Now You Know | 8 | 96 | 340,000 |
| 38 | This Week in Startups | 8 | 75 | 349,000 |
| 39 | Mentour Now! | 8 | 65 | 600,000 |
| 40 | Ali Abdaal | 8 | 64 | 6,580,000 |
| 41 | SciShow Space | 8 | 43 | 1,420,000 |
| 42 | Inside Gaming | 8 | 43 | 1,170,000 |
| 43 | Premiere Gal | 8 | 37 | 579,000 |
| 44 | Doktor Whatson | 8 | 31 | 410,000 |
| 45 | Slidebean | 8 | 21 | 632,000 |
| 46 | MinuteEarth | 8 | 18 | 3,200,000 |
| 47 | How History Works | 8 | 17 | 227,000 |
| 48 | Theoretically Media | 8 | 17 | 166,000 |
| 49 | Jordan Orme | 8 | 14 | 997,000 |
| 50 | neulandpro | 8 | 11 | 35,200 |
About the Media niche
The media niche on YouTube spans a wide range of content centered on how information, entertainment, and creative work are produced and consumed. Creators here cover topics like news literacy, filmmaking tools, digital publishing, streaming platforms, and creative software, attracting viewers who are curious about the systems and industries behind the content they already love. Services like Ground News and Curiosity Stream illustrate how broad this space is, ranging from critical journalism tools to premium documentary platforms.
Creators in this niche tend to build deeply informed, intellectually engaged audiences who treat their favorite channels as trusted guides through a crowded media landscape. Long-form essays, explainers, and behind-the-scenes production content perform well here, and audiences often return consistently because they see creators as fellow practitioners rather than entertainers. That practitioner identity fosters unusually strong loyalty and word-of-mouth influence.
For brands, this niche is especially valuable because the audience skews toward creators, journalists, and media-literate professionals who are actively seeking tools and platforms to support their own work, making purchase intent notably high and product fit close to organic.
How this ranking is calculated
Sponsorship.so detects when creators mention media brands by analyzing YouTube videos every day. The ranking prioritizes the number of distinct brands each creator mentions that match the media niche.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the top media YouTube creators?
The top media YouTube creators on this page are ranked by Sponsorship.so's tracked sponsorship data. The visible list includes creators such as Matt Wolfe, Linus Tech Tips, and Film Riot.
How does Sponsorship.so rank media creators?
Sponsorship.so ranks media creators by the number of distinct brands they mention, detected sponsorship mentions, and subscriber count as a tie-breaker.
What does this media creator page show?
This page shows YouTube creators connected to media sponsors, including the brands they mention, sponsorship activity, subscriber counts, and related niche data.
How often is this media creator data updated?
The latest data update shown for this creator ranking is May 7, 2026. Sponsorship.so refreshes creator and sponsorship intelligence as new YouTube activity is detected.
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