Top 50 AI YouTube Influencers
See which YouTube influencers and creators work with AI brands. Discover sponsored YouTubers in AI and which companies pay them for sponsorships.
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In the AI space, we track 12,055 YouTube channels, 306 sponsors, and have detected 90,706 mentions.
Top 50 AI YouTube Influencers ranking table
A machine-readable summary of the visible influencer ranking.
| Rank | Influencer | Brands mentioned | Sponsorship mentions | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matt Wolfe | 44 | 324 | 987,000 |
| 2 | Lenny's Podcast | 41 | 213 | 611,000 |
| 3 | AI Search | 31 | 280 | 630,000 |
| 4 | My First Million | 29 | 39 | 932,000 |
| 5 | MattVidPro | 27 | 101 | 300,000 |
| 6 | How I AI | 27 | 77 | 105,000 |
| 7 | Ishan Sharma | 27 | 59 | 1,990,000 |
| 8 | Matthew Berman | 26 | 122 | 527,000 |
| 9 | The AI Advantage | 25 | 96 | 390,000 |
| 10 | Kevin Stratvert | 24 | 460 | 3,900,000 |
| 11 | WorldofAI | 24 | 111 | 230,000 |
| 12 | Tech With Tim | 24 | 90 | 2,050,000 |
| 13 | Linus Tech Tips | 23 | 634 | 16,900,000 |
| 14 | Futurepedia | 23 | 93 | 675,000 |
| 15 | Skill Leap AI | 23 | 49 | 336,000 |
| 16 | AI Samson | 22 | 446 | 272,000 |
| 17 | Diolinux | 22 | 38 | 770,000 |
| 18 | Aurelius Tjin | 21 | 176 | 558,000 |
| 19 | AI Master | 21 | 35 | 303,000 |
| 20 | Silicon Valley Girl | 20 | 305 | 1,550,000 |
| 21 | Rob The AI Guy | 20 | 83 | 94,800 |
| 22 | Theoretically Media | 20 | 42 | 166,000 |
| 23 | Justin Tse | 20 | 36 | 954,000 |
| 24 | Dan - Smart Tutorials | 20 | 29 | 281,000 |
| 25 | AI Andy | 20 | 29 | 215,000 |
| 26 | This Week in Startups | 19 | 139 | 351,000 |
| 27 | Co-Intelligence Podcast | 19 | 55 | 6,670 |
| 28 | Astro K Joseph | 19 | 39 | 82,700 |
| 29 | Neulandpro | 18 | 60 | 37,500 |
| 30 | Cole Medin | 17 | 53 | 219,000 |
| 31 | MacStories | 17 | 47 | 2,270 |
| 32 | Moore's Law Is Dead | 16 | 193 | 237,000 |
| 33 | Inteligencia Artificial | 16 | 69 | 487,000 |
| 34 | Jack Roberts | 16 | 54 | 222,000 |
| 35 | Jon Rettinger | 16 | 39 | 1,650,000 |
| 36 | The Morpheus | 16 | 31 | 233,000 |
| 37 | Theo - t3․gg | 15 | 118 | 553,000 |
| 38 | Tina Huang | 15 | 22 | 1,010,000 |
| 39 | Wade McMaster - Creator Impact | 14 | 201 | 92,400 |
| 40 | Xavier Mitjana | 14 | 35 | 307,000 |
| 41 | TechLinked | 13 | 104 | 1,980,000 |
| 42 | bycloud | 13 | 73 | 221,000 |
| 43 | Ali Abdaal | 13 | 49 | 6,660,000 |
| 44 | Oliur Online | 13 | 13 | 162,000 |
| 45 | How To In 5 Minutes | 12 | 167 | 340,000 |
| 46 | Gamer Meld | 12 | 85 | 346,000 |
| 47 | AI Revolution | 12 | 67 | 525,000 |
| 48 | Sourcery with Molly O'Shea | 12 | 22 | 6,810 |
| 49 | Latasha James | 11 | 67 | 233,000 |
| 50 | Unbox Therapy | 11 | 55 | 25,600,000 |
About the AI niche
The AI niche on YouTube spans tutorials, tool reviews, news analysis, and hands-on demonstrations covering everything from large language models and image generators to productivity automation and developer frameworks. Viewers here are driven by genuine curiosity and professional urgency, eager to understand how emerging tools like those built on NVIDIA hardware or featured on Arxiv translate into real-world capabilities. The culture blends technical depth with accessible storytelling, attracting both engineers and curious generalists who want to stay ahead of a fast-moving field.
Creators in this space tend to build unusually loyal communities because the subject matter demands trust. Audiences return to familiar voices to filter hype from substance, which means channels often cultivate close, conversational relationships through comments, live streams, and community posts. The fast pace of AI development also gives creators a constant stream of genuinely newsworthy material, making the niche rewarding to cover consistently.
For brands, this audience represents a highly engaged, purchase-ready demographic with strong intent around software subscriptions, hardware upgrades, and productivity tools, making it a natural fit for sponsors whose products sit at the intersection of technology and ambition.
How this ranking is calculated
Sponsorship.so detects when YouTube influencers and creators mention ai brands by analyzing YouTube videos every day. The ranking prioritizes the number of distinct brands each influencer mentions that match the ai niche.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the top ai YouTube influencers?
The top ai YouTube influencers on this page are ranked by Sponsorship.so's tracked sponsorship data. The visible list includes channels such as Matt Wolfe, Lenny's Podcast, and AI Search.
How does Sponsorship.so rank ai influencers?
Sponsorship.so ranks ai influencers by the number of distinct brands they mention, detected sponsorship mentions, and subscriber count as a tie-breaker.
What does this ai influencer page show?
This page shows YouTube influencers and creators connected to ai sponsors, including the brands they mention, sponsorship activity, subscriber counts, and related niche data.
How often is this ai influencer data updated?
The latest data update shown for this influencer ranking is August 8, 2026. Sponsorship.so refreshes influencer, creator, and sponsorship intelligence as new YouTube activity is detected.
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