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Top 50 API YouTube Influencers
See which YouTube influencers and creators work with API brands. Discover sponsored YouTubers in API and which companies pay them for sponsorships.
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Top sponsors in the API space
In the API space, we track 578 YouTube channels, 48 sponsors, and have detected 2,907 mentions.
Top 50 API YouTube Influencers ranking table
A machine-readable summary of the visible influencer ranking.
| Rank | Influencer | Brands mentioned | Sponsorship mentions | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo - t3․gg | 9 | 111 | 553,000 |
| 2 | Fireship | 9 | 18 | 4,250,000 |
| 3 | Lenny's Podcast | 8 | 85 | 626,000 |
| 4 | How I AI | 8 | 31 | 105,000 |
| 5 | Tech With Tim | 8 | 15 | 2,070,000 |
| 6 | Matt Wolfe | 6 | 32 | 987,000 |
| 7 | WorldofAI | 6 | 8 | 230,000 |
| 8 | Jack Roberts | 5 | 32 | 222,000 |
| 9 | MattVidPro | 5 | 15 | 300,000 |
| 10 | CodeTV | 5 | 8 | 108,000 |
| 11 | Sonny Sangha | 4 | 66 | 436,000 |
| 12 | Nerd Snipe | 4 | 17 | 2,180 |
| 13 | Ben Davis | 4 | 13 | 29,300 |
| 14 | Luuk Alleman | 4 | 12 | 19,200 |
| 15 | Yashica Jain | 4 | 10 | 32,200 |
| 16 | Alejavi Rivera | 4 | 7 | 407,000 |
| 17 | ForrestKnight | 4 | 6 | 695,000 |
| 18 | Cole Medin | 4 | 6 | 219,000 |
| 19 | Mehul - Codedamn | 4 | 5 | 447,000 |
| 20 | Beau Carnes | 4 | 5 | 57,700 |
| 21 | MacStories | 4 | 5 | 2,290 |
| 22 | AI Search | 4 | 4 | 630,000 |
| 23 | Matthew Berman | 4 | 4 | 527,000 |
| 24 | AI LABS | 4 | 4 | 93,100 |
| 25 | MTS | 3 | 21 | 1,770 |
| 26 | Simon Grimm | 3 | 15 | 124,000 |
| 27 | Futurepedia | 3 | 10 | 675,000 |
| 28 | Web Dev Simplified | 3 | 9 | 1,780,000 |
| 29 | devtools-fm | 3 | 9 | 9,180 |
| 30 | Inteligencia Artificial | 3 | 7 | 487,000 |
| 31 | Skill Leap AI | 3 | 7 | 336,000 |
| 32 | Shade of Code | 3 | 6 | 16,700 |
| 33 | This Week in Startups | 3 | 5 | 351,000 |
| 34 | bycloud | 3 | 5 | 221,000 |
| 35 | AI Andy | 3 | 5 | 215,000 |
| 36 | Co-Intelligence Podcast | 3 | 5 | 6,670 |
| 37 | Daniel | Tech & Data | 3 | 3 | 584,000 |
| 38 | Adrian Twarog | 3 | 3 | 413,000 |
| 39 | David Ondrej | 3 | 3 | 324,000 |
| 40 | Prompt Engineering | 3 | 3 | 222,000 |
| 41 | Program With Erik | 3 | 3 | 122,000 |
| 42 | Rob Walling | 2 | 57 | 124,000 |
| 43 | How To In 5 Minutes | 2 | 46 | 340,000 |
| 44 | The Pragmatic Engineer | 2 | 38 | 145,000 |
| 45 | John Watson Rooney | 2 | 14 | 103,000 |
| 46 | Adrian Kilar | 2 | 11 | 148,000 |
| 47 | Dwarkesh Patel | 2 | 10 | 953,000 |
| 48 | Astro K Joseph | 2 | 8 | 82,700 |
| 49 | Cognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything" | 2 | 8 | 39,800 |
| 50 | Neulandpro | 2 | 8 | 37,500 |
About the API niche
APIs sit at the center of modern software development, and YouTube content in this space covers everything from REST and GraphQL fundamentals to real-world integrations, authentication flows, and developer tooling. Creators explore products like Twilio for communication workflows or SerpApi for search data access, giving viewers practical context for how APIs power applications across industries. The audience is made up of developers, indie hackers, and technical founders who are actively building and evaluating tools.
Content in this niche tends to thrive on hands-on tutorials, live coding sessions, and honest product walkthroughs that help developers make real decisions quickly. Creators build unusually strong trust with their audiences because viewers return to channels that reliably cut through documentation and show things working in practice. That credibility drives deep engagement from communities who treat their favorite channels as a first stop when evaluating new tools.
For brands, this niche offers direct access to technical buyers with high purchase intent and real budget authority, making it one of the more efficient spaces for developer-focused sponsorships. Advertisers who offer infrastructure, data services, or identity solutions find audiences that are already primed to adopt and advocate for the right product.
How this ranking is calculated
Sponsorship.so detects when YouTube influencers and creators mention api brands by analyzing YouTube videos every day. The ranking prioritizes the number of distinct brands each influencer mentions that match the api niche.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the top api YouTube influencers?
The top api YouTube influencers on this page are ranked by Sponsorship.so's tracked sponsorship data. The visible list includes channels such as Theo - t3․gg, Fireship, and Lenny's Podcast.
How does Sponsorship.so rank api influencers?
Sponsorship.so ranks api influencers by the number of distinct brands they mention, detected sponsorship mentions, and subscriber count as a tie-breaker.
What does this api influencer page show?
This page shows YouTube influencers and creators connected to api sponsors, including the brands they mention, sponsorship activity, subscriber counts, and related niche data.
How often is this api influencer data updated?
The latest data update shown for this influencer ranking is September 5, 2026. Sponsorship.so refreshes influencer, creator, and sponsorship intelligence as new YouTube activity is detected.
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