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Top 50 Cooking YouTube Influencers
See which YouTube influencers and creators work with Cooking brands. Discover sponsored YouTubers in Cooking and which companies pay them for sponsorships.
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In the Cooking space, we track 5,884 YouTube channels, 73 sponsors, and have detected 22,466 mentions.
Top 50 Cooking YouTube Influencers ranking table
A machine-readable summary of the visible influencer ranking.
| Rank | Influencer | Brands mentioned | Sponsorship mentions | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binging with Babish | 10 | 35 | 10,500,000 |
| 2 | Guga Foods | 8 | 265 | 5,320,000 |
| 3 | Internet Today | 8 | 184 | 319,000 |
| 4 | emmymade | 8 | 69 | 3,110,000 |
| 5 | Prudent Reviews | 8 | 16 | 190,000 |
| 6 | Mashed | 8 | 13 | 1,380,000 |
| 7 | Mr. Make It Happen | 7 | 80 | 1,420,000 |
| 8 | YMH Studios | 7 | 78 | 2,150,000 |
| 9 | Brian Lagerstrom | 7 | 65 | 1,790,000 |
| 10 | Christine's Notebook | 7 | 37 | 84,400 |
| 11 | Keto Twins | 7 | 22 | 286,000 |
| 12 | MeidasTouch | 6 | 172 | 6,420,000 |
| 13 | ThatDudeCanCook | 6 | 90 | 2,510,000 |
| 14 | Tim Chantarangsu | 6 | 63 | 4,230,000 |
| 15 | New Rockstars | 6 | 49 | 4,380,000 |
| 16 | Bert Kreischer | 6 | 44 | 1,490,000 |
| 17 | Frugal Fit Mom | 6 | 25 | 688,000 |
| 18 | Megan Fox Unlocked | 6 | 16 | 175,000 |
| 19 | LifebyMikeG | 6 | 13 | 5,070,000 |
| 20 | Rick Glassman | 6 | 11 | 568,000 |
| 21 | Catherine Elaine | 6 | 11 | 146,000 |
| 22 | Epicurious | 6 | 9 | 6,050,000 |
| 23 | Internet Shaquille | 6 | 6 | 846,000 |
| 24 | Funhaus | 5 | 155 | 1,370,000 |
| 25 | Steve Gow (Smoke Trails BBQ) | 5 | 86 | 133,000 |
| 26 | Achievement Hunter | 5 | 73 | 1,370,000 |
| 27 | DEATH BATTLE! | 5 | 72 | 6,330,000 |
| 28 | The Bulwark | 5 | 63 | 1,700,000 |
| 29 | Mandy in the Making | 5 | 50 | 356,000 |
| 30 | The Tim Dillon Show | 5 | 44 | 932,000 |
| 31 | See Mindy Mom | 5 | 42 | 214,000 |
| 32 | Andrew Santino | 5 | 38 | 606,000 |
| 33 | Law&Crime Network | 5 | 32 | 7,660,000 |
| 34 | SAM THE COOKING GUY | 5 | 24 | 3,840,000 |
| 35 | Chef James Makinson | 5 | 24 | 412,000 |
| 36 | HellthyJunkFood | 5 | 8 | 2,960,000 |
| 37 | KetoFocus | 5 | 8 | 634,000 |
| 38 | David Seymour | 5 | 7 | 548,000 |
| 39 | Rosanna Pansino | 5 | 6 | 14,800,000 |
| 40 | MATTY MATHESON | 5 | 6 | 1,590,000 |
| 41 | Made With Lau | 5 | 5 | 1,750,000 |
| 42 | Guga | 4 | 223 | 3,460,000 |
| 43 | Kinda Funny Games | 4 | 104 | 305,000 |
| 44 | Lights Out | 4 | 100 | 523,000 |
| 45 | H3 Podcast | 4 | 98 | 2,630,000 |
| 46 | Double Toasted | 4 | 86 | 305,000 |
| 47 | TMG Studios | 4 | 85 | 1,190,000 |
| 48 | David Pakman Show | 4 | 74 | 3,650,000 |
| 49 | Natashas Kitchen | 4 | 73 | 3,930,000 |
| 50 | Chilluminati Podcast | 4 | 65 | 238,000 |
About the Cooking niche
Cooking on YouTube spans everything from quick weeknight dinner ideas and elaborate baking projects to cultural deep-dives, knife skills, and ingredient sourcing. Viewers come for practical guidance but stay for the personality, the plating, and the sense of being welcomed into someone else's kitchen. Meal kit services like HelloFresh and premium ingredient brands like Good Ranchers have become fixtures in this space because the audience is genuinely motivated to cook and eat well.
Creators in this niche tend to build unusually close relationships with their audiences because cooking is intimate and repeatable. Tutorials, recipe challenges, and taste-test formats all perform well, and viewers return regularly because they are looking for their next meal, not just entertainment. That habitual viewing creates deep trust between creator and community.
For brands, cooking content offers a rare combination of high purchase intent and direct product relevance, since viewers are often actively planning what to buy and cook. Food delivery, specialty proteins, cookware, and pantry staples all find a natural and credible home here, making it one of the more conversion-friendly sponsorship environments on the platform.
How this ranking is calculated
Sponsorship.so detects when YouTube influencers and creators mention cooking brands by analyzing YouTube videos every day. The ranking prioritizes the number of distinct brands each influencer mentions that match the cooking niche.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the top cooking YouTube influencers?
The top cooking YouTube influencers on this page are ranked by Sponsorship.so's tracked sponsorship data. The visible list includes channels such as Binging with Babish, Guga Foods, and Internet Today.
How does Sponsorship.so rank cooking influencers?
Sponsorship.so ranks cooking influencers by the number of distinct brands they mention, detected sponsorship mentions, and subscriber count as a tie-breaker.
What does this cooking influencer page show?
This page shows YouTube influencers and creators connected to cooking sponsors, including the brands they mention, sponsorship activity, subscriber counts, and related niche data.
How often is this cooking influencer data updated?
The latest data update shown for this influencer ranking is August 5, 2026. Sponsorship.so refreshes influencer, creator, and sponsorship intelligence as new YouTube activity is detected.
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