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Top 50 Developer Tools YouTube Influencers
See which YouTube influencers and creators work with Developer Tools brands. Discover sponsored YouTubers in Developer Tools and which companies pay them for sponsorships.
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In the Developer Tools space, we track 2,313 YouTube channels, 153 sponsors, and have detected 14,780 mentions.
Top 50 Developer Tools YouTube Influencers ranking table
A machine-readable summary of the visible influencer ranking.
| Rank | Influencer | Brands mentioned | Sponsorship mentions | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenny's Podcast | 37 | 290 | 626,000 |
| 2 | Theo - t3․gg | 36 | 386 | 553,000 |
| 3 | How I AI | 28 | 112 | 105,000 |
| 4 | Tech With Tim | 28 | 86 | 2,050,000 |
| 5 | Fireship | 27 | 80 | 4,240,000 |
| 6 | Cole Medin | 22 | 63 | 219,000 |
| 7 | WorldofAI | 20 | 99 | 230,000 |
| 8 | MacStories | 16 | 37 | 2,270 |
| 9 | DevOps Toolbox | 16 | 28 | 85,500 |
| 10 | Matt Wolfe | 15 | 142 | 987,000 |
| 11 | This Week in Startups | 15 | 47 | 351,000 |
| 12 | freeCodeCamp.org | 15 | 28 | 11,800,000 |
| 13 | The PrimeTime | 13 | 46 | 1,150,000 |
| 14 | Jack Roberts | 13 | 46 | 222,000 |
| 15 | CodeWithHarry | 12 | 136 | 9,720,000 |
| 16 | Matthew Berman | 12 | 78 | 527,000 |
| 17 | Diolinux | 12 | 62 | 770,000 |
| 18 | Traversy Media | 12 | 38 | 2,410,000 |
| 19 | Co-Intelligence Podcast | 12 | 35 | 6,670 |
| 20 | Muzaffer Kadir Yılmaz | 12 | 20 | 7,380 |
| 21 | My First Million | 12 | 18 | 932,000 |
| 22 | The AI Advantage | 11 | 60 | 390,000 |
| 23 | NetworkChuck | 11 | 59 | 5,340,000 |
| 24 | MattVidPro | 11 | 51 | 300,000 |
| 25 | AIA Podcast by EngX | 11 | 38 | 17,100 |
| 26 | ForrestKnight | 11 | 22 | 695,000 |
| 27 | Dreams of Code | 11 | 17 | 196,000 |
| 28 | Beau Carnes | 11 | 17 | 57,700 |
| 29 | Astro K Joseph | 10 | 29 | 82,700 |
| 30 | Ishan Sharma | 10 | 17 | 1,990,000 |
| 31 | Coding with Lewis | 10 | 11 | 746,000 |
| 32 | Sonny Sangha | 9 | 76 | 436,000 |
| 33 | Modern Software Engineering | 9 | 67 | 240,000 |
| 34 | Christian Lempa | 9 | 55 | 257,000 |
| 35 | Pelado Nerd | 9 | 37 | 190,000 |
| 36 | Syntax | 9 | 31 | 422,000 |
| 37 | Simon Grimm | 9 | 27 | 124,000 |
| 38 | CodeTV | 9 | 18 | 108,000 |
| 39 | Shubham SHARMA | 9 | 14 | 310,000 |
| 40 | Adrian Twarog | 9 | 11 | 413,000 |
| 41 | Doc Williams | 8 | 222 | 49,000 |
| 42 | The Pragmatic Engineer | 8 | 79 | 145,000 |
| 43 | Yashica Jain | 8 | 59 | 32,200 |
| 44 | Pooja Dutt | 8 | 51 | 135,000 |
| 45 | TechWorld with Nana | 8 | 40 | 1,340,000 |
| 46 | Serhii Nemchynskyi | 8 | 34 | 338,000 |
| 47 | Skill Leap AI | 8 | 25 | 336,000 |
| 48 | Ben Davis | 8 | 22 | 29,300 |
| 49 | Sourcery with Molly O'Shea | 8 | 19 | 6,810 |
| 50 | Engineering with Utsav | 8 | 18 | 260,000 |
About the Developer Tools niche
Developer tools on YouTube covers the products, platforms, and workflows that software engineers rely on to write, ship, and maintain code, from AI-assisted coding environments and authentication services like Clerk to cloud optimization and security scanning. The content spans tutorials, honest product reviews, workflow deep-dives, and comparisons that help developers make informed decisions about the tools they actually use on the job.
Creators in this space tend to build unusually high trust with their audiences because their credibility depends on technical accuracy and genuine hands-on experience. Formats like live coding sessions, project walkthroughs, and side-by-side comparisons perform well because developers are inherently skeptical and respond to demonstrated proof over marketing language. That skepticism, paradoxically, makes loyal followers more receptive when a trusted creator does endorse something.
For brands, this niche offers direct access to a technically sophisticated audience that is actively evaluating and purchasing software, often with real budget authority or significant influence over team-wide adoption decisions, making it one of the more intent-rich sponsorship environments available on the platform.
How this ranking is calculated
Sponsorship.so detects when YouTube influencers and creators mention developer tools brands by analyzing YouTube videos every day. The ranking prioritizes the number of distinct brands each influencer mentions that match the developer tools niche.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the top developer tools YouTube influencers?
The top developer tools YouTube influencers on this page are ranked by Sponsorship.so's tracked sponsorship data. The visible list includes channels such as Lenny's Podcast, Theo - t3․gg, and How I AI.
How does Sponsorship.so rank developer tools influencers?
Sponsorship.so ranks developer tools influencers by the number of distinct brands they mention, detected sponsorship mentions, and subscriber count as a tie-breaker.
What does this developer tools influencer page show?
This page shows YouTube influencers and creators connected to developer tools sponsors, including the brands they mention, sponsorship activity, subscriber counts, and related niche data.
How often is this developer tools influencer data updated?
The latest data update shown for this influencer ranking is August 15, 2026. Sponsorship.so refreshes influencer, creator, and sponsorship intelligence as new YouTube activity is detected.
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