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Top 50 Science YouTube Influencers
See which YouTube influencers and creators work with Science brands. Discover sponsored YouTubers in Science and which companies pay them for sponsorships.
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In the Science space, we track 1,997 YouTube channels, 33 sponsors, and have detected 11,661 mentions.
Top 50 Science YouTube Influencers ranking table
A machine-readable summary of the visible influencer ranking.
| Rank | Influencer | Brands mentioned | Sponsorship mentions | Subscribers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SciShow | 6 | 73 | 8,420,000 |
| 2 | Curt Jaimungal | 5 | 65 | 500,000 |
| 3 | Today I Found Out | 5 | 24 | 3,250,000 |
| 4 | MinuteEarth | 5 | 9 | 3,200,000 |
| 5 | PBS Space Time | 4 | 181 | 3,530,000 |
| 6 | Sabine Hossenfelder | 4 | 134 | 1,780,000 |
| 7 | Yannic Kilcher | 4 | 49 | 299,000 |
| 8 | El Robot de Platón | 4 | 22 | 2,970,000 |
| 9 | Balade Mentale | 4 | 11 | 1,150,000 |
| 10 | CuriosaMente | 4 | 7 | 4,410,000 |
| 11 | The Action Lab | 4 | 6 | 5,020,000 |
| 12 | Dr Ben Miles | 4 | 6 | 2,010,000 |
| 13 | Bankless | 4 | 6 | 281,000 |
| 14 | AsapSCIENCE | 4 | 4 | 10,800,000 |
| 15 | Космос Просто | 3 | 210 | 1,080,000 |
| 16 | bycloud | 3 | 146 | 221,000 |
| 17 | Be Smart | 3 | 130 | 5,620,000 |
| 18 | SciShow Space | 3 | 62 | 1,420,000 |
| 19 | Machine Learning Street Talk | 3 | 60 | 201,000 |
| 20 | BrainCraft | 3 | 53 | 619,000 |
| 21 | Breaking Lab | 3 | 45 | 754,000 |
| 22 | Hugo Lisoir | 3 | 37 | 557,000 |
| 23 | Lenny's Podcast | 3 | 34 | 643,000 |
| 24 | Neulandpro | 3 | 28 | 37,500 |
| 25 | minutephysics | 3 | 27 | 5,970,000 |
| 26 | Joe Scott | 3 | 27 | 2,560,000 |
| 27 | Ciência Todo Dia | 3 | 21 | 7,410,000 |
| 28 | Internet Today | 3 | 21 | 319,000 |
| 29 | The Morpheus | 3 | 21 | 237,000 |
| 30 | Seeker | 3 | 19 | 5,020,000 |
| 31 | Arvin Ash | 3 | 16 | 1,130,000 |
| 32 | Geographics | 3 | 15 | 1,080,000 |
| 33 | PanSci 泛科學 | 3 | 15 | 1,050,000 |
| 34 | Vsauce2 | 3 | 12 | 4,530,000 |
| 35 | The PrimeTime | 3 | 12 | 1,160,000 |
| 36 | Welch Labs | 3 | 10 | 794,000 |
| 37 | Lex Fridman | 3 | 9 | 5,030,000 |
| 38 | The Armchair Historian | 3 | 9 | 2,540,000 |
| 39 | Sandboxx | 3 | 9 | 497,000 |
| 40 | The Morpheus Tutorials | 3 | 9 | 268,000 |
| 41 | How Money Works | 3 | 8 | 1,520,000 |
| 42 | Solo Fonseca | 3 | 8 | 1,110,000 |
| 43 | Gustavo Entrala | 3 | 8 | 530,000 |
| 44 | Viced Rhino | 3 | 8 | 91,800 |
| 45 | Monsieur Phi | 3 | 7 | 381,000 |
| 46 | Physics Girl | 3 | 6 | 3,540,000 |
| 47 | Animalogic | 3 | 6 | 2,110,000 |
| 48 | Trace Dominguez | 3 | 6 | 87,300 |
| 49 | Sourcery with Molly O'Shea | 3 | 6 | 74,700 |
| 50 | UsefulCharts | 3 | 5 | 1,990,000 |
About the Science niche
Science content on YouTube spans a broad territory, from explainers on physics, biology, and climate research to deep dives into AI and emerging technology, with channels like SciManDan representing the skeptic and science-communication tradition that holds misinformation accountable. Viewers in this space tend to be intellectually curious, research-minded, and genuinely invested in understanding how the world works rather than just consuming surface-level summaries.
Creators here build trust through accuracy, rigor, and a willingness to engage seriously with complex ideas, which fosters unusually loyal and attentive audiences. Long-form essays, documentary-style investigations, and animated explainers all perform well because the audience rewards depth, making this one of the few niches where careful, substantive content consistently outpaces shallow takes.
For brands, the appeal is a highly educated, purchase-intentional audience that responds well to sponsors whose products align with curiosity and self-improvement, which is why health and wellness companies like Thorne and Seed, alongside AI-forward organizations like Anthropic and Hugging Face, find genuine fit here rather than forcing a connection.
How this ranking is calculated
Sponsorship.so detects when YouTube influencers and creators mention science brands by analyzing YouTube videos every day. The ranking prioritizes the number of distinct brands each influencer mentions that match the science niche.
Frequently asked questions
Who are the top science YouTube influencers?
The top science YouTube influencers on this page are ranked by Sponsorship.so's tracked sponsorship data. The visible list includes channels such as SciShow, Curt Jaimungal, and Today I Found Out.
How does Sponsorship.so rank science influencers?
Sponsorship.so ranks science influencers by the number of distinct brands they mention, detected sponsorship mentions, and subscriber count as a tie-breaker.
What does this science influencer page show?
This page shows YouTube influencers and creators connected to science sponsors, including the brands they mention, sponsorship activity, subscriber counts, and related niche data.
How often is this science influencer data updated?
The latest data update shown for this influencer ranking is October 10, 2026. Sponsorship.so refreshes influencer, creator, and sponsorship intelligence as new YouTube activity is detected.
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