Hey there Pals welcome back
to another video this week I am running
down my top 10 favorite YouTube channels
I have a confession to make I am
obsessed with YouTube I watch it every
day I am subscribed to something like
over 200 channels I love a huge range of
YouTube channels and I thought it'd be
cool to share with you what I'm obsessed
with at the moment maybe you watch a lot
of YouTube - maybe don't but I just
thought I'd share them with you to see
what you guys think and if you think I'm
missing anything or you have any
recommendations based on what I'm loving
at the moment by all means please
comment them in the comments below I
really want to hear and find out about
new people that I should be watching so
please let me know if there's something
that you guys recommend so this is a
range of old favorites and new things
that I've gotten to since being in
lockdown by which time my personal
youtube consumption has skyrocketed
since I've not been leaving the house as
much and especially now I've stopped
working because I'm on furlough when I
was writing this video I was looking at
three main criteria first up is
personality are they engaging are they
likeable do I feel a connection with
them and sort of getting into that
parasocial relationship that you can
only find on the Internet the second
quality is content what sort of things
do they post about what genre of YouTube
are they is it interesting is it
entertaining is it educational I'll be
going into those and finally
clickability
do i watch every single upload that they
do
am I so invested in them that everything
they put out I'm watching so without
further ado here are my top 10 favorite
youtube channels at the moment number 10
is the financial diet I love learning
about money and how to save it's full of
informative and in
trusting advice on how to get your
finances together
I've always been mindful of my money and
how I can better save and budget and
stuff like that and this channel is full
of advice on how to do that there have
been times of my adult life where I've
had to live on very little I'm sure I've
mentioned the time I quit my full-time
to do a master's in poetry and I was
only working 15 hours a week so
budgeting and knowing how much I'm
spending on what was a really important
part of my life and this YouTube channel
seriously helped me with it they cover
all sorts of things from lifestyle and
good saving practices from stuff like
meal prep and feeds budgeting to saving
for an emergency fund there's also great
advice on how to earn money through side
hustles and other things like that as
well as what to do with money once you
have it like investing and stuff like
that I thoroughly recommend this channel
do check it out it's based in America
so a lot of their advice is based on the
American money system but there is still
very useful advice for people living all
around the world as generally they stick
to sort of general lifestyle stuff
number 9 is yoga with adriene do I even
need to say it yoga with Adriene is the
best yoga nee workout YouTube channel
there is she is so wholesome she's got
an adorable dog that features in the
background of a lot of her videos and
you could do a different one of her yoga
videos every day and not repeat yourself
for an entire year and a half her
channel is what got me into yoga in the
first place I really found when I first
started yoga I didn't want to go to
classes because I was intimidated by not
being as flexible as other people and
the great thing about yoga with Adriene
is that you can do it in your own living
room and you don't have to worry about
farting in front of a whole roomful of
people the channel is perfect for people
new to yoga as well as experienced
Yogi's she has amazing 30 days of yoga
trial
Jews which she's done for a few years
now so there's quite a few of them and
they're just really great for learning
the new techniques of yoga she's got a
foundations of yoga series where you can
learn more in depth about each pose and
what it should look like and also she's
just wonderful she's just wonderful so
next up number eight is scishow I'm
including all of psy shows offshoots
including scishow space and scishow
psych because I find all of the channels
super interesting I really love learning
about science in fact science was the
subject I was best at in school how I
ended up doing English no one would have
predicted that based on my GCSE results
the great thing about scishow is that it
answers people's questions about science
and also keeps you up to date with the
latest scientific news and discoveries
all while explaining it in a really easy
and accessible way so you don't have to
have a degree in science to understand
what they're talking about more recently
they've done videos on the corona virus
and its really good to learn about the
science behind it without all of the
politics and the books so number seven
is Tiffany Ferg she's actually a recent
one that I've got into all the ones that
I've spoken about so far have been shows
that I've been watching for a number of
years but Tiffany Ferg is one that I've
gotten to relatively recently at least
within the last couple of months in
terms of her personality I think she's
really cool and likable and a bit nerdy
and I feel like we would be friends if
any of you ever watched this let's be
friends I know you were in America but
we'll you know listen let's be friends
she fits it more into the commentary
side of YouTube this is a part of
YouTube that I personally really enjoy
turns out I love YouTube about other
youtube she does a series called
internet analysis where she looks at
trends on YouTube and the Internet at
large and I really like how much
research she puts into all her videos
they are really informative as well as
entertaining and she covers a wide range
of YouTube genres and in
trends she's not really focused on just
one area and that's what I really like
about her one of the things that I first
got into the commentary side of it is
actually like beauty drama videos and I
guess sort of like working my way
through my recommended is how I found
her but she doesn't fit into the drama
category it's more researched it's like
it's more objective she's not just a
drama channel don't get me wrong I love
drama channels but she provides more
information and analysis in an unbiased
way i watch every video she puts out me
and because she's a channel that's
relatively new to me I've been working
my way through her older videos as well
and I have to say I really like her
she's relatable and interesting and you
can tell that she has a background in
sort of media and journalism by the way
she writes and constructs her videos I
really enjoy it check around number 6 is
Lindsey Ellis I love this channel
Lindsey Ellis does film video essays
they're really well researched and they
are bit longer and they go really into
depth on analyzing films and what made
them successful or didn't I first found
Lindsey through her video essays on The
Hobbit films I'm a massive Lord of the
Rings fan on I even wrote a review of
The Hobbit movies as an adaptation for
one of my deadlines that you me this
series looks at how the films got made
and why they arguably failed it went
really in depth into the filming process
and I learnt loads about the impact that
Studios can have on making movies as
well as the interesting situation when
it comes to actors and workers guilds in
New Zealand I thoroughly recommend this
series as a starting point for her
channel from that I went on to binge
every video she has on her channel and I
loved learning about film she goes
really into depth into film theory and
it's interesting for me as an English
Lit graduate to see the similarities and
differences between analyzing books and
stories and analysing films and stuff
her videos are long incredibly detailed
and well researched as well as providing
a real education into the theories of
analyzing films her most recent video is
about cats and how that film came about
obviously when the film came out it was
a bit of an internet sensation for good
and bad reasons mostly bad let's be
honest how video looks at the history of
the musical itself and how it made it to
the stage and how it eventually got made
into a film it's really interesting
especially as someone even though I'd
never watched either the musical or the
film itself I watched it I found it so
fascinating that I had to go and watch
the new movie out of a sense of morbid
curiosity watch it it's great number 5
is Sofia my guards I've been watching
her since she was at BuzzFeed as part of
the ladylike team she's really bubbly
and friendly and I really enjoy watching
her and everything that she does she's
actually one of the only two youtubers
whose merch I've bought she released a
series of lipsticks with colour-pop
cosmetics as a result of her series of
bad makeup science videos and I couldn't
resist buying it I'm actually wearing
one of her lipsticks now this is called
screamer what do you reckon is actually
fading off because I've been drinking
tea so sorry but yeah
screamer I love it she does videos about
style fashion and general lifestyle
makeup all sorts of things I really love
how researched and in-depth she goes
into her videos I think it's really
funny how extra she gets on these things
she'll make like Franken lipsticks where
she'll combine all of her lipsticks in
her collection melt them together and
then turn them into new lipsticks that's
what prompted her collaboration with
colour-pop they made a load of the
shades that she's made on her bad makeup
science videos I really enjoy them how
much recent sort of bad oh it's not bad
makeup science but was on combining
everything
lush bath bomb into one big bath bomb
that was super funny it was really weird
and I thoroughly recommend watching it
also how wedding video is stunning it
came out a couple of months ago and as
someone who's just had to delay her own
wedding I've gone back and watched that
video a couple of times I think it's
really beautiful and also I loved
stealing her ideas for my own wedding go
and watch it she's super cute
she hasn't been uploading that
frequently recently I hope she's doing
alright but if you haven't watched her
before I definitely recommend going
through her old uploads because they are
really great so number four of the try
guys again I've been watching these guys
since they were at BuzzFeed a few years
ago I was on the BuzzFeed hype and I am
less so now but I fell in love with
these guys trying all these wacky things
and turning them into you videos a
couple of years ago they actually left
BuzzFeed and started up their own
company and one of my favorite videos
one of my favorite types of video they
do is actually what it is like to run
your own company they also include their
staff a lot in their videos and I really
enjoyed that they often try stuff on a
theme I really enjoy keith's eat the
menu videos where he'll eat everything
on the menu of different fast food
restaurants it must really mess with his
digestion I have to say but I really
enjoy watching them so I hope he carries
on and they also started a podcast which
I really enjoy is nice to have it on in
the background while I'm working
since lockdown they've been coming out
with videos that they obviously filmed
before lockdown started but also they've
been putting out content about their min
lockdown as well they're one of the only
channels that I'm watching at the moment
that focuses on what it's like to be in
lockdown and how it is working from home
and being in all those situations I
really enjoy their honesty on it and
it's nice to know that I'm not alone
going a little bit loopy they also have
really fun activities that they do to
keep themselves occupied whilst in
town Keith and his wife made a miniature
golf course in their apartment and that
is actually what inspired my turning our
house into a mini golf course for my
fiance's birthday if you want to watch
how I turned our house into a mini golf
course you can watch that video here so
we're about to head into the top three
but before we get there I wanted to do
some special mentions for people who
didn't quite make it into my top ten but
they're still really great and I
recommend giving them a subscribe and
watching the stuff they do first of all
sexplanations for all your sex and
relationship educational needs you
discovered it a couple of years ago and
I learned a lot next Brad mondo I love
his hair dresser Reax videos but more
specifically recently he's done a load
of videos on how to care for your own
hair including cutting coloring he's
made a video on how to cut short hair
which is obviously very useful for me
check it out another one is called just
right they do a lot on film and writing
theory and they're really interesting
and informative videos next up is Lena
Norm's she's I think she's the only
British youtuber I've included guys I
need more updates on British youtubers
so if you've got any recommendations
please put them in the comments below
I love Lena and all of her book related
content she works in publishing and she
does lots of interesting videos on the
subject the most recent video that I've
really enjoyed is she reads The Hunger
Games in a matter of days and gives us
her insights as she's reading through I
thought it was really interesting
especially because I studied Hunger
Games as part of my degree as well my
last special mention is for dissociated
I found out about her due to the recent
drama of the Trisha Paytas scandal and I
find her content really interesting a
lot of Education and a lot of
informative videos on what it is like
living with dissociative identity
disorder or you might know it as
multiple personality disorder
di D is just the new updated name for it
I found it really interesting I love
learning about it hey if you're
interested in sort of mental health and
stuff like that definitely check it out
you'll learn a lot okay we are heading
into the top three here we go number
three simply no logical I love her I
think she's great I think she's really
funny she's really down to earth I also
like the fact that she is a bit older
actually most of these people are around
my age or a couple of years older and I
love how she works really hard on her
YouTube videos but she also has a
full-time job how she maintains that I
don't know I think she's really funny
and relatable when I first found out
about her it was through her initial
viral video which was polish Mountain
where she put a hundred layers of nail
polish on it's the most ridiculous video
I've ever seen and I started binging a
lot of her content I find her early
staff a little bit irritating if I'm
honest but the stuff that she's coming
out with in the last couple of years
I've really enjoyed I think she's really
funny
she's also started a podcast called
simply pod logical where you get to know
her and her boyfriend been a lot more I
really enjoyed that cuz I think they're
really nice people so might have notice
from the name of my channel she does
nail art or at least most of the time
she does she sometimes goes a little bit
off the rails and makes a cake with
edible nail polish in don't recommend by
the sounds of it it sounded horrible she
does a lot of cool nail art challenges
and that's really interesting and she
also does super interesting educational
videos on how to look after your nails
and how to repair a break I've learned
so much from her so one of the other
things is that she is the only other
youtuber whose merch I've bought last
summer she came out with her own brand
of nail polish called hollow taco and
it's fantastic and in fact hollow taco
is for
should on some of my nails these two are
from her collection and I really like
them
that her brand of nail polish is really
good it is pricey to get it delivered to
the UK but man it's worth it
number two is Philip DeFranco he's
really funny but also keeps it really
factual and sticks to the basics of the
story reporting what's going on and then
giving his opinion a little bit at the
end he does frequent news shows I can't
remember how many a week he's on now I
think it might even be four new shows a
week covering events that are happening
around the world in the news as well as
on YouTube in the internet I think I got
into him because of his YouTube
commentary but actually I stuck around
for the way he reports news events from
around the world his videos are well
researched to the point I'm really
balanced also in the middle of his
videos he includes a section of today
and also and where he recommends lots of
other videos to go and watch which I
really enjoy and I frequently go and
watch the stuff he recommends I like
watching them because I find out about
new stories I wouldn't normally find out
about I can then go on and find out more
about those stories if I want to more
recently he's been doing a lot of
content about the coronavirus and how
different countries but specifically
focused on the United States are dealing
with it I find it really interesting to
watch the way he reports on this
especially when in a lot of like
mainstream news and media it's really
hard to take a step out of the politics
of it all and he generally stays
unbiased and I like the way he reports
these things I watch his videos as soon
as they came out I like to keep up to
date on what's happening and also I love
the fact he's got a good dose of YouTube
stuff in there too okay so my number one
favorite youtuber of all time is jenna
Marbles I don't feel like this as much
of a surprise
I think she's ace I've been subscribed
to her for over a decade now she's a
couple years older than me and I feel
like I've grown up with her
it's really weird I think she's funny
relatable and really good natured she
isn't affected by the drama on YouTube
in fact when drama garden was happening
in the beauty community she reached a
video about giving herself a new face
and putting loads of prosthetics on and
it was the break I needed she really
makes you feel like one of her friends
and really connects with you through the
camera I think when I was talking about
the parasocial relationship at the
beginning I think I feel that most
strongly with Jenna like I am convinced
we would be good friends obviously I've
never met her and if I did it would be
really weird and one-sided because I
feel like I know so much about her but
obviously she doesn't know me she's
talked a lot about how when she meets
fans they act like they know her really
well and actually that that can can be a
really positive thing for her and I
admire that
it also can we just take a minute for to
just respect the hustle that she is
still putting out relevant content on
YouTube that people want to watch after
so many years fair play to her there's
not a single video that she's uploaded
in the last couple of years that I
haven't absolutely loved I loved her 32
year old lady videos where she does just
crafts because she wants to and film so
self doing it and hey do you know what
I'm here for
I watch it so fair play to her the other
thing that I find most interesting like
the videos I love of hers the most are
the videos about her dogs I've never
liked dogs I'll be honest I'm with Ben
low-key scared of them for most of my
life but her videos one made me fall in
love with her dogs and two made me fall
in love with dogs in general like I kind
of want a dog now I would honestly watch
any video that woman puts out because I
just want to keep up to date on how
she's doing a few months ago she hit 20
million subscribers and to celebrate she
took a nap on the sofa with her dogs the
video lasted I dunno just over 10
minutes
I watched the whole damn thing it's
bizarre I don't know why I'm so into her
videos but I am so there you have it
those are my top 10 favorite youtubers
at the moment I'd be interested to see
if I feel the same way in a year's time
or five years time but I'm fairly
confident jenna Marbles will still be at
the top I hope she keeps making videos
for as long as possible because I need
that content do you think I'm missing
anyone from this list please let me know
in the comments below if you've got any
recommendations based on what I've said
the things I like stick them in the
comments and I'll definitely check them
out I hope you're doing okay by the way
guys this time is really confusing and I
thought lockdown might be a good
opportunity to get into some new content
to try something new so recommend me
yours let me know if you've heard of
these guys and if you've been watching
them and let me know what you think
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