▶ THE CREATOR INDEX

123 CHANNELS · 50 CURRENTLY IN TOP 50 · 36 DROPPED · 7 RE-EVALUATED

FILTER

STATUS

VERDICT

SORT

3Blue1Brown

ESSENTIAL

Mathematics / Education

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Kurzgesagt RE-EVAL

ESSENTIAL

Science / Animation

#001 #004S #013

Every Frame a Painting

ESSENTIAL

Film Analysis

#004C

Primitive Technology

ESSENTIAL

Maker / Survival

#004C

Jacob Geller

ESSENTIAL

Video Games × Philosophy × Art

#012

Adam Neely RE-EVAL

ESSENTIAL

Music Theory / Jazz Bass

#010

CGP Grey

ESSENTIAL

Education / Explainer

#004S

Lemmino RE-EVAL

ESSENTIAL

Documentary / Mystery

#007

Jenny Nicholson

ESSENTIAL

Long-form comic essay

#014

#10

Fireship

ESSENTIAL

Technology / Programming

#001

#11

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

ESSENTIAL

History / Long-Form

#001

#12

Townsends

ESSENTIAL

Historical Living / Cooking

#009

#13

Mark Rober

EXCELLENT

Engineering / Entertainment

#002

#14

Veritasium

EXCELLENT

Science / Education

—

#15

Vsauce

EXCELLENT

Science / Philosophy

—

#16

Fall of Civilizations

EXCELLENT

Narrative History / Documentary

#018

#17

hbomberguy

EXCELLENT

Long-Form Video Essay

#020

#18

Technology Connections

EXCELLENT

Technology / History

#004C

#19

Conan O'Brien / Team Coco

EXCELLENT

Comedy / Talk

#002

#20

Contrapoints

EXCELLENT

Political Essay / Trans Studies

#011

#21

exurb1a

EXCELLENT

Philosophy / Existential

—

#22

Clickspring

EXCELLENT

Clockmaking / Machining

#009

#23

Game Maker's Toolkit

EXCELLENT

Game Design Criticism

#016

#24

Summoning Salt RE-EVAL

EXCELLENT

Speedrun History / Documentary

#019

#25

Internet Historian

EXCELLENT

Internet Culture / Documentary

#003

#26

Theo Von

EXCELLENT

Comedy / Podcast

#002

#27

Good Mythical Morning

EXCELLENT

Entertainment / Variety

#006

#28

Caspian Report

EXCELLENT

Geopolitics / Analysis

#013

#29

Historia Civilis

EXCELLENT

Ancient History

—

#30

JCS — Criminal Psychology RE-EVAL

EXCELLENT

True Crime / Analysis

#007

#31

Tasting History with Max Miller

EXCELLENT

History × Cooking

#012

#32

Breaking Points

EXCELLENT

Political Analysis / Podcast

#011

#33

12tone

EXCELLENT

Music Theory / Analysis

#010

#34

Like Stories of Old

EXCELLENT

Philosophy / Video Essay

#013

#35

Nerdwriter1

EXCELLENT

Art / Film Analysis

#003

#36

NileRed

EXCELLENT

Chemistry

—

#37

Stuff Made Here

EXCELLENT

Engineering / Maker

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#38

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

EXCELLENT

Food Science / Cooking

#015

#39

Scott The Woz

EXCELLENT

Retro Gaming / Comedy

#008

#40

Drew Gooden

EXCELLENT

Deadpan Comedy Commentary

#014

#41

Noclip

EXCELLENT

Games Documentary

#016

#42

Binging with Babish

EXCELLENT

Cooking / Entertainment

#009

#43

Tantacrul

EXCELLENT

Music Software / Comedy Essay

#010

#44

Philosophy Tube

EXCELLENT

Political Philosophy / Theatre

#011

#45

Real Engineering

EXCELLENT

Engineering / Education

—

#46

Chinese Cooking Demystified

EXCELLENT

Regional Chinese Cooking

#015

#47

The Slow Mo Guys

EXCELLENT

Science / Entertainment

#006

#48

Map Men (Jay and Mark)

EXCELLENT

Geography / Comedy

#009

#49

Smarter Every Day

EXCELLENT

Science / Curiosity

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#50

Jomboy Media

EXCELLENT

Baseball / Sports Breakdown

#019

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Abroad in Japan

EXCELLENT

—

#013

dropped #016 — Displaced by merit — bottom of a brutally compressed 84-tier; re-entry candidate

↓

AI Explained

EXCELLENT

—

#017

dropped #019 — Displaced after ONE-ISSUE tenure — same arithmetic as Coffeezilla; SimpleBench contribution stands; re-entry candidate

↓

Ali Abdaal

—

dropped #009 — Breadth over depth

↓

Answer in Progress

EXCELLENT

—

#012

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit — one-issue tenure

↓

Baumgartner Restoration

EXCELLENT

—

#003

dropped #008 — Substantially reduced output

↓

Caddicarus

GOOD

—

#008

dropped #010 — Displaced; channel in transition

↓

Captain Disillusion

—

dropped #012 — Upload frequency untenable

↓

Cleo Abram

—

dropped #010 — Trajectory levelled

↓

Coffeezilla

EXCELLENT

—

#017

dropped #019 — Displaced after ONE-ISSUE tenure — entered #017 at the threshold, exited when two #019 entries (88/85) emptied the 84-tier; explicitly NOT a quality verdict; re-entry candidate

↓

Company Man

—

dropped #010 — Ceiling apparent

↓

Corridor Crew

EXCELLENT

—

#003

dropped #011 — Output slowdown

↓

Danny Gonzalez

EXCELLENT

—

#014

dropped #016 — Displaced by merit — Boss Fight loser tier; re-entry candidate

↓

Defunctland

—

dropped #011 — Stalled trajectory

↓

Johnny Harris RE-EVAL

AVERAGE

—

#011 #018

dropped #010 — Methodology criticisms (re-eval #011: 64)

↓

Joshua Weissman

EXCELLENT

—

#009

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit

↓

Legal Eagle

EXCELLENT

—

#012

dropped #015 — Ceiling apparent — law-meets-pop-culture format plateaued after multi-issue slide; re-entry candidate

↓

Lessons from the Screenplay

—

dropped #012 — Stalled trajectory

↓

MKBHD

—

dropped #011 — Controversy / conflict-of-interest

↓

Nexpo

EXCELLENT

—

#007

dropped #011 — Upload pace concerns

↓

Numberphile

—

dropped #012 — Displaced

↓

penguinz0 (Cr1TiKaL)

AVERAGE

—

#007

dropped #007 — Quality trajectory decline

↓

Philip DeFranco

EXCELLENT

—

#006

dropped #014 — Ceiling apparent — daily news commentary plateau

↓

Polymatter

—

dropped #009 — Crowded out

↓

React Media (FBE)

MEDIOCRE

—

#006

dropped #006 — Corporate pivot, soulless format

↓

Rick Beato

EXCELLENT

—

#010

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit

↓

Ryan George / Pitch Meeting

EXCELLENT

—

#014

dropped #017 — Displaced at threshold by Machine Issue entrants — tier crowding

↓

Sam O'Nella Academy

EXCELLENT

—

#012

dropped #013 — Displaced by merit — one-issue tenure

↓

Sideways

EXCELLENT

—

#010

dropped #014 — Ceiling apparent — music analysis lane saturated

↓

Some More News

GOOD

—

#011

dropped #012 — One-issue tenure

↓

Techmoan

—

dropped #012 — Displacement injustice (score above several remaining); flagged

↓

TED-Ed

EXCELLENT

—

#013

dropped #020 — Dropped at the bottom of the ten-deep 85-tier on the X-Factor tie-break — institutional breadth without a voice; not a quality verdict; #013 multilingual re-eval flag stays live

↓

TLDR News

EXCELLENT

—

#011

dropped #014 — Displaced by merit — below new 84 entry threshold

↓

Tom Scott

—

dropped #014 — Confirmed slowdown — re-evaluation candidate if pace returns

↓

Videogamedunkey

EXCELLENT

—

#007

dropped #018 — Displaced by Fall of Civilizations (89 NEW #16); 84-tier knife fight went against the best-covered lane (gaming has GMTK/Scott The Woz/Noclip); re-entry candidate the moment the tier reshuffles

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Wendover Productions

—

dropped #015 — Displaced — continued drift, score unchanged but trajectory flat; re-entry candidate

↓

Whang!

EXCELLENT

—

#008

dropped #017 — Displaced at threshold by Machine Issue entrants — tier crowding

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5-Minute Crafts

—

GAME OVER

—

#004C

—

agadmator

EXCELLENT

—

#019

—

Al-Daheeh (الدحيح) 🇪🇬

EXCELLENT

—

#020

—

Andrew Huberman

GOOD

—

#002

—

Bright Side

GAME OVER

—

#009

—

Choque de Cultura 🇧🇷

EXCELLENT

—

#016

—

Computerphile

GOOD

—

#017

—

Davie504

MEDIOCRE

—

#010

—

De Mi Rancho a Tu Cocina 🇲🇽

EXCELLENT

—

#015

—

Dot CSV 🇪🇸

EXCELLENT

—

#017

—

Dude Perfect

MEDIOCRE

—

#019

—

Eddy Burback

EXCELLENT

—

#014

—

F.D Signifier

EXCELLENT

—

#020

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Folding Ideas

EXCELLENT

—

#020

—

Forgotten Formats

EXCELLENT

—

#005

—

GothamChess

EXCELLENT

—

#019

—

HasanAbi

AVERAGE

—

#011

—

Ibai Llanos 🇪🇸

EXCELLENT

—

#019

—

Joe Rogan Experience

GOOD

—

#001

—

Kings and Generals

GOOD

—

#018

—

Luisito Comunica

EXCELLENT

—

#013

—

MrBeast

EXCELLENT

—

#004S

—

Nas Daily

MEDIOCRE

—

#012

—

Nota Bene 🇫🇷

EXCELLENT

—

#018

—

Oversimplified RE-EVAL

EXCELLENT

—

#012 #018

—

Porta dos Fundos 🇧🇷

EXCELLENT

—

#014

—

PragerU

GAME OVER

—

#011

—

Ridddle

GAME OVER

—

#017

—

Ryan's World

GAME OVER

—

#004S

—

Sohla and Ham

EXCELLENT

—

#015

—

Tasty

MEDIOCRE

—

#015

—

The Morphological Cinema

EXCELLENT

—

#005

—

The School of Life

GOOD

—

#013

—

Total Gaming 🇮🇳

GOOD

—

#016

—

Two Minute Papers

GOOD

—

#017

—

Vox

GOOD

—

#018

—

WatchMojo

GAME OVER

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#008