The BEST YouTube shows of all time
Every YouTube show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every YouTube show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - BuzzFeed Unsolved
BuzzFeed’s hit docuseries follows conspiracy theory enthusiast and paranormal pundit Ryan as he deep-dives into the mysteries surrounding the most notorious paranormal cases and unsolved crimes in history, in order to convince his dubious friend Shane that sometimes, the evidence isn’t always as it seems.
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#3 - Plinkett Reviews
Elderly psychopath Harry S. Plinkett dissects a variety of movies using a blend of skilled film critique and surreal black comedy. All reviews are interspersed with footage of Plinkett's mentally unbalanced "extracurricular activities" which include imprisoning hookers in his basement and shootouts with the police.
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#4 - Team Fortress 2: Meet The Team
TF2 started with nine mercenaries, each with his own distinct personality. Because they live inside a frantic multiplayer shooter, though, the only facets of those personalities people got to see were the screaming, shooting, and being-on-fire parts. Enter the Meet the Team shorts, showcasing the mercs in their off-hours - arguing with their parents, barking orders at their head collections, or just strumming a guitar by the campfire. Also they made a movie about a sandwich.
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#5 - La Vida Moderna
Radio show on Cadena Ser in Spain, that also uploads the program in Youtube. Hosted by David Broncano and with Ignatius Farray and Quequé as co-hosts. The Modern Life (La vida moderna) talks about news with a particular sense of humor.
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#7 - Zero Punctuation
Zero Punctuation is The Escapist's groundbreaking video review series starring Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw. Every Wednesday Zero Punctuation picks apart the games so you don't have to. Called "hilariously cutting ... first legitimate breakout hit from the gaming community in recent memory" by Boing Boing, see why gamers love it and developers fear it.
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#8 - CGP Grey
A one-man YouTube show where complex things are explained for your entertainment.
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#9 - The Filthy Frank Show
Filthy Frank and his disease ridden friends talk about various subjects and take part in multiple adventures.
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#10 - TED Talks
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. TEDTalks began as a simple attempt to share what happens at TED with the world. Under the moniker "ideas worth spreading," talks were released online. They rapidly attracted a global audience in the millions. Indeed, the reaction was so enthusiastic that the entire TED website has been reengineered around TEDTalks, with the goal of giving everyone on-demand access to the world's most inspiring voices. [TED-Ed and TEDx are separate TVDB series and should NOT be listed here.]
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#11 - باب الحارة
Bab Al-Hara ("The Neighbourhood's Gate") is one of the most popular television series in the Arab world. The series chronicles the daily happenings and family dramas in a neighborhood in Damascus, Syria in the inter-war period under French rule when the local population yearned for independence. The appeal is cross-generational, and viewers include Muslims, Christians, Druze and Jews from Arab countries.
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#12 - Game Two
At Game Two we show our love for video games in a charmingly stupid way: Up-to-date game reviews, gaming news, a lot of humor and a good pinch of bashing & cardboard - whether for full-blooded gamers, casual gamers or noobs. Game Two is a gaming show, information from the gaming cosmos & comedy. Packed into three entertaining videos per week. Be there when we test games, discuss gaming news with you and once again don't take ourselves too seriously. We are the Rocket Beans. Regardless of PC, PlayStation, Xbox or Switch - in the German games scene you can't get around the Rocket Beans. Sofia, Lara Loft, Simon, Budi, Etienne and Nils are waiting for you with a gaming experience of a different kind. Since 18.11.2016, Game Two has been part of the funk offering. funk is a joint offering of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) and Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF).
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#13 - Dragon Ball Z Abridged
Dragon Ball Z Abridged is the title of TeamFourStar's abridged series based on the Dragon Ball Z anime. This abridged series is one of the most successful series created in '08-'09 and was featured on That Guy with The Glasses official website. Dragon Ball Z Abridged is a direct parody with most characters and plot lines remaining relatively unchanged.
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#14 - Good Mythical Morning
Two "Internetainers" (Rhett & Link) go far out and do the weirdest things, giving you a daily dose of casual comedy every Monday-Friday.
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#15 - Half in the Bag
Two VCR repairmen, Mike and Jay, scam an elderly man out of his fortune by discussing movies while on the job, and occasionally go on eccentric misadventures.
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#16 - The Great War (2014)
'The Great War' shows you the history of the First World War in the four years from 1914 to 1918, exactly 100 years ago. Our host Indy takes you back week by week and shows you what was going on in the past. Learn more about the Allies and the Central Powers, archdukes, emperors, Winston Churchill, Franz Ferdinand, Wilhelm II, soldiers, battles and of the life aside the battlefield.
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#17 - The Cinema Snob
A high-brow art critic takes a look at films below mainstream. He looks at lesser known titles in the categories of pornography, exploitation, low budget independent, and overly violent. If there's one man who can stomach tasteless trash such as these, Cinema Snob is the man for the job.
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#18 - Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series
As the name suggests, Yu-Gi-Oh: The Abridged Series is a dramatically shortened down version of the original series, cutting each episode down from its original twenty minutes. This includes episodes in two or more parts. All characters in the series are voiced by LittleKuriboh, even the female ones, adding to the comical effect of the parody.
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#19 - Meru the Succubus
A demon succubus, Meru, is thirsting for revenge towards the priest who took away her powers, and she has swore to find the perfect human host to permanently possess and enact her revenge.
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#20 - Best of the Worst
Mike, Jay, Rich and the rest of the Red Letter Media crew brave some of the worst movies ever created by man and then pick the best of the worst.
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#21 - Film Theory
In each episode of Film Theorists’ main series, Patrick dives into a specific work and sheds light on elements that less careful consumers may have missed. Despite the channel’s title, it isn’t limited to movies; instead, Patrick is taking on all sorts of pop culture franchises, including Game of Thrones and Harry Potter.
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#23 - Simon's Cat
A constantly hungry domestic cat adopts different tactics to get fed by its owner.
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#24 - Bad Living
In the fictional neighborhood of "Los Banderilleros," near the Spanish city of Seville, a group of friends are stuck their everyday "bad lives."
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#25 - Freaks!
A group of young people find themselves together after a car crash. Then, they wake up around a table, with no memories of what happened in between...
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#26 - After Hours
Set in a late-nite diner, After Hours features four friends who come together each week to address a new pop culture-related question that is dissected and answered by the team through humor, quick-hitting dialogue and clever animations
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#27 - Emma Approved
Emma Approved is a modernized adaptation of Emma, a novel by Jane Austen. It is a Pemberley Digital Project, a company founded by Hank Green and Bernie Su. Emma Approved is developed by Bernie Su.
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#28 - Time Team
In this popular and (literally) groundbreaking programme, Tony Robinson and a team of experts travel the country to investigate a wide range of archaeological sites of historical importance.
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#29 - Government Job
The backbone of the "Državni Posao (Government Job)" are satirical talks between the three actors, the comments are reminiscent of the "stand-up" form. These are short, witty comments and observations on daily life, circumstances, socio-political situation, sports, entertainment world, their personal opinions on various topics. The main idea is to present day in a non-existent government company and three employees of thinking about daily events in it, but also about life and society in general. Topics are drawn from the daily and weekly press, for various blogs, websites, talk about movies, series, shows - radio and television. The idea is that actors humorously comment on current events, to laugh viewers and encourage them to think about them.
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#30 - Neebs Gaming - Battlefield Friends
Hank and Jed/Neebs Gaming present an animated comedy series that take place in the Battlefield games.
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#31 - Run BTS!
A South Korean show by the boy group BTS. The show is all about BTS doing activities, challenges and lots more.
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#32 - Game Theory
They say that knowledge is power. And Nintendo encourages you to “play with power.” So shouldn’t you be playing…with knowledge? Every week (usually Tuesdays), we separate the fact from the fiction in some of your favorite video games. Learn off-the-wall info while we look in-depth at the designer’s decisions for old, new, and forgotten gems. It’s Mythbusters for gamers!
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#33 - Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
Kurzgesagt (German for «in a nutshell») is a Munich-based design studio, with a distinctive perspective on design and animation within the fields of education, science and commerce. Founded in 2012 by Philipp Dettmer & Stephan Rether, the studio engages in information design projects of all kinds. We love science, minimalism, colors and music. But most of all combining them to tell stories.
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#34 - Rostered On
“Rostered On" is an independent Australian comedy show based around the day to day struggles of working for a faceless retail corporation known as “Electroworld”.
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#35 - Troopers
In intergalactic war, there are heroes, villains, and then these guys. A new series from CollegeHumor.
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#36 - Pitch Meetings
Although they have the best intentions, a movie executive and a screenwriter make terrible decisions while planning popular films.
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#37 - Angry Video Game Nerd
The titular Nerd character is an ill-tempered and foul-mouthed video game fanatic. He derives comic appeal from excessive and inventive use of profanity, frequent displays of explicit gestures, and heavy consumption of beer, particularly Rolling Rock or Yuengling, to "soothe the pain". A particular characteristic is his favorable comparison of extremely repulsive and painful, usually firmly scatological, acts to playing the games he reviews. Varying amounts of physical comedy are mixed into the verbal abuse.
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#38 - Marble Hornets
When a film student decides to look through the tapes of a canceled project one of his friends had directed, he discovers that the crew had been stalked by a paranormal entity known as the Operator.
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#39 - Crash Course World History
John Green teaches you the history of the world.
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#40 - Carmilla
Small town girl Laura Hollis has just finally moved out to go to Silas University. When her missing roommate is replaced without explanation, Laura vows to find out what is happening on campus while she deals with her new roomy... a vampire. Based on the J. Sheridan Le Fanu novella.
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#41 - Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?
Anthony and Ashly Burch are writers and game critics who enjoy videogames, surreal humor, cupcakes, and videogames. In that order. And they make surreal videos in their spare time. The videos aren't that bad.
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#44 - The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
A modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice, the series is told in vlog-style by Lizzie Bennet as she narrates the trials and tribulations of her family life. As in Pride and Prejudice, Lizzie's mother is all too eager to marry her and her sisters off to rich men, so when wealthy medical student Bing Lee moves into the neighborhood and woos the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, it changes the entire dynamic of the family. It isn't long before Bing's even more wealthy friend and heir to an entertainment corporation, the mysterious Darcy, makes his way into the Bennet's lives, too.
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#45 - David Mitchell's Soapbox
In the hit series from the star of Peep Show, QI and That Mitchell And Webb Look, comedy genius David Mitchell vents his spleen on modern life in this award winning series of hilarious rants. No subject is off limits. David's targets include the elderly, lying politicians and Anne Robinson. And if necrophilia, the Welsh, the oddly familiar Camelopard and mysterious King Cnut are your thing, look no further. This is British comedy at its most irreverent and brilliantly observed. Have you ever worried that you're not passionate enough about sofas? How to pronounce the word "valet"? Or what to do with a half-dead mouse? Are you confused about public mastication, inflatable hover-forts or the proper etiquette when signing someone's boobs? Well fear not, David is on your side and has the answers.
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#46 - F*ck, That's Delicious
A show dealing with the often rapped about dining habits of our favorite rapper, Action Bronson. This series captures Action's culinary adventures while on tour.
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#47 - Charlie the Unicorn
In every episode a red and a blue unicorn try to kill Charlie the Unicorn in unexpected ways.
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#48 - GAP (2022)
Long after Sam first came to Mon's rescue when they were kids, Sam is unambiguously Mon's idol. In order to be near her, Mon gets a job working under her. When they finally meet again at the office, Mon is surprised by her icy exterior, so different from the image she'd had of her and what she herself wants to be. Mon and Sam aren't just different in demeanour; they stand apart in class and between them is a gap of eight years.
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#49 - Smosh
Smosh is the home of the best funny videos, games, photos, memes, blogs and galleries online. See the funniest YouTube videos, pictures and images online or chat with Smosh readers in our online forums. See cartoons and comics daily as well as our original series like Ian Is Bored and Lunchtime w/Smosh. Smosh is the brainchild of Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox, and Smosh.com focuses on everything humorous, funny, or awesome from around the web.
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#50 - Nostalgia Critic
Nostalgia Critic is a popular video series created by Chicago comedian Doug Walker. In the show, he plays the titular Nostalgia Critic, a grumpy and easily aggravated character who mostly reviews entertainment from the 1980s and 1990s. His catch-phrase, "I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it, so you don't have to," usually opens and ends each video.
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