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!

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#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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90 votes

#2 - Cardfight!! Vanguard

This story takes place a little further in the future—There are now billions of card game players in the world, to an extent where card games have become a necessity, a part of our lives.The protagonist of this story, Aichi Sendo, is a timid boy in his third year of middle school. He had been living his life looking backward rather than forward, trying not to stand out. However, he had one thing that kept him going - the Blaster Blade, a card from a card game that was given to him when he was little. That card is the reason why he begins to engage in Cardfights, something that changes his life drastically. The name of the card game is Vanguard. The game takes place in a different planet called Cray. It is a place similar to our own planet, but unlike planet Earth, Gods and Demons, Dragons and other mythical creatures still roam the land. It is also a world where both Magic and Science have advanced hand in hand. Countries with advances in different fields and cultures rule over different parts of the planet Cray. And due to a never before seen play system, it becomes popular throughout the world. Aichi, immediately attracted by Vanguard, meets friends such as Misaki Togura and Kamui Katsuragi, along with other rivals. Through friendly rivalry with them, Aichi begins to enjoy a fulfilling life. Aichi, however, has a goal: to once again battle with a Vanguard Fighter by the name of Toshiki Kai. Toshiki Kai is an aloof and cold-hearted high schooler who has outstanding abilities in the world of Vanguard. He is also the reason why Aichi started playing the game. For him, Kai is the person who saved him from his boring life and introduced him to Vanguard. In order to get better at Vanguard, Aichi puts his soul into it every day. He wishes that someday, he'll be able to battle Kai and have him recognize his worth.

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29 votes

#3 - Every Frame a Painting

An online series of video essays about film form.

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178 votes

#4 - 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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27 votes

#5 - 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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60 votes

#6 - 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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148 votes

#7 - Scrapyard Wars

Linus Sebastian & Luke Lafreniere compete to build computers on a budget in a short time. The best rig wins.

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29 votes

#8 - 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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87 votes

#9 - GOING SEVENTEEN

Initially a series of behind-the-scenes vlogs, GOING SEVENTEEN has taken a more structured route since mid-2019 and is now a reality-variety show with themed episodes. Every week, the members of SEVENTEEN play games or participate in a variety of activities for everyone's delight and entertainment.

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9.80
349 votes

#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. Episode ordering and dates are sourced from YouTube.]

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9.80
329 votes

#11 - 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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9.80
142 votes

#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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9.70
223 votes

#13 - Simon's Cat

A constantly hungry domestic cat adopts different tactics to get fed by its owner.

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9.70
174 votes

#14 - Cyanide & Happiness Shorts

Cyanide and Happiness is a daily webcomic on www.explosm.net that was created by Rob DenBleyker, Kris Wilson, Dave McElfatrick and Matt Melvin in 2005.

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9.70
308 votes

#15 - Attic Gamer

A series of bad retro-games tests, directed by the Joueur du Grenier (Frédéric Molas) and his friend Seb (Sébastien Rassiat) inspired by The Angry Video Game Nerd videos.

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9.70
87 votes

#16 - CGP Grey

A one-man YouTube show where complex things are explained for your entertainment.

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9.68
183 votes

#17 - 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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9.62
194 votes

#18 - Casey Neistat Vlog

Follow the life of Casey Neistat with his daily vlogs.

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9.60
223 votes

#19 - 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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9.60
129 votes

#20 - 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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9.57
161 votes

#21 - Salad Fingers

Salad Fingers is a strange creature that lives in a small shack in the middle of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. He is severely mentally ill, possibly as a result of its isolation.

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9.50
56 votes

#22 - How It Should Have Ended

A look back at how things would have been if your favorite movies had ended just a little differently.

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9.50
58 votes

#23 - 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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9.40
149 votes

#24 - 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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9.36
318 votes

#25 - 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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9.30
721 votes

#26 - 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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9.30
81 votes

#27 - 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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9.30
84 votes

#28 - re:View

Mike, Jay, Rich, Jack and Josh discuss movies they actually like.

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9.30
90 votes

#29 - Extra Credits

Join James Portnow, Daniel Floyd and Allison Theus each week as they take a deeper look at games; how they are made, what they mean and how we can make them better.

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9.30
107 votes

#30 - H3 Podcast

In this podcast, Ethan & Hila Klein (H3H3) talk to/interview some interesting people.

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9.28
819 votes

#31 - 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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9.20
362 votes

#32 - 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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9.20
168 votes

#33 - CinemaSins

No movie is without sins. We exist mostly just to remind you of that.

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9.17
179 votes

#34 - 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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9.16
231 votes

#35 - 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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9.11
398 votes

#36 - 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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9.10
230 votes

#37 - Backdoor Brazil

A series of short comedy films.

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9.09
65 votes

#38 - Nadie Sabe Nada

Andreu Buenafuente and Berto Romero improvise based on the questions sent to them by the spectators. A program based on the comic complicity between two friends, on personal experiences and, above all, on the most absolute ignorance.

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9.08
108 votes

#39 - 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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9.06
165 votes

#40 - 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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9.05
146 votes

#41 - 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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9.04
627 votes

#42 - 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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9.00
57 votes

#43 - 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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9.00
168 votes

#44 - Freeman's Mind

Freeman’s Mind is a science-fiction comedy series that follows the thoughts of Dr. Gordon Freeman, a 27 year old physicist and protagonist of the game Half-Life. The setting starts off in Black Mesa, a government research facility in New Mexico. In the game Half-Life, Freeman is entirely silent and has no actual personality. In Freeman’s Mind, he is a highly vocal and neurotic individual with paranoid and delusional tendencies. All episodes are filmed in a first-person perspective as he gives a monologue of his thoughts. Episodes are sequential and should be watched in order to make the most sense of the series.

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9.00
54 votes

#45 - Honest Game Trailers

Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite Video Games ! These are the hilarious trailers the game developers don't want you to see...

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9.00
120 votes

#46 - 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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8.93
1370 votes

#47 - 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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8.90
250 votes

#48 - 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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8.88
71 votes

#49 - 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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8.84
178 votes

#50 - Crash Course World History

John Green teaches you the history of the world.

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