Top 20 Gaming Influencers (on YouTube)

Gaming is a significant genre on YouTube. There is a natural synergy between playing a video game yourself, and then watching others demonstrate their gaming prowess. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to find many gaming influencers on YouTube.

While most people watch these games via live streaming on networks like Twitch, gamers love to upload videos to their YouTube channels reliving game highlights and making predictions for future matches. Yet the most significant influence is a retro game that goes back to the 90s – Minecraft. Many of the most popular YouTube channels focus on Minecraft mods, and they take you inside the Minecraft World. Incredibly the biggest supporters of these videos weren't born when Minecraft was first published.

You could argue that the most popular gamer of them all is PewDiePie – he made his name producing videos of him playing games and commenting on his play. But he has moved on since then. Few of his recent videos have a gaming focus.