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Top Tech YouTubers to Follow in 2026
25 of the most-followed, still-active tech YouTubers: phone and laptop reviews, PC hardware tests, unboxings, explainers, teardowns, cameras and audio.
Short answer
The top tech YouTubers to follow in 2026 are the most-followed consumer-tech channels that are still uploading and still showing the test. This list has 25 of them, grouped by what they cover: phones and laptops (6), PC hardware and benchmarks (4), gadgets and unboxings (5), explainers (3), repair and teardowns (4), and cameras and audio (3). Every entry links one recent video to start with.
This list is for anyone about to spend money on a phone, a laptop, a graphics card, a camera or a pair of headphones and wondering which of the enormous tech channels is worth the subscription. It is written for the search “top tech YouTubers 2026”, so the names are the big ones: channels you have probably heard of, checked for whether they are still active and still doing the work on screen.
“Top” here means the most-followed creators in the niche who are still uploading, not an order. The entries are alphabetical, because a channel that benchmarks 44 graphics cards and a channel that unboxes phones in Hindi serve different viewers, and ranking them against each other would say nothing useful. Each entry says why the creator is here and links one video to start with.
Which tech YouTuber should you follow?
Start with what you’re buying. Everyone in the table is on the list below, and within each row they’re alphabetical.
| If you’re buying… | Creators to start with | What they show |
|---|---|---|
| A phone, tablet or laptop | Marques Brownlee, MrMobile, Mrwhosetheboss, SuperSaf, Tech Spurt, The Tech Chap | Full reviews after days of use, side-by-side camera tests, and a reviewer who buys his own phones and publishes an ethics policy |
| PC parts, or a whole PC | Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed, JayzTwoCents, Linus Tech Tips | Noise-normalised thermal tests, a 44-card benchmark, a step-by-step tuning guide, and reviews from a large team with its sponsors named |
| Gadgets you didn’t know existed | Technical Guruji, Techmoan, Trakin Tech, Unbox Therapy, UrAvgConsumer | Unboxings and first looks, including two of the largest Hindi-language channels, and a reviewer of new and old consumer tech who says when a sample was free |
| An explanation, not a verdict | Branch Education, Snazzy Labs, ThioJoe | How a contactless payment works, what a Windows update changes setting by setting, and what macOS on an iPad actually costs you |
| Something broken, or a look inside | Hugh Jeffreys, iFixit, JerryRigEverything, Phone Repair Guru | E-waste repairs, teardowns that end in a repairability score, and what a variable-aperture camera looks like from the inside |
| A camera or headphones | Jared Polin, Kai W, Mike O’Brien | Camera reviews shot in the field, a sponsor segment given its own chapter, and headphone comparisons with the scoring notes in the description |
If you want the shortest route to a decision, the comparison channels (SuperSaf, Hardware Unboxed, Mike O’Brien) put two products on the same test. If you want to understand what you are buying, the explainers and the teardown channels are the better first hour.
The 25 creators, A to Z
- Covers
- Animated explainers of how everyday hardware works
- Why they’re here
- Animated explainers of the engineering inside everyday devices. The video to start with slows a one-second contactless payment down: it opens a payment terminal and a credit card, explains how a 13.56 MHz magnetic field powers a card with no battery, and unpacks the cryptography that stops a fake card being approved. It is sponsored by Brilliant, disclosed with YouTube’s paid-promotion label and its own chapter, and another chapter states the animation was made entirely by human hands.
- Start with
- How does Tap to Pay Work?
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- Covers
- PC hardware reviews with the test method on screen
- Why they’re here
- A website and YouTube channel reviewing consumer PC hardware, with the test methods shown rather than assumed. The video to start with reviews a PC case with a chapter on thermal test methodology, then CPU and GPU temperatures noise-normalised and at full fan speed, and concludes the case stops making sense at its price if you don’t want its look. Sponsors are named at the top of the description, affiliate links are labelled, and the description links a published ethics statement.
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- Covers
- Graphics card and CPU benchmarks at scale
- Why they’re here
- Benchmarks at a scale few channels attempt; the About text says they test new hardware and games on release day. The video to start with runs 44 graphics cards through one new game at three resolutions, on Ultra and Medium presets and with upscaling, lists the test system, and finds the game runs well on 8GB cards; a written version is linked on TechSpot. Affiliate links are disclosed in the description.
- Start with
- Gears of War: E-Day | 44 GPU Benchmark
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- Covers
- Restoring broken phones, laptops and e-waste
- Why they’re here
- Restores broken phones, tablets and computers on camera, with the stated aim of keeping them out of landfill and teaching DIY repair, per the channel’s About text. The video to start with takes a ten-dollar laptop bought as e-waste and repairs it; the description links his own hardware-testing app and store rather than sponsors. He posts a new video every second week, so the feed is slower than most on this list.
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- Covers
- Teardowns that end in a repairability score
- Why they’re here
- The repair company’s own channel, and it says so: teardowns by iFixit’s repair team that end in a repairability score. The video to start with opens the iPhone 18 Pro to show how the variable-aperture camera works, finds a larger vapour chamber, a new modem and the return of a screw-in battery tray, flags a possible problem with the display’s plastic frame, and gives the phone a provisional 7 out of 10. The About text is open that the company sells the parts and tools.
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- Covers
- Camera and lens reviews shot in the field
- Why they’re here
- Camera reviews made while actually taking photos, which the About text says is the point. The video to start with compares the Canon R8 Mark II with the R8 and R6 Mark II chapter by chapter: body design, controls, the unchanged battery, the new pre-capture feature, and whether the price jump is worth it. The video is sponsored by a retailer’s credit card, disclosed in the first line and with YouTube’s label, and he sells his own Lightroom presets.
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- Covers
- PC building, upgrades and maintenance step by step
- Why they’re here
- PC building and how-to videos whose About text aims to leave you able to “troubleshoot, fix and build your next PC”. The video to start with is a tuning guide: enabling the memory’s XMP or EXPO profile, cleaning out dust, cutting startup apps, uninstalling cleanly and testing temperatures, with the free monitoring and benchmark tools linked in the description. Amazon links for the items shown are in the description.
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- Covers
- Phone durability tests and teardowns
- Why they’re here
- Zack Nelson, known for teardown videos, whose About text reads “I review technology from the inside”. The video to start with takes the iPhone 18 Pro apart to see the variable-aperture lens from the inside and check whether the new processor has any cooling, and links his durability test of the same phone. The video is sponsored, disclosed in the first line and with YouTube’s paid-promotion label, and the About text discloses the Amazon affiliate programme.
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- Covers
- Camera and lens reviews with labelled sponsor segments
- Why they’re here
- Camera and lens reviews with the sponsor given its own chapter. The video to start with goes through the Canon EOS R8 Mark II’s stabilisation, ergonomics, performance and advanced functions, places it against the competition, and labels the sponsored segment in the chapter list as well as with YouTube’s paid-promotion label. Smaller than most channels here, and here for the camera coverage.
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Linus Tech Tips
- Covers
- Reviews, builds and experiments from a large team
- Why they’re here
- The channel Linus Sebastian founded, now made by a team the About text calls “professionally curious” experts in consumer technology. The video to start with reviews the AirPods 5 with chapters on noise cancellation, battery life, audio impressions, the limited EQ and the lack of Android support. A hardware partner’s links are the first lines of the description, affiliate links are disclosed, and the description states Sebastian’s investments in two hardware companies. Our compiled interview collects what he has said about running the company.
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- Covers
- Phone, laptop and gadget reviews
- Why they’re here
- Marques Brownlee, known as MKBHD, is best known for his videos reviewing technology devices. The video to start with calls the iPhone 18 Pro “basically an S year upgrade” with one really impressive part, and takes the camera, the chip and the battery in turn before a conclusion. The description states the phone was provided by Apple for review and carries a case-maker’s link. Our compiled interview collects what he has said about keeping viewers’ trust.
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- Covers
- Headphone, earbud and wearable comparisons
- Why they’re here
- Headphone, earbud and wearable comparisons with the scoring notes pasted into the description. The video to start with asks whether Bose’s cheaper QuietComfort headphones are the better buy over the Ultra model, and the description carries the price and design notes behind the verdict. Affiliate links are labelled, and the description says some products may have been sent at no cost. Smaller than most channels here, and here for the audio coverage.
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- Covers
- Phone, foldable and wearable reviews with disclosures
- Why they’re here
- Michael Fisher’s reviews of phones, foldables and wearables, each with its own disclosures section. The video to start with reviews the Xiaomi 18 Fold after roughly ten days with a unit he bought himself, with chapters on hardware, software and cameras and a closing disclosure; the description states that manufacturers never preview or approve his videos, names the sponsor, and links the channel’s ethics policy.
- Start with
- Xiaomi 18 Fold Review: Duo-n't Be Fooled
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- Covers
- Phone reviews and big-budget tech experiments
- Why they’re here
- Arun Maini, whose About text sets out to make “the most FUN and USEFUL Tech videos on the Planet”. The video to start with is his full review of the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max, framed as whether Apple “cooked or flopped”. The description’s accessory links carry discount codes, and his list of favourite gadgets is marked “Not sponsored but these are affiliate links”.
- Start with
- iPhone 18 Pro Review - My Last iPhone?
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- Covers
- Phone teardowns and repairs from a working shop
- Why they’re here
- Teardowns and repair guides from a working repair shop; the description links mail-in repairs for Canada and the US. The video to start with opens the iPhone 18 Pro to look at the processor, the redesigned cooling, the battery and the smaller Dynamic Island, then takes the main camera apart to see what moves the aperture blades. The sponsor’s discount code is in the first line with YouTube’s label, and the description states that dubbed versions use a mix of human voice artists and AI.
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- Covers
- Apple hardware, smart-home and home-network deep dives
- Why they’re here
- Apple hardware, smart-home and home-network deep dives that the About text sums up as benchmark, teardown and explain. The video to start with gets real macOS running on an iPad Pro through a jailbreak, prices the old iPads it took, measures a 20% single-core and nearly 50% multi-core performance hit, and ends on a chapter titled “Cool trick, wrong answer”. The sponsor has its own chapter and an #ad tag in the description.
- Start with
- My iPad Runs Steam Now
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- Covers
- Side-by-side smartphone camera comparisons
- Why they’re here
- Safwan AhmedMia’s side-by-side camera comparisons, shot the same way every time. The video to start with puts the iPhone 18 Pro Max against the Galaxy S26 Ultra on the primary, ultrawide, zoom and selfie cameras, portrait mode, low light, stabilisation, slow motion and audio, with samples indoors, outdoors and in low light. Affiliate links are flagged in the description.
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- Covers
- UK phone, tablet, laptop and wearable reviews
- Why they’re here
- Chris Barraclough’s reviews of phones, tablets, laptops and wearables, usually after a week or more of use. The video to start with reviews the Galaxy Tab S12 Ultra after a week, says plainly that upgrades are thin this generation and the price is high, then goes through the keyboard dock, software, display, performance and battery before a verdict. The affiliate discount code is disclosed in the description.
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Techmoan
- Covers
- New and old consumer tech, projectors to portable stereos
- Why they’re here
- Mat Taylor’s reviews of new and old consumer tech, from projectors to portable stereos. The video to start with is an early look at an ultra-short-throw 4K projector, with a dated note on which keystone features started working after a firmware update. The description states the sample was provided free, that no payment was made and that he is keeping it, and flags the affiliate link; the About text explains how his affiliate commissions work.
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- Hindi-language phone unboxings and tech news
- Why they’re here
- Gaurav Chaudhary’s Hindi-language tech channel, which the About text says posts two videos a day. The video to start with unboxes the Xiaomi 18 Pro Max and works through its chapters: a comparison with the iPhone, design and ports, both displays, the processor, battery and charging, software and camera samples. The description carries no sponsor or affiliate links, only the channel’s own app, site and shop.
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- Covers
- Phone, laptop and TV reviews from the UK
- Why they’re here
- Tom’s reviews of phones, laptops, TVs and PC hardware from the UK. The video to start with reviews the iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max after 100 hours, shot on the phone itself, with chapters on the variable aperture, heat, performance and battery, one titled “Why You SHOULDN’T Upgrade”, and the ad segment labelled “AD” in the chapter list.
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- Windows, browser and security explainers
- Why they’re here
- Informational videos about Windows, browsers and security; the About text notes the channel switched from joke tutorials to real ones in 2017. The video to start with goes through the annual Windows 11 feature update setting by setting, from restore points and the redesigned Start menu to administrator protection and driver-signing changes, with a chapter for each. The description carries no sponsor or affiliate links.
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- Covers
- Hindi-language daily phone unboxings and reviews
- Why they’re here
- Arun Prabhudesai’s Hindi-language channel of daily phone and gadget unboxings and reviews, run by a media company named in the About text. The video to start with unboxes the iQOO 16 and goes through design, weight, ports, display, specifications, gaming, camera and software, each with its own chapter. The description links the phone’s product page and gives an address for promotion enquiries.
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- Covers
- Unboxings of new phones and unusual gadgets
- Why they’re here
- Lewis Hilsenteger’s unboxing channel, which its About text says runs from the newest smartphone to “gadgets and technology you never knew existed”. The video to start with unboxes the iPhone 18 Pro Max and asks whether it is worth the upgrade. The video is sponsored, disclosed in the first line of the description and with YouTube’s paid-promotion label.
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- Covers
- Unboxings and day-in-the-life phone reviews
- Why they’re here
- Judner Aura’s unboxings and day-in-the-life reviews of phones, gaming PCs and headphones. The video to start with is the annual unboxing of the new iPhones and Apple’s accessories, and the description says Apple sent everything shown. Affiliate links are disclosed in the description.
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How we checked each creator
We looked at roughly 75 channels across phone and laptop reviews, PC hardware, unboxings, explainers, repair, cameras and audio, found through search with this-month and this-year filters and the names that keep coming up in those searches. For each one that made the list we:
- Checked their reach. This is a “top” list, so we read the public subscriber count on each channel’s own page in October 2026 and set a floor for the list. Twenty-three of the 25 are above it; Kai W and Mike O’Brien are below it and are here for their camera and audio coverage, which the entries say. None of those numbers is printed, for the reasons below.
- Checked they’re active. Every creator here uploaded at least three times in the last 90 days, confirmed against their channel’s public upload feed; most upload weekly or more.
- Picked one real video. We chose a recent upload where they review, test, take apart or explain something on screen, then confirmed its exact title and channel with YouTube itself. Where the first choice was a sponsor read or a one-line description, we picked another video from the same feed.
- Wrote only from what we could read. The “why” in each entry comes from that video’s title, description and chapters, the channel’s About text and, for seven creators, one identity sentence from Wikipedia, including how sponsorships, affiliate links and free review units are disclosed. Dave2D and iJustine, two of the biggest channels in the niche, aren’t here because the descriptions of their recent videos are a single line or a list of links, which left nothing to write from.
- Applied the never-feature rules, however large the channel. We left out gaming channels (Austin Evans’s recent feed is mostly consoles), AI-tool reviewers (they have their own list, linked below), a channel whose recent titles are mostly leaks and “BREAKING”, a channel whose description sells grey-market software keys, and channels that are commentary rather than testing. One large Apple channel couldn’t be verified by our method because its videos don’t allow embedding.
One entry, iFixit, is a repair company’s channel, and it says so. We allowed one such channel because its teardowns end in a published repairability score. Our methodology covers the rules every list follows.
There are no subscriber counts on this page. We only publish YouTube numbers that come from the official YouTube Data API, with the date they were checked, and we refresh or remove them within 30 days. The counts we read from channel pages decided who was big enough and nothing else.
How to follow a big tech channel without getting sold to
Every channel on this list takes sponsors, affiliate commissions or free review units, and most take all three. None of that makes a review worthless, as long as you can see it. Five things to look for, with where the rules come from:
- Look for the label at the start. YouTube’s help page says that if a video features “branded content, sponsorships, endorsements, or other commercial relationships”, the creator has to select the paid promotion option, which “adds a disclosure label that appears at the beginning of your video”, per YouTube’s branded content page. Eight of the 25 videos to start with carry it. Several others name a sponsor in the description or a chapter without it; the label only appears when the creator sets it, so the chapter list is worth a look too.
- A free product counts as a connection. The FTC’s endorsement guides say a connection that “might materially affect the weight or credibility of the endorsement” must be disclosed clearly and conspicuously when the audience wouldn’t expect it, and that such connections include “the provision of free or discounted products … regardless of whether the advertiser requires an endorsement in return”, under 16 CFR 255.5. Good channels say which it was: Marques Brownlee’s description reads “Phone provided by Apple for review”, Techmoan’s says the sample was free and he is keeping it, MrMobile’s says he bought the phone.
- A line buried in the description isn’t “clear and conspicuous”. The same guides define the phrase as a disclosure that is “difficult to miss (i.e., easily noticeable)” and add that if the claim is made visually, the disclosure should be made “in at least the communication’s visual portion”, and if it is spoken, in the audio too. So a sponsored video should say so on screen and out loud, not only in a paragraph you have to expand. Our guide to disclosing affiliate links and sponsorships goes through what that looks like on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram.
- Affiliate links are the quiet one. Almost every description on this list carries retailer links, and a discount code is usually an affiliate code. The channels worth trusting label them: Mrwhosetheboss marks his favourite-gadgets list “Not sponsored but these are affiliate links”, Hardware Unboxed states it earns from qualifying purchases, Tech Spurt’s code has “AFF” in its name. A description with retailer links and no such line is the thing to notice.
- Read the ethics page if there is one. Two channels here publish their rules. MrMobile’s ethics page says he maintains “rigorous standards to preserve my impartiality” as a reviewer, and his descriptions state that manufacturers never preview or approve a video. Gamers Nexus links its review sample and advertising policies from its descriptions, which also state that it never produces paid content or charges manufacturers for coverage. The same checks apply to software reviews; we go through them for AI tools in how to tell if a YouTube AI tool review is honest.
What to do next
- Buying something? Pick the row in the table that matches it and watch two creators from it, ideally one who compares products on the same test and one who explains what the numbers mean.
- Choosing AI tools instead? That is a different list: AI tool reviewers on YouTube worth following covers creators who test AI tools on screen.
- Want the long version from the two biggest names? Our compiled interviews with Marques Brownlee and Linus Sebastian are linked from their entries above.
- Know someone who belongs here? Suggest a creator. Suggestions go through the same checks as everyone else, and we review this list every quarter.
Frequently asked questions
- Who are the best tech YouTubers in 2026?
- It depends on what you’re buying. For phones and laptops: Marques Brownlee, MrMobile, Mrwhosetheboss, SuperSaf, Tech Spurt and The Tech Chap. For PC hardware: Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed, JayzTwoCents and Linus Tech Tips. For gadgets and unboxings: Technical Guruji, Techmoan, Trakin Tech, Unbox Therapy and UrAvgConsumer. For explainers: Branch Education, Snazzy Labs and ThioJoe. For repair and teardowns: Hugh Jeffreys, iFixit, JerryRigEverything and Phone Repair Guru. For cameras and audio: Jared Polin, Kai W and Mike O’Brien.
- Did any of these creators pay to be on this list?
- No. Nobody pays to be included, inclusion never depends on using or promoting any product, and nobody on this list was asked to mention one. Each creator is here because they are among the most-followed, still-active channels in consumer tech and because of one recent video in which they review, test, take apart or explain something on screen, and the entry says which one.
- How did you choose these tech YouTubers?
- We started from reach: the public subscriber count on each channel’s own page in October 2026, with a floor for the list and room for a couple of smaller channels that clearly belong. Each one has uploaded at least three times in the last 90 days, confirmed from the channel’s public feed. For every entry we picked one recent video where they review, test, take apart or explain something, confirmed its exact title with YouTube, and wrote the entry from its description and chapters. Gaming channels, AI-tool reviewers and channels built on leaks and sponsor reads were left out. Our methodology page has the details.
- Why are the YouTubers listed alphabetically?
- Because “top” here means the most-followed creators in the niche who are still active, not an order. A channel that benchmarks 44 graphics cards and a channel that unboxes phones in Hindi serve different viewers, and ranking them against each other would say nothing useful. Alphabetical order also makes it obvious that no position on the list was bought or traded for anything.
- Do tech YouTubers get the products for free?
- Often, and the better ones say so in the description. On this list, Marques Brownlee’s review states the phone was provided by Apple, Techmoan’s says the projector sample was free and he is keeping it, Mike O’Brien’s says some products may have been sent at no cost, UrAvgConsumer’s says Apple sent everything shown, and MrMobile’s says he bought the phone himself. Under the FTC’s endorsement guides, a free or discounted product counts as a connection that should be disclosed when the audience wouldn’t expect it.
- Why are there no subscriber counts on this page?
- We only publish YouTube numbers that come from the official YouTube Data API, dated, and refreshed or deleted within 30 days, as YouTube’s developer policies require. Subscriber counts were read from each channel’s page to decide who was big enough for the list, but a number read off a page is not one we’ll print. Until API numbers are in place we’d rather show none than a stale or estimated one.
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