Gaming

I watch a lot of skill up and the rest of the members from the friends per second podcast. Razbuten and nakeyjakey are good as well. I'm into yugioh as well so I watch dzeef and their group.

I'm a big fan of Ryukahr. He's a super chill guy who mostly plays Super Mario Maker levels and is incredibly good at them.

Gaming is a pretty broad topic, so I'll give a range of answers that are gaming related but not necessarily strictly gameplay.
Summoning Salt - Speedrun Historian
8-Bit Music Theory - Video Game Music Theory
Game Maker's Toolkit - Video Game Design Theory
Jacob Geller - Video Essayist with focus on Games
DougDoug - Community Influenced Gameplay with Light Coding (also hilarious)

But that's my selection.

Not really a content creator, but rather a network of creators - The Yogscast. They're fun, they're all friends, they make me laugh, they're wholesome and cursed at the same time, I love em.

Mandalore, Hbomberguy, AmbiguousAmphibian, Jwlar, The Dadliest Man, MattKC, Oxhorn, Joseph Anderson, Your Favourite Son, Summoning Salt, Noodle, Avalanche Reviews, Monty Zander, Boulder Punch, The Nth Review, King K

Maybe some others, but those are the ones that jumped out in my Sub list!

I like watching zanny for the humour and 3kliksphilip for CS:GO-related videos

Glad to see Grim Beard getting love online. Love his stuff. Civvie is also top notch.

hmmmm I almost exclusively watch Youtube so I will put some of my regulars here with a focus on more positive non-toxic people for you guys in no particular order. they will be a bit reductive for brevity:

Day[9] - top of the list because he seems very well tuned towards what you wrote. a looooooooong time (like 15 years now ?!??) twitch variety gaming streamer, uploads full streams a lot. He constantly takes breaks for long winded rants about game design but honest to god the mans brain is a treasure, the videos always entertain through humor or learning, and ive been watching the guy since justin.tv, so let me tell you he is one of the very few genuinely good people in the space, especially for this long.

Funhaus - mostly tightly edited, almost all comedy focused, and while they use games as a bouncing board for the comedy theyre not often the actual focus of the videos. The cast has rotated through the years for many good reasons, causing changes in humor style but every person on the channel is still extremely funny with a tremendous group chemistry. another 10 year follow for me (if you include inside gaming) which leads me to

Inside Games - mostly focused on gaming news, and LEGIT gaming journalism, with deep dives and fun clown math. This is founded and headed by two of the former Funhaus members who left to return to their roots of the similarly named Inside Gaming, which predates Funhaus. Confusing, i know, but what you need to know is that you can get really concise, funny, good, non-toxic 'Gamer' news about gaming here weekly.

Alanah Games - mixed variety of content, but all focused on gaming. More deep looks at news articles, amazing interviews with voice actors. Alanah was a games journalist and writer for a long time, has a ton of experience and connections, and maintains a positive attitude the whole time. Really smart, and while i dont watch every video, there are definitely a lot that are worth watching. also yes, former Funhaus if you can detect a pattern.

Videogamedunkey - not very positive/non toxic and has had his controversies, but he does always put out very funny gaming content so he deserves a shout out.

Pestily - nearly exclusive tarkov streamer, but he has been branching out to very fun IRL content recently. If you have a mild interest in watching first person shooters, or have played/ do play Escape From Tarkov, hes simply the best for that. Easy to get overwhelmed with how much he uploads across all of his channels but if you can deal with that he is a genuinely good guy with fun interesting content on the regular.

Settled - if you have a mild interest in runescape or have played it extensively, Settled is a wholesome positive guy who plays runescape with truly deranged and extreme restrictions, making every video a true feat of human willpower. He is amazing at explaining things and very funny imo.

Dead or borderline dead channels with an amazing catalog::

Mans1ay3r- very very funny edited voice lines from video games, with manually rigged ragdolls.

Sovietwomble - he uploads so infrequently this is where he lives in my brain. But very funny well edited group gaming content.

Mr. Sark - super funny group content, less tightly edited that womble and never uploads anymore, but ill be damned if i havent watched every single video a few times. Sark is just a good funny neat dude.

Charborg - a lot more niche than the rest here, but Charborg has some true blue insane creative funny stuff. lots of pranks, weird roleplay, garbage garrys mod maps and roblox and Vr chat. a real underbelly of the internet stuff, without getting into the hateful areas.

DanielSL - apparently he streams a lot, but his YT is mostly dead. one of the greatest of all time trolls. calm, never breaks character, devious beyond imagination. He always gets his mark, and his power over other people scares me a bit. Riveting videos, top to bottom in the catalog.

I've been watching Raocow for years and years and still enjoy watching him and the games he plays.

I also enjoy Wirtual (TrackMania streamer and doco creator), SimpleFlips (Especially his Trouble in Terrorist Town vids), and then Broughy1322 (GTAV/FiveM racing streamer).

I think besides Simple I tend to gravitate toward more 'relaxed' commentary.

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but Noah Caldwell-Gervais is not only one of my favorite gaming related youtubers; but likely one of my favorite creators on the platform as a whole.

Excellent long-form essays on games, and his travel vlog material is even better. Genuinely one of the best voices in video essays.

EDIT: [here] (https://youtu.be/PyvlamwZ4O8) is one of my favorite pieces he's done. It's a love letter to the new forza game, as well as the mystique of rally racing as a whole.

I've been really enjoying https://www.youtube.com/@TheSaltFactory and https://www.youtube.com/@minimme. the salt factory does long form detailed examinations of games and minimme does shorter examinations of obscure games.

DougDoug is my recent favorite! He consistently has some really unique and creative ways to play games, videos are tightly edited, and he's funny af. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyGlKOhDUooPJFy4v_mqPg

Ive been watching oxhorn recently he does narrative videos for the fallout franchise that are great and interesting

AstralSpiff and backseat streams are speedrunners that absolutely wreck games in ways no creator ever intended

Karl jobst and summoning salt are good at narrating speedruns and speedrunning history

Fondly remember the yogscast I think they still do TTT videos

If you want a really good narrator of an old game krugsmash is your man/dwarf he does great with dwarf fortress

For video game development there's horrorscoped

I swear I have the weirdest watchlist lol Ive been mainly watching youtube politics and yet I have all these too XD

I like DarkViperAU. He's a GTA5 speedrunner, something I had never followed, but his explanations and general style is great for me. His "one hit KO" series, where he attempts to complete GTA5 without taking any damage, is a fun place to start. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAnJ4ZuTYaeGOdVzYfhfZUgjVcyCeYVwO

This one is a little niche, but Harstem is a Starcraft 2 pro player who does a couple great series of videos related to the game. He's a lot of fun to watch because he has a deadpan sense of humor and an incredibly chill voice.

I'd start with his "Beating Grandmasters with Stupid Stuff" video where he pretends to be AFK. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLKc5wwo7a0

This is a bit obscure, but does anyone know any good German YouTubers? I'm trying to practice my language skills. :)

Seconding the many people who love Josh, the mad genius of LetsGameItOut.

As for commentary, no one come close to the great Noah Gervais, who does long (and I mean looooooooooooooooong) form essay videos.

Action Button. Great VERY longform reviews.