Maddie Heckler
Staff Writer
I have used youTube since roughly 2013 or 2014. Throughout my past thirteen-ish years of using the platform I have come to find not only my top five comfort YouTubers but also my top five recommended YouTubers. These creators are mostly people I have watched for most of the time I have been on the platform, people I have found comfort in, and I want to share the comfort that they give me with others. So, I have created my list of YouTubers that I recommend for people to watch.
Daz Games
Starting off strong with Daz Games. Daz Black, known as Daz Games on YouTube, is a hilarious gaming YouTuber who started creating content on Vine and then grew his following on YouTube. Personally, I have been watching him for about eight years, and recently I got my stepfather into his videos, so now Daz has become a YouTuber I watch and enjoy with him. Daz makes lots of gaming and reaction videos, plus has also expanded into a second channel that he runs with his best friend called “Off The Hook.” I recommend him because his humor is classic and he has great reactions and commentary in his videos.
Clooless
The next YouTuber, or I should say YouTubers, that I recommend is a group channel called Clooless. This channel is a collective channel of four YouTubers that are also best friends: Grizzy, Elastic Droid, Big Puffer, and Pezzy. Clooless was originally their podcast but they have expanded and ended the podcast and now make fun content and real-life game videos. They play things like fun versions of Headbandz, Heads Up, guess the song, and much more. They also have a specific gaming channel (Clooless Gaming) and a reaction channel (Clooless Reacts). I recommend them because I personally can never not laugh when watching their videos. They make so many funny jokes, and the way that they all interact is so fun to watch.
Santagato Studios/The Basement Yard
This next channel is similar to Clooless, but they are a trio instead. Some people may have seen clips of them on TikTok or Instagram for their hilarious podcast moments. The channel is Santagato Studios – also known as The Basement Yard podcast. This channel, and the podcast, started off with Joe just making content with his brother Keith. Since then it has expanded to a podcast with a following of nearly two million and is now run by Joe, his best friend Frank, and their friend Ant. They also make videos where they play fun physical games with each other on the Santagato Studios channel, and on the podcast, they talk about anything and everything. I recommend them because I personally love Joe and Frank’s friendship and banter. They are both extremely funny to me and their videos every Wednesday are always so entertaining and something I always look forward to watching.
Sam & Colby
This next channel switches from the past three. I next recommend the YouTubers Sam & Colby. They are a channel that does paranormal investigations, and frequently features amazing guests and takes them to really interesting places. I personally have been watching them since roughly 2016, when they were doing purely just exploration videos. Before that, I still knew of them through Vine, but I fully got into their videos when they started doing abandoned exploration. Sam Golbach and Colby Brock have been best friends for years, and started up their channel for fun, but have massively grown their following since turning into paranormal investigators around 2019. I recommend them because I love anything to do with the paranormal. In their paranormal investigation videos they do not fake any of their evidence; they are genuine with what they capture and produce. They also do thorough research on every place they investigate. Their content is just so interesting and has caused me to personally want to eventually do an investigation somewhere.
Markiplier
For my final recommendation, I wanted to save the best for last. This YouTuber I have genuinely loved since I started using the platform in 2014. My last recommendation is Markiplier. If you do not know who he is, Markiplier is one of the biggest gaming YouTubers and is one of the original biggest creators on the platform, having made videos since 2012. One of my first videos I watched of his was Five Nights at Freddy’s series. Markiplier is an overall wonderful creator who time and time again has shown just how grateful he is for his career through his appreciation of his fans. Multiple times, he has openly talked about how he owes everything he has become to his fans, and that he does not care about the money, that he does what he does for his fans. He is such a down-to-earth, smart, and genuine creator. I cannot recommend him enough. He has been a constant source of comfort to me and a huge inspiration in my life, from my college major to many of my personal interests.
I hope with these recommendations that I have just given, you can find a new creator to enjoy. I subscribe to and watch more than 100 YouTubers in total, but these five are my top favorites to watch and recommend. These creators are a major source of comfort and joy for me, so I wanted to share these recommendations in the hope that they can bring others the same joy and entertainment.
