For better or worse, YouTube is part of our collective online lives, now. Even if you’re not someone who spends a lot of time there, you’ve probably popped on to watch a video someone sent, or maybe figure out how to fix something around the house you didn’t want to pay someone else to do, right?
Some people really get into it, though, and have their favorite channels and personalities and everything – and these 14 people have a few ideas on which (if any) YouTubers would make excellent friends.
14. Positive and energetic.
goodtimeswithscar
Scar has so many health issues and everything but he’s always so positive and energetic, he seems like a great guy.
Most of the hermit craft people do tbh.
13. Amazing builds.
Ethoslab.
Etho always had such amazing builds in his SP/Hermitcraft/Mindcrack super nice guy as well, I had the pleasure of playing with him a few times in the early days.
He is the only youtuber I am aware of that never self promotes. Instead of asking for likes and subscribes he just says “thanks, have a good day, bye bye!”
I don’t think he’s ever done a single sponsorship promo, nor does he churn out fluff either. There’s nothing wrong with doing those things to grow a channel and earn a living, but the fact that he can be this successful without “playing the youtube game” is super refreshing.
12. Good friends to have.
The guys from SortedFood seem to have an amazing friendship.
And Josh and Ollie (especially Ollie) from KoreanEnglishman/Jolly seem good friends to have.
11. Some great stories.
Max Miller from Tasting History.
He comes across as so incredibly genuine and just nice all around. Adore the stories he tells.
10. A fun channel.
Alec from Technology Connections.
I enjoy his dry wit and his love of older technology is admirable.
He has a multi-part series about RCA’s CED (which is an obscure tech that was in development during the CD era) and it’s quite fascinating (boring to most people, I’m sure).
Then there’s the video about the complete analog device driven jukebox, which is one of my favorites.
Oh, and then there’s the toaster that knows when to automatically lift bread without a timer… did I say automatically lift? Yes I did!
Fun channel.
9. Super lovely.
Rachel Macksy.
Honestly that whole crowd (her, Bernadette Banner, Morgan Donner) seem super lovely.
Also lovely seeming is Jessica Kellgren-Fozard!
8. It’s just so wholesome.
The Dad from ‘Dad, how do I?’
7. Who doesn’t love history?
John Townsend, talks about colonial times, books, recipes etc.
He really doesn’t seem like he would be a weird narcissist or full of himself. He would probably sprinkle a bit of nutmeg in your coffee too. He just seems like a genuinely nice person.
6. Scotch and rifles.
Ian Mccollum from Forgotten Weapons. He just seems like a super interesting, knowledgeable and genuine dude.
I imagine he would be really cool to hang out with and have a scotch while talking about obscure French rifles.
5. Funny, but awkward.
Joel Haver, he makes comedy shorts with some that he animates himself. The humor is so funny to me it’s light and kind of awkward.
He also has some awesome introspective videos that he’s posted also. Just genuinely a good guy it seems.
4. A positive opinion.
William Osman, unfortunate what he has been going through lately!
I went to high school with him. He was a good, funny, weird guy that I didn’t talk to a ton but had a positive opinion of.
3. Your big goofy uncle.
Chef John
Just a big goofy uncle that wants to show you recipes with no flash and tons of chubby dad panache.
He’s just so funny. I love his little comments that are like “but don’t do it like I just did because I did it wrong” or like at the end of the mini tacos video where he’s like “it tastes just like tacos and it’s twice as much work!”
He just seems so cool and fun to hang around.
2. “Friend noises.”
the whole drawfee gang seems pretty chill
I tend to refer to their videos as “Friend Noises” because they’re nice to have playing in the background even if I’m not paying attention to the art process.
1. Like calls to like.
I am a middle-aged lady who loves to cook, so I would love to hang with Anne Reardon.
She doesn’t seem like the typical YouTuber. She’s a hard worker, has a stable family and her husband is funny and down to earth.
Plus, she often criticizes the whole idea of making videos for the sake of making them because it’s pushing real creatives off the platform which means she has a conscience about what she’s producing.
I’m going to have to check a few of these people out before I can make my own assessments – what about you?
If you’ve got a YouTuber you’d love to meet/have a drink with, drop their name in the comments!
