Written by David Roberts
Reviewed by Lucas Walter
Updated
The top music YouTubers in 2026 are Davie504, Synthet, El Estepario Siberiano, Rick Beato, and Rob Scallon. This list ranks 31 music YouTubers by median views across their recent videos, not by subscriber count. Each one was found by searching across hundreds of thousands of top-performing videos in the music niche.
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| Rank | Creator | Subscribers | Median views | Engagement | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davie504 @Davie504 | 14M | 1.4M | 3.1% | Bass challenges and slap bass |
| 2 | Synthet @synthet7 | 1.6M | 692K | 3.5% | Where famous sounds come from |
| 3 | El Estepario Siberiano @ElEsteparioSiberiano | 5.5M | 540K | 3.9% | Fast drum covers |
| 4 | Rick Beato @RickBeato | 5.9M | 444K | 2.7% | Artist interviews and song analysis |
| 5 | Rob Scallon @robscallon | 2.8M | 442K | 3.2% | Odd instruments and playing challenges |
| 6 | The Charismatic Voice @TheCharismaticVoice | 2.3M | 387K | 2.9% | Opera singer’s first-listen vocal analysis |
| 7 | Etienne Fournier @etiennefournier | 530K | 368K | 2.8% | Guitar technique Shorts and shop skits |
| 8 | Emily Hopkins @emilyharpist | 810K | 363K | 2.9% | Harp, pedals, and synths, with comedy |
| 9 | Alip_Ba_Ta @Alip_Ba_Ta. | 6.1M | 341K | 5.1% | Fingerstyle guitar covers |
| 10 | 66Samus @66Samus | 1.2M | 319K | 2.7% | Metal drum covers and gear tests |
| 11 | Vinheteiro @Lord_Vinheteiro | 7.5M | 314K | 2.2% | Piano covers with absurd props |
| 12 | Paul Davids @PaulDavids | 3.7M | 302K | 1.6% | Guitar lessons and riff history |
| 13 | Bradley Hall @BradleyHallGuitar | 645K | 242K | 3.2% | Metal commentary and solo edits |
| 14 | Charles Cornell @CharlesCornellStudios | 1.9M | 235K | 3.4% | Film and game music analysis |
| 15 | shonci @shonci | 1.2M | 234K | 2.6% | FL Studio beat tutorials |
| 16 | Charles Berthoud @CharlesBerthoud | 2.2M | 220K | 2.8% | Solo bass performances |
| 17 | No Life Shaq @NoLifeShaq | 5.1M | 195K | 2.8% | Hip-hop first-listen reactions |
| 18 | Cliff Beats Classics @CliffBeatsClassics | 298K | 190K | 5.3% | Couple’s first-time classic-rock reactions |
| 19 | David Pazmino @davidpazmino_ | 585K | 190K | 2.5% | Guitar comedy and gear stunts |
| 20 | Kess and Han Reacts @KessandHanReacts | 346K | 164K | 3% | K-pop music video reactions |
| 21 | Cheryl Porter @CherylPorterVocalCoach | 13M | 162K | 1% | Vocal coaching Shorts with students |
| 22 | Professor of Rock @ProfessorofRock | 1.6M | 142K | 3.6% | Stories behind classic-rock songs |
| 23 | TerryAndKaniyia @TerryJ46 | 2.3M | 136K | 2.5% | Song and vocal reactions as a duo |
| 24 | Beth Roars @BethRoars | 1.4M | 126K | 2.1% | Vocal coach explains famous voices |
| 25 | StaceyRPG @StaceyRPGReacts | 462K | 118K | 4.6% | First-time song and album reactions |
| 26 | Tim Pierce @timpierceguitar | 597K | 118K | 3.5% | Session guitarist’s lessons and gear |
| 27 | theneedledrop @theneedledrop | 3.1M | 113K | 1.7% | Daily album reviews |
| 28 | Mic The Snare @MicTheSnare | 387K | 111K | 3.2% | Music history video essays |
| 29 | Luke Silva @lukesilvamusic | 2.1M | 105K | 1% | Street duets with strangers |
| 30 | turning the tables @turningthetables | 923K | 103K | 2.2% | “Dad Reacts” album listens |
| 31 | Jon Eleyet @JonEleyet | 44.5K | 101K | 2.9% | Guitar tone tests and setup hacks |
The best music YouTubers aren’t simply the channels with the most subscribers. YouTube shows videos to people based on how the video performs individually, not just based on who subscribes to the channel. As a result, a small or midsized channel can reach more people than one several times its size.
That’s why we rank music YouTubers by median views of their videos (the average number of people a typical video reaches). As of November 2026, the five most watched are Davie504, Synthet, El Estepario Siberiano, Rick Beato, and Rob Scallon.
Sorted into six kinds of music channel, from players to critics. The number beside each name is the creator’s overall rank.
Covers and performances where the instrument or the voice carries the whole video, often with few words.
Bass challenges, slap-bass covers, and running jokes about the bass world, filmed in a home studio. Longer videos mix playing with commentary on other bassists and YouTube drama.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in legal services and eSIM data plans.
Very fast drum performances and drum breakdowns at a kit in a home studio, nearly all as Shorts. Many carry only on-screen text, with a short setup to camera on some.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in drums.
Solo fingerstyle guitar arrangements of rock ballads and Indonesian songs, played in one take in a plain room. The guitar carries the melody, with no singing.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
One-take metal and rock drum covers cut with jokes to camera, alternating with kit, pedal, cymbal, and e-drum tests. Shorts react to other drummers.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in drums, electronic drums, online therapy, and shopping services.
One-take piano performances of classical, game, anime, and pop themes, delivered with a fixed stare. The joke is virtuosity plus absurd props: rubber chickens, marbles, a washing machine.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Solo bass arrangements and “can I play this on bass” challenges, filmed at home and on tour stages. Gear experiments and Shorts about the bassist life fill the gaps.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Street performances where passers-by are invited to sing a named cover song, filmed with the crowd’s reaction. Shot in squares across the UK and Europe, almost always another artist’s song.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in streaming services.
Teachers and testers who put guitars, pedals, amps, and odd instruments in front of the camera.
Rare and strange instruments demonstrated and played, plus playing challenges, often with guests. Shorts mostly let the instrument speak, and long videos explain how it works.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in meal kits, health apps, and microphones.
Fretboard close-ups that explain a technique or a piece of guitar history, plus skits about guitar students and guitar shops. Riff quizzes and gear demos in between, nearly all Shorts.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in electric guitars and wireless guitar systems.
A harpist who plays through effect pedals and synths, mixed with deadpan comedy and comment-reaction Shorts. About half the uploads are music; the rest are collectibles and channel life.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in health apps and microphones.
Guitar lessons, riff history, and gear shootouts, filmed in a home studio and on location with guests. Every upload is about the guitar.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
POV comedy Shorts about the habits of guitar players, from dying pedalboards to bassist jokes. Long videos test very cheap and very expensive guitars, pedals, and gadgets.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in health apps and meal kits.
An LA session guitarist plays and explains licks, tone, and practice, and demos amps, pickups, and pedals. Well-known players sit in as guests.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in guitar pickups, amplifiers, and microphones.
Quick guitar tests shot tight on the instrument: cheap versus expensive guitars, which pedal sounds best, restorations, and setup hacks. Full reviews run long; the rest are under a minute.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Channels that take a song or a sound apart: samples, harmony, beats, and the people who made them.
Tightly cut explainers on where a sample, a sound, or a rhythm came from, narrated over clips and FL Studio screen work. Every upload is music, and most rebuild the sound on screen.
5 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in learning apps, music software, and plugins.
Long studio interviews with artists and songwriters, cut into clip Shorts, plus essays on songs and the music business. Posts more than once a day, Shorts and long videos together.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Eighteen-minute score analyses of film and game music, argued at the piano and on notation. No Shorts since 2024.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
FL Studio tutorials that build one genre or artist sound from start to finish, from Brazilian funk to hard tekk. Shorts play the finished beat or flip game audio.
4 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in plugins and music software.
Trained singers who explain famous voices or coach students on camera.
Elizabeth Zharoff, an opera-trained soprano, hears a song for the first time, pauses it, and explains what the singer is doing. Long videos at a desk, three a week.
3 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in online therapy and socks.
Vertical coaching clips: a vocal exercise taught or sung as a duet with a student, in a studio, in a car, or on the street. All Shorts, most days.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in music software.
A vocal coach explains why a famous voice works, one singer or performance per video, over clips and isolated vocal tracks. Short vertical cuts of the same analyses fill the gaps.
6 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in music apps, audio interfaces, video platforms, and opera festivals.
First listens filmed as they happen, nearly always to another artist’s song or album.
First-listen reactions to rap songs and projects, one per video, with rap news and beef commentary in between. About three in four uploads are music.
9 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in prediction markets and banking apps.
Cliff and Karen hear classic-rock and pop standards for the first time, one song per video, talking between listens. Nearly one upload a day.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
A couple reacting to K-pop and pop music videos, one release per video, with catch-up roundups. The intro is to camera, then the video plays.
2 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in song promotions.
Two reactors close on camera while a song or a vocal performance plays, several uploads on some days. Short videos, almost none over 10 minutes.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
First-time reactions to songs and whole albums across rock, pop, Latin, and Japanese music, filmed at a desk, sometimes with a sister. Nearly one upload a day.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in health apps.
Connor and his father, Kevin, hear whole albums for the first time in long living-room listening sessions. Artist interviews and a podcast with musicians in between.
3 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in health apps, music streaming, and earbuds.
Album reviews, rankings, and the stories behind records, told to camera.
Fast-cut metal commentary: band rankings, “I fixed this solo” edits, album opinions, and guitar skits, filmed solo to camera. Posts most days, nearly all vertical.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Studio monologues on the stories behind classic-rock songs, built on archival interviews and chart history. Countdowns by year, genre, and chart run.
8 sponsored videos in the last 90 days, in health apps, earbuds, meal shakes, and eyewear.
Anthony Fantano reviews new albums and EPs to camera, almost daily, across rock, pop, electronic, metal, and hip-hop. Weekly track roundups and opinion Shorts in between.
No sponsored videos found in the last 90 days.
Long video essays on music history and industry oddities, narrated over archive clips and graphics. Opinion Shorts in between.
1 sponsored video in the last 90 days, in online degrees.
We analyzed the 357 videos these 31 creators published on YouTube in the last 30 days. Of those, 35 beat their creator’s usual views by 3× or more.
Here is how this month’s breakouts open, read from what each video says in its first seconds, or from its caption when nobody speaks.
“Beijing Crowd STUNNED By Smooth Criminal Bass Solo (LIVE)”
Five breakouts open with no words, or with a stray word before the music starts: a musical saw, a bass solo for a crowd, vocal exercises. The same creators’ usual videos mostly open with someone talking.
Charles Berthoud 960K views · 4.4× their usualHere the title does the job a spoken hook would. It names the feat, and the first seconds prove it. A brand that needs its product named out loud should say so in the brief, because these creators often say nothing at all.
“So, is there anybody in Manchester that would like to sing with me today a couple of Oasis songs?”
These open in the middle of an exchange: a host asking a crowd for a volunteer, a guest asking which song to play, a coach correcting a student. There is no greeting and no setup.
Luke Silva 1.6M views · 15.6× their usualHalf of them are clips from Rick Beato’s studio interviews, cut to the moment a guest starts to play or tell a story. The rest come from a busker, a vocal coach, and a music historian, so the pattern is not one channel’s habit.
“What are these for?”
Two breakouts open with a question: a guitarist holding up a small spring, and a reaction host asking viewers if they think they know everything. The second is the start of a sponsor read, placed before the song.
Jon Eleyet 1M views · 10.3× their usualNone of the same creators’ usual videos opens with a question, so this is a small pattern. On the guitar Short, the answer arrives in under a minute, and the question is what keeps the viewer there.
Rob Scallon: “This Instrument Can Cut You In Half!” reached 7.7M views, 17.3× their usual.
Vinheteiro: “Take on Me on Rubber Chickens - Live at Austin” reached 5.1M views, 16.3× their usual.
Cheryl Porter: “Her MICHAEL JACKSON Cover Left Vocal Coach SPEECHLESS!! 😱😍🎤” reached 1.9M views, 11.7× their usual.
This table shows what the music channels on this list do at each size on YouTube. Use it to judge whether a creator’s numbers are strong for their tier.
| Tier | Subscribers | Median views | Engagement | Videos a week | Sponsored videos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | Under 500K | 118K | 3.2% | 3 | 2% |
| Macro | 500K to 2M | 235K | 2.8% | 1.6 | 13% |
| Mega | Over 2M | 308K | 2.8% | 2.1 | 4% |
The figures are medians across these 31 channels, from each channel’s recent videos. “Sponsored videos” is the share of videos in the 90 days to Nov 6, 2026, that carry a paid-promotion label or a stated sponsor, or are part of a brand campaign.
If you sell instruments, gear, or music software, or you want a song in front of new listeners, these are the checks that decide whether a music channel fits.
Many of the most-watched channels here perform with few or no words. That suits a song or an instrument that sounds good on its own. A product with a feature to explain needs a channel that talks to camera, such as a teacher, a reviewer, or a reaction host.
Reaction and cover channels live on other artists’ songs. Before you pitch a track, ask whether the channel has run label-paid promotions before, how it labels them, and what happens if the song draws a copyright claim on its video.
Many teachers and producers here sell their own lessons, presets, or sample packs. That is a sign of an audience that buys, and it can also mean your learning app or plugin competes with the creator’s own product. Find out which before you send a brief.
Open the channel’s recent videos and look at who paid for them. A channel that already carries music brands knows how to show gear; one that only reads health or finance ads may give your product the same 60 seconds.
Whoever the sponsor, the FTC expects influencers to disclose any financial relationship with a brand, free products included. Agree on the label and the wording before the video goes up.
We identified and ranked these creators by searching hundreds of thousands of top-performing music videos across YouTube with Klint.
We rank by median views across each channel’s recent videos, so one viral video can’t lift a channel up the list. Channels from any country qualify if they talk in English or play without words, and an artist’s own channel counts only when fewer than half of its videos promote its own releases.
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As of November 2026 the top five music YouTubers by median views are Davie504, Synthet, El Estepario Siberiano, Rick Beato, and Rob Scallon.
Davie504, with 14M subscribers. The same channel also has the highest median views on the list, 1.4M a video.
By hand, search YouTube for the instrument or the genre, filter to recent uploads, and compare each channel’s recent views with its subscriber count. Klint does that across thousands of channels at once: ask it for drum YouTubers under 1M subscribers with a gear sponsor in the last 90 days.
It depends on the channel’s views per video and on the ask. A short sponsor read inside a review is the smallest deal; a dedicated gear video or a song built into a cover or a reaction takes more of the creator’s time and usually costs more. Many gear channels also test products sent to them, so agree in writing whether a video is paid.
The list ranks creators who make videos about music, not artists’ official channels. A channel stays off when half or more of its newest 30 videos promote its own songs, albums, or tours.
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