The Best TV Shows on YouTube

Every YouTube Show Ranked From Best To Worst

YouTube has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2002 all the way to 2019. Dive into our updated selection of YouTube’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of May 2025. Premiering in 2002 and 2003, Duel Masters and Red vs. Blue are among YouTube’s most celebrated shows.

  • Parafernalha
    Parafernalha (2011)10.0

  • Critical Role
    Critical Role (2015)8.2

    Critical Role is a weekly livestreamed show that uses roleplaying game mechanics as a means to explore and develop stories from the vast fantasy world of Exandria, with sweeping narratives intricately woven through collaboration between Game Master Matthew Mercer and his fellow cast of veteran voice actors, including Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey, and Liam O’Brien.

  • The Modern Life
    The Modern Life (2015)8.0

  • NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
    NPR Tiny Desk Concerts (2008)7.8

    Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.

  • The Lizzie Bennet Diaries
    The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012)7.8

    Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet is a mass communications graduate student still living at home with her parents and two sisters, the sweet, timid Jane and rebellious, party-loving Lydia. With the help of her friend Charlotte Lu, she starts a vlog series for her thesis, discussing the trials and tribulations of her daily life.

  • Red vs. Blue
    Red vs. Blue (2003)7.6

    In the distant future, two groups of soldiers battle for control of the least desirable piece of real estate in the known universe: a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.

  • World War Two
    World War Two (2018)7.6

    Follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, blow by blow.

  • The Damage Report with John Iadarola
    The Damage Report with John Iadarola (2018)7.5

    Welcome to The Damage Report with John Iadarola, your daily breakdown of the true threats and challenges facing our country and our world. John Iadarola hosts an unflinching, no-holds-barred look at the damage the Trump administration is causing.

  • Hot Ones
    Hot Ones (2015)7.4

    The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.

  • Epic Rap Battles of History
    Epic Rap Battles of History (2010)7.3

    Pitting notable historical and pop culture figures, real and fictional, against one another in a rap battle format.

  • Nobody knows anything
    Nobody knows anything (2013)7.3

  • Porta dos Fundos
    Porta dos Fundos (2012)7.1

    A series of short comedy films.

  • Good Mythical Morning
    Good Mythical Morning (2012)7.0

    Two "Internetainers" (Rhett & Link) go far out and do the weirdest things, giving you a daily dose of casual comedy every Monday-Friday.

  • Let's Play Minecraft
    Let's Play Minecraft (2012)7.0

    Achievement Hunter takes on the hardest tests in the search for power, fame, and the coveted Tower of Pimps: a gold monolith that grants the winner special powers like arrogance and hatred from coworkers. Welcome to...Achievement City.

  • Spy Ninjas - Chad Wild Clay & Vy Qwaint
    Spy Ninjas - Chad Wild Clay & Vy Qwaint (2018)7.0

    A mysterious hacker has been messing with Chad Wild Clay, Vy Qwaint and other YouTubers. He or she has been hacking their YouTube videos, playing challenges against them, sending them on adventures to abandoned places, and taking their car. They discovered the name of this group is Project Zorgo.

  • Workman
    Workman (2019)7.0

  • Honest Trailers
    Honest Trailers (2012)6.4

    Trailers that tell you the TRUTH about your favorite movies and TV shows: Honest Trailers. These are the hilarious trailers the producers don't want you to see...

  • RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
    RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked (2010)6.2

    The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.

  • Duel Masters
    Duel Masters (2002)5.8

    A mysterious organization is interested in fledging duelist Shobu Kirifuda's ability to bring Duel Master creatures to life. With the support of his friends, Shobu duels with passion, discipline, and heart as he strives to be like his father and become the next Kaijudo master.

  • Idol Radio
    Idol Radio (2018)N/A

    A South Korean radio show created by MBC Radio specially for idols.