List of YouTube personalities with with a bright future in the entertainment industry

1. Jenna Marbles

Actress | Smosh: The Movie

Jenna Mourey, more commonly known as Jenna Marbles, is an American YouTube personality. Jenna attended Brighton High School in Rochester, New York. Later on, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend college at Suffolk University, obtaining a B.S. in Psychology. She then attended Boston ...

2. Lisa Donovan

Actress | The Wedding Ringer

Lisa is one of the co-founders of Maker Studios where she plays an integral part in expanding the business and mentoring up-and-coming YouTube personalities who are part of the Maker Studios family. Lisa, known as LisaNova on YouTube, has one of the most successful YouTube channels of all time (210...

3. Justine Ezarik

Actress | Escape the Night

With nearly 7 million subscribers and more than 1 billion video views across her YouTube channel iJustine is one of top tech female personalities on YouTube. A New York Times best selling author for her personal memoir I, Justine. She was named "the most influential person online" by Fast Company ...

4. Amber Lee Ettinger

Self | Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash '08

Actress, host, producer Amber Ettinger is most famously known for her viral video series portraying the Obama Girl. Most recently she created, produced and starred in Sín Fronteras, a festival nominated short, debuting her first filmmaking endeavor, alongside her best friend Alexis Johnson, ...

5. Alexis Jordan

Soundtrack | Abduction

Alexis Jordan was born in Columbia, South Carolina on April 7, 1992 to an African American mother, Native American and European descent and a Puerto Rican father. She rose to fame as a contestant on the first season of America's Got Talent in 2006. After being eliminated from the show, she began to...

6. Lia Marie Johnson

Actress | American Wrestler: The Wizard

Lia was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii. She is part of a military family and has lived all over the United States including Florida and California. She has four younger sisters and a younger brother. Now that she is permanently located in Southern California she is excited to continue pursuing her acting ...

7. Todd Womack

Actor | The Key of Awesome

Todd Womack is known for The Key of Awesome (2009), Chappelle's Show (2003) and RWBY: Volume 7 (2020).

8. Lisa Schwartz

Actress | Party Girl

Lisa Schwartz is known for Party Girl (2016), This Isn't Working (2016) and Talking Tom and Friends (2014). She has been married to Jeff Galante since November 6, 2021. They have one child.

9. Benny Fine

Producer | YouTubers React

Benny Fine is known for YouTubers React (2012), Kids React (2010) and Elders React (2012).

10. Rafi Fine

Producer | Kids React

Rafi Fine is known for Kids React (2010), YouTubers React (2012) and Elders React (2012).

11. Joe Penna

Director | Arctic

Joe Penna was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He began his career on YouTube, where his videos have garnered nearly 3 million subscribers and over 400 million views. After years directing commercials, music videos, and short films, Penna directed and co-wrote Arctic (2019) and Stowaway (2021). He is ...

12. Mark Douglas

Actor | The Key of Awesome

After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Mark Douglas has been working as an actor, comedian, songwriter, stand up comic and has also played hamlet completely drunk. Now working as a comedian and songwriter at Barely Political in New York, he has written many song ...

13. Harley Morenstein

Actor | Video Game High School

The Co-creator of a YouTube channel known as Epic Meal Time, where he and several other men indulge in culinary creations which they release on YouTube every Tuesday. He has created over 100 episodes with the YouTube channel and it has been active ever since October 2010. On the show there have ...

14. Tay Zonday

Actor | Tay Zonday: Chocolate Rain

Tay Zonday was born on May 21, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Tay Zonday: Chocolate Rain (2007), YouTube Assassin (2010) and Viralcom (2008).

15. Shane Dawson

Actor | Shane Dawson TV

Shane Dawson is a young actor from California who started out making videos on YouTube for hobby and eventually became one of the biggest stars of the popular video website. His main videos, small sketches and parodies of popular songs, are seen by millions of people and the most recurrent ...

16. Peter Shukoff

Writer | Epic Rap Battles of History

Peter Alexis Shukoff also known as Nice Peter is a self described "Comic/Guitar Hero" best known for the musical comedy on his YouTube channel, NicePeter. As of January 2012 he is the 34th most subscribed of all time and the 7th most subscribed musician with over 1.4 million subscribers. The day ...

17. Lloyd Ahlquist

Writer | Epic Rap Battles of History

Lloyd Ahlquist is known for Epic Rap Battles of History (2010), Epic Studios (2017) and Dis Raps for Hire (2011). He has been married to Ahlquist, Josie Renee (Hutchinson) since October 18, 2009.

18. Iman Crosson

Actor | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Iman Crosson is known for It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005), White Men Can't Jump (2023) and Grown-ish (2018).

19. Grace Helbig

Actress | Trolls

Grace Helbig was born on September 27, 1985 in Woodbury, New Jersey, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Trolls (2016), Camp Takota (2014) and Epic Rap Battles of History (2010). She has been married to Elliott Morgan since October 1, 2022.

20. Lainey Lipson

Casting_department | Black Cake

Lainey Lipson is known for Black Cake (2023), Jack Ryan (2018) and For All Mankind (2019).

21. Lauren Francesca

Actress | Moments of Youth

With over 2 Billion views online, Lauren Francesca has been described by Streaming Media as "a YouTube superstar." Lauren's has acted in have been featured on 20/20, Tosh.0, O'Reilly Factor, FOX News, TruTV's Funniest Moments, Comedy Central and more. Entertainment Weekly said Lauren's "Lady Gaga ...

22. Jack Douglass

Writer | Yesterday I Asked You

Jack Douglass is a Youtube personality that operates the Youtube channels "Jacksfilms", "Jackisanerd", and "SHUTUPDENNIS". He makes videos every Monday and Friday. Mondays' videos are usually a sketch, music video, or parody. Fridays' videos are usually something called "Your Grammar Sucks", which ...

23. Jason Horton

Actor | Mini-Mocks

Jason Horton was born in Hackensack, New Jersey, USA. Jason is an actor and producer, known for Mini-Mocks (2018), History's Greatest Mysteries (2020) and Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack (2016).

24. Andrea Feczko

Actress | The Key of Awesome

Andrea Feczko is known for The Key of Awesome (2009), Barely Political (2007) and Vacation Creation (2016).

25. Nikki Limo

Actress | Smiley

Nikki Limo was born on November 2, 1986 in Santa Barbara, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Smiley (2012), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Totally Sketch (2009). She has been married to Steve Greene since May 28, 2017.

26. DeStorm Power

Writer | Caught the Series

DeStorm Power is known for Caught the Series (2017), Punk'd (2003) and Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016).

27. Brittani Taylor

Actress | YouTube Assassin

Brittani Louise Taylor is an actress, artist, and one of the most subscribed women on Youtube. With over 1,000,000 subscribers, and 140,000,000+ total video views, she is a digital force to be reckoned with. Brittani has been fortunate enough create branded videos for Rogue Pictures, Lionsgate, ...

28. Bree Essrig

Actress | Nuclear Family

Bree Essrig was born and raised in Los Angeles. After getting her start on YouTube, Essrig broke into the industry as an actor, writer, and host. She has starred in thousands of videos on many popular Youtube channels (SourceFed, Funny or Die, The Young Turks, Break, and many more), and has ...

29. Tom Small

Director | Space Girl

Tom Small is known for Space Girl (2012), The Key of Awesome (2009) and Barely Political (2007).

30. Hannah Hart

Producer | My Drunk Kitchen

Hannah Hart was born on November 2, 1986 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for My Drunk Kitchen (2011), Epic Rap Battles of History (2010) and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (2016). She has been married to Ella Mielniczenko since June 12, 2021.

31. Michael Stevens

32. Philip DeFranco

Producer | The Philip DeFranco Show

Philip DeFranco was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for The Philip DeFranco Show (2006), The Station (2009) and BlackBoxTV (2010). Since 2017, He has been the founder and CEO of The Philip Defranco Network. He has been married to Lindsay Doty (Now Lindsay ...

33. Kassem Gharaibeh

Actor | Transformers: Age of Extinction

Kassem Gharaibeh, known as KassemG on YouTube, is one of the most popular personalities on YouTube with 2.6 million subscribers and over 431 million video views. Kassem began his career as a stand-up comedian working tirelessly in the local Los Angeles stand-up scene. In 2008, Kassem began posting ...

34. Jimmy Wong

Actor | Video Game High School

Jimmy Wong is a Chinese American actor, director, host, and singer songwriter. Most recently, he starred in Wish Dragon (Sony Pictures Animation / Netflix) as the lead voice of "Din" alongside John Cho and Constance Wu. Prior to that, he played Ling in Disney's Mulan (2020). Jimmy is well known ...

35. Freddie Wong

Actor | Video Game High School

Freddie Wong was born on September 13, 1985 in the USA. He is an actor and director, known for Video Game High School (2012), Anime Crimes Division (2017) and We're All Gonna Die (2024).

36. Ryan Higa

Actor | Agents of Secret Stuff

Ryan Higa was born in Hilo, Hawaii, USA, is an actor and writer, known for Ninja Melk (2009), Agents of Secret Stuff (2010), The Last Skitzo! (2015) and featured in Tell Me How I Die (2016). Also known for his YouTube channel 'nigahiga' with 23.7 million subscribers. He graduated from Waiakea High ...

37. Dane Boedigheimer

Actor | The Annoying Orange

Dane Boedigheimer was born on September 28, 1979 in Minnesota, USA. Dane is an actor and writer, known for The Annoying Orange (2009), The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange (2012) and Annoying Orange: Trailer Trashed (2014). Dane has been married to Theresa Barket since 2012.

38. Link Neal

Producer | Good Mythical Morning

Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III is an American actor, writer, singer/songwriter known for being the comedy duo "Rhett & Link." Neal is also known for being the co-creator and co-host of Good Mythical Morning (2012) along with several other projects such as Commerical Kings (2011), The Mythical Show...

39. Rhett McLaughlin

Producer | Good Mythical Morning

Rhett McLaughlin is known for Good Mythical Morning (2012), The Mythical Show (2013) and Looking for Ms. Locklear (2008). He has been married to Jessie McLaughlin since 2001. They have two children.

40. Anthony Padilla

Producer | Smosh

Anthony Padilla is an American YouTuber, actor, comedian, host, writer, director, producer, editor, and internet personality. He's most known for being the co-founder of the YouTube channel, Smosh (2005), with his friend Ian Hecox. He was known for being an actor, writer, director, producer, and ...

41. Ian Hecox

Actor | Smosh

Ian Hecox is the Co-founder of the online comedy enterprise Smosh. Together with his childhood friend Anthony Padilla, they write, direct, and star in the comedy sketches they have been creating since 2005. They have amassed over 6 Billion views and over 22 million subscribers on their Smosh ...

42. Chester See

Actor | Side Effects

Chester See was born on April 20, 1984 in Fairfield, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Side Effects (2013), Camp Takota (2014) and Dirty 30 (2016).

43. Steve Greene

Actor | Funny Story

Steve Greene is known for Funny Story (2018), The Thinning (2016) and The Wedding Ringer (2015). He has been married to Nikki Limo since May 28, 2017.

44. Josh Mattingly

Producer | Smosh

Josh Mattingly is known for Smosh (2005), Ladies of Rap (2012) and Smosh Summer Games: Wild West (2017).

45. Kyle Humphrey

Writer | Coming In

Kyle Humphrey is known for Coming In (2016), Shit Girls Say (2011) and Get Stuffed: Lobster (2016).

46. Graydon Sheppard

Director | Shit Girls Say

Graydon Sheppard is known for Shit Girls Say (2011), The Model Prisoner (2010) and Pure Breeds: Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (2013).

47. GloZell Green

Actress | Trolls

GloZell Green was born on July 30, 1972 in Orlando, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for Trolls (2016), Escape the Night (2016) and The Wedding Ringer (2015). She was previously married to Kevin Simon.

48. Mike Lamond

Producer | Ro's Life

Mike Lamond was originally born in California. At age 11, his family moved to outside Portland, Oregon, where Mike would spend the next 12 years of his life.

Upon his quickly growing YouTube success, Mike moved to Los Angeles to pursue his love of gaming, Esports, and new media. This includes ...