Shortly after YouTube launched (14 Feb 2005) atheism channels and communities began to emerge and form, one of the earliest being The Amazing Atheist, launched in 2006. |
# | Channel | Host | About |
1. | The Amazing Atheist Launch: 20 Nov 2006 201M views | 637K subs (315 v/s) | TJ Kincaid (c.1979-) | |
2. | DarkMatter2525 Launch: 17 Nov 2008 56M views | 387K subs (145 v/s) | Jon Matter (c.1979-) | |
3. | Thunderf00t Launch: 20 Oct 2006 75M views | 327K subs (231 v/s) | Phil Mason (c.1971-) | |
4. | JaclynGlenn Launch: 22 Mar 2011 21M views | 279K subs (75 v/s) | Jaclyn Glenn (1990-) | |
5. | Pat Condell Launch: 7 Feb 2007 54M views | 224K subs (240 v/s) | Pat Condell (c.1949-) | |
6. | CultOfDusty Launch: 9 Dec 2008 21M views | 192K subs (110 v/s) | Dusty Smith (c.1978-) | |
7. | The Thinking Atheist Launch: 27 May 2009 25M views | 191K subs (129 v/s) | Seth Andrews (1968-) | |
8. | The Atheist Experience Launch: 30 Sep 2008 18M views | 120K subs (148 v/s) | Matt Dillahunty (1969-) | |
9. | AronRa Launch: 24 Aug 2006 14M views | 117K subs (119v/s) | Aron Nelson (1962-) | |
10. | The Atheist Voice Launch: 6 Jun 2013 9M views | 110K subs (80 v/s) | Hemant Mehta (1983-) |
# | Channel | Host | About |
1. | Theoretical Bullsh*t Launched: 14 Jan 2007 3M views | 45K subs (67 v/s) | Scott Clifton (1984-) | Has a rather peculiar and interesting atheism-identifying mental experiment upbringing, e.g. winning debates, at age 13, online, with Christian pastors. [1] |
2. | The Bible Reloaded Launched: 3 Jan 2012 4M views | 60K subs (74 v/s) | An atheist podcast in which two guys, Hugo and Jake, dissect, discuss, and dismantle the Christian Bible, highlighters in hand, via reading the entire NIV Bible, cover to cover; along the way reviewing Christian movies, such as “God’s Not Dead”, etc. | |
3. | JaclynGlenn Launch: 22 Mar 2011 21M views | 279K subs (75 v/s) ↑ (#8) | Jaclyn Glenn (1990-) | A a Catholic turned Protestant turned agnostic who came out as an atheist (Ѻ) in 2012; she is LA based vlogger, who has some type of degree in biomedical science; and who, via her JaclynGlenn channel, within two years been climbing into the top ranks of YouTube atheist channels (Ѻ)(Ѻ); in May 2014, she, supposedly, resurrected the notorious Jew turned atheist turned Christian turned rabble-rousing (Ѻ) troll-like religion-twisting vlogger Shawn Karon (aka VenomFangX) turned Jews for Jesus missionary (Ѻ) back into video-making status, who made a video (now banned) ripping on her (which seemed to work), after which she comments how she “didn’t know who he was or his rep?” (Ѻ) ; |
4. | The Atheist Voice Launch: 6 Jun 2013 9M views | 110K subs (80 v/s) ↓ (#1) | Hemant Mehta (1983-) | In 2004, completed a double degree in mathematics and biology; began teaching in 2007; acquired master’s degree from DePaul in 2010, began teaching math at a high school in Naperville, Illinois, and resigned in 2014, to peruse “opportunities online” that “are just a lot greater right now”; a Jain turned atheist; gained notoriety for his 2007 I Sold My Soul on eBay (Ѻ), followed by The Young Atheist's Survival Guide (2012). (Ѻ) |
5. | Godless Top Ten Launch: 18 Jun 2008 1.2M views | 14K subs (85 v/s) | old Note: channel switch issue ↑↓ 659K views | 15K subs (44 v/s) | new | Andre Oliver (c.1989-) | Noted for his 2013 autobiographical documentary Stray from the Flock: the Story of a Black Atheist (Ѻ); in 2014, owing to some type of Network vs Google Adsense switch/copyright issue, switched to doing some type of “godless top ten videos” focus. |
6. | Evid3nc3 Launch: 8 Nov 2007 4M views | 42K subs (97 v/s) ↓ | Christopher Redford (c.1982-) | A Bible-thumping Christian who lost his faith as he began to study science in college; famous for his very inside-the-mind deconversion process video series; and his nodal belief structure mapping of the belief structure (see: Redford deconversion model); note: hasn't published anything in 3 years. |
7. | Cristina Rad Launch: 20 Sep 2008 10M views | 102K subs (97 v/s) ↑ | Cristina Rad (c.1985-) | A Romanian atheist vlogger and blogger. (Ѻ) |
8. | CultOfDusty Launch: 9 Dec 2008 21M views | 192K subs (110 v/s) | Dusty Smith (c.1978-) | An American Southerner, presently in Denver, Colorado, who likes to talk fast and rant about stupid Christian idiocy. (Ѻ) (Ѻ) |
9. | AronRa Launch: 24 Aug 2006 14M views | 117K subs (119 v/s) | Aron Nelson (c.1969-) | Quote (2011): “I don’t like being lied to. And I especially didn’t like being lied to as a child”, when queried with what drives him, in his YouTube page, or what is the catalyst. (Ѻ) (Ѻ) |
10. | TheVeganAtheist Launch: 22 Jan 2009 5M views | 46K subs (119 v/s) | Anon (c.1986-) | Motto: “Go vegan and let go of your supernatural beliefs”; a vegan-atheist who is passionate about animal rights, human rights and being rational. |
11. | FactVsReligion Launch: 13 May 2008 3M views | 26K subs (126 v/s) | Laura Neilson (c.1983-) | Noted for her 2008 “4 Questions for an Atheist” (Ѻ), along with draw Muhammad videos, among a few other atheism videos. |
12. | The Thinking Atheist Launch: 27 May 2009 25M views | 191K subs (129 v/s) | Seth Andrews (1968-) | A straight-up bible belter Christian, raised by theologians, who moved him and his five siblings out of public school and into a church-owned Temple Christian School, because the public school was teaching him information contrary to his family religious teachings, turned radio host (1990), who began to lose his faith when in 1997 Christian radio singer Rich Mullins died in a random gruesome car accident on his way to a benefit concert; during 9/11, he came to the view that prayer was ridiculous; in 2004, he discovered a number of Christopher Hitchens's debates on YouTube, and that became a catalyst that helped him to leave faith behind, finally coming out as an atheist to his family and friends in 2008 (Ѻ); later published the 2012 Deconverted: a Journey from Religion to Reason about his deconversion. (Ѻ) |
13. | The Atheist Experience Launch: 30 Sep 2008 18M views | 120K subs (148 v/s) ↓ | Matt Dillahunty (1969-) | A Christian of 25-years who after losing his tech job, and with enough money saved up, decided to become a priest to help non-believers, and in this path, first attempted to save his atheist roommate from hell, and began to read up on apologetics, atheism, philosophy of science, etc., works, and thereby lost his own faith (Ѻ); in 1997, became the main host of the Austin, Texas based call-in cable access television show The Atheist Experience, a Q&A between mostly believers and the hosts focused on the topics are religious dogma, morality, ethics and application of the scientific method. (Ѻ) |
14. | DarkMatter2525 Launch: 17 Nov 2008 56M views | 387K subs (145 v/s) | Jon Matter (c.1979-) | A seeming American who does cartoon comedy roasting religion videos with the motto “nothing is sacred, question everything.” (Ѻ) |
15. | Steve Shives Launch: 20 Dec 2010 8M views | 49K subs (167 v/s) | Steve Shives (c.1980-) | Topics: Atheism, commentary, smartassery of a generally respectable quality; joined YouTube to post in response to questions for atheists (Ѻ) |
16. | Netwriter Launch: 19 Aug 2006 1M views | 7K subs (181 v/s) | ||
17. | Atheism-is-Unstoppable Launch: Oct 2013 2M views | 13K subs | (185 v/s) ↓ | Motto: “I am just a guy who saw The Life of Brian [1979] as a child, and figured it out. This isn't rocket science, people”; his MO is to upload atheism or religious subject matter and ridicule it with a kangaroo moving around the screen as his avatar; channel and channel name is a reaction to Kurt Cameron video "Christianity is Unstoppable". (Ѻ) | |
18. | We Fu*cking LoveAtheism Launch: 13 Oct 2012 3M views | 12K subs (208 v/s) | An extension of the popular Facebook pages: We ******* Love Atheism (Ѻ) (258K likes) and We Love Atheism (Ѻ) (29K likes) made by a community of atheists. | |
19. | Thunderf00t Launch: 20 Oct 2006 75M views | 327K subs (231 v/s) | Phil Mason (c.1971-) | A British debater who has a BS (1993) and PhD (1996) in chemistry; presently a researcher in food science chemistry, who gained notoriety for a 42+ part video series entitled “Why do People Laugh at Creationists?” (2007-2014), inclusive of debates and critiques with the likes of idiocy level creationists, such as: Kent Hovind, Ray Comfort, and Casey Luskin. (Ѻ) |
20. | Pat Condell Launch: 7 Feb 2007 54M views | 224K subs (240 v/s) ↓ | Pat Condell (c.1949-) | Makes short monologue videos denouncing religion, where he seems to talk endlessly and quickly about politics and religions overlaps, in a venting manner. (Ѻ) |
21. | Edward Current Launch: 4 Dec 2006 21M views | 83K subs (256 v/s) | Edward Current (c.1974-) | A “not agnostic” (2007) turned “agnostic atheist” (2009) (Ѻ); who has since been using YouTube to use give subtle comedy to highlight the inconsistencies and stupidities of Christianity giving the impression, to his viewers, that he is “certainly an atheist” (Ѻ); noted for his 2008 “An Atheist Meets God” (Ѻ) cartoon. (Ѻ) |
22. | Atheist Digest Launch: 19 Jul 2012 3M views | 11K subs (266 v/s) | Motto: “we invented religion to explain why we are here; but the archaic reasoning of religion needs to be eroded”; channel supplemental channel to the limited atheist presence on the Internet; mostly re-uploads of The Atheist Experience shows and some Richard Dawkins interviews. | |
23. | The Amazing Atheist Launch: 20 Nov 2006 201M views | 637K subs (315 v/s) | TJ Kincaid (c.1979-) | The first major YouTube atheist, he vents on lot of religious idiocy, but supposedly has some type of downgrade or bad rep for misogyny postings and views. (Ѻ) |
24. | Tony Sobrado Launched: 15 Feb 2012 1M views | 3K subs (343 v/s) | Tony Sobrado (c.1984-) | A writer for The Huffington Post, essayist, and podcaster; channel is dedicated to skepticism, conspiracy theories, atheism and natural science from the perspective of the social sciences and philosophy of science; uploads original material, e.g. in person audio interview of the late Victor Stenger (2013) (Ѻ) |
25. | Fighting Atheist Launch: 31 Mar 2007 9M views | 22K subs (427 v/s) | An American consultant noted for his 2007 “Confessions of a former Christian” (Ѻ), wherein he tells the story of how first he, and then his wife, made the transition from church-going Christians to book smart atheists, among other related videos and blogs. Not active since. | |
26. | Cruciefiction Launch: 2 Oct 2010 12M views | 13K subs (867 v/s) |