Big_Willie_Styles said:
Game Grumps deserve all the subs. They're amazing. And shall continue to be. Forever and ever. Amen.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GameGrumps
Praise be to the Barry.
Holy be his name.
Amen.
But seriously...
There are very few to no channels that compete with the Grumps' uber-consistent episode release schedule.
Their rise on YouTube is nothing less than meteoric. In less than a year and a half they've risen to become YouTube channel #378.
And unlike PewDiePie, the king of YouTube, the Game Grumps have attained that success purely on the grounds of being hilarious and awesome.
They're hot on the heels of TotalBiscuit who has been on YouTube 6 years longer than them.
So, while one can say that small YouTube channels might be great and deserve more recognition than they currently get, one can also say that a channel as massively successful as Game Grumps has firmly established itself as a masterpiece of YouTube, and that the people who have yet to start following them are roughly equivalent to people who've failed to watch Game Of Thrones or Star Wars.
Game Grump EASILY deserves to overthrow PewDiePie from the throne of YouTube, meaning they deserve the viewership to make up that difference.
Are they the best channel on YouTube? It's hard to be sure, but it sure seems like they're at least one of them. Until their YouTube ranking more accurately reflects that, yes, they "deserve" more recognition.
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On a less Game Grumps-y note:
iSometimesWriteMusic deserves a TON of attention. He creates probably the absolute BEST covers of game music (and other music) I've heard.
OminousVoice, likewise, is fantastic in the music covers department.
Welcome To Night Vale deserves a lot more attention. It's getting more popular, but it certainly deserves a bigger audience. It's incredibly unique.
DNews needs more viewers. They belong to Discovery and put out tons of great and interesting science news videos every day. The more people watching DNews, the less retarded our world will be.
Shots Of Awe - Jason Silva is brilliant. He can focus the majesty of the universe, life, and reality into concentrated bursts of thought. The man is a true thoughtsmith, if ever there was such a thing. His channel needs LOADS more people paying attention to it.
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I don't really have any tiny channels on my radar that are good enough to say they deserve special attention.
*shrug*
EDIT:
I tentatively second Markiplier. I'm familiar with him as a guest on all manner of things I watch, though I've never been to his actual channel.
He seems pretty great, and he's on the list of channels I need to investigate.