Here are 24 developer YouTubers who take sponsorships and list a contact email. These developer content creators teach languages from C++ and Go to PHP and C#, and many of them build apps or game engines on camera. Thirteen have fewer than 50,000 subscribers, and 17 are based in the US.
24 developer influencers and YouTubers who take sponsorships
| Creator | Subscribers | Avg views | |
|---|---|---|---|
JavaScript King@JavaScriptKing · 104Kbeginner HTML, CSS and JavaScript projects, plus VS Code and GitHub guides | 104K | 326K | co•••@gm•••.com |
Dreams of Code@dreamsofcode · 211KRust on the web, securing a VPS and building an AI agent | 211K | 82.5K | in•••@dr•••.io |
DevOps Toolbox@devopstoolbox · 136Kterminal tools, Tmux, Docker debugging, shells and a senior engineer's keyboard setup | 136K | 64.6K | om•••@do•••.sh |
Howdy ツ@howdy_official · 22Kreviews the source code of Balatro, Undertale and GTA Vice City | 22K | 60.7K | pr•••@gm•••.com |
The Cherno@TheCherno · 760Kbuilds the Hazel game engine in C++ and teaches C++ programming | 760K | 60.4K | ch•••@gm•••.com |
The Coding Gopher@TheCodingGopher · 77.9KLinux, Postgres, WebSockets and open-source AI models explained for developers | 77.9K | 56.4K | th•••@gm•••.com |
Xander Gouws@XanderGouws · 21.4Ksoftware deep dives from JavaScript to C, plus a macOS window manager | 21.4K | 48.3K | go•••@gm•••.com |
The Modern Coder@themoderncoder · 43.8KGit explained visually: worktrees, forks, clones and how pull requests work | 43.8K | 38.7K | ja•••@th•••.com |
Code to the Moon@codetothemoon · 85.6KRust frameworks, Neovim, developer keyboards and new programming languages | 85.6K | 31.6K | ke•••@ct•••.io |
TJ DeVries@teej_dv · 118Klive coding VODs, Neovim and the CozyCoderHour programming podcast | 118K | 28.8K | de•••@gm•••.com |
Kofybrek@Kofybrek · 14.4KC++ and OpenGL game devlogs, from voxel engines to maze algorithms | 14.4K | 28.1K | ko•••@gm•••.com |
Austin Davis@AustinDavisTech · 19.6Kbeginner React tutorials on TanStack Router, TanStack Form and Zod | 19.6K | 27K | au•••@gm•••.com |
Code with Beto@codewithbeto · 46.1KReact Native and Expo tutorials, plus building iPhone apps with Claude Code | 46.1K | 14K | be•••@ou•••.com |
Program With Gio@ProgramWithGio · 66.4KLaravel and PHP series, including a four-part task tracker app build | 66.4K | 10K | pr•••@gm•••.com |
Code with Josh@codewithjoshoffical · 53.9KPython tutorials on FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, speed fixes and CLI tools | 53.9K | 8.5K | ze•••@gm•••.com |
Code With Tomi@CodeWithTomi · 44.6Kbuilds and deploys full-stack AI apps with Next.js, Django and Postgres | 44.6K | 7.7K | co•••@gm•••.com |
Mario Carrion@MarioCarrion · 16.9KGo release breakdowns, software architecture and Neovim setups for Go | 16.9K | 6K | yo•••@ca•••.ws |
Eric Roby@codingwithroby · 39.2Kbackend architecture and system design for developers moving into AI engineering | 39.2K | 5.8K | co•••@gm•••.com |
Paul Solt@PaulSolt · 22.7Kex-GoPro, Apple and Microsoft, building iOS and Mac apps with Codex | 22.7K | 5.1K | pa•••@su•••.com |
Frank Liu@FrankLiuSoftware · 42.6Khours-long ASP.NET Core, Blazor and Web API tutorials in .NET 10 | 42.6K | 4.2K | fr•••@gm•••.com |
Dan Vega@DanVega · 93.9KJava Champion's Spring Boot 4 tutorials, including a live 3-to-4 migration | 93.9K | 3.9K | da•••@gm•••.com |
I Code It@icodeit.juntao · 15.5Kfrontend system design and React performance, from Excalidraw to video streaming | 15.5K | 3.6K | ju•••@gm•••.com |
Program With Erik@ProgramWithErik · 121KVue, Nuxt and frontend career videos, plus MCP servers for coding agents | 121K | 3.6K | er•••@pr•••.com |
Cand Dev@CandDev · 20.8KReact and Next.js tutorials, dashboard starters and AI tools for frontend developers | 20.8K | 1.4K | ck•••@gm•••.com |
Which creators fit which brands
| If you sell | Start with |
|---|---|
| Frontend and mobile frameworks | Austin Davis (React), I Code It (React), Cand Dev (Next.js), Code with Beto (React Native) |
| Backend frameworks | Dan Vega (Spring Boot), Frank Liu (.NET), Program With Gio (Laravel), Mario Carrion (Go) |
| Databases, hosting and error monitoring | Code with Josh, Code With Tomi, The Coding Gopher, Dreams of Code (VPS) |
| Terminal, editor and Git tools | DevOps Toolbox (Tmux), TJ DeVries (Neovim), The Modern Coder (Git), Code to the Moon |
| Game engines and graphics libraries | The Cherno, Kofybrek, Howdy |
Before you reach out
Viewers type the code in as they watch, whether it's one of JavaScript King's 30 beginner projects or the four parts of Program With Gio's Laravel task tracker. If your SDK is still on version 0.x, the Semantic Versioning spec says "Anything MAY change at any time," so a later release can break the tutorial for people who find it a year from now. Put the exact package version and install command in the brief, and send an API key with paid-plan limits weeks before filming, so the build doesn't stop at a free-tier cap halfway through.
Questions people ask
Which of these creators work as developer advocates?
Erik Hanchett of Program With Erik is a developer advocate for AWS, and Dan Vega is a Spring developer advocate at Broadcom. Ask each one before you pitch a product that competes with their employer's.
Which developer influencers have written programming books?
Juntao of I Code It wrote React Anti-Patterns, React Clean Code and Test-Driven Development with React and TypeScript. Erik Hanchett of Program With Erik wrote a book on Ember.js.
Which game developer YouTubers take sponsorships?
The Cherno is building his own game engine, Hazel, in C++, and his Shorts average 174,200 views. Kofybrek posts C++ and OpenGL game devlogs and averages 28,100 views with 14,400 subscribers.
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