The laptop and PC brands, ranked
Each count is a video whose own text names the brand as its sponsor.
| Brand | Sponsored videos | Channels | Channel it booked most |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSI | 141 | 39 | Digital Foundry, 31 |
| ASUS | 140 | 65 | ShortCircuit, 9 |
| Lenovo | 55 | 30 | Created by Ella, 6 |
| Alienware | 46 | 6 | Digital Foundry, 38 |
| GEEKOM | 33 | 18 | UFD Tech, 8 |
| Dell | 29 | 18 | CG Geek, 3 |
| HP | 25 | 23 | none above 2 |
| Gigabyte | 20 | 13 | UFD Tech, 4 |
| Razer | 17 | 7 | Hardware Canucks, 6 |
| Acer | 13 | 8 | avrona, 3 |
Minisforum has 3 and ACEMAGIC 1. June, with 78 videos, and January, with 64, are the busiest months.
Two brands rent one channel
- Digital Foundry, with 1,530,000 subscribers, has 72 of the 523: Alienware 38, MSI 31, Acer 2 and ASUS 1.
- Alienware's run goes from May 11 to October 20, 2026, and 28 of its 38 are DF Direct episodes.
- MSI's run goes from November 12, 2025 to August 26, 2026.
- ShortCircuit, with 2,550,000 subscribers, has 30: MSI 18 and ASUS 9, since August 23, 2025.
“Thanks to Alienware for sponsoring our PC content”
video description, July 2026
Alienware has 46 videos on 6 channels, and 38 sit here.
ASUS spreads wide, Razer repeats
- ASUS ran 65 channels, and 38 of them only once.
- HP ran 23 channels with 25 videos, and no channel carries it more than twice.
- Razer ran 7 channels, and Hardware Canucks has 6 of its 17.
- GEEKOM has its link in 111 videos and 33 say it sponsored them. UFD Tech has 8 of the 33, from June 2023 to September 2026.
- Minisforum has its link in 22 videos, and 3 say sponsored.
What a laptop or PC brand can take from this
- Book a news show's weekly slot. Alienware's 38 Digital Foundry reads sit under a show that runs every week.
- Book January and June. They hold 142 of the 523 videos.
- Ask for the word sponsoring. MSI's reads on Digital Foundry say sponsoring this video and sponsoring this content.
- Do not count the 78 GEEKOM videos that carry its link and do not say sponsored as spend.
Our page on computer peripheral brands covers the keyboards and monitors that go with these PCs, and the biggest tech channels lists the channels above.