The PCB makers on tech YouTube
Each count is a video whose own text names the maker as its sponsor, under every spelling of the name.
| Maker | Sponsored videos | Channels | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCBWay | 573 | 75 | 38,628,342 |
| JLCPCB | 77 | 20 | 23,634,918 |
| NextPCB | 17 | 9 | 734,797 |
| JLC3DP | 4 | 3 | 91,451 |
| ALLPCB | 3 | 1 | 53,368 |
By year: 37 in 2021, 73 in 2022, 109 in 2023, 160 in 2024, 192 in 2025 and 110 in 2026 to November 8.
Every calendar month holds between 47 and 63, so these reads run all year.
JLCPCB's views sit mostly on one channel: GreatScott!, with 2,180,000 subscribers, holds 13,622,445 of its 23,634,918.
Small maker channels, booked for years
PCBWay's 75 channels have a middle size of 75,300 subscribers, and 49 of them ran PCBWay more than once.
| Channel | Subscribers | What it makes | Videos | Months |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony359, Tony's Tinkering Shop | 43,100 | Electronics repair | 59 | 31 |
| BV3D: Bryan Vines | 120,000 | 3D printing | 23 | 20 |
| Retro Hack Shack | 30,600 | Vintage computers | 23 | 17 |
| The Real Sam Prentice | 212,000 | 3D printer reviews | 23 | 16 |
| Modern Hobbyist | 40,200 | Electronics builds | 19 | 16 |
| Simple Electronics | 39,200 | Electronics projects | 19 | 14 |
| DIY Machines | 131,000 | Maker builds | 18 | 18 |
Months counts the separate calendar months with a PCBWay read. DIY Machines has run one since October 2020.
“Five to 10 smaller creators are now reactivated repeatedly because they performed well.”
from his paid partnerships manual
What the read offers
- 54 PCBWay reads on 10 channels offer new customers money off or credit on a first order.
- Maker's Muse, Toast, Concept Bytes and SeanHodgins each give a discount code with the channel's name in it, like PCBWay-Toast10.
- 18 of JLCPCB's 77 reads quote a $2 board price, and 36 offer coupons.
“JLCPCB PCB Fab & Assembly from $2! Sign up to Get $60 Coupons”
video description, From Atoms to Amperes, December 2024
Channels that ran a rival next
11 of the 101 channels have run reads for two or more PCB makers.
- Tony359 ran 59 PCBWay reads from June 2023 to July 2026. His first JLCPCB read went up six weeks after the last one, on September 2, 2026.
- Made with Layers ran 5 JLCPCB reads from July 2021 to December 2024, then 6 PCBWay reads from September 2025 to September 2026.
What a hardware brand can take from this
- Book builders whose videos show your part doing a job, like the analog stick board above.
- Check each channel's history: 49 of PCBWay's 75 channels ran it more than once.
- Book your best channel's next read before a rival does: Tony359 ran a JLCPCB read six weeks after his last PCBWay read.
- Give each channel a code with its name, so you see what each one sells.
Printer and filament brands are on our 3D printer brands page, and PCBWay's longest run, on a retro computer channel, is on tech YouTubers brands sponsor year after year.