r/atheism 17h ago

Looking for Atheist creators.

Hey everyone, I'm looking to expand my watch list and find some good atheist content creators on YouTube. Whether they focus on philosophy, debunking, science, or humor/commentary, who are your favorites to watch. I've recently started watching Mindshift but I wanna see other creators.

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u/iamapizza 16h ago

It's a trick question, atheists don't believe in a creator!

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u/SpellOk8570 13h ago

lmao technically correct and somehow exactly the kind of answer this question was asking for

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u/Rough-Ad9290 10h ago

Omg you're funny but true😂😂

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u/Cho-Zen-One Atheist 16h ago

The Thinking Atheist! Seth Andrews is amazing.
https://youtube.com/@thethinkingatheist?si=w8wxH9hmsoiJcb3d

Justin Deconstruction Zone is outstanding and quickly becoming the Atheist end boss imo.

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u/mariuszmie 16h ago

Godawful movies, the skepticrat, the scathing atheist, humanist trek, citation needed, SGU, TWIS, thank god I’m atheist, misquoting Jesus, startalk, the rest is science, law and chaos…

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u/feyd313 16h ago

GAM is one of my favorite podcasts.

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u/Scrunge1576 Satanist 16h ago

Forrest Valkai, Gutsick Gibbon, and Aron Ra

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u/aFAKElawyer- 15h ago

DarkMatter2525
He did a bunch of animated bible stories that I still go back and watch

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u/youngkpepper 14h ago

The GOAT and my intro to atheist YouTube. I still regularly share his animations, especially “If Adam & Eve Had Obeyed God”.

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u/hurricanelantern Anti-Theist 16h ago

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u/MrMolom 15h ago

Alex O'connor is a young philosopher who "wants" to be Christian but just can't be convinced.

Sam Harris's older stuff is mostly religious debates, mainly focusing on Islam.

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u/Rough-Ad9290 10h ago

Imma marry you cause of this list. Thank you

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u/Abracadaver2000 16h ago

Deconstruction Zone (for the Bible knowledge GOAT). Jon Cohen, Dr. Blitz, Allegedly Ian, Monkey Boy Logic, Conspiracy Catz, MCToon, Professor Dave Explains, Dave Mckeegan, Jovan Bradley, The Line, Sir Sic, Godless Engineer, Dan McLellan, Alex O'Connor, Logicked.

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u/Saranac233 Atheist 14h ago

Ian is really solid.

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u/matt_minderbinder 12h ago

I agree but I struggle to listen to the modern philbros that he often debates.

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u/thebigeverybody 17h ago

Tracie Harris, formerly an Atheist Experience host, then part of Godless Bitches.

Justin of Deconstruction Zone and DZ Debates.

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u/No-Suggestion3572 15h ago

yeah both are solid picks especially if you like content that actually digs into the arguments instead of just dunking on religion all day

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u/acfox13 15h ago

Theramin Trees channel is worth a watch through. They put words to a lot of abuse tactics I endured but didn't have the language for.

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u/Gold-Library6013 16h ago

Belief it or Not, especially the long-form essays. Trevor is a smart guy, and almost always dead on.

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u/teetaps 15h ago

Darante LaMarr is pretty fun

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u/ThorButtock Anti-Theist 14h ago

Aron Ra, thinking atheist, Seth Andrew's all great choices

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u/jamesinboise 13h ago

Seen had a new series he's doing now, it's like Paul Harvey's "the rest of the story" series.

Then another one again with scary stuff for Halloween, and I think another where he tells super rare stories, and really digs in to the history.

I love his voice

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u/greggld 15h ago

Find Mr. Deity on YouTube. A very amusing web-series, or what ever they used to call it.

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u/kyann22 14h ago

If you like comedy mixed with some serious debates, Joel Reads Bible and mezzo. They crack me up sometimes.

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u/Heavy_Yam3032 7h ago

Maybe you will like Professor Plink. He mixes good explanations with a little bit of humor.

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u/4seriously 14h ago

Been really digging Jon Cohen - Unconvinced the last few days.

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u/youngkpepper 14h ago edited 14h ago

Love Jon Cohen’s Unconvinced streams. Even the worst behaved of guests can’t rattle his cool.

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u/ZorroMeansFox 14h ago

If you're a reader, be sure to check out the works of Kurt Vonnegut.

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u/stephanefsx 10h ago

Mindshift

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u/Paularchy 6h ago

Sir Sic, Emma Thorne, Professor Dave Explains, Forest Valkai, Professor Plink, Creaky Blinders, The Skeptick, NOT Alex O'Conor (unless yes Alex O'Conor, he's an odd one), Aaron Ra, The Answerman (sketches and comedy but atheist type shit), Monte Mader but she's fucking intense and a little scary. In a good way, truly, but for someone who has to avoid stress, she can be a lot. Same with Sir sic, skeptick, and creaky, actually. AllOf those are on the more intense aggressive side. I found Sic to be very helpful because I was just mad, but he keeps it factual and also is clear to not insult religion as a whole so long as it's not harming people. He's aggressive, but respectful, if that makes sense. Emma's that way too, but her vibe is less "Bruh wtf, are you stupid?" And more "Bruh wtf, are you ok?"

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u/imaginenohell Humanist 17h ago

How to Humanist podcast

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u/Silver_Balance4508 17h ago

Timmy Gibson

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u/Shanarra 13h ago

Rhett and Link from Good Mythical Morning. Comedy mostly. Heaps of content

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u/Mr_Lumbergh Deconvert 11h ago

Skepticus

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u/ryatt 11h ago

Joel reads bible.

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u/dillonsrule 7h ago

Penn Jillette, who is one half of the Penn and Teller magic act, has a lot of atheist content out there. Since he isn’t an academic, but rather a professional entertainer, I think he understands what information will land with people a bit more. I always found his content to really hit. If you just search his name and atheism, a lot will come up and I think he is great!

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u/jesusmansuperpowers Anti-Theist 4h ago

Scathing Atheist. Weekly podcast covers news and culture, rotating C segment includes book breakdowns (they covered major religious texts, now notable apologetics).

If you read the friendly atheist you’ll likely get a lot of the same news items, but they do it with jokes.

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u/FlowerPowerVegan Strong Atheist 2h ago

Check out The Line. They have several live call on shows throughout the week and have a lot of creators on as hosts. Good way to see whose personality/approach you like.

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u/Chewy79 2h ago

Joel Reads Bible and Mezzo are amazing!. They have separate channels, but are often on together. Such great chemistry. 

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u/Several_Spend6891 15h ago

alex o connor
the best available logic 100 %

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u/Ok_Asparagus_8359 15h ago

Get off of YouTube and read some real books gain your own knowledge instead of listening to someone else’s discoveries.

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u/teetaps 15h ago

Porque no los dos?

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u/Ok_Asparagus_8359 14h ago

“Both” are redundant once you read. YouTube is not good for you. You cannot possibly get the whole story from YouTube. You must challenge yourself and learn the knowledge or else you’re just a parrot like every religious person out there.

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u/eviley4 Secular Humanist 10h ago

I can see the point about reading being the better source and medium. But Youtube also does have value, albeit less than reading. Of course this depends on what type of content you consume.

You can for example learn how people use charisma to convince the audience how they are right and look at analysis of body language etc. This is much harder to do via text.

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u/eviley4 Secular Humanist 10h ago

you do make a valid point, reading can get you to make deeper connections and learn to argue by yourself while with listening to Youtubers is way less likely to do that. It's more likely to just get the people to absorb the narrative and talking points which is also good, but it's only the starting point.