The BEST and Not so Best Reptile YouTubers and Creators of 2024
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- The reptile community is one of the best of any hobby and the creators in this niche deserve all the love back. These are your 2024 Reptile Positivity Awards!
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Hey brother, thanks so much for the love and support! You flatter me! Project mini dragons has been quite the labour of love and passion! It's inspiring to help contribute to the establishment of crocodile skinks in herpetoculture. I am honoured to be mentioned amongst all these incredible friends/fellow creators 🙏🏼. Thanks for always showing so much love to the community!
It’s definitely not surprising at all, you’re my fav reptile TH-camr!! Along with wwr and serpa design obvi!
Dude what the hell!!! Thank you so much brother, I'm honored to be on this list along some really awesome people ❤ Thank you for all you do for the hobby!
Thanks for being awesome dude!
Congrats on the shout-out dude!
@@spencermiller2032 thanks bro!!
So well deserved Alex!
@@toris_exotics thank you Tori ❤️
Thanks so much dude! That means a lot to me, I really appreciate it. I hope you get to come by the studio and check things out in person next time you're in the Pittsburgh area. You rock!
Thanks for the shout out (Reptile Ready!), it is our for-profit that supports our charity :) You get the award for punniest 🐢🤗
Loving the enclosure!
@@WickensWickedReptiles so happy to hear that 😍
I can’t wipe this smile off my face! 😁 I’m honoured, thank you so much! You keep me inspired and motivate me to improve my content and consistency. I appreciate you! 🙏🏼
To the moon Kayla!
your herping videos are 10/10 ive learned so much about native reptiles to ontario from you, keep up the good work
One of the greats, love your content just need more longer TH-cams. I get you coulg give me tips on my lewisi hybrid, wanna get him calmed down and potty trained so i can let him out in the house.
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Hey Kayla! Really love your youtube channel and am waiting for more videos of yours in the near future! Congrats on nomination :)
Imagine clicking on this video to see some good reptile content and having your name be mentioned in the video. Shocked is an understatement lol.
THANK YOU ADAM!!
congrats!
@@definitelynotprestoman Thank you!
Good job
You earned it my friend!
@@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993 Thank you
RIP to Brian. What a legend
The man!
The myth
the legend
I have a lot of respect for how Noah has stepped into his dad’s shoes and is running the Reptarium and the building of the Legasea Aquarium. He, his mom and the crew are doing an awesome job, even keeping the vlog interesting
Hes so similar to his dad Brian but in his own way, so proud of everyone there they are doing amazing
Yes, I agree Noah is doing an awesome job with the vlog!! His dad would definitely be pleased!!
Clint's Reptile Room is my happy place. I'm SOOO lucky to live just a few miles away!
Yea, clints content is amazing.
So proud of Noah and what has done
Me too!
I’m a biology teacher, and I’ve assigned some of Clint’s videos when teaching about phylogeny and evolution. My students have responded really well to them!
I bet your students were really thankful for it! I wish our school wouldn't write off any information that's not in textbooks, but I'm glad you're a cool teacher!!
Idk how but I’m just barely seeing this! Thank you so much! All the support and kind words mean the absolute world to me 🙏
enjoy!
I gotta say, as someone who had no interest in insects, finding the Ants Canada channel has been a real joy. The beautiful cinematography documenting the life, times and absolute drama of the individuals and groups of different species battling to survive within a slice of their natural world he has created is absolutely engrossing. The narration is spot on, giving character and voice to the animals while teaching about their hidden lives that I never understood the complexity or beauty of. It’s a wonderful accomplishment, and insects have never been more sexy!
Ants Canada is one of my all time favorite channels. So much knowledge and Pantdora is such a phenomenal setup and can't wait to see his canopy upgrade.
Thinking you Adam should receive the award of Best Guide Ever in the Reptile community. We can always count on truthful and educational information, and you genuinely care about the community. Thanks for giving us the information that will only make us better.🐍🌿🦎🐢❤️👍
Wow, thank you! That means a lot
Well deserved!
Seconded! I never delay watching when Adam puts out a video. I know they're going to be entertaining and informative!
YES
@@bkm2797for real I’ve found so many awesome channels thanks to videos like these
Noah has done a wonderful job keeping Brian's channel going. It's big shoes to fill but he's stepped up and is really putting in the work to keep it as great as it was when Brian was still with us. Legends never die, and that is one thing we can be thankful for. Brian's name will be spoken of for years to come, just like the great Steve Irwin's name is still around today. Great video, man.
An absolute gem of a video. It's nice to see you spreading the love.
Agreed
Agreed
Adam ALWAYS shares the spotlight. 👍🏼
You helped me and my daughter get into reptiles.....Thanks Adam and Diamond! We love you guys.
You’re the best
I agree completely with the folks you mentioned however I'm also going to add that for Brian and Noah Barczyk you can't mention the vlog and the quality without Jay Tomsky who in my opinion has been they key to how well the transition between Brian and Noah has gone... Take care!
Jay is a work horse and the nicest dude I’ve ever met. I love that dude
I love the shoutout for AntsCanada. He's an honorary reptile youtuber if you ask me. He's got some reptiles in Pantdora! 😂
You're so right about Noah. Brought a tear to my eye on that last segment. I think you picked incredible winners.
Lol I love that the reptile community just adopted Antscanada as an honorary reptile channel😂
@@annikkirahko6714 he has a few reptiles, they count! 😂 but he deserves the honorary title for sure ❤️
Awesome video Adam, and THANK YOU for always being so supportive of me and my channel. I'm super grateful and appreciative of you!
We as a community award you, Adam. Thanks for everything you do!!!
I appreciate that!
Serpadesign is one of the best reptile TH-camrs out there and makes the best enclosures hands down love tanner serpa great guy
Tanner is so unbelievably talented!
His cinematography is as good as it gets too.
Yeah I couldn't believe you didn't mention Tanner Adam! You talk about him all the time. Lol
I totally agree with the tie!
You explained it perfectly!
Thank you!
Love to see support and love in the reptile creator community. Y'all are awesome!
Thanks so much
Wicken thank you so much for making the last (legacy) award to go to Brian. I’m so happy you stuck with my comment about this video being made that you should give it to his son. So thank you ❤
You couldn’t have made me love you even more!!
My favorite small non mentioned channel, is Dakota Blue Exotics. His chronic health issues have been hurting him though lately, which is a real bummer.
Hi Adam, great video and just wanted to say thank you very much for the awesome testimonial in this video (14.55). That really means a lot and we really appreciate you saying that.
This was a wonderful idea to be able to call out and honor some amazing creators who strive for knowledge, creativity, learning, passion, positivity, and excellence above internet drama and notoriety. You, along with the creators you have named are wonderful ambassadors to the reptile/arachnid/insect communities.
I watch you because you are ALWAYS building up our community!
Even when the community is "canceling" you for atrocities against geckos!
I do my best :)
Yay positivity! So happy to see that you made this video!
Yay! Thank you!
Thank you very much for the word, Adam! 🙏🏻 excellent video!
My pleasure!
I've been really enjoying Rattlesnake Solutions' content. They really care about the animals and take the time to find appropriate places to relocate the snakes and Gila monsters they pick up.
Bryan and his team are awesome at what they do and are great educators, especially for non-reptile people living and encountering wildlife in the desert
“Dav has 78 other channels for you to enjoy” 😂😂
And this is what I love about the reptile community on YT. I started watching Snake Discovery a few years ago and before then I was terrified of snakes and DEFINETLY terrified of insects, especially any kind of spider! I was terrified when I saw one on my wall in my room or house or anything. But since I started watching Snake Discovery.... that fear has gone away almost completely. Before watching SD? I'd have never tried to touch a snake before! I'd have been on the other end of the room! But when I got to visit their zoo, one of the staff was bringing out a snake and letting people touch that snake and I was just blown away by that feeling! You'd think that they'd be hard and rough and such with having a body full of scales! They're NOT! They're so soft and it blew my mind! After watching Ed and Emily for the last few years, even spiders don't scare me as much anymore. Before, I'd have honestly gotten someone else to take care of it. Now, the fly swatters I have are literally only to give it something to crawl onto so I can carry it downstairs and outside so it's somewhere safe. Do I want to touch one? Eeeeh still no, not really. But I'm more willing to have a spider near me than before.
Same, I actually relocated a tarantula and I used to be the same way about snakes and spiders. They truly are making a huge difference!
Kayla is like all the categories in one! Cinematic, educational, funny! she will hit 100k subscribers soon! Someone else needs to do one of these but you will be 1 Adam! Great video. These kind of videos are my favourite that you make! Also can we appreciate that Adam shows off smaller TH-camrs! Something most TH-camrs don’t do!
You're the best!
I appreciate you so much, Asher! Thank you for the kind words and for always supporting me! 😊🙏🏼
Clint and Snake Discovery are my two favorite channels. Glad to see they tied!
Me too!
i love when you make videos like this, and put light and positivity into the world
I’m so glad you included the Legacy award (for the LegaSea of Brian) and recognized Noah. I can’t even imagine how difficult the transition has been for him. Included in that is Lori, Jay, Mike & everyone else there.
oh absolutely!
I opened this video and was wondering if any tarantula youtubers would even make the cut. Richard's videos are awesome and his information is 10/10.
I love Snake Discovery, and Clint. The difference is, when I first saw Ed snd Emily's videos, I thought they were too kid friendly, and that was a turnoff. However, I was trying to learn about something un in particular, I think mating jumping spiders (maybe not, idk), and I went back to their videos. I realized Emily just has a lot of energy, and Ed is the perfect balance to her. I also realized, much like most cartoons, they are kid friendly, but they weave in enough adult content, but in a way that would fly right over the kids' heads. Now I'm a regular watcher, AND I'm excited to see and meet them next weekend in Sacramento! Im driving a couple hours to buy some spiders at an expo, then saw they would be there, so, thats so exciting!
This was a really great video Adam! Its always great to have content creators spread the love, and this video was awesome. I hope this becomes an annual event!
I appreciate it!
Great shout on the education category. Learnt so much from both channels
I was terrified of phylogenetics and avoided it before Clint started covering it. He's opened up a whole new area of interest for me, and I feel like I'm getting a degree level education for free
Glad it was helpful!
I started following Kayla roach about a year ago and I love her. She is so full of energy so well educational and a lot of fun. I watch her videos all the time.
She’s great
Thank you so much! ❤
Maybe a spicy award for those who do the danger nope rope snakes like Tyler. Spot on though on the awards.
Reptilian garden is why I have my rainbow boa Dorthy. Her care and setup for Bowie gave me the confidence to be a rainbow owner.
Her rainbow boa is awesome
Great video in spreading the love on many ambassadors to the world of reptiles, insects, spiders animals in general. Also a big thumbs up to you and Wickens Reptiles. 🐍 🦎
Thanks for sharing!
@@WickensWickedReptiles well deserved recognition for you my friend.
Love this video….and Diamond getting the wiggliest worm award 😂 ❤. So impressive what you do for the reptile community and sharing the love. Clearly you are not just in it for yourself! Snake discovery is so fun to watch and has gone a long way to helping me overcome a lot of fears but Brian Barczyk ❤ he made me love this hobby. Noah is doing great….shout out to all the crew and Jay Tomski for carrying out Brian’s legacy
Was awesome meeting you today at the expo, will have to get a picture with you next time but the shirt was enough lol
Great meeting you! I'd be happy to snap a pic with you anytime!
Dude Tarantula Collective is such a good channel. Great shout
It really is!
Tarantulas aren't reptiles.
Thank you for the much needed positive content. Not a reptile owner, but I follow many of the folks you mentioned; I attribute that to how supportive the community is. Nicely done.
Love the positivity and focus on celebrating all these amazing creators!
Great video idea! This probably made a lot of people’s days. But you forgot the All Canadian Reptile Girl, Annalise!
I'm so glad you gave Leafy Street a shout out! Dude is going places.
No doubt!
Honestly a beautiful video. I love seeing you put all your friends and peers up and putting them in the light. I hope others can take influence 🤙
All of these are well earned and well deserved!!!!! Honorable mention to Noah, to have gone through what he's gone through in the last few years with his dad's illness and unfortunate recent passing and to carry on his dad's legacy is incredible!!!! My heart breaks for everyone who knew and loved Brian. He was a legend!!!!
💯 ❤ You got me in my feels at the end! Noah and the whole crew are amazing and Brian is smiling that huge smile of his ♥ And on to Bigfoot and his seventy something channels 😅 I laughed so hard I cried! 😂
Noah was the perfect pick. In the sadest time, losing Brian and the happiest time having his son he still has the time and energy to take the channel and make it theirs. He also has his Dad's honest rawness which an endearing quality.
I'm still as excited to watch it.
My thoughts exactly
Amazing as always Adam, I want to thank you for not only what you do here but all your other videos. You were the first Reptile channel I watched when your channel name caught my attention as a Wiccan myself. It was through you that I found the other channels that made me feel like I could finally own a reptile instead of taking care of the classroom snakes in my science rooms. I now own my first snake, a ball python named Jolly Rodger and I hope to one day give him more scaly siblings and friends.
Keep doing what you are doing, because you touch and change so many people and animals lives and you should be proud of that. Always.
Great video. You put me wise to reptile channels I didn't know existed. Very informative. Keep up the good work!
This was a great video. Thanks for letting us know about so many content creators!
I think we forget how much Lori does at the reptarium and the Legasea Aquarium. I want to give her props as well as Noah and the crew.
This was a great video!!! I saw a lot of TH-camrs I watch and now I even have more to add to the list! Congrats to all the winners and nominees
You deserve one of these awards yourself, my friend.
Thank you for making this video and spreading some love! I will check out all these people! I hope to be on this list one day :D
This was an AWESOME video! Loved it! Great job!
gary is a legend. i love gsreptiles to see all the snakes i couldnt afford or simply just couldnt keep for other reasons
I have to say that I hated snakes until I caught a NERD video in my algorithm about a year ago where Kevin was removing eggs from a snake and from then I’ve been hooked. He was so gentle and it hit me that the snake was so beautiful and i was riveted to know the outcome of what he was doing. I think your award to Emily and Ed and also Clint is bang on, as I’ve learnt so much from all of them and you get hypnotised by how beautiful the beasties that walk and crawl our world are (I’m still not good with spiders). I think Ed, Emily and Kevin are brilliant. I love Chandler, too, but sometimes he takes risks that scare me, especially since I’m new to this. I think what you do is great as well; I always think you are very fair and balanced and I feel your love for your animals. Great awards ceremony, it just missed a substrate carpet.
Man the Legacy Award hit me in the feels.
You’ve got an amazing list and I’m going to have to rewatch because there were 2 or 3 I hadn’t heard of before. Instead of a pencil and pen in hand, I had pizza. 😂
Lets not sit on NFKHerping, super calm, great voice, informative and throws some good laughs in for great measure!!!
What a great thumbnail lol. Great video man! Congrats everyone❤️
When you mentioned leafy street confirmed to me you had legit choices!
Great channel!
Good evening Adam, thank you for this positive video today, let's send positive vibes and love to youtubers that are going to get huge within the year. As long as they have the passion, love, a great story teller for the animals and reptiles I'm hooked. Cheers to the upcomers. I hope you and your fiance have a wonderful Thursday. See you on Saturday on the other channel and see you on Monday on this channel
Great video as always. I enjoyed this.
This was so great! Some channels I hadn't even heard of!
I just wanted to say that i really liked this video. Ive never seen you before, ive never heard of ya but you suddenly came up in my feeds probably because I watch Snake Discovery. I learned alot about some different channels to check out and I also love that you mentioned Ants Canada as well. Thanks for the vid
Thanks for this video! I'll be sure to check out some of the suggestions you made for sure! I love that you mentioned Kevin and Nerd because I have learned so much from him and I watch every Snake Discovery video with awe! I can't agree with you more about Noah and how awesome that channel has been consistently! I am also waiting for the LegaSea to open and hope I get to shake Noah's hand as well as the rest of the crew, I think they are all amazing and am sure Brian is very proud.
Awesome video Keep up the Great Work!!
Idea: I like the idea of you making this an actual event, kind of like SD enclosure build off, where you could invite other YT to do an event once a year?
Cool idea! That would be awesome
Awesome video, Adam!
I would nominate NFK Herping and Will Robertson Wildlife too.. They seem very down to earth, but they would walk through fire(and freaking ticks) to find a reptile or amphibian!
Thanx for the great content Adam❤
Thanks for watching!
Clint is totally deserving this award!!! I love that dude and how geek he is! 😊
I'm not crying 😭. This got me all up in my feels.
I really enjoy when you do these videos where you spread awareness and love to other creators. I've discovered many awesome channels and creators through you and want to say thank you. You are one of the most positive creators in the community one of my favorites and my favorite Canadian even beating out Dan Aykroyd and Jim Carey. Much love and thank you.
Great video! I agree with all your choices!
You're giving me many people to nerd out and watch, thank you
enjoy!
I'm waiting for my 1st snake, a sand boa. I wouldn't even be doing this because I've always been afraid of snake's, but thanks to you and a few others you've named I'm truly excited and feeling more condident about this! In fact, you're all making me want a rosy or a ball python next! I've even sent my son to you all, as he's wanting a bearded dragon, snd he's overwhelmed with the cares etc. I've sent him links to your channel, and 4 other's, because you're the best too! I can't ty enough for the valuable info you all pass on to us newbies. My only regret was not finding you all sooner, because now I've got supplies I dont need! If nothing else when I'm ready for a bigger snake, I'll be better prepared and more knowledgeable thanks to you top youtubers! ❤
I loved your videos, you are awesome for doing this, I was disappointed that there was no links to the cannels you were talking about. But by stopping your video each time the name's came up, I was able to subscribe to most of them, so thank you so much 😀😀😀
Great video Adam. I knew Brian/Noah was gonna get the last award as they should. Noah has done an amazing job taking over the vlog. All the other award winners were well deserved. You are also deserving of an award my friend. You are a great content creator as well 💜😊
I've been listening to Reptiles With for years, so happy to hear them get a shout-out!
I really hope Noah sees this. He’s been crushing it but I can’t imagine how hard it would be to fill those shoes
he really has!
As soon as you said legacy category, I knew Brian was the winner! Love it! So true!
Thank you for the husbandry app! I've been looking for a good one to keep track of our reps!
You are so welcome!
Love this!! Gonna have to start watching some of those guys
Enjoy!!
Gonna have to keep revisiting this one, feel ilke i have completed youtube latley. Nice to have some fresh content to explore. Thank you Adam. Its also awsome you shoutout others on a regular. Kuddos to you
Please do!
Great list! Especially liked seeing Richard from Tarantula Collective on this list. I really like this content, keep it coming 😁
Thanks! Will do!
Alot of those channels I haven't seen yet! Hopefully our Reptile Way TH-cam channel will grow a bit more to pop up on the US and Canada Reptile radar... May the force of the algorithm be with us 🤣
Great video Adam, new channels to explore yay! All Canadian Reptile Girl could definitely have been in the running for educational channels! Funnily enough, I discovered you because of her!! It's crazy that it's not the other way around, but life is weird sometimes.
ACRG is an amazing channel
Dion is the best not only cause he`s a Belgian but the love he has for his animals is amazing to see i follow him for a long time ,
BUT YOU FORGOT ONE CHANNEL.....
WWR is to me my favourite channel and ofcourse you cant give yourself an award so i will do it for you..
the award for most fun to watch both informative and funny goes toooooo
YOU
enjoy your day greetings from a Belgian fan
Ohhhh you are too kind
Awesome as always Adam!
Thanks again!
Thanks for bringing some of these channels to my attention! The red-eyed crocodile skinks look AMAZING and I ran over to subscribe while pausing your video. Would be great if you could do another video like this to highlight great reptile channels that could really use the boosts to fund the animals they rescue, like Gatorboys Outdoors and Gator Chris/Florida's Wildest - or even Gatorland Vlogs since all their YT earnings go to conservation. Thanks again!
I love ReptilesWith, they're always on whenever I'm cleaning my home, changing my fish tank or cleaning my snake's enclosure. They are very informative and super fun to hang with
I totally agree!
@@WickensWickedReptiles Their "freakouts" are also epic 🤣
Great video, thanks for introducing me to some new channels. I'm really glad you included Dillon of Animal's at Home. He changed the way I care for my reptiles, now all of my enclosures are bioactive and my reptiles are thriving. I hope the next time you do this you include Lori Torrini. She has paved the way for target training and choice based interaction with snakes. She is a pioneer in her field and has unique educational content. She has over 100 snakes and they are all in enclosures. She is a true advocate for enrichment and welfare of the animals we love.