Marques Brownlee is the biggest tech creator of the year (again)
There is no bigger tech creator in 2026 than Marques Brownlee, or, as he's known online, @mkbhd. He’s got more than 20 million YouTube subscribers and nearly immeasurable influence through his product reviews and podcast.
Brownlee, 32, is an essential voice for scores of people looking to cut through the ocean of hype surrounding tech products. He's enthusiastic about the things he loves — and openly critical of the things he doesn’t. To wit: Brownlee praises Tesla when he loves something and criticizes it when he doesn’t, even if that means drawing the ire of its billionaire CEO. Brownlee is one of the rare figures in the tech world who both covers the news and creates it.
For any enthusiast, he’s a ubiquitous, powerful voice.
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