Year in Review
2025 in Board Game Videos
What 2,782 YouTube channels made board game videos about in 2025, counted from every video we could match to a game.
- Videos
- 31,192About 85 per day
- Channels
- 2,78287% have fewer than 10K subscribersUp from 85% in 2024
- Hours of video
- 14,0161.6 years if you watched it back to back
Month by Month
57%
of September's videos were about 2025 releases, up from 21% in January.
Games coveredNew to our collectionShare of videos about 2025 releasesVideos mentioning crowdfunding
Crowdfunding peaked in September, with 93 videos mentioning it in the title.
Month snapshot
August 2025
2,514 videos · 1,365 games · 339 new to our collection
Top game
The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship
37 channels this month
Runner-up
Vantage
28 channels
Biggest debut
12 Rivers
First video this month · 18 channels by year end
Top designer
Matt Leacock
42 channels
Standout category
Trains
1.6× its usual share
Across 2025
- Games covered
- 8,4734,994 (59%) were covered by just one channelKilroyWasHere was that channel for 183 of them, more than any other
- Games new to our collection
- 4,05048% of covered games had no earlier video with usUp from 45% in 2024
- Channels new to our collection
- 1,19143% of active channels had no earlier video with usUp from 39% in 2024
Most-Covered Games
- 1The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship93 channels · 148 videos93Released 2025 · 148 videos
- 2Finspan
88 channels · 121 videos88Released 2025 · 121 videos - 3SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
87 channels · 120 videos87Released 2024 · 120 videos - 4Vantage84 channels · 133 videos84Released 2025 · 133 videos
- 5Star Wars: Battle of Hoth
77 channels · 157 videos77Released 2025 · 157 videos - 6The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Trick-Taking Game
74 channels · 91 videos74Released 2025 · 91 videos - 7Flip 7
73 channels · 84 videos73Released 2024 · 84 videos - 8Galactic Cruise
66 channels · 95 videos66Released 2025 · 95 videos - 9Endeavor: Deep Sea
57 channels · 67 videos57Released 2024 · 67 videos - 10Bomb Busters
54 channels · 58 videos54Released 2024 · 58 videos - 11The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era
52 channels · 137 videos52Released 2025 · 137 videos - 12Pergola
50 channels · 68 videos50Released 2025 · 68 videos - 13Moon Colony Bloodbath
49 channels · 61 videos49Released 2025 · 61 videos - 14Arydia: The Paths We Dare Tread
44 channels · 118 videos44Released 2025 · 118 videos - 15Nemesis: Retaliation
44 channels · 84 videos44Released 2025 · 84 videos
93 channels
covered The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, more than any other game in 2025.
Even so, the top 15 games got only 5% of all videos.
Fastest to 10 channels
5 days
from Colosseum: The Grand Spectacle's first video to its tenth channel.
Covered before release
20 channels
covered Don't Starve: The Board Game before its planned 2027 release.
Classics still covered
30 years
after its release, Catan still got videos from 24 channels.
Designers
166 channels
covered at least one Reiner Knizia game, and 112 different Knizia games got videos.
#1Reiner Knizia166channels112 games covered · 454 videos
Most-covered gameRebirth
#2Bruno Cathala144channels43 games covered · 288 videos
Most-covered gameThe Lord of the Rings: Duel for Middle-earth- #3Tomáš Holek142channels10 games covered · 229 videosMost-covered gameSETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
#4Matt Leacock124channels19 games covered · 213 videosMost-covered gameThe Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship- #5David Gordon124channels8 games covered · 211 videosMost-covered gameFinspan
- #6Jamey Stegmaier118channels18 games covered · 219 videosMost-covered gameVantage
Rising and Fading
1.39×
Comics grew the most, from 2.3% of videos in 2024 to 3.2%.
Card Game is still the most common category, in 33% of videos.
Rising
Share of videos- Comics1.39×Comics: 3.2% in 2025, 2.3% in 202420253.2%20242.3%
- Mature / Adult1.33×Mature / Adult: 0.80% in 2025, 0.60% in 202420250.80%20240.60%
- Word Game1.29×Word Game: 0.99% in 2025, 0.77% in 202420250.99%20240.77%
- American Civil War1.25×American Civil War: 0.74% in 2025, 0.59% in 202420250.74%20240.59%
- Party Game1.25×Party Game: 4.6% in 2025, 3.6% in 202420254.6%20243.6%
Fading
Share of videos- American West0.57×American West: 0.71% in 2025, 1.24% in 202420250.71%20241.24%
- Transportation0.66×Transportation: 1.12% in 2025, 1.70% in 202420251.12%20241.70%
- Music0.66×Music: 0.58% in 2025, 0.88% in 202420250.58%20240.88%
- Mythology0.69×Mythology: 3.3% in 2025, 4.8% in 202420253.3%20244.8%
- Aviation / Flight0.69×Aviation / Flight: 1.07% in 2025, 1.54% in 202420251.07%20241.54%
Categories and mechanics use Board Game Video's curated game taxonomy. 1.39× means Comics games had 1.39 times their 2024 share of videos.
New vs Old
17%
of videos were about games from 2018 or earlier.
Up from 13% in 2024
8%
of videos covered games before their release.
Down from 11% in 2024
20252024
- Not yet releasedNot yet released: 8% in 2025, 11% in 20248%11%
- Released that yearReleased that year: 36% in 2025, 37% in 202436%37%
- 1 year old1 year old: 19% in 2025, 20% in 202419%20%
- 2 years old2 years old: 7% in 2025, 7% in 20247%7%
- 3–6 years old3–6 years old: 13% in 2025, 12% in 202413%12%
- 7–15 years old7–15 years old: 10% in 2025, 8% in 202410%8%
- 16+ years old16+ years old: 7% in 2025, 5% in 20247%5%
How Creators Make Videos
13 min
for a typical review. Playthroughs ran about 45 min and how-to-play videos about 12 min.
Format Mix
- ReviewsTypically 13 minReviews: 32% of 2025 videos32%Down from 35% in 2024
- PlaythroughsTypically 45 minPlaythroughs: 23% of 2025 videos23%Down from 24% in 2024
- How to playTypically 12 minHow to play: 18% of 2025 videos18%Down from 20% in 2024
- UnboxingsTypically 10 minUnboxings: 18% of 2025 videos18%Up from 15% in 2024
- InterviewsTypically 15 minInterviews: 1% of 2025 videos1%Down from 1.5% in 2024
The other 8% fit none of these formats.
Video Length
37% of videos ran 10–30 minutes.
≤1 min
1–10 min
10–30 min
30–60 min
1–2 h
2 h+
20252024
Busiest Posting Days
Tuesday was the busiest day, with 5,222 videos. Weekends had 22%.
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Most Prolific Channels
Videos in 2025- 1The Dice Tower604 games · 362K subscribers652
- 2給肥龍一盒桌遊252 games · 8.7K subscribers467
- 3Paul Darcy48 games · 8.6K subscribers463
- 4Steph Hodge414 games · 3.5K subscribers424
- 5The Discriminating Gamer263 games · 29.6K subscribers413
- 6Tabletop Gaming Guild246 games · 3.8K subscribers413
- 7KilroyWasHere333 games · 4.3K subscribers405
- 8Merry Married Meeples194 games · 1.4K subscribers352
- 9BoardGameCo282 games · 69.7K subscribers336
- 10Board Games UnLocked128 games · 4.5K subscribers310
Most Subscribed Channels
Subscribers- 1Shut Up & Sit Down24 videos in 2025461K
- 2Watch It Played42 videos in 2025428K
- 3Triple S Games44 videos in 2025375K
- 4The Dice Tower652 videos in 2025362K
- 5Game Night Picks15 videos in 2025187K
- 6BoardGameGeek245 videos in 2025176K
- 7Good Time Society48 videos in 2025147K
- 8Rob's Tabletop World36 videos in 2025113K
- 9Rahdo Runs Through167 videos in 2025111K
- 103 Minute Board Games67 videos in 2025101K
Longest video
12 hours
of Twilight Struggle, from Legendary Tactics.
Solo
74 in 1,000
video titles mentioned solo play.
Up from 62 in 2024
Two-player
14 in 1,000
video titles mentioned two-player games.
Up from 9 in 2024
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About these numbers. Counted from videos posted in 2025 that we collected and matched to a game, not all of YouTube. We left out hidden videos, videos we couldn't match to a game, and re-uploaded vintage TV ads. Videos with no known channel count in the totals but not in the channel figures. Game details from BoardGameGeek and subscriber counts are as of September 29, 2026.