This year 11 people made the top 10 favorites video due to a tie. I've been asked to put together a comprehensive breakdown of how the votes came out this year as well as comparing them to the votes from last year. So first and foremost, let's see who made the list this year:

1. Jonathan Alvarez (https://www.youtube.com/user/FlowDaddy92)
2. Tim Goddard (https://www.youtube.com/user/00goddard)
3. Chris Kelly (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEW0zVp8_CNCtL3sBkGCQNw)
4. Ben "Drex" Drexler (https://www.youtube.com/user/TaoAvatar20)
5. Willow Solow (https://www.youtube.com/user/whatispoissible)
6. Marvin Ong (https://www.youtube.com/user/jitpunkia)
7. (tie) Teddy Petrosky (https://www.youtube.com/user/Elemensce)
7. (tie) Lorq Nichols (https://www.youtube.com/user/SirLorq)
8. Nicky Evers (https://www.youtube.com/user/dharmamystic)
9. Jesse Bowen (https://www.youtube.com/user/rmhgrinddeathdoom)
10. Johny Douglas (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWds55oZoBZUJq4WdgedOIg)

As always, the votes are counted by taking comments on the voting video I put up earlier in December and counting the number of times each name comes up. There were a couple comments that included duplicate votes that were not counted and I did not count any votes made after December 18 at 5 PM EST (sorry, Kyle). All but one of the people who made the top 10 this year were Americans and sadly, none of the women in our community made the list. Let's take a look at how the votes sorted out for those in the top 20 and how they compare to the votes from last year:

For people outside the top 10, I haven't counted ties because the list would be too long. As you can see, half the people who made the list last year fell out of the top 10 this year and one of the people who made the top 10 this year didn't receive a single vote last year. Also, Jonathan Alvarez continues his dominance for a second straight year. It took at least 21 votes to make the top 10 list and no less than 43 votes to make the top 5. Last year it took 25 votes to make the top 10 and 45 votes to make the top 5. That said, making the top 2 was vastly more difficult this year than it was last year, with the #1 spot requiring 87 votes versus 71 last year. And #2 requiring 75 versus 59 (note: second place got more votes this year than first place did last year).

Americans also dominated the top 20 with only 5 people from outside the United States represented in this portion of the list. Of those 5, 3 are European, 1 is Australian, and 1 is Canadian. This is a far cry from the first year of the top 10 list when there were 4 Europeans represented in the top 10 alone. Is it because Americans have been more likely to post content in the past year or because people subscribed to my YouTube channel are more likely to vote for Americans? It's hard to tell without a control.

Sadly, only one woman is represented in the top 20--Bostonian Liz Knights who missed the top 10 list by only 3 votes.

Here's how each and every vote this year broke down:

See other cool patterns in here? Let me know!