u/Adriconomics

Hi guys,

In order to make my YouTube video for this week, I reviewed the performance of every finance YouTuber’s “best picks for 2026” videos. It is quite clear, looking at the data from the first 6 months, that value investors are lagging behind by a big margin while AI storytellers are all outperforming the index.

What is your take? Is it just a special moment with huge market hype around AI, but things will revert in the coming years? Is it that the overall market dynamic has changed, with the increased speed of information dissemination making market narratives more important today than in the past? Are 6 months just nothing, so the data has no value at all?

If you want to watch the video, here is the link: I Tracked 30 Stock YouTubers. Only 12 Are Beating The Market!

I understand it is self-promotion, but I really do not need the views from this sub. My last video got 200 views from this subs out of 27K. I really don’t care, I just like to get insulted on Reddit 😅 and I honestly prefer you guys to keep the discussion here.

I do not want to spoil the video, but if you want to know the mid-season ranking without watching YouTube:

>!From worst to best:!<

• >!Brian Stoffel!<
• >!Fired Up Wealth!<
• >!Parkev Tatevosian!<
• >!ZipTrader!<
• >!Asymmetric Investing!<
• >!Everything Money!<
• >!Adriconomics!<
• >!Dividend Compounders with Cheese!<
• >!Stealth Wealth Investing!<
• >!Deep Value Hunter!<
• >!Akshat Shrivastava!<
• >!Financial Education!<
• >!Daniel Pronk!<
• >!Invest with Henry!<
• >!Sven Carlin!<
• >!Chris Sain!<
• >!Couch Investor!<
• >!Joseph Carlson!<
• >!Jerry Romine!<
• >!The Patient Investor!<
• >!Mark Roussin!<
• >!Business with Brian!<
• >!MarketBeat!<
• >!Best of Us Investors!<
• >!Joseph Hogue!<
• >!FinTek!<
• >!Tom Nash!<
• >!Ticker Symbol: YOU!<
• >!Jose Najarro!<
• >!Market Moneys!<

Hey everyone, I am Adriconomics. I am a YouTuber and I have been a part of this value investing Reddit subs for quite a while now under a few different usernames.

I know the general sentiment around here regarding finance YouTubers is very negative, with a lot of mistrust. Most content out there is complete bullshit. iThat is why, to research my recent video, I decided to watch 147 different YouTuber videos completely dedicated to Adobe stock. I wanted to trace the chronological timeline of recommendations from the absolute top a couple of years ago straight down to the recent lows and exposed creators.

Honestly, I was impressed negatively by the herd mentality, but mostly by mainstream media. CNBC screaming that Adobe was a conviction buy at $600 is now spreading panic or pivoting its narrative now that it is around $200. Price action is entirely driving their fundamental sentiment, not the other way around.

I believe for most YouTubers it is different, but many big channels called it a buy again and again all the way down.

My Personal Take on Adobe

After thousands of minutes of Adobe content and re-running the numbers several times, here is my two cents.

• Leadership Problem: I firmly believe Adobe needs a new CEO and CFO as soon as possible. We need to see ARR stabilize before the stock can find a sustainable structural bounce.
• The Valuation: My fair value has definitely come down given the rise of uncertainty and growth deceleration. However, at $200, I believe the stock is significantly underpriced. The competitive risks from AI are already priced into this multiple.

I am a bag holder. I have been holding a personal position since $280. I will admit it hurts to look at right now, but I refuse to sell out at this compressed valuation.

What is your take? If you bought, were you influenced by any finance YouTubers?

My video is already doing great with the algo, so I'm honestly not here to scrape 10 more views or promote. But if you are curious to watch it, you can check it out here:
I Needed 147 Adobe Stock Videos To Realize This...

I hope the image quality does not get compressed, but there are 10 Greek flags in this picture. I took the picture myself this morning, and live, I could "easily" count them. In the picture, some are only partially visible since they are not completely open by the wind, others are so small that you will have to zoom in to see if you can spot them.

https://imgur.com/a/v62JW4o

Hey guys,

After all the big tech earnings last week, I wanted to see what the most popular YouTubers were actually buying or endorsing.

In order to make a video, I spent the last week tracking the recommendations of 23 of the top finance creators:

• Joseph Carlson
• Daniel Pronk
• Jeremy Lefebre
• Dumb Money
• Tom Nash
• Sven Carlin
• Patient Investor
• Mr Fired Up Wealth
• Ticker Symbol: You
• Couch Investor
• Chris Sain
• Business with Brian
• Future Investing
• Asymmetric Investing
• Parkev
• Investing Simplified
• Jerry Romine
• Stealth Wealth Investing
• Mark Roussin
• Adam Khoo
• Unrivaled Investing
• Aria Radnia

Each creator is worth one point. I gave half a point each when a creator picked two stocks.

Let us see if anyone can guess the most and the least popular among YouTubers.

Write a comment with your guess BEFORE revealing the results:

>!1) Amazon!<
>!2) Meta!<
>!3) Nvidia!<
>!4) Alphabet!<
>!5) Microsoft!<
>!6) Tesla!<
>!7) Apple!<

I am not posting this to get views. The video is doing great on its own, and I honestly prefer you just comment here.
However, if you want to know all the individual creator picks, check it out:
Which Mag 7 Stock Are 23 Top Finance YouTubers Buying?

I am curious... do you guys agree with this consensus? Let me know your thoughts.