Top Electrician Content Creators to Follow in 2026

There are a lot of electricians making great content right now, from detailed NEC breakdowns to quick videos filmed on the job site that show how the work really gets done, with practical tips, tool advice and lessons learned along the way. These are our top picks for electrician content creators to watch in 2026, chosen for content you can learn from and take back to work.

Electrician content creators at a glance

Follower counts on the creator cards are as of October 2026.

The creators below are grouped by the kind of content they make. We start with YouTube channels that teach the NEC and code calculations, then contractors who share how they price jobs, hire and scale a shop, and channels focused on training, how-tos and tools. After that come social media creators who take you behind the scenes on real installs and service calls, and show what a day on the job looks like. Last are podcasts on the code and the business, good for the drive between jobs.

Electrician YouTube channels for NEC code and calculations

Where electricians learn the code and the theory behind it.

1. Electrician U

Code, theory and field skills

Master electrician Dustin Stelzer started Electrician U in 2016. The channel covers electrical theory, code requirements and hands-on skills like conduit bending, with an emphasis on knowing how a circuit works before you install it. Its NEC content includes a breakdown of 2026 code changes with the codes and standards leads from NECA and Schneider Electric, covering service disconnects, arc flash labeling, EV receptacles and energy management systems. Full electrician courses are available at ElectricianU.com.

Follow to understand why the code says what it says.

2. Mike Holt Enterprises

NEC training and exam prep

Mike Holt Enterprises has spent more than 50 years teaching electricians the NEC. The people on its video panels have worked in the field, and most have served on NEC Code-Making Panels. The YouTube channel posts sections of those training programs, covering code changes, grounding and bonding, and NEC calculations for load and service sizing. Electricians use it heavily for journeyman and master exam prep, and the Mike Holt Code Forum is where electricians and inspectors work through code questions by article number.

Follow for NEC training and electrician exam prep.

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Electrician YouTubers for running an electrical contracting business

Pricing, hiring, training and growth for electrical contractors.

3. Barts Electric

Training new electricians and building a crew

Barts Electric is a commercial electrical construction contractor with crews in Kansas City, Mobile, Valdosta and the Florida Panhandle. Its main YouTube series follows groups of complete beginners through a 14-day electrician training program, from day one through their final test and first weeks in the field. Other series include The Code Minute, with short NEC explainers like Article 220 range demand calculations, and project videos like its prefab work on the Walmart headquarters job.

Follow if you hire and train electricians.

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4. Breakthrough Academy (Danny Kerr)

Systems and growth for contracting businesses

Breakthrough Academy is a Vancouver-based coaching company for contractors across the trades, not only electricians, started by former contractors including Danny Kerr and Igor Trninic. Kerr, a former painting contractor, is its co-founder and visionary. The YouTube channel is about systemizing and growing a contracting business, with videos on strategic planning, coaching, hiring and offshore help, and interviews with contractors who have scaled their companies. The company says it works with more than 400 contractors across North America.

Follow if you want to systemize and scale a contracting business.

5. The 360 Electrician

Growing a contracting business

Jeff Goldalian runs his own electrical contracting company and built The 360 Electrician for electricians who want to start or grow a shop. He walks through what he does on real jobs and what he charges for it, then explains how other contractors can apply the same approach. The podcast brings in successful contractors and industry experts to talk marketing, sales, hiring and managing money, and Jeff also offers one-on-one coaching for electrical contractors.

Follow if you own an electrical contracting business or plan to start one.

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Electrician YouTube channels for training, how-tos and tools

Longer videos on doing the work, training your crew and choosing your tools.

6. American Electrician

Electrical how-tos and tool reviews

American Electrician is a working electrician's YouTube channel built around electrical how-to videos and gear reviews. The reviews cover tool bags, hand tools and power tools from brands like Veto Pro Pac, Knipex, Wera, Klein and Milwaukee, including how to set up and organize a tool bag for daily work. The how-to videos walk through common electrical tasks the way a journeyman would explain them on site.

Follow before your next tool or tool bag purchase.

7. Energize Us Edu

Apprenticeship training and contractor development

Energize Us Edu is a nonprofit trade school in New Milford, Connecticut, founded by master electrician and inspector Wilson Matthew Betances. The YouTube channel covers hands-on electrical training, contractor development and business tips, along with interviews with industry leaders and the Work and Talk podcast. Its biggest focus is helping electrical contractors build their own workforce through company-sponsored apprenticeships, with classroom training taught online on a DOL-approved NCCER curriculum. The team also runs exam prep, solar training and in-person events like the Builders Convention.

Follow if you want to train electrical apprentices in-house.

Electrician influencers on social media

Short-form electrician videos from the job and the business behind it.

8. Hendy the Sparky

Residential service work and job pricing

Chris Henderson works with his father, a master electrician with more than 30 years in the trade, at their New Jersey shop, Henelect Electrical Contractors. His videos show residential service work and the business calls behind it, like how to price a generator inlet job, why they price by the job instead of the hour, and what homeowners should know before installing an EV charger. Estimate stories are a regular feature, including a recent clip where they walked away from a hoarder house. Most posts end by asking other electricians what they would have done, so the comments often turn into a useful debate.

Follow if you run residential electrical service calls.

9. Lexi Abreu (Lex the Electrician)

Residential and commercial work, women in the trade

Lexi Abreu grew up in a family of electricians and built her following on TikTok after a video from a residential job took off. She posts residential and commercial electrical work, tools in use on real jobs, and direct answers to the questions women electricians get in the comments. She has also been a guest on The 360 Electrician podcast in its series on women in the electrical trade.

Follow for residential and commercial electrician content.

10. Wilson Matthew Betances

Contractor lessons and apprentice development

Wilson Matthew Betances is a licensed master electrician and inspector, the founder of Energize Us Edu and host of the Work and Talk podcast. His short videos cover mistakes he made as an electrical contractor, like quoting jobs without knowing his true cost, hiring without clear roles and letting customers set the schedule. He also posts advice for electrical apprentices on licensing paths, electrical theory and the work habits he looks for in strong electricians, plus how data center growth is changing demand for electricians.

Follow for electrical contractor lessons and crew development.

Top electrician podcasts

Long-form audio for electricians on the drive between jobs.

11. Contractor Evolution

Business systems and growth for contractors

Contractor Evolution is Breakthrough Academy's podcast for owners of growing contracting businesses, hosted since 2025 by co-founder Danny Kerr. Episodes cover business systems, hiring, marketing, software, profitability and selling a company, often with contractors who have grown their own businesses. The show has run since 2021 and has close to 300 episodes.

Follow for the business side of running a contracting company.

12. EC&M Code Conversations

Short 2026 NEC change breakdowns

EC&M Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson hosts Code Conversations with code consultant Russ LeBlanc. Episodes run 15 minutes or less, and the recent ones each take one 2026 NEC change and what it means for electricians in the field, like the new arc-flash marking rules in 110.16, EVSE enclosure field marking and EV charging receptacles in 625.44. Guest episodes go wider, including a recent conversation with Paul Abernathy, now EC&M's code expert, on getting a job site ready for electrical inspection.

Follow for short, focused updates on the 2026 NEC.

13. Master the NEC

Working through the NEC on the drive

Paul Abernathy, a master electrician and founder of Electrical Code Academy, hosts Master the NEC. Episodes work through the code section by section, now on the 2026 NEC, with topics like GFCI, service disconnects, conductor sizing, grounding and bonding, EV chargers and load calculations. In one episode he argues every electrician should be able to run a load calculation on an existing service before adding an EV charger. The companion show, Ask Paul, answers listener code questions every week with input from NEC Code-Making Panel members.

Follow to keep your NEC knowledge current.

14. Spark'n Conversations

Code changes and the contractor business

The Electrical Association in Minnesota produces Spark'n Conversations, hosted by its director of education, master electrician Mike Miller. Episodes mix code and business for electrical contractors. Recent guests include Minnesota's Chief Electrical Inspector on 2026 NEC changes and an economist from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis on the outlook for electrical contractors, along with episodes on arc flash labeling requirements.

Follow for code updates alongside the business side of electrical contracting.

Learn from electrician creators, then get the paperwork done faster

These electrician creators make you better on the job. Kopperfield handles the part that eats your evenings. Run NEC load calculations with the Kopperfield load calculator, draw single line diagrams, and work out available fault current with the fault current calculator, so you spend less time at the desk and more time on the work these creators teach.