Dan and Phil is how I found out about Heated Rivalry! The Jack & Dan and The Horror Bandwagon reactions are also really good.

I recommend The Horror Bandwagon! They are an adorable gay couple and they have a great reaction. I swear I’ve watched them all! I also like Perfectly West (his is new). I have other recs but those two stand out.

Danny Motta!!!! He reacts to tons of queer content as well (mostly animations though) and his MOTHER told him to watch HR. Which is ICONIC

Inka (on channel Soft Queer) just dropped the most amazing initial reaction I have ever seen. She/they are queer, neurodivergent, an mlm author, and trained photographer, plus talked so much about symbolism (mirrors!) and picked up on EVERY SINGLE piece of subtext/callback/little detail. Only the first episode has dropped so far, but I had such a blast (and was probably the only time a reaction video has brought back the feeling I had watching that first time myself), I have been checking back multiple times a day looking for the next one!

Another one that belongs in jail is the guy who only watched the first episode and the last episode and then complained that it didn't make sense 🤬

yes dan and phil watching heated rivalry is that culturally significant and no i will never get over it

Nerdy Nightly are a husband and wife but they're both bi and both actors so it gives a lot of cool insights

Jack & Dan react are pretty awesome and fun too

My favorite reaction that I've gone back to a couple of times is FrogAndWorm, a Canadian bisexual couple.

Oh also Sam Ham, gothamnightlights, and A Story Worth Telling. Only Sam Ham is a straight reactor but so sweet.

The thing about Empty Netters is that I could buy that he said gross things before getting invested in the show. What I cannot abide is that, to this day, he has never apologized...only made excuses. So, yeah, Jail.

Courtney-Jai, A Story Worth Telling, Georgeous Reacts, Mission Kimpossible were some of my favorites. They seemed authentic and also insightful. I also really hope Soft Queer figures out how to get her videos uploaded again without getting strikes, because she seemed to get the subtext which so many miss, definitely looking forward to watching the rest of hers!

Reel Rejects were very sweet.

I really love Ashley's Heated Rivalry reaction. It's so fun. I come back to those two videos very often.

I’m here for the content but also for the comments so I can find more HR reactors.

Bradam Reacts are my #1-gay Gen Z, Nick and Cory are my top for wholesome 30 yo straight boys, A Story Worth Telling, really insightful gay dudes from the UK

The way I knew every single reactor you ranked.. lol.

Omg this specific pair on Reel Rejects is my fave! Just to make you feel a little better about his tears being real, Greg (the one you said reminds you of Markiplier.) is known to make a lot of sexual jokes and has that sort of a unserious and slightly over the top front but at the same time if a scene made you cry, he'll most likely be crying too :')
The guy with him, John, is also a huge softie. Difference is, I think Greg just has a lot more of a physical reaction to crying whereas John you don't necessarily even notice he is crying until he wipes his SOPPING WET face lmao
I also think I relate to Greg a lot because he seems to self-soothe in a similar way to me by rubbing his chest with his hand.
Wow this sounds so parasocial but oh well, I have spent dozens of hours watching their videos after all

OH and a note about the multiple reactions, The Reel Rejects often will have multiple pairs from their cast watch the same stuff! I think they're starting a Marvel series for one pair soon (if they haven't already), and yeah. I think it's kind of interesting how they have a rotating cast of members so you essentially can bank on getting more than one reaction from the same group of people if the show or movie is popular enough. I actually enjoyed the other two dudes reaction to HR as well.
Their channel was one of the first ones to pop up when the whole idea of having a reaction channel became a thing, and I think they've done a great job making keeping it going for as long as they have. There's another channel that does a similar thing (CinePals, honestly probably quite a few more but that's the one I can name) and one of the people on it is Greg's brother iirc

I've watched every reaction of this show and I am checking if there are new reaction everyday 😂😂😂 and here I am to see the ranking

I really like Reel-Time. I feel like their reactions to anything are usually top tier!