It has been an absolutely outstanding year of content for .NET from creators around the globe sharing their passion for .NET and the .NET team giving insight into the latest and greatest in the world of .NET. From events, live streams, and plenty of on-demand content dropping on the .NET YouTube nearly every single day, it is a great way to stay up to date, but also get involved and give feedback to the team in real-time.

In 2025, the .NET YouTube channel welcomed 31.2K new subscribers (346K total), racked up 5.3M views, and reached 533.6K hours of watch time. Along the way, we posted 169 long-form videos (including 75 .NET Conf sessions), and hosted 149 live streams. That’s over 22,000 days of watch time – about 60 years! Thank you for watching, engaging, and subscribing ❤️

Top .NET videos of 2025

It was fun looking back at this year’s top videos as it really was a wide range of content.

Evergreen favorites (watched in 2025)

Some of the channel’s biggest hits in 2025 were evergreen “start here” videos and learning series that keep helping new developers discover .NET:

1. What is C#? [Pt 1] | C# for Beginners
2. What is .NET? [Pt 1] | .NET for Beginners
3. Hello World! [Pt 2] | C# for Beginners
4. What is .NET MAUI? [1 of 8] | .NET MAUI for Beginners
5. What is ASP.NET Core? | Web Development with .NET for Beginners

If you’re looking for more great “start here” content checkout the Beginner series catalog.

New videos published in 2025

.NET Conf content was a major highlight, led by our “Welcome to .NET 10 & Visual Studio 2026!” session. Outside of .NET Conf, topics like Model Context Protocol (MCP), .NET 10 previews, and Deep .NET deep-dives also topped the charts.

Here are the top videos published in 2025 (by views):

1. Welcome to .NET 10 & Visual Studio 2026!
2. Clean Architecture with ASP.NET Core 10
3. Performance Improvements in .NET 10
4. Introduction to the C# SDK for Model Context Protocol (MCP)
5. What’s New in C# 14
6. Build better web apps with Blazor in .NET 10
7. Unboxing Blazor in .NET 10 Preview 2
8. Cancellation Tokens with Stephen Toub
9. The Future of Web Development with ASP.NET Core & Blazor in .NET 10
10. Everything You Need to Know About the Latest in C#

.NET Conf 2025

In 2025, we celebrated the launch of .NET 10 with .NET Conf and a packed schedule of sessions from the community and the .NET team.

.NET Conf local events continue around the world through January 2026, so there’s still time to join your local community.

Series highlights for 2025

2025 wasn’t just about one-off videos – we also had great recurring series and shows to help developers keep up with the .NET 10 wave of previews and releases.

Unboxing .NET 10 Previews

To keep up with previews (and eventually the .NET 10 release), we launched .NET Unboxed / .NET Previews Unboxed – a recurring stream that breaks down what’s new in each preview.

AspiriFridays

AspiriFridays is a newer series focused on Aspire, featuring community guests and real-world scenarios. Join David Fowler, Damian Edwards, and Maddy Montaquila while they try to Aspireify (aka add Aspire to) your apps, live on stream!

Deep .NET

If you are looking for deep technical content, then look no further than Scott Hanselman and Stephen Toub’s series, Deep .NET. Each episode, Scott and Stephen go in-depth on a topic.

Some 2025 favorites included:

• Cancellation Tokens with Stephen Toub
• Using AI Python Libraries in .NET Apps with CSnakes

Top .NET Live Streams of 2025

Events and on-demand content weren’t the only thing happening on the .NET YouTube. With 149 livestreams in 2025, there was almost always something happening live. Here are the top streams of the year:

1. .NET Conf 2025 – Day 1
2. .NET Previews Unboxed – .NET 10 Preview 1, C# 14, HybridCache, & More
3. Let’s Learn MCP: C#
4. .NET Conf 2025 – Day 2
5. .NET Conf – Focus on Modernization: Day 1

The Let’s Learn .NET series continued throughout the year, and we also launched new “unboxing” style streams for .NET previews.

On .NET Live

The On .NET Live team hosted 31 live episodes in 2025, bringing on community members and product experts to talk about a wide range of topics.

Here are some of the most watched On .NET Live episodes from 2025:

1. On .NET Live – Clean Architecture, Vertical Slices, and Modular Monoliths (Oh My!) – Featuring Steve Smith
2. On .NET Live – Should Entity Framework replace your repositories? – Featuring André Baltieri
3. On .NET Live – Data API Builder Transforms the Way You Build APIs – Featuring Sander ten Brinke, Jerry Nixon
4. On .NET Live – Supercharge your SQL development with modern .NET – Featuring Erik Ejlskov Jensen
5. On .NET Live – Simplifying API Design with the REPR Pattern and FastEndpoints – Featuring Marcel Medina
6. On .NET Live – Hanselman, Unscripted – Featuring Scott Hanselman
7. On .NET Live – Building Real-World AI Agents with Agent Framework – Featuring Vic Perdana
8. On .NET Live – Building Real-Time Web Applications with Akka.NET – Featuring Aaron Stannard
9. On .NET Live – .NET in 3D – Featuring Joost van Schaik
10. On .NET Live – One SDK to rule all AI – Featuring Jose Javier Columbie

.NET Community Standups

Hear and interact directly with team members building .NET at Microsoft. That is what the .NET Community Standups are all about: a behind-the-scenes look at development and a great way to have your voice heard and get your questions answered.

Here are some of the most watched standups from 2025:

1. ASP.NET Community Standup – Building MCP Servers with ASP.NET Core
2. .NET Data Community Standup – Stop using Entity Framework as a DTO provider!
3. ASP.NET Community Standup – AI-powered Blazor web apps with the new .NET AI template
4. ASP.NET Community Standup – What’s new for Blazor in .NET 10 Preview 2
5. .NET AI Community Standup – Local AI on .NET using Ollama & Aspire

That’s a wrap

Thanks to everyone that created, enjoyed, commented, and shared .NET videos in 2025! We have tons of great new content coming your way in 2026, so make sure you subscribe to the .NET YouTube if you haven’t yet to stay up to date. If you don’t have access to YouTube, don’t worry as all .NET videos are also available on Microsoft Learn!

What were your favorite videos and live streams of 2025? What are you looking forward to in 2026? Let us know in the comments below.