8 YouTube Channels You Might Actually Pay To Watch

YouTube recently announced subscription-based channels, and you probably won’t want to pay for most of them. But for a channel dedicated to ’90s cartoons, or for The Rap Battle Network, you just might.

On Thursday, YouTube announced in a blog post that they would be rolling out a slate of subscription-based channels — ones you'll have to pay for. Rumors of this announcement were swirling earlier in the week, which raised the question of whether people would actually pay to watch YouTube. The overwhelming response was: nope. Not gonna do it.

But now the 53 channels have been announced — and yes, a lot of them are generic, market-tested fare like Pets TV, Recipe TV and Cars TV. But! But! A handful of the channels actually look pretty awesome too! Here are eight channels that you might actually pay money to watch.

If you love 90s cartoons...

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DHX Retro is like the BuzzFeed Rewind of paid YouTube channels. There is so much nostalgic cartoon goodness: Inspector Gadget, Super Mario Brothers, Sabrina The Animated Series, Archie's Weird Mysteries, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legends of Zelda, Paddington Bear.

If you're obsessed with British television...


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