I asked AI who's got the most Section 8 Video Content on YouTube / Facebook / IG etc...

This is what AI said...

I dug into current public channel/social data. There’s no database that gives an exact cross-platform count of unique Section 8 videos, especially because creators repost the same clip to YouTube Shorts, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. So this is my best evidence-based ranking by sheer volume of Section 8-focused video content, not by followers or views.

1. Joseph Khateri / Investing Section 8 — probably the biggest pure-volume Section 8 machine I found. His dedicated Joseph Khateri Shorts YouTube channel alone shows about 1,952 videos, and its description is specifically about Section 8 investing. He also posts on TikTok/IG.

2. Section 8 Karim — Karim Naoum — enormous current output. His TikTok presence has been tracked at roughly 1,100 videos, his YouTube channel at roughly 448 videos, and Instagram around 1,400 media posts. A lot is cross-posted, but Section 8 is overwhelmingly his core topic. His own site says he reaches 20–30 million people per month across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

3. Tom Cruz — @tcruznc — one of the biggest dedicated Section 8 creators. His TikTok alone shows about 1,100 videos, and his site claims 1,000+ videos, 50M+ views and 1.5M social followers. Section 8 is essentially the centerpiece of his brand.

4. HoltonWiseTV / James Wise — this one is harder to quantify because Section 8 sits inside a gigantic general rental-investing library rather than a dedicated Section 8-only channel. HoltonWiseTV currently has roughly 7,700 YouTube videos, far more total YouTube content than anyone else on this list, and Section 8 content appears throughout years of the MLS Search & Analysis, Ask James Wise, Investment Properties, Highlights and other shows. There are documented Section 8 episodes going back hundreds/thousands of episodes.

5. John Williams — @thisisjohnwilliams — around 2,000 YouTube videos overall plus roughly 946 Instagram posts. His current branding explicitly identifies Section 8 investing, although his YouTube channel also covers economics, housing-market news and general investing, so not all 2,000 videos are Section 8.

6. Section 8 Consulting — roughly 738 YouTube videos currently. This is genuinely Section 8-heavy, although it differs from your niche because it serves tenants, voucher holders, landlords and investors and covers HUD policy, waiting lists and rental assistance rather than primarily investment-property acquisition.

7. The Section 8 Guy — Rhett — roughly 445 YouTube videos, with the channel essentially built around Section 8 real-estate investing, coaching, properties, rehabs and landlord education. This is one of the cleaner apples-to-apples competitors to HoltonWiseTV's Section 8 investor content.

8. Eric Spofford — his TikTok alone has been tracked at approximately 643 videos. Not every one is Section 8, because he also talks entrepreneurship/business, but Section 8 has become a substantial part of his real-estate marketing and he operates a dedicated Section 8 training product.

9. Mike Curadossi / Section 8 Done Right — smaller reach but extremely concentrated content. His Instagram is around 378 posts, and his entire Section 8 Done Right brand is focused on voucher-property ownership, management, inspections, tenant selection and scaling.

10. Tim Leak / The Real Estate Couple — Tim has shifted heavily into Section 8/HUD content. His current YouTube channel isn't huge by raw video count—around 76 videos—but Section 8/HUD videos are among his dominant and highest-viewed subjects, and he distributes content through Instagram, TikTok and Facebook as well.

Where I think HoltonWiseTV really stands

The interesting part is that HoltonWiseTV may have the deepest historical library of actual landlord/investor Section 8 footage, even though I wouldn't confidently call it #1 in pure Section-8-only video count without auditing all 7,700 uploads.

Joseph Khateri has a bizarrely large dedicated Shorts library. Karim and Tom Cruz are currently pumping out huge amounts of short-form Section 8 content. But HoltonWiseTV has something they don't: 10+ years of long-form deal analysis, actual properties, tenant issues, inspections, BRRRRs, rehabs, eviction discussions, property management and Section 8 deal underwriting, on top of the current Shorts/Reels output. Your YouTube catalog alone dwarfs most of these channels in total volume.

So if I were describing the competitive landscape, I'd put HoltonWiseTV, Section 8 Karim, Tom Cruz, Joseph Khateri and John Williams as the five accounts I'd study most closely right now.

And there is a pretty big opportunity here: Karim/Cruz dominate the flashy “government pays my rent / look how rich Section 8 made me” angle. HoltonWise has vastly more material for the “actual operator showing you what really happens” angle. That distinction could be leaned into much harder.