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Experts prefer Blue Yeti over Blue Yeti Nano Premium
On 6 Apr 2024 (20 days ago) we went through 110 Microphone expert endorsements .
Currently, Blue Yeti received 4 endorsements from CNN Underscored (9 Jan 2024), MusicTech (6 Apr 2022) Tom's Guide (1 Nov 2023) and 1 other. Meanwhile, Blue Yeti Nano Premium did not receive any endorsements this month.
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Endorsement summary:
- On 9 Jan 2024
CNN Underscored ranked Blue Yeti as #1 Rank Microphone Comment #1 out of 3 Blue Yeti Best overall microphone... ... ... Source: edition.cnn.com - On 6 Apr 2022
MusicTech ranked Blue Yeti as #11 Rank Microphone ... ... #11 out of 15 Blue Yeti ... ... Source: www.musictech.net - On 1 Nov 2023
Tom's Guide ranked Blue Yeti as #1 Rank Microphone Comment #1 out of 11 Blue Yeti Editor's Choice / The best microphone overall... ... ... Source: www.tomsguide.com - On 14 Feb 2023
Just Creative ranked Blue Yeti as #5 Rank Microphone Comment ... ... ... #5 out of 19 Blue Yeti The best portable microphone... ... ... Source: justcreative.com
Blue Yeti 
Blue Yeti Nano Premium Customers like Blue Yeti noticeably more
At ReviewFinder we prefer to focus on professional product reviews, because customer reviews can be disproportionately affected by unrelated factors such as delivery, specific seller listing problems, and, of course, fake reviews. With that said, below is the summary of consumer sentiment.
Blue Yeti Nano Premium
CS of 10 is similar to a 4.8 star review, CS of 0 is similar to a 2 star review.
Blue Yeti, the cheaper option, tends to get more favorable reviews than Blue Yeti Nano Premium.
As can be seen in the chart above, median best-selling microphone receives a consumer score of 9.0 (great). Blue Yeti ranks higher than that and Blue Yeti Nano Premium ranks lower than that.
| Blue Yeti |
In comparison:
9.6 Amazing
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| Blue Yeti Nano Premium |
In comparison:
Blue Yeti Nano Premium ranks #72 out of 101. Very high levels of customer satisfaction. Go to rankings 8.5 Great
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| Median best-selling Microphone |
In comparison:
9.0 Great
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Blue Yeti is more popular than Blue Yeti Nano Premium
It's fairly safe to say that Blue Yeti is a more popular microphone than Blue Yeti Nano Premium, based on its 30,000+ reviews. Popularity is determined based on product sales. Note that older and cheaper products tend to sell more.
To consider
| Table: Top compared alternatives for Blue Yeti and Blue Yeti Nano Premium | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shure SM57 | $99 |
In comparison:
10.0 Amazing
| 2 expert recommendations | Better Reviews |
 | Rode PodMic | $99 |
In comparison:
10.0 Amazing
| 2 expert recommendations | Better Reviews |
 | Maono PM422 | $88 |
In comparison:
9.1 Great
| No expert recommendations | |
 | Tonor TW-820 | $88 |
In comparison:
8.7 Great
| No expert recommendations | |
| Rank | Change | Price | Microphone | CNN Underscored | SoundGuys  | PC Gamer  | PCMag  | PianoDreamers  | Music Radar  | MusicTech | IGN  | Tom's Guide | Just Creative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | $249 |  Shure MV7 | - | - | 1 | 8 | - | 7 | 4 | 5 | - | 8 |
| 2 | - | $87 |  Blue Yeti | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | - | $99 |  Shure SM57 | - | -
| - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | - | $150 |  Elgato Wave 3 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
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Expert reviews [22]
- with a score: 10
- without a score: 12
| Highest score by Music Radar | 300 |
| Average score based on 22 reviews | 110 |
| Lowest score by CNET | 70 |
Score distribution:
| 80-100 | |
| 60-80 | |
| 40-60 | |
| 20-40 | |
| 0-20 |
- Custom three-capsule array: This professional USB mic produces clear, powerful, broadcast-quality sound for YouTube videos, Twitch game streaming, podcasting, Zoom meetings, music recording and more
- Blue VOICE software: Elevate your streamings and recordings with clear broadcast vocal sound and entertain your audience with enhanced effects, advanced modulation and HD audio samples
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Blue Yeti is a top selling option on the lower end of the price range. It's a #1 bestseller in microphones category and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Maono PM422 or Tonor TW-820 .
Blue Yeti is $29.91 cheaper than the average microphone ($116.90).
Blue Yeti Nano Premium is a popular option at the top of the price range. It's in the top 3 bestselling microphones and has quite a few popular alternatives in the same price range, such as Apogee HypeMic or Heil PR-40 .
Blue Yeti Nano Premium is $219.06 more expensive than the average microphone ($116.90).
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