Kind of tired watching trash from YT.
Edit: Thanks for all the replies. It’s good to see that there are still gems in YouTube.
LEMMiNO is extremely good. His older content is neat but his newer stuff is highly polished 30 min-1 hour ish long documentaries on miscellaneous mysteries like Jack the ripper or DB Cooper
PBS Spacetime (Physics)
Money & Macro (Economics)
Patrick Boyle (Finance)
Perun (Military Analysis)
Veritasium (Physics)
3Blue1Brown (Mathematics)
Asianometry (Semiconductors and Geopolitics)
Engineerguy (Engineering)
RealLifeLore (Geopolitics)
Polymatter (China)
Tantacrul (Music)
Mustard (Aircraft and Trains)
Biolayne (Fitness)
I want to add Fermilab as a quality physics channel as well, easy to follow and Don Lincoln is entertaining to listen to.
AvE Adam Savage/Tested Bushy and the Backlogs
I’ve really enjoyed Strange Parts (Also Stranger Parts for longer format) over the years. He’s been through a lot and the videos show some of that. But I think he’s doing alright again now and has interesting things frequently.
I also really enjoy Simone Giertz, she’s an excellent follow, also has gone through a lot (brain tumor for one) over the years but is still enjoyable.
Adam Savage Tested - It’s Adam Savage from mythbusters etc, but doing his own thing and being a geek about it. I really enjoy his personal content. I greatly dislike Mythbusters and most forms of TV media.
ProjectFarm - Independent testing of all kinds of things. If you need to know how tools compare to each other without worrying about sponsor money, Todd is excellent. His methods aren’t perfect, but they are good enough for what he is trying to do and for understanding somewhat practically how the various things compare.
If you are ok with a little more spasticity, Colin Furze is always up to a cheeky bit of fun.
Zach Freedman - Prototyping and 3d printing but make it fun and full of puns and sarcasm and a dash of nonsense
Mr Carlson’s Lab - If you like electronics and very long format, chat while working style content. This is a great one.
DownieLive - Has good travel videos, especially liked his Alaska series, the canal series was neat and he has multiple unique train ones that are interesting.
I’ve started to check out Alice Cappelle after watching a good video on the counter points to the 15-minute city.
Music
Lauren Babic - Metal singer, does lots of covers, has her own stuff too, but I enjoy her stuff a lot. She’s my favorite singer along with Courtney LaPlante.
Ichika Nito - Lots of really chill, intricate, technical guitar, I wish he’d do more long format stuff but he’s fun to listen to. Similar playing to Covet and Polyphia but generally solo and easier going.
Dr. Becky - really informative and interesting astronomy news and info
Michael Reeves - Hilariously ridiculous projects usually involving code and technology of some kind
Kyle Hill - Love his Half-Life Histories series, even if he is a bit clickbait
EthosLab. He is my favourite YouTuber, and has been for over 10 years now. He’s super chill, and his Minecraft videos always make me happy. Sure, other channels may have more content or more entertainment value, but when it comes to sheer vibes, Etho is unmatched.
Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik
Watchers
Good Mythical Morning
Civvie11
Let’s Game it Out
AmbiguousAmphibian
The Spiffing Brit
Call Me Kevin
+1 for Let’s Game it Out, AmbiguousAmphibian and the Spiffing Brit
I feel like you would enjoy Valefisk as well if you like those three
Adding to those that aren’t here
Tech ingredients - science experiments at home on a wide range of subjects
This old tony - well crafted videos about machining and other shop stuff with a pinch of humor
Look mom no computer - electronics and synths
Strange parts - maker, electronics (he made the iphone with USB c)
AvE - foul mouthed hero, tool teardowns and other stuff
Wintergatan - about a man who’s making a music machine
Wintergarten: a man who keeps getting defeated by ausic machine
H3 podcast is the best show on the internet baby let’s go
I’m basically copying most of my subscription list here:
- Chef James Makinson - a chef who has done more calm reaction videos recently but has recipes on his channel as well
- Dark5 - one of those channels that produces videos on 5 things about many different stuff (mostly on dark subjects)
- Brew - scaring people from everyday stuff, one video at a time
- Mentour Pilot - commercial pilot giving insights to accidents and incidents as well as other aviation-related content
- 74 Gear - another commercial pilot but has more lighthearted aviation content
- TheFlightChannel - recreations of flight accidents and incidents with text explanations
- PBS Eons - interesting channel on the evolution of life on Earth through the eons
- HONEST GUIDE - channel that offers honest advice on Prague, Czech Republic
- Mustard - high-quality documentary videos on some technologies, they don’t post regularly but the wait is worth the content
- Langfocus - a language enthusiast talking about languages and simplifying them as an intro
- Jelle’s Marble Runs - marble racing, the world’s sport
I think that should be good enough…
Has anyone mentioned Knowing Better yet? Guy makes fantastic videos explaining a wide variety of topics. Some of his latest ones have been very in depth analyses about periods on American history, though he has covered many more subject as well. Highly suggested if you like long form content.
Another channel that I love is Captain Dissilussion. A guy dressed as a superhero breaks down the special effects behind hoaxes and viral videos, usually with a lesson in the end. Great channel even if you don’t know anything about special effects, you can learn a lot about how effects are done, how to spot them and then be surprised when the guy flexes his own (better) version of the effects at the end.
Both top notch content
https://www.youtube.com/@MrBallen/videos
MrBallen is a guy who retells storys in a very compelling way. Stories of murder-cases, odd occurences, sinister events, etc.
This channel is really worth listening/watching (and also binging). I discovered his channel two years ago and follow it ever since. The videos length unsually varies between 15 to 30 minutes. Although the video’s thumbnails and titles appear like it is clickbait, each video is well-made and worth a watch! Almost every Sunday a new video is uploaded.
Ben Eater. He’s been explaining the low level details of how computers work. Literally building a functioning computer from nothing but a cpu and a breadboard. Incredibly good explanations.
I mean, he also built a functioning CPU on breadboards.
One of my favorite video series on youtube
In the same vein, check out CuriousMarc, especially the series about restoring an Apollo Guidance Computer to working order. (They actually finish up by simulating a moon landing.)
And for those who have watched all Ben Eater’s videos, I highly recommend James Sharman’s 8 Bit CPU from scratch playlist. I’ts a bit less step-by-step-tutorial, but it covers more ground than Ben.
I learned more from that guy than I did from the “intro to computer engineering” class I took for my CS degree.
I started in the industry doing 6502 assembly language programming and I’m still learning a ton from him!
Why Files
@ecoboy if you’re into some educational vids on semi-serious but delivered in a humorous way,
ClimateTown is right there (https://youtube.com/@ClimateTown)Sort of in the same vein is NotJustBikes, who has really great insight on subpar American infrastructure compared to other developed countries.
(https://youtube.com/@NotJustBikes)EngineeringExplained with some cool insights on the intersection of nature and engineering (https://youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel)
