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.
Definitely look up Kurzgesagt
Kurzgesagt RULES, I am a Patreon and I LOVE their work. Doesn’t watch it now because I grew out of the style and prefer more scientific content but I support them for what they put out for the next generation
Yeah, that channel… the propaganda machine channel yep
Well it’s not all bad. Their space videos are quite okay. Shame they pander to billionaires.
Stop giving me downvotes and inform yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI
- MinutePhysics
- MinuteEarth
- AsapSCIENCE
- CGP Grey
- Company Man
- Every Frame a Painting (abandoned)
- Historia Civilis
- Mark Rober
- Now You See It
- Sam O’Nella Academy (semi abandoned, but so good)
- Smithsonian Channel
- Two Minute Papers
sounds like you’d enjoy alphaPhoenix as well :)
Thanks, I will blindly subscribe to it.
you won’t regret it, I’m pretty sure! lol
Technology Connections is a fun one, Alec explains all sorts of everyday gadgets, and sometimes some old gadgets.
Watch Wes Work follows an auto/truck/tractor mechanic up north, he does a great job of explaining the why and how of his diagnostics.
The History Guy is another one of my favorites, especially his episode on transistors.
Laura Kampf
Simone Giertz
MKBHD
Tom Scott
Mark Rober
Climate Town
Jay Foremen (Map Men)
Daily Dose of Internet
Captain Disillusion
Casually Explained
Tom Scott would be my top pick for quality YouTube not tied to a specific hobby. His videos are great.
Besides his educational content, he also has some pretty good (still somewhat educational) game show type series, like Citation Needed and Two Of These People Are Lying (links to the playlists).
Also runs a podcast game show called Lateral which is pretty fun to listen to. Last I checked only highlights were uploaded to YouTube, and full episodes are on typical podcast services
Lateral is excellent
I really wish Two Of These People Are Lying would make a comback
Technology Connections
Love this guy. He’s such a nerd! My kind of people
The only thing I would like to be improved is his rambling. But other than that: great content and I especially like his humour and acting.
I actually kind of like that about him, usually (I’m not gonna watch an hour long video about electric car chargers ffs).
To me, it makes the videos seem a bit less scripted and more like just a guy talking about things he’s passionate about.
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
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
Technology connections
Every frame a painting
Alt shift x
Dad how do I
Food wishes
Kurzgesagt In a nutshell
Primitive technology
Kurzgesagt tends to push a lot of pseudoscience (e.g. carbon capture tech) and other stuff following the investment interests of their founders.
I like their animation style and honestly I wish they used proper data sources, however if you check the sources they mention on some of their more dubious videos they all come from some made up source.
This is particularly upsetting with everything related to parroting whatever Bill Gates is pushing (artificial meat, carbon capture, inequality is the teacher’s fault, climate change isn’t that bad, etc.)
Adding on to this; There’s a video by The Hated One who initially broke this story.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjHMoNGqQTI&pp=ygUVa3Vyemdlc2FndCBwcm9wYWdhbmRh
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Have you watched their response?
Ys. It didn’t feel very convincing, nor did they actually address the issue of them citing a company Bill Gates owns in order to support another one he owns.
Good to know, thanks for the info!
In that case: Skeptics guide to the universe and their sister channel alpha quadrant six
Technology Connections is SO GOOD.
cue the smooth oboe transition into bloopers
I don’t personally recommend Kurzgesagt, a video by The Hated One explains it all
Seeing where the money is is a good way to see why someone says what they do. That’s disappointing. I’m mostly there for their space videos personally and so far there doesn’t seem to be any propaganda there.
Kurzgesagt is great!
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
I learned more from that guy than I did from the “intro to computer engineering” class I took for my CS degree.
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.)
Two Minutes Papers
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.
Shiey (urbex, train hopping exploring)
Steve Wallis (stealth camping)
Nerd of the Rings (LOTR lore)
Anton Petrov (science mainly astrophysics)
Megaprojects and any of Simon Whistlers channels
those are just some of the bigger ones I follow heaps of smaller niche channels too
shiey is amazing!
Climate Town - Does a decent job explaining climate-related topics and still makes them interesting.
Jay Foreman - Very funny map trivia.
JerryRigEverything - A bit too much promotion on some stuff, but really comprehensive tear downs.
MIT OpenCourseWare - learn good.
Pop Culture Detective - Deconstructive pop culture tropes that make you think a lot.
SNES drunk - retrogaming (not just SNES) but well done, 0% additives just prime content.
stacksmashing - electronics trivia and hardcore reverse engineering.
The National Gallery - If you’re into history, this is an excellent channel about art trivia. I’m not much into art and this is always top quality for me.
Tom Scott plus - Tom Scott does British telly stuff like playing board games or chasing people on the streets with an apple tag.
Voices of the Past - This is slow, exhaustive history for nerds. Worth it if you want to let the story wash all over you.
Vox - slightly left leaning great journalism, albeit sometimes too brief to explain complex topics.
Weird History - They get some stuff wrong, but it’s still entertaining.
Project Farm - Wanna buy an angle grinder? Now you do.
Insider - Had a series of “How Real Is It?” videos that let professionals describe stuff seen in movies, and it is both entertaining and a learning experience.
Corridor - Some stuff of dubious quality but if you’re interested in FX, it’s good.
LegalEagle - Law is hard, but is law fun?
brian david gilbert - Existential horror camouflaged as comedy.
PBS Space Time - Good but hard space science.
BurtBot - Orcs with normal voices.
Joel Haver - Neat if you’re into deadpan humor.
Taskmaster - Probably some of the best british television available in YT.Bonus round:
Practical Engineering - How stuff is built but explained well enough that even I can understand it.Plus, use FreeTube, not You Tube. Don’t be a slave of their terrible algorythm and all the recommendations will turn out to be of your taste.
Map men map men map map map men men men.
I love Vox, but I would call it more than slightly left leaning.
The journalists, sure. The company, less so.
The company, less so.
Well, it’s neither a non-profit nor a worker-owned co-op, so that’s to be expected.
Atomic Shrimp - He’s got a huge variety of content. Scam baiting, cooking, his weird stuff in a can series, nature stuff. Absolutely lovely fellow.
James Hoffmann - for anything about making great coffee at home
The Food Theorists - Interesting content about food, especially in their older videos
Doctor Mike - entertaining but useful medical information
