A few of my goats I haven't seen mentioned:
Oddity Archive. The dude has been going for 15 years and the videos haven't really changed at all. It feels like YouTube did before becoming something people could make a living off of. I don't really know how he finds time/money to do it without sponsors and less than 100k subscribers, but the dedication is admirable.
Channels that I actually look forward to each release:
4WD 24-7 Australian four wheel driving, visiting a lot of places I wish i could go to.
Fire to fork Camp fire cooking, but at the moment also a bit of a travel blog as Harry is in Canada right now.
Andy cooks Cooking show by a personable ex-chef
Brian Lagerstrom More cooking by a slightly less personable ex-chef
Captain Disillusion Special effects debunks and explainers. Rarely puts out videos but they're worth watching when they do arrive.
Clickspring Master craftsman does metalwork. I often have no idea what he's talking about but it's just great to watch.
Dylan O'Donnell Astrophotography with an Australian slant.
LEMMiNO Deep dives into mysteries and other topics. Well researched.
Nat's What I Reckon Started no-nonsense cooking videos during COVID lockdowns, delivering a good mix of cooking advice, mental health awareness and swearing. His videos aren't as tight now as they used to be but they're still fun to watch.
Primative Technology No voice over, relaxing to watch dude in North Queensland improving his skills over the years to make huts, ceramics and some iron smelting. Make sure you turn on captions!
I've got a soft spot for Minty Comedic Arts. Been watching his videos for years. He's silly and loves movies, so I feel a kinship. Plus, he's a small YT producer and I love supporting him
Cathode Ray Dude
VWestlife
Ashens
There's many more but I fear the list would get too long.
TLDR news (news)
The Linux experience (Linux and open source news)
Real Civil Engineer (video games, I scratch the itch without playing)
Kurzgesagt (explainers)
Not Just Bikes (urbanism)
Money and Macro (economics)
Just have a think (energy transition/climate news)
Wendover (deep dives, a lot on aviation)
Real life lore (history, mostly 20th century or later)
Stuff made here (entertaining engineering projects)
Simon Clark (climate news)
Polymatter (mix of economics, history and geopolitics, a lot on China)
Real Engineering (engineering)
Climate Town (climate explainers, a lot on fossil fuel lobby)
Veritasium. They still make great videos, I would argue better ones, and if private equity can take the hint to do it like that we'd be in good shape.
Wendover Productions
fern
Ahoy
Rowan J Coleman
Slidebean
Gamers Nexus
I haven't watched him in a couple years now, but BKXC was my favorite channel during COVID and the year or so afterwards.
Hi, I'm the one that asked the opposite question that Op linked to :p
He doesnt make many videos anymore, though theres always a cchance for a random burst of uploads, I think his actual film making hobby has taken more importance, which is understandable, but that is made up for every christmas when he and nerdcubed do some crazy advent calendar thing for 24/25 days leading up to christmas. Which is a yearly christmas ritual for me, to watch all the old ones, and the new one, every year.
Cutting Edge Engineering Australia.
An Australian machinist that does repairs for heavy digging/mining equipment. Rebuilding hydraulic cylinders, repairing smashed frames, manufacturing new to spec parts (for a fraction of what they'd cost from the manufacturer), plus he also has videos on making new shop tools, and a long running series about totally rebuilding a truck crane.. Which kinda lost its urgency and importance with a new ceiling crane they got installed, but are still gonna work on it and finish it.
Used to post one video every friday, but their shop has gotten busier and busier and they made an announcement a few months back that they were going to a every other week release schedule, which makes me sad because watching him was my friday morning ritual, but I'm not upset about it because his business is doing gangbusters and i'm not so self centered as to expect him to sacrifice business that pays $$$$$$ to keep making videos that bring in a fraction of a fraction of that.
styropyro, pretty interesting videos although i don't understand most of the science stuff he talks about tbh
He basically builds bombs with electricity. I think he's really irresponsible and hope he doesn't encourage less knowledgeable people to try to copy him.
yeah that's true. tbh i don't think there's anyone attempting to copy that though (looks too Not Safe For Life)
Mars Guy. He's a geology lecturer who releases a new video every Sunday detailing what's been happening with the rovers on Mars that week. Very chill and always good learning.
Highlight of my Sunday morning.
Northernlion
AntsCanada
Formerly a channel about ants keeping is now posting weekly updates on his vivariums (basically big themed micro ecosystems.
Very engaging and good storytelling about how he created big interconnected tanks with a >3500L volume (6 tanks each connected to each other.
I have issues with how he treats animals. He says he's super respectful, but at the same time he easily discards entire colonies of ants, or any other animals, if it doesn't get enough views anymore.
Blondihacks. Genuinely some of the best machining videos for a small hobbyist I have seen, I look forward to every weekly episode. My dream is one day to recreate a small fraction of her things.
Agree, and would also add Clough42 intentness mix.
Folding Ideas' - long form deep dive videos into various topics. His video about NFTs is particularly good.
Tom Scott
Casually Explained
Tier Zoo
Stop Skeletons from Fighting has some amazing docs and just released another for Mighty Number 9 that was really good
The Majority Report with Sam Seder - politics and humor
Crash Course - general learning
Just Have a Think - climate tech news
Astrum - cosmology and astrophysics learning
Some More News - politics and humor
Zeteo with Mehdi Hasan - politics
Josh Johnson - comedy
Nutrition Made Simple - Science backed nutrition and health information with none of the nonsense that is so common with this type of social media content. No sponsorships, no ads, no products being sold. Just information.
Most of my favourites have already been mentioned but here's a few that I haven't seen:
Chris Spargo - Documentarian 'Answering life's little questions' (in his own words)
HowTown - Well researched, slick documentaries on science and sociology
Useful charts - Family trees and history combined with some nuanced religious history
Map Men - Somehow both an incredible geography channel and very funny skit show
ToldInStone - Regular and endlessly fascinating ancient history content
Captain Disillusionment - A one man special effects genius makes funny deep dives and debunks on special effects topics
Nile Red - Chemistry wiz kid makes alcohol from toilet paper - The closest thing to a modern alchemist I can imagine
Joel haver - Inventor the rotoscoped paint cartoon, funny, creatively driven and refuses to sell out
Patrick Boyle - Educated, nuanced and cuttingly dry humoured takes on popular economics issues
Steve Mould - High quality science demos and explanations with an engaging and humble host
NileRed made alcohol from air a few days ago.
Just watched it! It's amazing how much effort he goes to. Makes me appreciate how complex and expensive carbon capture and sequestration at any kind of scale must be.
Genuinely surprised to not see Smarter Every Day in these comments. Maybe it was there and I missed it.
He got preachy.
I think he is on an enshittifying cycle.
I disagree. His videos are still good, and his experience with the every day scrubber built in America has been very interesting. He has only mentioned he's a Christian a few times in his videos.
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