- FarmCraft101 = A guy who owns a farm and does a mixture of Dad skills and quite ambitious engineering <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@FarmCraft101">https://www.youtube.com/@FarmCraft101</a><p>- StuffMadeHere = A lot of people have already recommended this, I also would too <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@StuffMadeHere">https://www.youtube.com/@StuffMadeHere</a><p>- Asianometry = "Science, Technology, History, Asia, mostly" great on semiconductors and the economics/business levers behind it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Asianometry">https://www.youtube.com/@Asianometry</a><p>- Project Farm = thorough testing of hardware <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectFarm">https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectFarm</a><p>- TwoMinutePapers = Latest breakthrough in AI <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TwoMinutePapers">https://www.youtube.com/@TwoMinutePapers</a><p>- Marius Hornberger = a very talented machinist/maker who makes good videos <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MariusHornberger">https://www.youtube.com/@MariusHornberger</a>
Stuff made here<p>I mada a 100MPH flying hoop -<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWXZyfhQas">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWXZyfhQas</a><p>Boy Boy<p>"We went to North Korea to get a haircut"
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E</a><p>"Ukraine: The avoidable war"
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8</a><p>Also one of the people behind boy boy:<p>I did a thing - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw</a>
Liveoverflow - Exploration / explanation videos about it security <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@LiveOverflow">https://www.youtube.com/@LiveOverflow</a><p>Stacksmashing - Videos about it security <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@stacksmashing">https://www.youtube.com/@stacksmashing</a><p>MIT Opencourseware - Courses published by MIT <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@mitocw">https://www.youtube.com/@mitocw</a>
I’ll list some of my subs that aren’t mainstream and were not posted yet:<p>Tech museums:<p>Necroware - a guy repairs and discusses circa '90s pc pcbs and other stuff. <a href="https://youtube.com/channel/UCKU5nwSWYXa3xfXGBlKyvdw">https://youtube.com/channel/UCKU5nwSWYXa3xfXGBlKyvdw</a><p>vswitchzero - another guy, same topic. <a href="https://youtube.com/channel/UCGcOrQ_IW4TYcdF5M1pRchA">https://youtube.com/channel/UCGcOrQ_IW4TYcdF5M1pRchA</a><p>Chyrosran22 - keyboard reviews, focuses on historical and non-mainstream models, enthusiast. <a href="https://youtube.com/user/Chyrosran22">https://youtube.com/user/Chyrosran22</a><p>All three a good language, zero sensational bs, “hands and things” format.<p>Nice views, exploration:<p>Ninurta - <a href="https://youtube.com/user/NinurtaSpb">https://youtube.com/user/NinurtaSpb</a><p>Stefan Forster - <a href="https://youtube.com/user/stefanforsterdotcom">https://youtube.com/user/stefanforsterdotcom</a><p>Shiey - <a href="https://youtube.com/results?search_query=Shiey">https://youtube.com/results?search_query=Shiey</a> (channels get banned(?) / not available sometimes; go through search and related videos)
Tom Scott‘s:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A</a>
Adrian's Digital Basement for all things retro, with a focus on CRTs, C64, early Apple stuff, Tandy, TRS-80, and more.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement">https://www.youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement</a>
A mix of various things. Google to get to the channel:<p>pbs spacetime<p>stuff made here<p>ben eater's 8 bit computer<p>mike boyd<p>nerdforge<p>sabine hossenfelder<p>gotham chess<p>uthermal<p>3blue1brown<p>veritasium<p>Numberphile<p>Suckerpinch (all time favourite: <a href="https://youtu.be/LA_DrBwkiJA" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/LA_DrBwkiJA</a>)<p>Stevey's tech talk<p>leonard susskind's stanford lectures<p>Wristwatch revival<p>Advoko Makes
I think nobody mentioned Applied Science, so that'll be my contribution to the thread:<p><a href="https://youtube.com/@AppliedScience">https://youtube.com/@AppliedScience</a><p>From his about page: "You'll see how an electron microscope was built in a home shop, how an X-ray backscatter system works, how to make aerogel, and many other hi-tech projects. Topics usually include electromechanical systems, chemistry, and electronics."
That totally depends on what you're looking for. Some of my favorites are<p>- Primer (academic subjects)<p>- Linking your Thinking (tutorials for Obsidian)<p>- Stuff Made Here (Entertaining and impressive robotics projects)<p>- a life engineered (all sorts of career advice stuff)<p>- Reducible (animations of CS subjects)<p>- ByteByteGo (short and informative videos about system design)<p>- Wolfgang's Channel (all sorts of home networking/selfhosted videos)<p>- Jack Rhysider (entertaining and informative podcasts about cyber security and cyber crime)<p>- Dark History (disaster documentaries)
Internet Historian is doing the best work on the site right now.<p>Unfortunately his most recent video got a copyright claim, but in the meantime you should start here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI</a>
I like South Main Auto's (Auto Repair) channel. The way he troubleshoots and diagnoses problems is very informative and you will learn something new about fixing cars in every video.<p>I say, If you can turn a wrench then you can fix a car. You just need to know which bolt to turn.
I started playing around with the youtube api to find just that. They only give you so many free search credits so you have to be careful with which calls you make. And in what order. I found the best way is to search for keywords like:<p><a href="https://github.com/andrewarrow/many-possible-worlds/blob/main/network/search.go">https://github.com/andrewarrow/many-possible-worlds/blob/mai...</a><p>then call get channel from the channel_id returned in the search:<p><a href="https://github.com/andrewarrow/many-possible-worlds/blob/main/network/channels.go#L9">https://github.com/andrewarrow/many-possible-worlds/blob/mai...</a>
Inheritance Machining is one of my most recent favorites: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVI8Mfisni3GaobL1e2JOIQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVI8Mfisni3GaobL1e2JOIQ</a><p>I’ve watched every single video.
Obviously, the answer to this question about "most interesting" is gonna heavily depend on <i>your</i> specific interests, but if you're interested in 3D graphics (and creating them yourself), Blender 3D is <i>excellent</i> (and Free[dom]; and free[of cost]), and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewPPrice">https://www.youtube.com/user/AndrewPPrice</a> (Blender Guru) has <i>excellent</i> tutorials to help you in your journey from "noob" to "guru". ;~)
Modern Vintage Gamer if you're into emulation history: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqP3ZzWiul0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqP3ZzWiul0</a>
Suckerpinch barely ever releases a video, but when he does they are great. NaN gates and FlipFlops are my favorite: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TFDG-y-EHs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TFDG-y-EHs</a><p>You can only get good at mathematics by doing, but if there is a channel that helps you get better at math passively it is probably Michael Penns': <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelPennMath">https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelPennMath</a>
- Ted Woodford (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@twoodfrd">https://www.youtube.com/@twoodfrd</a>): Stringed instrument repair, mostly old accoustic and electric guitars.<p>- Artisan Makes (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@artisanmakes">https://www.youtube.com/@artisanmakes</a>): Hobby machining.<p>- Rex Krueger (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RexKrueger">https://www.youtube.com/@RexKrueger</a>): Woodworking.
Adam Duff (LucidPixul). He does Art talks - talks about stuff while drawing, but something in the way he speaks and presents his stories clicks with me.<p>His channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AdamDuffArt">https://www.youtube.com/@AdamDuffArt</a><p>Example video about procrastination: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlJC6yjLpw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlJC6yjLpw</a><p>If anyone here knows similar YouTubers - please let me know.
- Jacob Geller (video essays, usually about video games, literature and film)
- Baumgartner Restoration (narrated professional art restoration)
- Itchy Boots (woman traveling continents by solo motorcycle)
- Mustard (aviation and naval history)
- Posy (hard to explain, just watch a popular video)
- Ronald Finger (DIY auto restoration)
- Technology Connections (essays on technology in the general sense- not just computers)
Lots of my regulars are already covered by others here, one to add: <a href="https://youtube.com/@2STROKESTUFFING">https://youtube.com/@2STROKESTUFFING</a><p>I'm not a petrolhead, not but a longshot, but his optimization process has very similar qualities to good software optimization. Oh, and there's also lots of great premature optimization.
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@getoffmylawn6692">https://www.youtube.com/@getoffmylawn6692</a> is an upcoming channel which covers many obscure DOS games. It's cool to see old games which are usually made by one or two people.<p>It's also one guy who posts 5 times a week and has ~2000 subscribers, which IMO makes it deserve views on its own
I really like fasterthanlime, especially with the depth of knowledge. He was the first video creator that explained register usage in assembly in a way that wasn't so dry that I lost attention.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/VMpSYJ_7aYM" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/VMpSYJ_7aYM</a>
Andrew Huberman provides deep dives into health, longevity, and fitness.
Anyone interested in those topics would be well-served to check him out.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@hubermanlab">https://www.youtube.com/@hubermanlab</a>
I like Clickspring - <a href="https://youtube.com/@Clickspring">https://youtube.com/@Clickspring</a><p>The series for his build of a Anthikythera mechanism is great to watch.
Wow, no mention of Practical Engineering, yet?!<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel">https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalEngineeringChannel</a>
I mean, that describes the vast, <i>vast</i> majority of Youtube channels, but...<p>Esoterica[0] scholarly explorations of occult texts and practices (also see Religion For Breakfast, hochelaga)<p>Kaz Rowe[1] historical essays, usually LGBT inclined (also see Matt Baume, Contrapoints, T1J)<p>Secret Galaxy TV[2] toy and tv history (also see Kenny Lauderdale, Pushing Up Roses)<p>Freya Holmer[3] Math, gamedev and tech (also see gamesfromscratch, javidx9)<p>Steve Shives[4] Politics, Star Trek and pop culture (also see Jesse Gender, Kat Blaque, Trekyards)<p>Drachinifel[5] Boats and boat related accessories (also see Dr Alexander Clarke, lindybeige)<p>Scholagladiatora[6] Swords and sword related accessories (also see skallagrim, shadiversity, themetatron)<p>Justin Whang[7] Internet culture and lost media (also see sakura stardust, LsupersonicQ, blameitonjorge, wendigoon)<p>[0]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel">https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel</a><p>[1]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@KazRowe">https://www.youtube.com/@KazRowe</a><p>[2]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SecretGalaxyTV">https://www.youtube.com/@SecretGalaxyTV</a><p>[3]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Acegikmo/videos">https://www.youtube.com/@Acegikmo/videos</a><p>[4]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SteveShives">https://www.youtube.com/@SteveShives</a><p>[5]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Drachinifel">https://www.youtube.com/@Drachinifel</a><p>[6]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@scholagladiatoria">https://www.youtube.com/@scholagladiatoria</a><p>[7]<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jdnIP2u5hCJpVZ-TuDrCg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jdnIP2u5hCJpVZ-TuDrCg</a><p>Also prior HN threads:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32220192" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32220192</a> (316 comments)<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20385679" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20385679</a> (143 comments)<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609584" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609584</a> (128 comments)
A few I follow that don't seem to have been mentioned already.<p>RMtransit - Good videos about Transit topics and individual transit systems
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RMTransit">https://www.youtube.com/@RMTransit</a><p>CityNerd - Very drool videos about cities and transit. US orientated
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@CityNerd">https://www.youtube.com/@CityNerd</a><p>Railways Explained - Railway topics
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@RailwaysExplained">https://www.youtube.com/@RailwaysExplained</a><p>Economics Explained - Reviews of economics topics
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EconomicsExplained">https://www.youtube.com/@EconomicsExplained</a><p>What about it - Rockets but especially SpaceX's Starship
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Whataboutit">https://www.youtube.com/@Whataboutit</a>
I watch reasonably long content typically in the philosophy/sociology space, though not exclusively. Here are some of my favorites:<p>Philosophy Tube has pretty good rundowns of different areas in philosophy. A year or so ago she came out as trans and that has really elevated the show to a new level, but perhaps also narrowed the focus somewhat.<p>Alice Cappelle makes down-to-earth video essays about structural and social issues we all encounter. I enjoy hearing her European perspective.<p>We're In Hell is your pot smoking neighbors lefttube video essay channel that frequently sidetracks about reality TV. I don't know what else to say about that. His takes tend to be well thought out.<p>jonasceikaCCK makes really good videos about philosophical concepts, their origins, and their counterparts. I would say the same about Then & Now<p>Unlearning Economics is the left-tube economics channel. There are others that will touch on economics, but this guy is much better informed and presents more thorough analysis than the rest.<p>Maggie Mae Fish is an excellent media critique video essayist. Her videos tend to reveal the social pressures which shape media into what they are, whether that be patriarchy and bigotry or something more specific to the creator. She also provides different perspectives on (or different readings of) the text that tend to differ pretty wildly from what you'd get on other similar channels.<p>Noah Samsen, Tara Mooknee, and Tiffany Ferg all make content showing different subcultures on the internet and usually how they're harmful. I like watching channels like these because it helps me understand at least a little of what's going on in the side of the world that participates in that form of social media.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyTube">https://www.youtube.com/@PhilosophyTube</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AliceCappelle">https://www.youtube.com/@AliceCappelle</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@WereInHell">https://www.youtube.com/@WereInHell</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jonasceikaCCK">https://www.youtube.com/@jonasceikaCCK</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ThenNow">https://www.youtube.com/@ThenNow</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@unlearningeconomics9021">https://www.youtube.com/@unlearningeconomics9021</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MaggieMaeFish">https://www.youtube.com/@MaggieMaeFish</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TaraMooknee">https://www.youtube.com/@TaraMooknee</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NoahSamsen">https://www.youtube.com/@NoahSamsen</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@tiffanyferg">https://www.youtube.com/@tiffanyferg</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SMN">https://www.youtube.com/@SMN</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Tom_Nicholas">https://www.youtube.com/@Tom_Nicholas</a><p>Almost everything here is at least somewhat leftist so this list may not be for you.
Thoughtful right wing channels:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/thomassowelltv">https://www.youtube.com/c/thomassowelltv</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEBY1LNHPiJ6AE0B1wxfNHw">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEBY1LNHPiJ6AE0B1wxfNHw</a><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kkU18MIJpUaCdokZj3_kQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2kkU18MIJpUaCdokZj3_kQ</a><p>Would love any similar recs.
Some that hadn't been mentioned yet (at least when I started writing this) :)<p>CuriousMarc has some stunning repair/teardowns of old kit, including a long series on the Apollo Guidance Computer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bosUr3WlKYm4sBaLs-Adw">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bosUr3WlKYm4sBaLs-Adw</a><p>Juan Browne's Blancolirio channel has interesting insights into most air crashes and near misses: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/blancolirio">https://www.youtube.com/user/blancolirio</a><p>BobbyBroccoli has created some stunningly high quality videos on scientific scandals and controversies: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyBroccoli">https://www.youtube.com/user/BobbyBroccoli</a><p>Captain Disillusion has fantastic insights into CGI and video manipulation, presented in a rather unique style: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainDisillusion">https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainDisillusion</a><p>CGPGrey produces high quality, informative and quirky videos about all sorts of things (why runways have the numbers they do, the history of the name Tiffany). Always well written with a pleasing use of language: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey">https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey</a><p>CodingSecrets has been commercially coding on consoles for 30 years and has some great insights into how old games work - sega especially <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkY047vYjF92-8HcoVTXAOg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkY047vYjF92-8HcoVTXAOg</a><p>ConnectionsMuseum is a must watch if you're into early telephone exchanges (or want to understand where half the terminology and timers come from in SIP). They have a handful of different vintange telephone switches and go quite in depth explaining how they work: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/museumofcomm">https://www.youtube.com/user/museumofcomm</a><p>Frame Voyager has a fantastic series on "abandoned" cinema cameras. Well presented, and interesting if you're into film and tech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXGDFnFh95WlZjhwmA5aeQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXGDFnFh95WlZjhwmA5aeQ</a><p>Hbomberguy is... something else, especially in presentation style (personally I love it). His "Vaccines and Autism, a Measured Response" video is stunningly informative and presents more information into the Andrew Wakefield scandal than any other documentary on the topic. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/hbomberguy">https://www.youtube.com/user/hbomberguy</a><p>HowNOT2 started out as slacklining, but have spent a lot of time deliberately breaking and abusing rock climbing gear in various ways. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvq-0fss4lNrmIz7gcPLtQ">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvq-0fss4lNrmIz7gcPLtQ</a><p>Ian Hubert has created a couple of short but absolutely unbelievably amazing videos in Blender. A must watch if you're interested in 3D, green-screen or scifi. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/mrdodobird">https://www.youtube.com/user/mrdodobird</a><p>Isaac Arthur: Science, space, futurism. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g</a><p>John Ward does some dry but extremely informative mains electrical theory and regulations (UK centric): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jjward">https://www.youtube.com/user/jjward</a><p>Jay Foreman: Silly educational videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/jayforeman51">https://www.youtube.com/user/jayforeman51</a> (also find "Map Men").<p>Karl Jobst: Video game speedrunning and controversy: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/karljobst">https://www.youtube.com/user/karljobst</a><p>LindyBeige: History of war and weapons: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige">https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige</a><p>Photonic Induction: Think ElectroBoom, except this nutter blows up 400A fuses. High voltage silliness: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids">https://www.youtube.com/user/Photonvids</a><p>Ringway Manchester: (Ham) radio related: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/RINGWAYMANCHESTER">https://www.youtube.com/user/RINGWAYMANCHESTER</a><p>Sabine Hosselfelder: Science updates without the hype or spin: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/peppermint78">https://www.youtube.com/user/peppermint78</a><p>This Old Tony: Stunningly high quality, dry humour machining: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/featony">https://www.youtube.com/user/featony</a>