Definitely look up Kurzgesagt

Technology connections

Every frame a painting

Alt shift x

Dad how do I

Food wishes

Kurzgesagt In a nutshell

Primitive technology

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.

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.

• 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

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

Laura Kampf

Simone Giertz

MKBHD

Tom Scott

Mark Rober

Climate Town

Jay Foremen (Map Men)

Daily Dose of Internet

Captain Disillusion

Casually Explained

AvE Adam Savage/Tested Bushy and the Backlogs

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.

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

SUV RVing: https://www.youtube.com/@SUVRVing

An extremely down to earth travel channel about a guy who mostly just drives around exploring the American West and sleeping in his car.

He finds all kinds of hidden gems you have never heard of and he researches and tells you a lot of interesting details about the areas he visits. But the videos are very chill and he talks about some of the more mundane details of his trip that would be cut from most channels videos.

It is extremely relaxing to watch, really feels like you are hanging out and going on a road trip with your buddy.

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

DankPods

He recently announced that he'll be taking a break from content creation, so this is the perfect time for you to binge watch everything he has made in the past 3 years.

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)

Cool DIY projects with an overall chilled vibe: https://www.youtube.com/@DIYPerks

Relaxing watch restorations with informative commentary https://www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival

For informative but entertaining car related stuff MCM are pretty great: https://www.youtube.com/mightycarmods

If you're into F1, The Race has a pretty good youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/WeAreTheRace

Also Josh Revell deserves a shoutout https://www.youtube.com/@thejoshrevell

Crazy mashups - think Mr Bean in Cyberpunk: https://www.youtube.com/@eli_handle_bwav

General drunken shinanigans: https://www.youtube.com/@coldones

Chilled, nicely shot Japanese cooking videos: https://www.youtube.com/@JunsKitchen

Other generic cooking advice but also quite entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/@SortedFood

Geeky coffee related stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@jameshoffmann

Standard self plug (mostly stupid gaming stuff): https://www.youtube.com/@WoodstockYT

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

Informative ones I subscribe to:

• Technology Connections
• Rebecca Watson
• Steve Mould
• Dr Becky
• Naomi Wi
• Climate Town
• History Matters

Technology Connections

Tom Scott, he has done a video every week for like 10 years. Sort of a science travel adventure nerd. His videos are generally short and interesting.

Veritasum - Science guy with some interesting topics

Donut Media - If you like cars, they do some interesting and funny things while not being complete asshats.

The Proper People - Abandoned places, nice videos and respectful exploration.

Cash Jordan - Gives tours of NYC apartments from tiny studio apartments up to multi-million dollar penthouses.

Geography Geek - A lot of interesting geography-related facts.

Knob Feel - Short and sweet reviews of various knobs.

Vice Grip Garage - If you are interested in how old cars are repaired and have lots of time, he has many ~1.5 hour videos of dragging old cars out of the bushes that haven't ran for 20 years, getting them mostly running, and driving them home.

Polyphonic - Interesting video essays about various music and musical artists.

Kurzgesagt - science and futurism in colorful cartoon format

LockPickingLawyer - actual lawyer that lockpicks with a calm and explanatory voice, giving tips and suggestions both to lockpickers and locksmiths

McNallyOfficial - sarcastic, zero crap given, jaded version of LPL

Townsends - fun and educational 17th century learning through reenactment

JeremyJahns - always reliable movie reviews in my opinion

Sir Swag - news without the BS.

Tasting History - learning history through delicious step by step, historically accurate recipes

Skill Tree - LARP and cosplay DIY projects and tips

OverlySarcasticProductions - adorable cartoon history from Blue, and adorable cartoon mythology from Red.

Tom Scott

bigclivedotcom

ElectroBOOM

LockpickingLawyer

Two Minutes Papers

Louis Rossman

~~GeoGuesser's~~ GeoWizard's adventures

I'll watch anything, but never expected I'd watch a dude just walk in a straight line for hours

Edit: clearly not that memorable, but still recommended!

DIY/WOODWORKING

https://www.youtube.com/@craftedworkshop

https://www.youtube.com/@DIYPerks

https://www.youtube.com/@Fixthisbuildthat

https://www.youtube.com/@frankmakes

https://www.youtube.com/@Iliketomakestuff

https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelAlm

https://www.youtube.com/@modustrial

https://www.youtube.com/@nickzammeti

https://www.youtube.com/@PaskMakes

RETRO TECH, COMPUTERS, & GAMING

https://www.youtube.com/@ashens

https://www.youtube.com/@GamingHistorian

https://www.youtube.com/@GenXGrownUp

https://www.youtube.com/@LGR

https://www.youtube.com/@Nostalgianerd

https://www.youtube.com/@RMCRetro

https://www.youtube.com/@Techmoan

https://www.youtube.com/@The8BitGuy

https://www.youtube.com/@DavidXNewton

D&D & TTRPG STUFF

https://www.youtube.com/@BlackMagicCraftOfficial

https://www.youtube.com/@ColColonCleaner](Col Colon Cleaner)

https://www.youtube.com/@criticalrole

https://www.youtube.com/@dimension20show

https://www.youtube.com/@DnDShorts

https://www.youtube.com/@DungeonDudes

https://www.youtube.com/@dungeonlootarmory

https://www.youtube.com/@GinnyDi

https://www.youtube.com/@marisharaygun

https://www.youtube.com/@WallyDM

https://www.youtube.com/@zeebashew

FOOD & COOKING

https://www.youtube.com/@BDylanHollis

https://www.youtube.com/@babishculinaryuniverse

https://www.youtube.com/@BrianLagerstrom

https://www.youtube.com/@howtodrink

https://www.youtube.com/@JoshuaWeissman

OTHER STUFF

https://www.youtube.com/@BrightSunFilms

https://www.youtube.com/@ComputerClan

https://www.youtube.com/@CuriosityIncorporated

https://www.youtube.com/@GeoffCastellucci

https://www.youtube.com/@kylehill

https://www.youtube.com/@NFTI

https://www.youtube.com/@TheEasterEggHunter

https://www.youtube.com/@Thevoiceplay

Some More News - a disheveled and sarcastic anchor does a deep dive into a current topic

Contrapoints - an ex-philosopher does a really deep dive into a topic (sometimes a concept or a phenomenon, sometimes a particular person or event), with incredibly high production value and costumes. Unfortunately this means she only puts out 2 videos a year, but they're now usually 1-2 hours long.

Podcasts - some have YT channels, but often no video, so if you're looking for something to watch, this may not be helpful

Behind the Bastards - a deep dive (often 2+ hour+ episodes) into different historical or current terrible people

5-4 - a podcast about why the Supreme Court sucks

Maintenance Phase - two journalists talk about various health, diet, and wellness scams and misconceptions

If Books Could Kill (no YT channel) - Michael Hobbes from Maintenance Phase and Peter from 5-4 talk about "airport books"--bad pop science books

You're Wrong About - Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes (until late 2021) talk about pop culture misconceptions, everything from O.J. to the Satanic Panic to Iran-Contra and more.

• zefrank (funny 10 minute nature documentaries)
• AlphaPhoenix (highly informative science communication)

Steve Wallis - camping with Steve

Super wholesome - great dude. Enjoys camping in..... Non traditional spots.

First video I watched was him camping in the middle of a roundabout (traffic circle). Good times.

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.

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.

Sam Holmes Sailing. I know nothing about sailing and somehow stumbled across his videos. He makes vlogs about his solo sailing adventures. They are relaxing to me for some reason.

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.

I really like Potholer54 - he doesn't do any ads so youtube NEVER promotes his videos. He will read, cite, link all his sources and more importantly, will respond to misrepresentations of science in the media. He will usually explain the science behind the articles he sources and explain why the media gets it wrong.

I've also found Skip Intro is really good regarding copaganda. He has some great videos on a lot of the media I was exposed to growing up and its good to reexamine it with a more modern take. He also dunks on paw patrols which is fucking terrible.