- DIY Perks, which is on the project/creation end of things
- Xyla Foxlin for a variety of projects
- Veritasium for well basically anything and everything science
- Simone Giertz does a lot of projects to solve problems in both ridiculous and entertaining ways
- Element14 Presents, if you're interested in building your own electronics
- Hugh Jeffreys for device repair
- Both Steve Mould and Joe Scott for miscellaneous general science learning
- Major Hardware, all you wanted to know about computer fan design and then some
- Primitive Technology, an almost zen-like demonstration of building things the way our ancestors mostly had to
- The Modern Rogue, for all things shady and interesting
- Electroboom for all things electricity (and loud noises)
- Undecided w/Matt Ferrel, for a look at emerging tech
- The Hook Up for a wide variety of Home Automation and IoT reviews and projects
Applied Science - impressive reproductions of existing science https://youtube.com/c/AppliedScience
Stuff made here - impressive maker/engineering projects https://youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere
Explosions & Fire - (and related channels) Home explosives synthesis. Fun explosions. Notable for it’s honest look at how science works (and doesn’t work). Low production value. https://youtube.com/c/ExplosionsFire2
- 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown
- Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile
- Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile
- PBS Spacetime: https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime
- Philosophy Tube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thephilosophytube
- Folding Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoldingIdeas
- ContraPoints: https://www.youtube.com/c/ContraPoints
- Nerdwriter: https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1
- Patrick H Willems: https://www.youtube.com/c/patrickhwillems
- Every Frame a Painting: https://www.youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting
- https://www.youtube.com/c/LessonsfromtheScreenplayhttps://www.youtube.com/c/CNLohr - making electronics and software projects while working around amusing constraints
https://www.youtube.com/c/scanlime - hardware electronics hacker, thorough knowledge of transistors to gateware
https://www.youtube.com/c/SladorSoft - small pieces of info on logic design
https://www.youtube.com/c/SammSheperd - drone and UAV design. simply best of the best. unfortunately he passed away. RIP SNRS
https://www.youtube.com/c/PhilS94 - PCB design
https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertBaruch - logic design
https://www.youtube.com/user/0033mer - laid back electronic circuits
https://www.youtube.com/user/MacPuffdog - fully home brew quadcoptor design
- Kirsten Dirksen, for videos about self-sufficiency and architecture https://www.youtube.com/user/kirstendirksen
- Hainbach, music-making using test equipment and esoteric synthesizers https://www.youtube.com/c/Hainbach
- Linus Boman, graphic design https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusBoman/videos
- Sebastian Lague, game programming 'coding adventures' https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianLague
- Great Art Explained https://www.youtube.com/c/GreatArtExplained
- Martijn Doolaard, dutch guy is renovating a house on a mountain in Italy https://www.youtube.com/c/MartijnDoolaard
- Afrorack, guy in Africa makes DIY synths https://www.youtube.com/c/Afrorack/videos
- Voices of the Past, first hand accounts from people throughout history https://www.youtube.com/c/VoicesofthePast
- Mr. Chickadee, large scale carpentry using hand tools https://www.youtube.com/c/MrChickadee
- Jorge Rodriguez, game math https://www.youtube.com/c/JorgeVinoRodriguez
* Real Engineering - in-depth videos with amazing visuals on all sorts of subjects like how and with what materials were used for supersonic planes, what went wrong with the Concorde design, how did logistics for D-Day work, how does pumped up hydro work, etc. - https://youtube.com/c/RealEngineering
* Real Time History - historical channel, the team behind The Great War channel (highly recommend as well) with long in-depth videos on historical subjects such as the Russo-Japanese war, Napoleon's invasion of Russia, Franco-Prussian war - https://youtube.com/c/realtimehistory and https://youtube.com/c/TheGreatWarSeries
* similarly to The Great War channel/Real Time History, World War 2 and TimeGhost - WW2 week by week, with extra focus in separate videos on crimes against humanity, spying, etc. - https://youtube.com/c/WorldWarTwo and https://youtube.com/c/TimeGhost
- PBS Space Time (w/ physicist Matt O’Dowd) [1] for deep space and fundamental astrophysics in an accurate but approachable way
- Kurzgesagt —- In a nutshell [2] for entertaining yet informative, beautifully animated videos on everything from science to politics to philosophy
Steve Mould - Physics https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveMould
Project Farm - Product Testing https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm
Lock Picking Lawyer - Lock Picking https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer
Scott Manley - Space Flight https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg
The Plain Bagel - Finance https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePlainBagel
Perun - Geopolitics https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC3ehuUksTyQ7bbjGntmx3Q
Almazan Kitchen - Cooking https://www.youtube.com/c/AlmazanKitchen
Practical Engineering - Infrastructure https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
Mind Your Decisions - Logic Puzzles https://www.youtube.com/c/MindYourDecisions
Dr. Zsolnai has been a great recap for computer graphic and AI research as its released. He presents the authors' research, sometimes shows his own attempts on their models, and often reflects on the authors' previous publications.
America's Test Kitchen - https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericasTestKitchen
Always a nice addition; America's Test Kitchen is consistently referenced on other channels as the reason they do X thing for their recipe.
Disney Research Hub - https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyResearchHub
Disney doesn't post weekly videos, typically they drop 4-5 videos at once. Similar to Two Minute Papers (and sometimes covered there as well), it gives you a nice look in where we are in state of the art CGI.
Um, Actually - https://www.youtube.com/c/umactually
This is more in case you're a nerd, but still like some general fun. Um, Actually is a game show format from Dropout.tv/CollegeHumor where a statement from geeky franchises you know and love is slightly incorrect, and its the job of the guests to figure out the mistake. They're releasing their COVID-Zoom videos right now, but they're back in the studio now and have stated those videos are coming.
Here are some more mathematics channels:
https://www.youtube.com/user/HarveyMuddCollegeEDU
https://www.youtube.com/c/Aleph0
https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown
Here are some channels on physics:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinutePhysics
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZvrtffxEZ7KZQ9dYCG0xg <- Carver Mead's channel.
Here's something of historical interest: all of the episodes of The Computer Chronicles. https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerChroniclesYT
- Ben Eater: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0N5baNlQWJCUrhCEo8WlA
- Fran Blanche: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMLgHbpJ8qYqj3CkdbvC0Ww
Michael Penn https://youtube.com/c/MichaelPennMath: Covering calculus, number theory and more. Classic black board lectures, highly enjoyable.
Andreas Kling https://youtube.com/c/AndreasKling: Livestreaming development on SerenityOS (https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity)
In no particular order:
Lex Friedman podcast, lots of scientific interviews: https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman
Crecganford, This one I discovered recently, expert in ancient and prehistoric mythology: https://youtube.com/c/Crecganford
Isaac Arthur, science and futurism, some sci-fi, but very very stimulating: https://youtube.com/channel/UCZFipeZtQM5CKUjx6grh54g
Matt Ferrel, weekly interesting topics, generally about coming soon scientific products (like, it’s is joe possible to do X with grapheme, how does it compare to y): https://youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF
Joe Scott, same format, but more generalist (spaces from climate change solutions to Victorian era to urban legends): https://youtube.com/c/joescott
Sabine Hossenfelder, an actual scientist explaining physics-related topics, her articles usually made it to top HN: https://youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder Blog http://backreaction.blogspot.com/?m=1
-Advoko makes https://youtube.com/c/Advoko
-AdamSomething https://youtube.com/c/AdamSomething
-AppliedSience https://youtube.com/c/AppliedScience
-Carykh https://youtube.com/user/carykh
The videos are always thought-provoking, intelligent and hilarious as well.
I can recommend every single video of him.
Physics/Math:
Physics Girl: https://www.youtube.com/c/physicsgirl
Dr. Becky: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBecky
3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown
Physics Videos by Eugene Khutoryansky: https://www.youtube.com/user/EugeneKhutoryansky
Electronics:
Usagi Electric: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nakazoto
James Sharman: https://www.youtube.com/c/weirdboyjim
FriendlyWire: https://www.youtube.com/c/FriendlyWire
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlphaPhoenixChannel
https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
https://www.youtube.com/c/TechIngredients
https://www.youtube.com/c/thethoughtemporium
https://www.youtube.com/c/MattRisinger
Humanities:
https://www.youtube.com/c/answerinprogress
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
Shop:
https://www.youtube.com/c/ThisOldTony
https://www.youtube.com/c/Clickspring/videos
https://www.youtube.com/c/JersWoodshop
Computing:
For Breakthrough Tech : https://www.youtube.com/c/CleoAbram https://www.youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF
I like to follow the standford blockchain club: https://www.youtube.com/c/StanfordBlockchainClub
Helps me know how the smartest kids and mind are thinking of the new tech.
For Excel Geeks: https://www.youtube.com/c/ExcelTutorials
For Personal Knowledge Management : https://www.youtube.com/c/VisualPKM A underrated channel with brillant insights and tools.
They help me with identifying and knowing which areas can be of focus in the next few years if they progress as planned
He's like a younger version of Applied Science: https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedScience
I also consider the likes of
Bismuth https://www.youtube.com/c/Bismuth9 and
SummoningSalt https://www.youtube.com/c/SummoningSalt
to be intellectual in the deep dive historian type of way.
LPL has already been linked: https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer
I used to follow NightHawkInLight but his content has slowed recently: https://www.youtube.com/c/Nighthawkinlight
Matt Parker is awesome (I have his book, too): https://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths
He appears often on: https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile
FarmCraft101 (repairs/restoration, woodworking and useful tips) - https://www.youtube.com/c/FarmCraft101
KYLE.ENGINEERS (aero and car tech) - https://www.youtube.com/c/KYLEDRIVES/
Machine Thinking (history of machining) - https://www.youtube.com/c/machinethinking/
Greg's Airplanes and Automobiles (historical, technical deep dives) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCynGrIaI5vsJQgHJAIp9oSg/
Huygens Optics (optics history and manufacture) - https://www.youtube.com/c/HuygensOptics/
w2aew (RF electronics and tutorials) - https://www.youtube.com/user/w2aew/
Aaron Lanterman (electronic classes, esp audio) - https://www.youtube.com/c/Lantertronics/
MicroType Engineering (electronics and pcb design) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MicroTypeEngineering/
Project Farm (unbiased tool/hardware reviews) - https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm/
Tod's Workshop (historical weapons) - https://www.youtube.com/c/TodsWorkshop1
rctestflight (RC stuff) - https://www.youtube.com/c/rctestflight
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMjTcpv56G_W0FRIdPHBn4A
Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan, formerly All Gas No Brakes (had a falling out with behind-the-scenes business types) - a feet-on-the-ground look into various subcultures and events. If you see beyond what's usually a hilarious and definitely slightly voyeuristic facade of "haha people are weird", at its core it's excellent vox populi journalism. Kind of a left field recommendation for this thread, but genuinely something that broadened my horizons by a lot.
Transit/city planning:
Jago Hazzard (mostly London focused) - https://www.youtube.com/c/JagoHazzard
Distraction Bucket (also London) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB4CG5PB7DCp4R4sxRqrRGQ
Geoff Marshall (UK) - https://www.youtube.com/user/geofftech2
RMTransit - https://www.youtube.com/c/RMTransit
Jay Foreman - https://www.youtube.com/c/JayForeman
Chemistry:
NurdRage - https://www.youtube.com/c/NurdRage
Other:
MyTechFun (3D printing) - https://www.youtube.com/c/MyTechFun
History Matters - https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinuteHistory
jan Misali - https://www.youtube.com/c/HBMmaster
Justin Solomon (MIT): https://www.youtube.com/c/justinmsolomon Keenan Krane (CMU): https://www.youtube.com/c/keenancrane Cem Yuksel (Utah): https://www.youtube.com/c/cmyuksel Inigo Quilez (ShaderToy): https://www.youtube.com/c/InigoQuilez The Art of Code: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheArtofCodeIsCool
Physics (Besides what others have listed):
ScienceClic: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScienceClicEN Simons Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/user/SimonsFoundation Quanta Magazine: https://www.youtube.com/c/QuantaScienceChannel
Robotics:
Cyrill Stachniss: https://www.youtube.com/c/CyrillStachniss Russ Tedrake's Underactuated Robots: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChfUOAhz7ynELF-s_1LPpWg
Art:
Entagma: https://www.youtube.com/c/Entagma Creators: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCreatorsProject
[MITCBMM - Center for Minds, Brains and Machines] https://www.youtube.com/c/MITCBMM - great lecture source for AI, cognitive science, neuroscience.
[Steve Brunton] https://www.youtube.com/c/Eigensteve - great lecturer on applied math for engineering and computation science. Like an advanced Khan academy
[The Royal Institution] https://www.youtube.com/c/TheRoyalInstitution - science talks for lay audiences, like Ted Talks but more advanced.
[Mathologer] https://www.youtube.com/c/Mathologer - misc math topics, like 3blue1brown. This guy is quirky and funny and good at explaining some advanced math topics.
[Numberphile] https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile - topics on mostly math, but also CS adjacent.
The Modern Martial Artist: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheModernMartialArtist
Adam Ondra (Olympian Climber): https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamOndra
Wylie’s Art and Science of Boxing: https://www.youtube.com/c/LeeWylie1
Also, I see no one mentioning Real Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/c/RealEngineering
Would also like to highlight Terra Mater (animal extinction & habitat): https://www.youtube.com/c/TerraMaterOfficial
Playlist of all Susskind Physics lectures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyX8kQ-JzHI&list=PL6i60qoDQh...
Sanderson Writing class (fantasy but applies to all genres): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cf-qdZ7GbA&list=PLSH_xM-KC3...
Channels:
Andreas Spiess aka Guy With the Swiss Accent for embedded / microcontrollers: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess
Hoopers Beta for a scienctific/medical POV about climbing: https://www.youtube.com/c/HoopersBeta
IppSec for HackTheBox to learn security: https://www.youtube.com/c/ippsec
LiveOverflow for security: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiveOverflow
Yannic Kilcher for ML news / overviews: https://www.youtube.com/c/YannicKilcher
French Guy Cooking: https://www.youtube.com/c/FrenchGuyCooking
1. Mentour Pilot https://www.youtube.com/c/MentourPilotaviation/videos
Petter from Sweden explains aircraft systems, crash investigations, how pilots handle awkward situations in the air. Very thorough.
2. Captain Joe
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88tlMjiS7kf8uhPWyBTn_A
Joe is from somewhere in Europe, and he explains flight systems, how things work. Lots of overlapping content with Mentour Pilot.
3. 74 Gear
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCovVc-qqwYp8oqwO3Sdzx7w
Kelsey from America has tonnes of incredibly funny anecdotes.
Unlike the other two pilots who do mostly short flights within Europe (though Captain Joe recently changed jobs I think, and so I'm not so sure anymore), Kelsey does long-haul in a 747, and his stories are also diverse.
Plainly Difficult for radioation accidents and and other science/technology gone wrong stuff - https://www.youtube.com/c/PlainlyDifficult
VWestlife for reviews of various old audio equipment and other thrift store finds - https://www.youtube.com/c/vwestlife
Tim Traveller for trip reports from various unusual places (weird country borders and stuff) - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTimTraveller
Tentacrul for UX explained on DAWs and other music stuff - https://www.youtube.com/c/Tantacrul
Railways Explained for... well explaining the history and future of various world railways systems - https://www.youtube.com/c/RailwaysExplained
NFKRZ for explaining context of living in Russia - https://www.youtube.com/c/MultiNfz
Bald and Bankrupt for unusual travelogs in post-soviet countries and other places - https://www.youtube.com/c/baldandbankrupt
https://www.youtube.com/c/ZackFreedman
https://www.youtube.com/c/whatdamath
https://www.youtube.com/c/Bisqwit
Less technical:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PeterDraws1
https://www.youtube.com/user/cmbroad44
https://www.youtube.com/c/JamesGurney
Relevant to current events, interesting Russian channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NikiProshin
I like the no-nonsense, ~5mins video from the authors summarizing core message of their research/book.
Examples:
Georgia Tech professor Aaron Lanterman has class lectures on music synthesis, electric guitars amps and effects, and general electronics: https://www.youtube.com/c/Lantertronics
Documentaries Particle Fever CERN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lx109jdGCc
Slingshot, Dean Kamen - has the origin of FIRST Robotics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AsJXjK0CSo
Dr. Sten Ekberg: https://youtube.com/c/drekberg
Diet Doctor: https://youtube.com/c/DietDoctorVideo
What I've Learned: https://youtube.com/c/WhatIveLearned
K Boges: https://youtube.com/user/Kbogea
To improve your understanding of the ongoing culture war:
Academy of Ideas: https://youtube.com/c/academyofideas
Ryan Chapman: https://youtube.com/c/RyanChapmanPolitics
Animal Logic - https://www.youtube.com/c/animalogic
NHK World - https://www.youtube.com/c/NHKWORLDJAPAN
Asu (Bonsai with water features, if you want to calm yourself down.) - https://www.youtube.com/c/AsuGreen11
Goto Conferences - https://www.youtube.com/c/GotoConferences
Simple History - https://www.youtube.com/c/Simplehistory
TED - https://www.youtube.com/c/TED
TED Ed - https://www.youtube.com/teded
Economist - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEconomist
The First Take (Japanese Music done in one shot) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9zY_E8mcAo_Oq772LEZq8Q
Vice Asia - https://www.youtube.com/c/VICEAsia
Wired - https://www.youtube.com/c/WIRED
When I got interested in Asian cuisine, I learned a lot from Chef Wang Gang, there is a retired F1 engineer called Malcolm Oastler documenting his project of motorbike-powered race car, a Canadian artist David Bull living in Japan and specializing in Japanese poster art. It takes much longer to find them, but I find the results much more satisfying in the long term.
He repairs old worn down items and shows every step of the way in high details. Very satisfying to both learn the elegant mechanisms of old items, as well as to see something broken become beautiful once more.
* Andreas Kling: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasKling
Continuously posts videos on him+his community developing the operative system SerenetyOS (I know he's been posted here on HN before)
* Economics Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/EconomicsExplained
Explains... economics..
They all have corresponding YouTube channels (including many already listed in other comments)
DUST Sci-fi: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7sDT8jZ76VLV1u__krUutA Great free sci-fi movies.
Robert Murray-Smith's maker channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertMurraySmith A British maker who builds stuff and shows them step-by-step.
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell
Practical Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
StatQuest with Josh Starmer: https://www.youtube.com/c/joshstarmer
Engineering: Practical Engineering https://youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
Philosophy: School of Life https://youtube.com/c/theschooloflifetv
Math: 3Blue1Brown https://youtube.com/c/3blue1brown
I find the 'X in 100 seconds' series great for keeping an eye on CS topics outside of my everyday work, like the history of gzip compression or the advantages of a new CSS Post-Processor.
We've covered Unison, Multi-modal and multi-task models, Zig, Transformers, NFTs, Semantic Web, Local-first software, etc. I think it'd be up your alley.
- Zig: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wie5YuzoUQI&list=PLZ8NrLhP6G...
- TLA+: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1drTz6GYpZU
- Unison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvJwaGHy768&list=PLZ8NrLhP6G...
- Transformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0II5DuDE0&list=PLZ8NrLhP6G...
Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl_rEKDGBw4myn0uOnPxYsg
Ben Eater (low-level digital hardware stuff, builds a computer from gates basically)
Thought Emporium (Molecular Bio)
The Coding Train (Creative Coding)
Also nice to just watch random MITx & similar lectures sometimes
- Neuroscience: Andrew Huberman | https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewHubermanLab
Absolute Gem and really sparked my curiosity of human biology. He spends a lot of time going over the neuroscience literature, essentially giving a lecture. It's quite dense, but a lot of practical advice you can apply which is backed by science.
- History: Oversimplified | https://www.youtube.com/c/OverSimplified
A comedically narrated hyper summary of historical events. It made me very interested in learning more about events of the French revolutions, the founding of USA and it's civil wars, and more. For more depth, highly recommend the OG podcast hardcore history.
- Construction: B1M | https://www.youtube.com/c/Theb1mGoogle/featured
Lots of interesting videos about the development of unique structures.
- Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoriesofEverything
- Tech Ingredients - https://www.youtube.com/c/TechIngredients
- Lex Fridman - https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman
- Andrew Huberman - https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewHubermanLab
He talks about philosophy, social trends and politics (I know this can be controversial, but he does quite in depth analysis of current trends based on a philosophical background)
https://www.youtube.com/c/worldwartwo
https://youtube.com/c/ThePostApocalypticInventor
He's repurposing things found on the scrapyard with a high focus on self-sufficiency.
He does beautiful, calming videos of his meticulous machining work. He recently worked on recreating the Antikythera mechanism.
Michel Van Bizen has hundreds (thousands?6 of university level lectures on many topics science and math: https://youtube.com/c/MichelvanBiez
Discovered that channel trying to understand all modes of heat transfer through windows. Covered under thermodynamics. https://youtu.be/r3tC-ocdVoQ
- car aerodynamics -> https://www.youtube.com/c/KYLEDRIVES
- rockets and space travel -> https://www.youtube.com/c/EverydayAstronaut
- geopolitics -> https://www.youtube.com/c/CaspianReport
- random subjects but always interesting -> https://www.youtube.com/c/PolyMatter
- Innovation: https://www.youtube.com/c/ColdFusion/
- Constructions: https://www.youtube.com/c/Theb1mGoogle
- Informational: https://www.youtube.com/c/RealLifeLore/
SmarterEveryDay is probably my second favorite. Definitely a lot of talk, but really interesting random experiments and builds.
ParallaxNick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0QdW-H7_l0zh_CoNhlwoBw
Cool Worlds https://www.youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLab
CarlSagan42, watching him play intricate "troll" levels on Mario Maker 2 is hilarious
8-Bit Show and Tell, who does some deep dives into mostly Commodore-related things
Michael MJD, who explores various older Windows and PC-related things
Modern Vintage Gamer, who has documented some of the piracy and emulation scenes (especially watch his "Mistakes Were Made" series on console security)
guitarheroROXS, a top Guitar Hero console player who also does some deep dives into more obscure GH-related sub-topics
They explain complex systems with quality 3d animation.
- Technology Connections - Somebody already mentioned his channel, but it's worth it to find out how the stuff we take for granted works. - Today I Found Out - One of Simon Whistlers channels, he covers a wide range of topics, diving in to where you are just almost over your head. - Answers With Joe - Joe Scott covers many topics with a bend towards science appreciation. I would use his videos in late high school lessons if I were a teacher. - Knowing Better - History. Mostly American History, but it's a really deep dive. I like his delivery and his unapologetic way of discussing the really bad parts of history that people tend to sweep under the rug. - Half as Interesting - It's from Wendover, but short and funny. - Kyle Hill - The Internet's knockoff Thor, he explores deep science and physics in an approachable manner, especially when he is in "The Facility".
* Epimetheus - Ancient history https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp9ZtilfKJds0iWytR_pnOQ
* Everyday Astronaut - Rocket engineering breakdowns and other space stuff https://www.youtube.com/c/EverydayAstronaut
* Forgotten Weapons - Discussions of interesting and often obscure firearms, usually by disassembling working examples. https://www.youtube.com/c/ForgottenWeapons
* Have History Will Travel - US Civil War history https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhl9yTKO6685Ssam0hXTCw
* Historia Civilis - In depth history, with ongoing series about Rome, the English Civil War, and the post-Napoleonic era. Uploads infrequently but worth waiting for. https://www.youtube.com/c/HistoriaCivilis
* Illinois EnergyProf - Energy, with some focus on nuclear. Uploads infrequently. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKH_iLhhkTyt8Dk4dmeCQ9w
* NativLang - Linguistics throughout the world https://www.youtube.com/user/NativLang
https://old.reddit.com/r/math/comments/w1zyn8/favourite_math...
Of those listed there I would like to highlight this one:
https://www.youtube.com/c/Aleph0/videos
A few others that I've found recently also in math/physics:
https://www.youtube.com/c/PhysicsExplainedVideos/videos
https://www.youtube.com/c/SimulatingPhysics/videos
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3L8AcX1xJEhTofnCF2MAaQ/vid...
https://www.youtube.com/c/ScienceClicEN/videos
The French version of the above channel has a lot more videos but unfortunately aren't translated to English yet.
Proper lectures by professors of various math/physics topics unfortunately are scattered around YouTube and I'm surprised no one has gathered a big list of them given that during COVID a lot of stuff has been put online. I've only found the following two channels which gather various lectures given however at a graduate/research level so you're unlikely to learn much unless you have a significant background:
Absolute gem, especially for people that are already aware of the plethora of good but well-known channels and are looking for something new and not recycled. Highly recommended!
Quite good at explaining the whys of a crash without going into the hyperbole of shows like air crash investigations.
BPS.Space: Dude building model rockets & flight controllers. Just landed a model rocket propulsively, video out soon - https://www.youtube.com/c/BPSspace
Brian Oltrogge/Grunblau: Metalworking, often combining 3D printing with sandcasting of metal - https://www.youtube.com/c/Grunblau
BaxEDM: Dude building his own Electrostatic Discharge Machining-machine - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4kgsAYxcraee8w5SfqXPA
Samo Burja is a social theorist with a scientist's soul. He manages a political consulting firm by day, and tries to explain how civilizations work by night. He often touches on geopolitics, technology, institutions, epistemology, societal collapse, etc in one stroke. A lot of his claims seem outlandish for three seconds, but are actually very thought out. The guy's really sharp and did many podcasts throughout the pandemic, which was a treat. Don't be put off by the low view-count, the guy's a rising star and I hope to see more of him
Civilization: Institutions, Knowledge, and the Future: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACdYmuFyjWM
Also, if you're interested in Rust at all, Jon Gjengset is great: https://www.youtube.com/c/JonGjengset
John Michael Godier/Event Horizon astrophysics interviews with speculative science mixed in
BilliSpeaks cat with word buttons. Loves the mad button.
William Spaniel-geopolitics/game theory
Ian builder complete off the wall “experiments“ but mostly chaos
Quinns ideas-sci-fi/fantasy
The Royal Institution
Yoga with Adrienne the yoga GOAT
Scott Galloway Econ/decent rage interpreter
- The Engineering Mindset https://www.youtube.com/c/Theengineeringmindset
- hpp3 (low level software series) https://www.youtube.com/user/hhp3
- Andrew Huberman / Huberman Lab (neuroscience) https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewHubermanLab
Topics: life, the universe, and everything...
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell
Lesics - engineering/tech videos
Defunctland - history of extinct theme parks, entertainment
Chinese Cooking Demystified - how to cook authentic Chinese food
making stuff/testing/tearing down
https://www.youtube.com/c/frankhowarth https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcoReps https://www.youtube.com/c/FireballTool https://www.youtube.com/c/RoseAnvil https://www.youtube.com/c/arduinoversusevil2025 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
music
https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamNeely https://www.youtube.com/c/12tonevideos https://www.youtube.com/c/8bitMusicTheory
food and drink
https://www.youtube.com/c/JKenjiLopezAlt https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEducatedBarfly
misc/niche
https://www.youtube.com/c/AGADMATOR https://www.youtube.com/c/NickSibicky https://www.youtube.com/c/Drugslab https://www.youtube.com/c/GreatArtExplained
- Dr. Ekberg: https://www.youtube.com/c/drekberg (2M subs)
- Dr. Berg: https://www.youtube.com/c/DrEricBergDC (8M subs)
Car repair & detailing:
- Chris Fixx: https://www.youtube.com/c/chrisfix (9M subs)
Piano:
https://www.youtube.com/user/cedarvillemusic
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3vYz1SAtcbRhsatydObGQw
https://www.youtube.com/user/PianistMagazine (Graham Fitch)
https://www.youtube.com/user/SteveMass1101
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr0BMA5yu3AS0alkR7kYwEQ
https://www.youtube.com/user/aw4piano
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsMRd097KLJMvkNzC4rYAA
This is really different from all the other suggestions here. An overall nice guy does walkthrough videos of some of the worst hoods in the US. Eye-opening stuff in many ways. Many good stories too.
Hobo Shoestring - https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHoboShoestring
This guy has lived on the rails for decades and knows everything about train hopping and (hobo) life in general. Awesome videos and stories.
A channel with great content on nutrition science and latest research: https://youtube.com/c/FoodLies
A young making rocket in his garage: https://youtube.com/c/BPSspace
- Tantacrul - Music and software design, he is now involved in Audacity and MuseScore
I follow a number of really good French channels as well, if anyone is interested I can post them.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSl5Uxu2LyaoAoMMGp6oTJA
He has a variety of content, all things that the creator enjoys, presented clearly no subscribe to me prompts just a chap trying new things and doing his projects in a nice calm way. Theres a great community there as well.
Knowing Better (https://www.youtube.com/c/KnowingBetter) is a master of the "talking head babbling about stuff" genre, if that's your cup of tea.
https://www.youtube.com/c/toldinstone
Ivan Miranda - 3D printing, machining, "making", all of interesting, fun projects. https://youtube.com/c/IvanMirandaCom
The Action Lab - fascinating and unusual science experiments demonstrated, many shorts https://youtube.com/c/TheActionLab
- Kyle Hill: Covers a lot of scientific, mathematical, and phylosphical topics while trying to stay reasonable accessible to a broader audience. Solid presentation and exciting to watch.
This old Tony
These guys are machinists, but both know a whole lot about how things work.
Lindy Beige for quintessential British conjecture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0duLUAc9Pc
No especially rigorous but incredibly entertaining.
Plus: History of the Earth: https://www.youtube.com/c/HistoryoftheEarth
- Baumgartner Restoration: https://www.youtube.com/c/BaumgartnerRestoration
About painting conservation and restoration, he goes into details about the process in each video.
Academy of Idea (Philosophy, Psychology): https://youtube.com/c/academyofideas
Mentour Pilot - Aviation related but I think lessons that can be applied to any field
Peter Dibble - Covers a wide range of historical engineering projects
Bobby Broccoli - A Jon Bois expect instead of sports for academia (this guy makes really high quality videos)
Mises University, an annual seminar for young scholars is live now.
22.2M - Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkRober 18M - Vsauce: https://www.youtube.com/c/vsauce1 13.5M - CrashCourse: https://www.youtube.com/c/crashcourse 12.3M - Veritasium: https://www.youtube.com/c/veritasium 10.5M - SmarterEveryDay: https://www.youtube.com/c/smartereveryday 7.16M - SciShow: https://www.youtube.com/c/SciShow 5.5M - CGP Grey: https://www.youtube.com/greymatter 5.48M - minutephysics: https://www.youtube.com/c/minutephysics 5.41M - Charisma on Command: https://www.youtube.com/c/Charismaoncommand 5.12M - Tom Scott: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo 5M - JCS - Criminal Psychology: https://www.youtube.com/c/JCSCriminalPsychology 4.63M - 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown 4.13M - Numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile 4.06M - LockPickingLawyer: https://www.youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer 3.91M - Stuff Made Here: https://www.youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere 3.75M - Casually Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/CasuallyExplained 3.51M - Wendover Productions: https://www.youtube.com/c/Wendoverproductions 3.45M - vlogbrothers: https://www.youtube.com/c/vlogbrothers 2.82M - Johnny Harris: https://www.youtube.com/c/johnnyharris 2.82M - Code Bullet: https://www.youtube.com/c/CodeBullet/videos 2.75M - Practical Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel 2.7M - MinuteEarth: https://www.youtube.com/c/minuteearth 2.32M - Captain Disillusion: https://www.youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion 2.29M - PBS Eons: https://www.youtube.com/c/eons 2.21M - Half as Interesting: https://www.youtube.com/c/halfasinteresting 2.16M - Computerphile: https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile 1.97M - Adam Ragusea: https://www.youtube.com/user/aragusea 1.92M - Economics Explained: https://www.youtube.com/c/EconomicsExplained 1.55M - How To Drink: https://www.youtube.com/c/howtodrink 1.51M - Company Man: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMyhrt92_8XM0KgZH6VnRg 1.44M - SciShow Space: https://www.youtube.com/c/scishowspace 1.37M - Defunctland: https://www.youtube.com/c/Defunctland 1.24M - engineerguy: https://www.youtube.com/c/engineerguyvideo 1.19M - CaspianReport: https://www.youtube.com/c/CaspianReport 1.15M - GeoWizard: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeoWizard 1.05M - Atlas Pro: https://www.youtube.com/c/AtlasPro1 1.03M - Domain of Science: https://www.youtube.com/c/DomainofScience 856K - Sixty Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols 765K - SciShow Psych: https://www.youtube.com/c/SciShowPsych 537K - City Beautiful: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityBeautiful 484K - Todd in the Shadows: https://www.youtube.com/c/ToddintheShadows 416K - Whatifalthist: https://www.youtube.com/user/WhatifAltHist 360K - Welch Labs: https://www.youtube.com/c/WelchLabsVideo 331K - Brett Kollmann: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrettKollmann 212K - FINAiUS: https://www.youtube.com/c/Finaius 197K - Objectivity: https://www.youtube.com/c/ObjectivityVideos 167K - Geography King: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeographyKing 129K - That Is Interesting: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatIsInterestingTII 115K - DeviantOllam: https://www.youtube.com/user/DeviantOllam 108K - Modern MBA: https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernMBA 67.5K - Bright Trip: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrightTripChannel 63.9K - MinuteFood: https://www.youtube.com/c/MINUTEFOOD 40.9K - National Park Diaries: https://www.youtube.com/c/NationalParkDiaries
About research on anthropology and cognitive psychology and how it affects perception of human faces
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThunderboltsProject
Master Ivo - Modern day Tesla radiant energy research
https://www.youtube.com/c/MasterIvo
Einzelgänger - Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/c/Einzelg%C3%A4nger
Robert Murray-Smith - Electricity, motors, generators, physics, building devices, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/c/RobertMurraySmith
Kathy Loves Physics & History - Various topics in the history of physics / electricity
https://www.youtube.com/c/KathyLovesPhysicsHistory
Plasma Channel - High-voltage coils and other devices -- anything and everything relating to the production of plasma
https://www.youtube.com/c/PlasmaChannel
MrAnguswangus - Various electromagnetic devices & experiments
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrAnguswangus
Ludic Science - Topics in Tesla Coils, motors, electronics, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM014DFZ7peFVrSaxnh4-Mw
See the Pattern - Videos related to evidence for a Universe comprised of Electric Force
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu9UCrn5171lksANzqvXthA
Machine Thinking - Machine tools, machining, the origins of precision in machine tools, etc.
https://www.youtube.com/c/StefanMilo – Human Evolution, Archeology, Prehistory.
Very surprised that (admittedly only skimming through the responses) I didn’t see the lock picking lawyer. Love that channel…. “Little click on one…”
- NileRed/NileBlue
- EEVBlog
- Fran Blanche (aka FranLab)
- Mr Carlson's Lab
- Technology Connections
Philosophy/Geopolitics:
- VisualPolitik EN
- Irami Osei-Frimpong (aka The Funky Academic)
- JrEg
Academy of Ideas - https://youtube.com/c/academyofideas
- Economics Explained
- kurzgesagt
- Zeihan on Geopolitics
I am sure there are plenty of others. I do a lot of tech at work and so I spend a lot of my time reading or watchings things to understand how the world works
DW (German state broadbaster) and Bloomberg Quicktake: Originals also sometimes have interesting content
- Tom7 / Suckerpinch - it feels like hackernews catnip to me
And already mentioned by others but just to give it another thumbs up:
https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell Very nice animations explaining various topics from science, philosophy and politics. The only channel I literally seen all the videos. They sometimes make videos with fun ideas like what would happen if we nuked the moon a bit in the spirit of https://what-if.xkcd.com/ but most videos are on more serious subjects in a very easy to understand format.
https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel mostly covers civil engineering. How we handle sewage in big cities, how roads are built, how power grid works and many more.
https://www.youtube.com/c/EconomicsExplained As the name suggests, explains economics. Makes videos per country about their economy and created his own ranking of countries.
These are my top just to keep it short :)
has a somewhat niche target audience. He's someone with conservative political beliefs explaining to other people with conservative political views why all the stuff they believe about climate change is nonsense.
The secret life of components
The connections series is on YouTube.
Tech ingredients
Technology connections
Applied Science
Chemistry:
Explosions and Fire
Nile Red
Electronics:
Dave at EEVBLOG
Phil’s Lab
This one is pure gold.
3Blue1Brown
Stand-up Maths by Math Parker.
James Hoffman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMb0O2CdPBNi-QqPk5T3gsQ
Deep dives into coffee machines, grinders, techniques, beans, roasting, etcetera with a healthy dose of scientific discipline to each.
Lance Hendrick: https://www.youtube.com/c/LanceHedrick
As above, only WAY more detail. Sometimes more than you need. I found his reviews of low-priced (yet high quality) coffee grinders to have almost too much detail, but when I slogged through it I eventually worked out the perfect grinder for my needs and only ended up spending around $300-400, which frankly is amazing.
FOOD
ThatDudeCanCook: https://www.youtube.com/c/CookingwithSonny
High end chef techniques that are explained in impressively accessible detail. My only problem with this channel is I now am always disappointed when I order steak out anywhere because I know I can cook it SO MUCH BETTER MYSELF. If you take nothing else from this list, watch his video on cooking filet mignon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrkI9_EEe8 If you follow the technique your mind will be blown.
How to Cook That: https://www.youtube.com/c/HowToCookThat
Food scientist esoteric cooking techniques, ingredients, weird stuff, and quite mind-blowing investigations into the Russian content factories that pump out fake "5 minute life-hack" media.
Chinese Cooking Demystified: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChineseCookingDemystified
American + Chinese couple living in Guangdong exploring authentic Chinese regional specialties. They do a great job of explaining the techniques and testing realistic alternatives for the more obscure ingredients that are simply unavailable outside of China.
Blondie in China: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlondieinChina
Aussie girl fluent in Mandarin, living in and exploring China's regions, cuisines and discovering all the things about day-to-day life that we just don't see from outside. Always entertaining, informative and interesting.
Tasting History: https://www.youtube.com/c/TastingHistory
Recreating famous dishes from history and taste-testing them, with detailed backgrounds of the why, where, how, when and who for each.
Xiao Ying Cuisine: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJDD-Hy76jvUMRG-dpFkcw/fea...
New recipes almost every day. Dunno who she is, but they're always interesting dishes and mostly stuff I've never seen elsewhere.
SCIENCE/NERDY STUFF
Up and Atom: https://www.youtube.com/c/UpandAtom
Physics, Quantum theory, Maths.
Tom Scott: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo
Really hard to categorise, but he does a great job exploring all manner of obscure things in detail.
Julian O'Shea: https://www.youtube.com/c/JulianOShea
Industrial design, architecture, city planning, Melbourne, obscure stuff.
HARDWARE
Jeff Geerling: https://www.youtube.com/c/JeffGeerling
Great projects in and around the Raspberry Pi, Arduino, maker electronics spaces.
MUSIC
Dub Monitor: https://www.youtube.com/c/DubMonitor
Far too much detail about Dub Techno, minimalist techno.
VISUAL
Max Cooper: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaxCoopermax
Thought-provoking and mind-bending visuals and excellent music.
Max Hattler: https://www.youtube.com/user/maxhattler
Not that active any more, regrettably. But similar to above. What is it with people called Max and visuals?
NileRed
Sample video: making a superconductor from scratch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS7gyZJg5nc&t=93s
ExplosionsAndFire:
Sample video: concentrating hydrogen peroxide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhEYaovWxl4
Primitive Technology:
Sample video: making cast iron using nothing but gathered natural materials (seriously)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhW4XFGQB4o&t=606s
Игорь Негода
Sample video: making and flying an extremely elegant turbine engine in the garage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYFYZ-g7fzA
Bobby McBoost
Sample video: making and exploding an extremely half-assed turbine engine in a field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2jHC_91ge8&t=52s
Brick experiment channel
Sample video: measuring the thrust to weight ratio of a bunch of combinations of lego motors, gearings, and propellors. In the next video he is able to achieve flight by overvolting lego motors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTui3shLRPk
Styropyro
Sample video: huge homemade ruby laser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwYuHqCwXFI
Robert Cowan
Sample video: improving the drive system of his 250 lb battlebot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcl7WYLccIs
How Not to Highline
Sample video: Testing if climbing equipment that has been left in a cave for years is still safe by breaking it
- https://www.youtube.com/user/IPAMUCLA (UC LA): institute for pure and applied mathematics: more advanced academic math and cs seminars
- https://www.youtube.com/user/NaSESYNC national socio-environmental synthesis center: interdisciplinary science seminars
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcr5vuAH5TPlYox-QLj4ySw alan turing institute: variety of advanced cs
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENpdhwYoF5g Schwartz Reisman Institute: inter-agent friendliness/game theory
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcrR0XBH0aWbdffktUBEdw mutual information: visual explanation of ML fundamentals
- https://www.youtube.com/user/JimBobJenkins game theory and international relations
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB7AzTwc6VFZrBsO2ucBMg robert miles: "ai safety"-crowd ai safety videos. don't let this be your only perspective on ai safety, the ai safety people are great but their whole community has a shared anxiety disorder. heed their warnings but don't have the meltdowns they accidentally encourage; just imagine yourself petting the ai safety researchers on the head and going "there there, the ais will be friendly because of your work, thanks for getting me up to speed" and listen thoughtfully. emotional tone warning aside, I do like this channel. just not as much as the simons institute's videos on ai bias, alignment, safety, objectives, etc etc etc.
- https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulHBeckwith large scale climate science dude who I think isn't crazy but I'm not sure
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXBh2WNhGDXFNafOrOwZEQ/vid... oxford vgg continues to be an impressive vision group
- https://www.youtube.com/c/NormalizedNerd/featured same kind of stuff as mutual information
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbg3ZX2pWlgKV8K6bFJr5... art of the problem makes very good visual explanations of middling to advanced cs topics
- https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution popsci talks that typically get fairly advanced. better ted talks, in a sense.
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aRaZ6_0weiS50pvCmo0pw institute for advanced study is not messing around with their name
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwG9512Wm7jSS6Iqshz4Dpg ACM SIGPLAN: formal methods, formal verification, formal languages, etc
- https://www.youtube.com/c/Cirm-mathFr another advanced math channel I watch too little to remember details about. browse it yourself if you want
- https://www.youtube.com/c/RationalAnimations animations about the future and stuff
- https://www.youtube.com/c/Sevish exceptionally weird music
- https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanHarrod ai and ml stuff
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3XfA9qjWjymue2I_hcW1A formal verification and stuff
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUBpU4mSYdIn-QzhORFHcHQ more formal verification stuff
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9infsKo33_2LUoiqXGgQWg society analysis and stuff
- https://www.youtube.com/c/DanWorrall really good audio dude
- https://www.youtube.com/c/12voltvids small electronics channel I don't see mentioned here yet
- https://www.youtube.com/c/THUNKShow STEM video essays and explainers
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrCTC5_t-HaVJ025DbYITiw alice cappelle: video essays I guess idk
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCecF2icZlEIJ__9XS6woPGw zoe bee: how to talk to angry strangers on the internet and stuff like that
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4V_jMdRbbTrmBVJB6FDzgw unlearning economics: a dissenting perspective on economics; don't skip the other economics channels just because you watch this one, but it combines well with the others imo
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_7FDEMkBBWWcol7QPzToaw one dude's commentary on native history; don't skip other commentaries on native history just cuz you watch this one, but again, combines well imo
there, some channels. there are a ton of channels already mentioned here; it's great having an index of them, but remember to browse them yourself and skim some videos.
Adafruit - new stuff they sell, and tutorials that are fun.
TheCrafsman - a puppet learning how to craft, 3d print, mold, etc.
Bitluni's Lab - https://www.youtube.com/user/bitlunislab elaborate and funny tutorial videos about building gadgets.
Branchus Creations - board level repair for older PC's and gadgets https://www.youtube.com/c/BranchusCreations/featured
Choll W. Kim - Laser spine surgery and info https://www.youtube.com/c/ChollKimMDPhDSanDiego/about
David Bull - https://www.youtube.com/user/seseragistudio/ Tokyo-based woodblock printmaker, video presentations of his work, including a number of videos showing the complete process of making his prints.
Devoxx - developer tech events, talks, presentations https://www.youtube.com/c/Devoxx2015
Electronics Repair School - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCooKQlg-HZ0PFAPc4Ymg3RA
Evil Ted - visual effects, prop., modelmaking from a pro.. https://www.youtube.com/user/evilted40
HomoFaciens - maker, elecronics https://www.youtube.com/c/HomoFaciens/videos
Jeremy Fielding - home engineering, learning, motors, robotics, making https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SLthyNX_ivd-dmsFgmJVg
Just A Printer - behind the scenes, explantation, at a small printing business https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSuSPbvmwLZv9CMdeSsWkFA
Just have a think - Climate and Sustainable Energy, Technology discussion, education https://www.youtube.com/c/JustHaveaThink/videos
Kens Karpentry - garage builder, explains process, business https://www.youtube.com/user/ken311953
NorthRidgeFix - electronics repair. Often fixes without schematics, explains diagnosing and tracing faults. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLaXgfNlVxY149shiA1pykQ
SixtySymbols - cool videos about physics and astronomy https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols
Stock Markets With Bruce
The Signal Path - electronics tear down, analysis, and repair. https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSignalPathBlog
Two Minute Papers - video summary of interesting or exciting CompSci papers https://www.youtube.com/user/keeroyz
Electronics:
Great Scott! (Electronics projects and components), https://youtube.com/c/greatscottlab
Modern Vintage Gamer (Gaming electronics, gaming history, firmware, and reverse engineering topics), https://youtube.com/c/ModernVintageGamer
Mr. Carson's Lab (Electronics restoration, especially old radios, he has an insane lab), https://youtube.com/c/MrCarlsonsLab
Astronomy:
Cool Worlds (Similar to PBSSpace time, but very good at statistical analysis and modeling, narrator is very calming), https://youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLab
DeepSkyVideos (Catalog of videos explaining different objects of note in astronomy), https://youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos
SciShowSpace (Bite-sized space videos), https://youtube.com/c/scishowspace
General Science and Engineering:
Undecided with Matt Ferrell (Covers topics that are bleeding edge), https://youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF
Engineer Guy (Random engineering topics with a few much longer detailed lectures and audio book reads), https://youtube.com/c/engineerguyvideo
Casual Navigation (Maritime explanation videos), https://youtube.com/c/CasualNavigation
Microcosmos (Huge selection of microbial life videos) https://youtube.com/c/microcosmos
Curious Droid (General science and engineering explanations), https://youtube.com/c/CuriousDroid
Braniac75 (Amateur science experiments, lasers, and random science topics), https://youtube.com/c/brainiac75
Cody's Lab (Mostly backyard chemistry, but often times has other science experiments), https://youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder
Seeker (Well produced mini science documentaries and science news), https://youtube.com/c/Seeker
Quanta Magazine (similar to Seeker), https://youtube.com/c/QuantaScienceChannel
New Mind (Similar to Seeker and Quanta Magazine), https://youtube.com/c/NewMind
Periodic Videos (Chemistry and elements), https://youtube.com/user/periodicvideos
Fermilab (Easily digestible particle physics), https://youtube.com/c/fermilab
Nils Berglund (Library of particle and wave simulations), https://youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund
Royal Institution (Huge catolog of science speeches at the Royal Institution), https://youtube.com/c/TheRoyalInstitution
Ordanance Lab (Explosives science and explosives testing videos), https://youtube.com/c/OrdnanceLab
Domain of Science (Quantum physics, and he also makes knowldge maps in different science and math disciplines), https://youtube.com/c/DomainofScience
Alpha Phoenix (Science experiments and materials science), https://youtube.com/c/AlphaPhoenixChannel
Breaking Taps (DIY materials science) https://youtube.com/c/BreakingTaps
Mentour Pilot (Aircraft Accident Investigations), https://youtube.com/c/MentourPilotaviation
Music Theory, Music Electronics, and Synthesizers:
Benn Jordan (General music topics, he has a good scientific mind and electronics skills that he shows off sometimes), https://youtube.com/c/BennandGear
Adam Neely (Advanced music theory and random music topics), https://youtube.com/c/AdamNeely
Look Mum No Computer (Music experiments with analog electronics), https://youtube.com/c/LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER
Andrew Huang (Random music tech reviews, basic theory, and music production), https://youtube.com/c/andrewhuang
loopop (The most thorough and comprehensive music electronics feature overviews), https://youtube.com/c/loopop
Rick Beato (Music production and music industry analysis), https://youtube.com/c/RickBeato
Tantacrul (Music Software design, he works on Audacity), https://youtube.com/c/Tantacrul
Math and Computer Science:
Zach Starr (Math and computer science topics), https://youtube.com/c/zachstar
Numberphile (General math concepts), https://youtube.com/c/numberphile
Stand-up Maths (General math topics, but goes into more detail than Numberphile), https://youtube.com/user/standupmaths
Mathologer (General math concepts), https://youtube.com/c/Mathologer
Steve Yegge (Computer science and software industry), https://youtube.com/user/SteveYegge
Low Level Learning (Computer science, but the lower levels), https://youtube.com/c/LowLevelLearning
DEFCONConference (Huge selection of hacking-related talks), https://youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference
Strange Loop Conference (Software conference videos), https://youtube.com/c/StrangeLoopConf
Two-mimute papers (Very fast and exuberant machine learning research summaries, hold on to your papers fellow scholars!), https://youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai
Video Editing and Special Effects:
Captain Disillusion (Debunks fake videos with image analysis, and creates walkthroughs of how it's done), https://youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion
Edit, I almost forgot Adam Ragusea, he does excellent science-based cooking videos, https://youtube.com/user/aragusea
- math videos https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMathSorcerer
- math videos https://www.youtube.com/c/brightsideofmaths
- math videos https://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths
- mainly physics, plus chemistry, astronomy, math, and mechanical engineering videos https://www.youtube.com/c/MichelvanBiezen
- chemistry & physics https://www.youtube.com/c/AdvancedTinkering
- machine learning papers https://www.youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai
- painting & composition https://www.youtube.com/c/IanRobertsMasteringComposition
- medicine https://www.youtube.com/c/NinjaNerdScience
- medicine https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFPvnkCZbHfBvV8ApBBE0vA
- therapy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWvYupGqq3aMJ6LsG4q-Yg
- perspectives on physics and cosmology https://www.youtube.com/c/SeethePattern
- analysis of materials impacted by high energy phenomena https://www.youtube.com/c/MartinFleischmannMemorialProject
- perspectives on physics https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMachian/
- anatomy https://www.youtube.com/c/InstituteofHumanAnatomy
- signal processing https://www.youtube.com/user/allsignalprocessing
- solving complex sudoku-derived puzzles https://www.youtube.com/c/CrackingTheCryptic
- the art of listening: music albums gems https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7shUDSkHjuQNegPhGdANQQ
STEM related channels: * https://www.youtube.com/c/smartereveryday * https://www.youtube.com/c/Eigensteve * https://www.youtube.com/greymatter/videos * https://www.youtube.com/c/RealEngineering * https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell * https://www.youtube.com/c/AsapSCIENCE * https://www.youtube.com/user/BackstageScience/videos * https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos/videos * https://www.youtube.com/c/EverydayAstronaut * https://www.youtube.com/c/georgehotzarchive * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBAdGeil51Iw4y29Sh9Y7hA * https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel & Veritasium, VSauce as well.
Conversations and lectures: * https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfridman * https://www.youtube.com/c/mitocw * https://www.youtube.com/c/TheKnowledgeProject * https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIaA-ufKJk9Ha-bK5jx0Lg/vid... * https://www.youtube.com/c/samharrisorg/videos
Any channels related to Nottingham University are just amazing, they have some really great professors producing quality content. Computerphile, Numberphile, nottingham science.
6 Votes: https://youtube.com/c/StuffMadeHere https://youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel 5 Votes: https://youtube.com/c/AppliedScience https://youtube.com/c/smartereveryday https://youtube.com/c/3blue1brown https://youtube.com/c/numberphile 4 Votes: https://youtube.com/user/standupmaths 3 Votes: https://youtube.com/c/Nighthawkinlight https://youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime https://youtube.com/c/inanutshell https://youtube.com/c/AlphaPhoenixChannel https://youtube.com/user/Computerphile https://youtube.com/c/FoldingIdeas https://youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1 https://youtube.com/c/Mathologer https://youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai https://youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF https://youtube.com/c/lockpickinglawyer https://youtube.com/c/RealEngineering https://youtube.com/c/academyofideas https://youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols 2 Votes: https://youtube.com/c/CNLohr https://youtube.com/c/PhilS94 https://youtube.com/c/Wendoverproductions https://youtube.com/c/SteveMould https://youtube.com/c/styropyro https://youtube.com/c/EevblogDave https://youtube.com/c/GreatArtExplained https://youtube.com/c/thephilosophytube https://youtube.com/c/ContraPoints https://youtube.com/c/patrickhwillems https://youtube.com/c/everyframeapainting https://youtube.com/c/LessonsfromtheScreenplay https://youtube.com/c/ArvinAsh https://youtube.com/watch?v=YuIIjLr6vUA https://youtube.com/channel/UCFaYLR_1aryjfB7hLrKGRaQ https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman https://youtube.com/c/keenancrane https://youtube.com/c/ScienceClicEN https://youtube.com/c/QuantaScienceChannel https://youtube.com/c/MentourPilotaviation https://youtube.com/c/Aleph0 https://youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess https://youtube.com/c/Bigclive https://youtube.com/c/EconomicsExplained https://youtube.com/c/ZackFreedman https://youtube.com/c/whatdamath https://youtube.com/c/TimeGhost https://youtube.com/c/HuygensOptics https://youtube.com/c/MarcoReps https://youtube.com/c/AdamNeely https://youtube.com/c/TechIngredients https://youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLab https://youtube.com/c/BPSspace https://youtube.com/c/CrackingTheCryptic https://youtube.com/c/mitocw https://youtube.com/c/EverydayAstronaut https://youtube.com/c/CaspianReport https://youtube.com/c/theschooloflifetv https://youtube.com/c/fermilab https://youtube.com/c/Eigensteve https://youtube.com/c/LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER https://youtube.com/c/loopop https://youtube.com/c/MrCarlsonsLab https://youtube.com/greymatter https://youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion https://youtube.com/user/aragusea https://youtube.com/c/scishowspace https://youtube.com/c/engineerguyvideo https://youtube.com/c/DomainofScience https://youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos
Astrophysics/space/Physics
- https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBecky
- https://www.youtube.com/c/whatdamath
- https://www.youtube.com/c/universetodayvids
- https://www.youtube.com/c/astrumspace
- https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriousDroid
- https://www.youtube.com/c/minutephysics
CompSci/tech interviewing/tech news/security
- Martin Kleppman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClB4KPy5LkJj1t3SgYVtMOQ
- https://www.youtube.com/c/ArxivInsights
- https://www.youtube.com/c/CSDojo
- https://www.youtube.com/c/SuccessinTech
- https://www.youtube.com/c/VivekHaldar
- https://www.youtube.com/c/TechTechPotato
- https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackHatOfficialYT
- https://www.youtube.com/c/numberphile
- https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerHistory
Linguistics
- https://www.youtube.com/c/JuLingo
- https://www.youtube.com/c/LinguisticsMarburg
History/History of technology
- https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHistocrat
- Art History with Travis Lee Clark https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD0yYUsx9vpuhu2dkk8_a9w
- https://www.youtube.com/c/FallofCivilizationsPodcast
- https://www.youtube.com/extracredits
- https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidIanHowe
- https://www.youtube.com/c/ArchaiaIstoria
- https://www.youtube.com/c/engineerguyvideo
- https://www.youtube.com/c/StefanMilo
- https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOrientalInstitute
- https://www.youtube.com/c/StefanMilo
General
- https://www.youtube.com/c/MNMillennialFarmer
- https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
- 4K Urban Life (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-JKqNo_T0yoeDZff1y7Kw) is slow walks around different cities in the world. It helped me make it through not being able to travel during COVID. I think that seeing different places and people helps enrich your worldview.
- AlphaPheonix (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA) reminds me a bit of Vertiasium, but is not quite as (over)produced. Atomic Frontier (https://www.youtube.com/c/AtomicFrontier) is kind of similar.
- Ant Lab (https://www.youtube.com/c/AntLab) has slow motion videos and information about insects.
- Ben Eater (https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater) hasn't made any videos in a bit, but his playlists will teach you about how electronics become computers.
- Chessnetwork (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDOQrpqLqKVcTCKzqarxLg) has great entertaining chess games and I learn a lot watching them.
- Driving 4 Answers (https://www.youtube.com/c/mr2mk1hero/videos) has a lot of great videos talking about mostly car-related engineering.
- Exurb1a (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg) is a channel about philosophy basically.
- Great Art Explained (https://www.youtube.com/c/greatartexplained) goes into the stories and thinking behind a lot of great art.
- Historic Italian Cooking (https://www.youtube.com/c/HistoricalItalianCooking) shows and prepares ancient Roman recipes. Very relaxing. Tasting History (https://www.youtube.com/c/tastinghistory) is kind of similar, but includes all of history and is more lively in comparison.
- Hochelaga (https://www.youtube.com/c/hochelaga) is kind of biblical philosophy and adjacent areas. Really interesting offbeat channel.
- Journey to the Microcosmos (https://www.youtube.com/c/microcosmos) shows video of microscopic creatures with mellow explanations over the top.
- Lindybeige (https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige) has interesting diatribes (for lack of a better word) on English history, and assorted other offbeat topics.
- Mustard (https://www.youtube.com/c/MustardChannel/featured) has videos on the history of engineering and science.
- Neo (https://www.youtube.com/c/neoyoutube) is a kind of modern history channel.
- Ninja Nerd Science (https://www.youtube.com/c/ninjanerdscience) is an amazing channel where you can watch medical lectures presented in a really engaging way. You can learn a lot even if you aren't actually in med school.
- Not Exactly Normal (https://www.youtube.com/c/NotExactlyNormal) has social/cultural mini-documentaries. Paragraphic (https://www.youtube.com/c/PARAGRAPHIC) is kind of similar.
- Real Science (https://www.youtube.com/c/realscience) has mostly information about animals.
- Told in Stone (https://www.youtube.com/c/toldinstone) has great videos about Roman history.
- Wristwatch Revival (https://www.youtube.com/c/wristwatchrevival) takes apart and repairs mechanical watches, which is really interesting.
- The Ulengovs (https://www.youtube.com/c/onedayincountryside) is not strictly educational but they show how people live in rural (very, very rural) parts of Russia and it's super interesting.
- Strange Parts (https://www.youtube.com/c/StrangeParts/featured) hasn't been making videos recently due to an injury, but they spent a lot of time in Shenzhen and there are amazing videos about electronics in the back catalog.
- PBS also has a whole collection of channels that are pretty good. Space Time (https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime) and Eons (https://www.youtube.com/c/eons) are probably the highlights for me. Moth Light Media (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOh5Ht3eB4914hMUfJkKa9g) is another channel that's kind of like Eons.