Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

#1

Post by neom » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 5:05 PM UTC

I'm sure there is a lot of cross-over in the HN community. What Youtube channels are you subscribed to that you'd like to share?

A few of mine:

- LockPickingLawyer (A lock picking lawyer): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm9K6rby98W8JigLoZOh6FQ

- DW Documentary (Docs): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW39zufHfsuGgpLviKh297Q

- Tom Scott (General Education): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A

- Today I Found Out (General Education): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC64UiPJwM_e9AqAd7RiD7JA

- WELT Documentary (Docs): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBAeFXaLV1ZqKqc-Uf3pKaA

- Doug DeMuro (Cars): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsqjHFMB_JYTaEnf_vmTNqg

- MegaProjects (Construction): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0woBco6Dgcxt0h8SwyyOmw

- Adam Ragusea (Cooking): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9_p50tH3WmMslWRWKnM7dQ

- rctestflight (RC Stuff): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq2rNse2XX4Rjzmldv9GqrQ

- Stuff Made Here (General Education): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ

- PBD Space Time(Space): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

#2

Post by kleer001 » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 5:26 PM UTC

Subscriptions: Improbable Research CinemaSins Epicurious RedLetterMedia rSlash Kuro Soundworks SciShow PBS Eons Bret Weinstein Gaming Historian Mental Floss Adam Savage’s Tested The Escapist Sam Sutherland Beardyman Tom Scott Cracked Sixty Symbols Two Minute Papers jan Misali Domics vlogbrothers TED-Ed New Scientist ExplosmEntertainment Lindsay Ellis Hobo DUST ANDREW HUANG Numberphile TED Cyberpunk 2077 AlternateHistoryHub WheezyWaiter The Royal Ocean Film Society Hak5 Periodic Videos Journey to the Microcosmos Digiphex Electronics birchpunk CGP Grey Computerphile Behind the Curtain MPC Film Ricepirate zamsire Healthcare Triage Deep Look Veritasium Telekom Electronic Beats Hildegard von Blingin' sWooZie DAVID LYNCH THEATER Primer Max Cooper Weebl's Stuff Worthikids Vox The Royal Institution schmoyoho Jaiden Animations stretta MrPuckett Meditating Bunny Studio ExUtumno io9futureshow Arron Murray Astartes boingboingtv tvtropesorg Matt Estela A.S.M.O. Motherboard PBS Idea Channel Benjamin Kinsman iotacenter cyriak Gamasutra MyHarto Chinese Man AddictiveTV Tatermation Melanie Thibodeau THIS PROJECT IS RETIRED Second Sound JonTronShow mathematicalmonk VillexHermannixValo SFZER0 ludoWic music redminus okkoto JonLajoie Eric Weinstein Life Eternal Studio Killers Tara Busch Getty Critics JoanneUK18 Big Play Films Steven Revell Engravidos LiveSets 2Old2Mod yeti dynamics Spinscott CBombMusic augenblickstudiosWS OskarPuzzle KUSH Comedy Weebl's Spraff FrankJavCee Mutual Rescue TheFungineers The Creative Penn henrywaltz BRIZBOMB Dan Ilic Zachariah Scott Kevin O'Leary The Australian Ballet HeadlessBill drawnimo drawnimo Peter Konig Need For Storms Just a Pixel psychicpebbles Jimmy Myhrman PersonaSama Every Frame a Painting CinemaSins Jeremy Gross Science Waveshaper ggijs Karl Stiefvater Wendy Niessen shintarokago Diane Spencer Stand-up Comedian vjjimhopkins Chetreo Nerdwriter1 New Age Girls Animation Domination High Def Music For Machines MorningBit How It Should Have Ended WAO RYU!ONLY in JAPAN cassetteboy WhatYouOughtToKnow lenkatv Ignite Protolabs Hanna Christian vsnares BD robotpickle Hayk_Animation MondoMedia Devine Lu Linvega MrDataline gnooze wordsoftheworld melodysheep Thomas Kayser Satoshi nakamoto Super Science Friends CrashCourse Lamont Stigler Tokyo Fashion Andrew Furmanczyk Sam O'Nella Academy Dylan Nau DeepLearning.TV PlayerPiano OtaKing77077 ZephyrStar Victoria and Albert Museum neros77 For Tax Reasons tevk Mister Discography RedSarah nature video The Brothers McLeod Zak Ležaja drewtoothpaste minutephysics engineerguy saturnee7 BrainStuff - HowStuffWorks Grimes alyankovic ionreq Juno Reactor ERB True Cuckoo Rug Burn IanHubert quite1nteresting EatTheWeeds ceephaxacidcrew Cartoon Hangover Sxip Shirey The Game Theorists ZoochosisCom Andromulus Sarah Silverman The Lizzie Bennet Diaries Barb Makes Things tehmurr Real Big Boys rooftoproller Cult of Pedagogy Sick Animation Round Wave Crusher PBS Game/Show Doug Stanhope - Topic wbeaty Brad Isdrab Zealous Creative Morgan lives in a Rocket House thebrainscoop BAHFest WunSmile Garfunkel And Oates DidYouKnowGaming? DistRemix Mighty Mayhem Glass Teeth buzzymultimedia Siraj Raval dansavage David Firth ollilaboratories Pogo briankaz crasse Tim Exile Zach Anner Art Of Noise Creature Mann LinksGirlFriend Reddit professorgizmo The Smoke Eaters snowriver72 BitcoinChannel Alien's Guide DouglasHurdGymnast StylesSounds Team Unicorn darewon Simon's Cat hadesofspades SovereignLivingTV Felix Colgrave Comic Book Girl 19 TheTedNelson Thriftshop XL Arthur Ganson Inflatable Robot Neil Cicierega Ratboy8888 foodskey DjKnuXCore Kitty Stryker terrestial63 Nick Romick MechanicalSculptor basicnoise Topic Simple TheRealBradNeely MrRonFunches Vsauce Sequencer TREY the Explainer TheGymHensonHour Modern Comedian hotdiggedydemon otemrellik

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by acomjean » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 5:27 PM UTC

Curious Marc (vintage/space electronics) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3bosUr3WlKYm4sBaLs-Adw

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by jacurtis » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 5:33 PM UTC

kleer001 wrote: post #2

Subscriptions: Improbable Research CinemaSins Epicurious RedLetterMedia rSlash Kuro Soundworks SciShow PBS Eons Bret Weinstein Gaming Historian Mental Floss Adam Savage’s Tested The Escapist Sam Sutherland Beardyman Tom Scott Cracked Sixty Symbols Two Minute Papers jan Misali Domics vlogbrothers TED-Ed New Scientist ExplosmEntertainment Lindsay Ellis Hobo DUST ANDREW HUANG Numberphile TED Cyberpunk 2077 AlternateHist…

A curated (and formatted) list might be more useful here.

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by echeese » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 7:25 PM UTC

I follow a few people who make stuff and show the process:

- Ben Eater: https://www.youtube.com/c/BenEater

- Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkRober

- Primitive Technology: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by alucardo » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 8:56 PM UTC

I have a few in common with you. So be sure to try this one.

This Old Tony https://www.youtube.com/user/featony

He is an amateur machinist with incredible skills AND editing talent. I hope you like his sens of humour :)

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by everling » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 8:59 PM UTC

My favorite channel since about a year is Foresty Forest (https://www.youtube.com/user/forestyforest). Living vanlife vicariously through his videos, while I wouldn't want to commit to it in real life.

As a fan of mid-century furniture I also enjoy this restoration channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDVK2t-ttSjXHnGejDvVm1g, although I mostly have it on in the background while I do something else.

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by adingus » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 9:03 PM UTC

Townsend's (Living history focused on 18th century American living & cooking): https://youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by caffeinewriter » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 9:24 PM UTC

- Plainly Difficult (Short Disaster Documentaries with a significant focus on Nuclear Disasters): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb0MyY46T9ZYOzDHkYnIoXg

- Fascinating Horror (More Disaster Documentaries): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFXad0mx4WxY1fXdbvtg0CQ

- Half As Interesting (Short Educational-y/Humorous Explainer Videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuCkxoKLYO_EQ2GeFtbM_bw

- Technology Connections (Deep dives on everyday/vintage technology): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q

- Displaced Gamers (Code analysis and discussion of vintage video games and game systems): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWoSKWs8h6lFdiEDAjuIfpA

- ColdFusion (Short documentaries on companies and technology): https://www.youtube.com/c/ColdFusion

- Modern Vintage Gamer (Taking a look at retro tech/gaming): https://www.youtube.com/user/jimako123

- Economics Explained (Explaining Economics): https://www.youtube.com/user/JitaLounge

- Nostalgia Nerd (More vintage tech): https://www.youtube.com/user/nostalgianerdvideos

- LiveOverflow (Reverse Engineering, Hacking, and CTFs): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w

- styropyro (Lasers and Electricty, taken to extremes): https://www.youtube.com/user/styropyro

- NileRed (Chemistry Experiments): https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile

- The Thought Emporium (Biohacking and other science-y things): https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChemlife

- Fredrik Knudsen (Longer form documentaries about various historical events and internet incidents): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWcXB0PoqOsAvAdfzWMf0w

- bigclivedotcom (Electronics teardowns): https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom

- Sebastian Lague (Game development tutorial-ish things relating to procedural generation): https://www.youtube.com/user/Cercopithecan

- Two Minute Papers (Breakdowns of research papers with a particular focus on AI): https://www.youtube.com/user/keeroyz

- VWestlife (Technology, with a focus on audio equipment): https://www.youtube.com/user/vwestlife

- Chubbyemu (Medical case studies): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg

- Tech Rules (Video game AI/tech breakdowns and analysis): https://www.youtube.com/c/TechRules

- DIY Perks (Actually interesting/useful DIY projects): https://www.youtube.com/user/DIYPerks

- Biographics (Explainer videos focused on historical people): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ

- Geographics (Explainer videos focused on geographical locations by the same person as Biographics): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw

- MattKC (Vintage Tech repairs/mods): https://www.youtube.com/c/MattKC

- LGR (Weird and cool retro tech showcases): https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee

- Game Maker's Toolkit (Game design deep dives): https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337

- People Make Games (Stories about games and game design): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZB6V9fUov0Mx_us3MWWILg

- Every Frame A Painting (Movie analysis, no longer active, but still worth a watch): https://www.youtube.com/user/everyframeapainting

Re: Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

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Post by afiori » Tue, Jan 05, 2021, 10:02 PM UTC

Apparently I am subscribed to 173 channels, here are some of those that I consider worthy of a share

Personalities channels:

- MrBeast (Likeable guy gives people money): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX6OQ3DkcsbYNE6H8uQQuVA

- Linus Tech Tips (Tech news): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw

- PewdiePie (Basically reddit reviews + Internet commentary): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-lHJZR3Gqxm24_Vd_AJ5Yw

- Luis Rossmann (Repair shop activist for the right of repair movement): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w)

- SmallAnt (Speedruns and challenges) https://www.youtube.com/user/Smallantone

- Viva Frei (A lawyer explains the legalese side of the news): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzGiDDKdphJ0GFvEd82WfYQ)

- Jordan B Peterson (Rational take on religious tradition) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL_f53ZEJxp8TtlOkHwMV9Q

- BeatEmUps (Game reviews, mostly Switch): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuJyaxv7V-HK4_qQzNK_BXQ

Reviews channels:

- Savage Books (review of dialogues in media. A lot of Bojack Horseman) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXyVz9-w9Ippr-j2Yz4zAcQ

- Filmento (Movie analysis and reviews) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_nvdTLdijiAAuPKxtvBjA

- Mother's Basement (Anime analysis and reviews) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBs2Y3i14e1NWQxOGliatmg

- Super Eyepatch Wolf (in depth explorations and reviews of many niche topics) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtGoikgbxP4F3rgI9PldI9g

- Mathwiz (anime reviews): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB7t2uEegomwaxngbLZiDUg

- Now you see it (movie analysis and reviews) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWTFGPpNQ0Ms6afXhaWDiRw

- Explanation Point (Anime reviews and analysis) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg52OrQipnl3G5xmZGNUb_w

- Max derrat (Psicological analysis of games and random philosophy) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8orMezFWVcoN-4S545Wtw

- My Japanese Animes (anime reviews) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRkxqq-GNo-mE5BIR43byxA

- Sideways (music and musical scores reviews) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi7l9chXMljpUft67vw78qw

Various:

- Cassie Jaye (Film-maker) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW0XocdjHAzMJmTQIboO8qw

- Karen straughan (Cultural commentary) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcmnLu5cGUGeLy744WS-fsg

- Something witty entertainment (parodies) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_hjYd8HzRTVVXEr7jjHng

Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild theories and content (other games too, but I dont care about them) - croton : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAi3Q1KiKlOERMT6Uvnsvw

- Scottecs (short sketches) (in Italian) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSmyuqVNwklKKlqqdMmV_A

- Mumbo Jumbo (Minecraft builds) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChFur_NwVSbUozOcF_F2kMg

- Jelle's Marble Runs (sport channel of Marble races) :https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYJdpnjuSWVOLgGT9fIzL0g