“An hour long video on a fridge, huh?” YUUUP! :-D
Came here to suggest the same. This is the channel where they can make several long videos about dishwashers, while keeping it interesting and it makes you question all lifechoices afterwards: https://youtu.be/_rBO8neWw04
I can also highly recommend this video about a toaster: https://youtu.be/1OfxlSG6q5Y
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Tom Scott does great stuff, and I found him through Computerphile years ago.
If you like board games, check out No Rolls Barred.
Veritasium and Smarter Every Day are good educational channels about science. Nile Red too.
I can give more if any of these are hitting for you.
Does anybody else find Tom Scott annoying?
I love channels that deep-dive into the details of things, etc. But I’ve always found Tom to be so smug and patronising.
Is it just me?
I don’t at all. He’s like a little kid when he gets to watch the maglev train in Japan
He’s just very British, I think. IIRC, he also plays a bit of a character inspired by BBC reporters of his youth on camera.
If you listen to him in a context other than his main channel (I love his Lateral podcast) he doesn’t come off as smug at all really.
He’s definitely a bit of a dork but it’s not annoying
I couldn’t stand his Tesla/SpaceX obsession but for the past few months he seems to have let go of it
Am I right in thinking Tom Scott is quitting / taking a break soon? I’m sure I saw something along those lines.
Yeah, end of the year. Link to a lemmy world post
Definite +1 for No Rolls Barred. I recently discovered them through their Communist Monopoly House Rules episode. It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed that much at a video.
That video was amazing and I’m glad they’re getting tons of views and recognition for it. They introduced me to my favorite game, Blood on the Clocktower. I’ll throw that playlist on and fall asleep to it all the time.
Really depends on what you want to check out. Here are some of my favorites in no particular order but roughly ordered by topic.
Science
- Astrum - various space and planets related topics
- Geschichtsfenster - A German channel on medieval topics and reactions to documentaries
- Raumzeit - Vlog der Zukunft - A German channel about space and science
- Urknall, Weltall und das Leben - A German science channel with focus on space topics
Technology
- Cathode Ray Dude - In-detail videos on 2000’s tech with focus on audio/video hardware
- Lost In Tech - Videos on 3D printing and 3D printers
- my mechanics - High quality “restoration ASMR”
- The 8-Bit Guy - Videos about 1980’s computer technology
- Brodie Robertson - News and commentary on various Linux and FOSS topics
- ThePrimeagen - Reactions on various coding-related content
- Kevin Powell - CSS tutorials and videos on CSS development
- Zack Freedman - Could be best described as “open source craftmanship”
Gaming
- aCookieGod - Minecraft mega builds in hardcore mode
- Fan The Deck - Steam Deck news and commentary
- Karl Jobst - Documentations on gaming history and speedruns
- Shulkercraft - Minecraft videos about creative and large build projects
- Summoning Salt - Video games speedrun history and documentation
3D printing
- 3D Printing Nerd - A channel about 3D printing topics
- CNC Kitchen - Mainly 3D printing content
I came here to suggest Cathode Ray Dude, glad to see him mentioned. Fantastic, high-quality channel.
- Anton Petrov
- Geology Hub
- PBS SpaceTime
- Sabine Hossenfelder
- Fraiser Cain
- Mentor Pilot
- Told in Stone
- Kings and Generals
- Applied Science
- Broken Taps
- This old Tony
- Huygens Optics
- Two minute papers
Huygens optics is really taking of, love that guy!
Stands just out of frame waving hands
Now hear me out here. This old tony, best Channel. Or greatest channel?
One very late suggestion for any late viewers here: if you are researching an interest, DO NOT LOGIN to an account or subscribe to channels! As you subscribe to channels it creates an echo chamber that stops showing you the full spectrum of available content. If you seek out and only subscribe to one or two channels where the person posting has proven academic credentials, you can steer search results and suggestions away from hype media. Use search to find all content on the subject, and only select a couple of subscriptions to shape the results. It only takes around a half dozen subscriptions to nerf search results. Even if you unsubscribe, your former subscriptions within a subject will still shape what you see. Use libretube and swap built-in VPN instances after removing subscriptions.
I don’t know these were posted or not but here is my suggestions which every youtube watching person probably already heard about most of them:
Not Just Bikes: Channel about Urban Planing-Living and how destructive the cars are.
History Matters: Short animated videos about historical events, narrated with humor.
my mechanics: Best and most detailed restorations ever.
NileRed - NileBlue: All about experimenting with chemical reactions.
Oversimplified: Like the name, oversimplified narrations of historical events but in a long form with animated depictions and humor of course.
Stefan Milo: Really informative research videos of archeology.
The Linux Experiment: Like the name suggests it’s all about Linux.
Bad Lip Reading: It’s in the name.
ChrisFix: Best car repair channel out there.
DIY Perks: DIY videos but heavy on the entertainment side rather than the doable diys.
Ethan Chlebowski: Trying to understand cooking from the perspective of homecooks.
Alex (the French Guy Cooking): Reverse engineering the recipes.
Brick Experiment Channel: Building Lego machines.
These all are high quality channels imo. There are a lot more but I am kinda lazy for now.
This is a csv file of really high quality channels that you can directly use in Piped: Proton Drive Link to csv file
My Mechanics is really great!
+1 for NJB.
Hang on why are you spying on me? This is essentially all I watch!
Really? We essentially have a same taste then. I am curious do you have any other suggestions for me?
Tom Scott
Defunctland is great for high quality documentaries on amusement parks and 2000s television
A list of dependable education channels I made a while ago
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHistoryGuyChannel
https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson
https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg
https://www.youtube.com/c/PlainlyDifficult
https://www.youtube.com/c/SteveMould
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCKvREB11-fxyotS1ONgww
https://www.youtube.com/c/Bigclive
https://www.youtube.com/greymatter
https://www.youtube.com/c/fermilab
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRoyalInstitution
https://www.youtube.com/c/imperialcollegevideo
https://www.youtube.com/c/scholagladiatoria
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQMyhrt92_8XM0KgZH6VnRg
https://www.youtube.com/c/Wendoverproductions
https://www.youtube.com/c/Scienceasylum
https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo
https://www.youtube.com/c/veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/user/todsstuff1
https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained
https://www.youtube.com/user/numberphile
https://www.youtube.com/user/periodicvideos
https://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols
https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriousDroid
https://www.youtube.com/c/inanutshell
https://www.youtube.com/c/ProjectFarm
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheTimTraveller
https://www.youtube.com/c/RealEngineering
https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernHistoryTV
https://www.youtube.com/c/CityBeautiful
https://www.youtube.com/user/ObsNights
https://www.youtube.com/c/AncientHistoryNerd
https://www.youtube.com/user/PIOutreach
https://www.youtube.com/c/arduinoversusevil2025
https://www.youtube.com/c/smartereveryday
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https://piped.video/user/jastownsendandson
https://piped.video/c/PlainlyDifficult
https://piped.video/c/SteveMould
https://piped.video/channel/UCfCKvREB11-fxyotS1ONgww
https://piped.video/c/Bigclive
https://piped.video/greymatter
https://piped.video/c/fermilab
https://piped.video/user/TheRoyalInstitution
https://piped.video/c/imperialcollegevideo
https://piped.video/c/scholagladiatoria
https://piped.video/channel/UCQMyhrt92_8XM0KgZH6VnRg
https://piped.video/c/Wendoverproductions
https://piped.video/c/Scienceasylum
https://piped.video/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel
https://piped.video/c/TomScottGo
https://piped.video/c/veritasium
https://piped.video/user/todsstuff1
https://piped.video/user/EngineeringExplained
https://piped.video/user/numberphile
https://piped.video/user/periodicvideos
https://piped.video/user/sixtysymbols
https://piped.video/c/CuriousDroid
https://piped.video/c/inanutshell
https://piped.video/c/ProjectFarm
https://piped.video/c/TheTimTraveller
https://piped.video/c/RealEngineering
https://piped.video/c/ModernHistoryTV
https://piped.video/c/CityBeautiful
https://piped.video/user/ObsNights
https://piped.video/c/AncientHistoryNerd
https://piped.video/user/PIOutreach
https://piped.video/c/arduinoversusevil2025
https://piped.video/c/smartereveryday
https://piped.video/c/EconomicsExplained
https://piped.video/user/minutephysics
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- Adam Something
- blameitonjorge
- Computerphile
- crowbcat
- Digital Foundry
- dime store adventures
- ElectroBOOM
- GamersNexus
- LEMMiNO
- neo
- Nexpo
- PBS channels
- RealLifeLore & related channels
- Sam O’Nella Academy
- Tom Scott
You could add Summoning Salt to this list. I’m not really otherwise interested in world record attempts, but something about his narration is so good.
Another fun addition could be Oversimplified.
If you like Summoning Salt, I highly recommend OneShortEye.
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This didn’t tickle my fancy, but I can see why the videos are popular.
Adam Something
Forgot we federated
Sampson Boat Co. - British man and friends rebuild wooden sailing boat. If you have any interest in boats or craftsmanship you’ll enjoy. Watch from the very beginning to see their incredible progress.
Beau Miles - Charming and slightly rough Australian man has strange adventures and philosophizes along the way. He gets excited about particularly useful/edible bits of trash along the highway.
Primitive Technology - Silent man with blue shorts exists alone in the jungle and has been working his way up to iron tools. He is freakishly fast at making fire with only two sticks. Watch in order to see his progression and turn on captions to see his commentary.
Spirit Of The Law - Extremely thorough Age of Empires II science and analysis. If you thought this 24 year old video game was dead, think again.
Settled - Old School RuneScape player plays the game with extra restrictions that create surprisingly compelling storytelling. “Swampletics”, his Morytania-locked Ultimate Iron Man is legendary.
DIY Perks - British guy makes mostly brass/wooden PCs and other tech. His creations aren’t always the most practical but they are always interesting. His slim PlayStation 5 was neat.
There’s a handful of sustainable farming channels that I like: No-Till Growers, Richard Perkins, and Josh Sattin Farming. If your interests include food or growing stuff then these are for you.
Primitive Technology
I’m looking forward to seeing him build a video editing computer from elements he’s crafted himself.
Upvoted for Settled
I’m mostly into educational channels:
- CGP Grey (infrequent posting schedule, but really good when he does)
- Minute Earth (Quick Earth science videos)
- Minute Food (Quick food science videos)
- Technology Connections (explains new and old technologies)
- Kurzgesagt (general science with cartoon birds)
- Mark Rober (over the top engineering)
- The 8-bit Guy (retro computing and pc gaming)
Then there’s “You Suck at Cooking” for silly, but good recipe videos.
“Film Joy” for deep dives into films
“Lock Picking Lawyer” to watch a guy pick any lock in a few minutes (addictive)
Echoing some other suggestions surely, but here are a few that I regularly come back to:
GAMING:
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CallMeKevin (really funny, wholesome Irish guy known for playing games kinda hilariously incorrectly )
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GameGrumps (two best friends playing games and riffing. Usually very funny and wildly inappropriate. Feels like gaming with high school buddies)
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Outside Xbox/Outside Xtra (small team of British friends with lots of quirky, easily digestible “7 things” lists over the years)
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Dungeon Dudes (pretty broad and approachable dives into all things D&D)
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Smooth McGroove (older channel with many delightful a cappella renditions of video game songs)
COOKING:
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Babish Culinary Universe (super approachable, funny, and well-edited cooking tutorials with fun themes and lots of room to be wrong)
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How to Cook That (Ann Reardon is a super knowledgeable, friendly, crazy talented baker, and she does a lot of good work to address and debunk dangerous & stupid trends on social media)
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Joshua Weissman (similar vibes to Babish, but a little more overtly comedic. Does great recreations of fast food classics)
SCIENCE & TECH:
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Technology Connections (deep dives that make mundane things in our lives seem super fascinating)
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OzTalksHw (very wholesome, budget-friendly PC builds with an emphasis on self care.)
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ZeFrank (excellent, accurate, and very funny short nature documentaries)
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NetworkChuck (friendly, well-edited tutorials on lots of IT-related things)
ENTERTAINMENT AND OTHER/MISC:
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Kitboga (fairly wholesome considering the content area. He exposes and confronts phone scammers with hilarious made up character voices and fake websites & accounts, and he teaches people what to look out for in the process. Lots of swearing and shouting from scammers that he regularly pisses off by wasting their time and getting their accounts closed)
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Watcher (Ryan and Shane do a lot of different interesting things, and their banter and chemistry are infinitely watchable. Puppet History is a particular favorite)
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Digging the Greats (really cool deep dives into the makings, origins, and fun facts about all things hip hop)
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What I think are underrated channels, alreayd listed channels removed. Some have irregular schedules but still worth checking out.
Animals
- Cal Falcons: live stream of a falcon nest on a rooftop
- Deep Look: small world biology (PBS)
- Journey to Microcosmos: smaller world biology (Hank Green)
- Saveafox: domestic fox rescue
Science/Tech
- Captain Dissilusion: video editing vs disinformation
- Cody’s Lab: currently building a “Mars” habitat
- The Friday Checkout: weekly tech highlights
Music
- CSGuitars: electric guitar science
- First of October (Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon): very constrained songwriting
- Rhythm in Africa: sub-Saharan instruments
- Wataru Kousaka: Japanese instruments
Pop culture
- Game Changer: improv comedy as a game show (CollegeHumor)
- Overanalyzing Avatar: “This man is dead. Appa killed a man”
- Solid jj: voiced superhero comic parodies
History
- Jay Foreman: British culture and/or maps
- Lateral with Tom Scott: lateral thinking puzzle as a podcast
- Objectivity: very interesting objects (Brady Haran)
- Sam O’Nella Academy: badly researched and animated trivia satire
kurzgesagt - Science & Education - I personally love their videos of nuclear technology and their videos such as “What if we nuked the moon?”
If you’re into bread tube / left tube, I highly recommend Innuendo Studios. In particular, Innuendo Studios’s playlist, “the Alt-Right Playbook.” It helps make sense of internet discourse.
They’ve also got fantastic gaming related content, namely This is Phil Fish, The Artist is Absent: Davey Wreden and The Beginner’s Guide, and Who Shot Guybrush Threepwood.
Their series on Gamer Gate, Why Are You So Angry?, is also worth a watch!
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