“An hour long video on a fridge, huh?” YUUUP! :-D
The video where he installs a transparent panel on a dishwasher is enthralling, and I never thought I’d be so interested in his continual pursuit of the perfect Christmas lights.
All presented with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it dry humor and 90’s PBS editing.
If you haven’t done so already, do yourself a favor and subscribe.
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.
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.
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
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?
deleted by creator
Tom Scott
Defunctland is great for high quality documentaries on amusement parks and 2000s television
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
- 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
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)
Gaming
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TheRussianBadger - gaming with good humor and editing
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Max0r - gaming with good humor, voice acting, and insane editing
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Scott the Woz - for that old YouTube feel
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RTGame - funny Irish gaming man
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Call Me Kevin - funny Irish gaming man
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Indeimaus - mostly horror and Metroidvania gaming
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Game Apologist - good Sonic content
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RadKing - Fallout content
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Iron Pineapple - From Software enthusiast
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MuYe - BeamNG content
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The Orpheon - good Metroid content
Tech Stuffs
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Louis Rossman - disgruntled business tech repair man
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Gamers Nexus - pc tech review
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Linus Tech Tips (and its other channels) - LMG has been making some very good changes since their first response to their recent controversies. If they actually deliver with them, then all of these channels should be good to watch. Mac Address should be fine to watch as it has been stated that the channel and group affiliated are kept somewhat separated from the rest of LMG for various reasons.
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Hardware Unboxed - Australian pc tech review
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Monitors Unboxed - Hardware Unboxed for Monitors
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Dave’s Garage - cool Windows tricks from the guy who made the Task Manager
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The Cherno - good Australian C++ channel
Open Source Stuffs
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Nicco Loves Linux - good KDE and GNOME stuff
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The Linux Experiment - Linux and open source news
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unfa🇺🇦 - open source audio solutions
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Mental Outlaw - the libre man
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Royal Skies - free and open 2d and 3d content and assets
Animation
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TerminalMontage - great animations
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Noodle - great story animator
Practical Experiments
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The Slow Mo Guys - slow motion videos of pretty cool stuff
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Hacksmith Industries - cool Sci-Fi irl building channel
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Shadiversity - medieval weapon and armour experimentation
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ElectroBOOM - shocking experiments
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Major Hardware - 3d printing and fan design showdown
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Donut - good car content
Music
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SilvaGunner - wacky game music
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Eurobeat Gems - great if you like Eurobeat music
Education
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Audio University - how your sound system works
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Kyle Hill - science with nerd Thor
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LockPickingLawyer - you will never look at locks the same way
Miscellaneous
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No Text To Speech - cool for Discord users
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Fact Fiend - miscellaneous facts and British banter
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Bosnian Ape Society - If you’ve seen Nvidia Bread, then you’ll understand.
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High Boi - movie summaries
There’s more that I could # recommend, but I couldn’t figure out how to describe them.
Big IndieMaus fan. Good rec. August is Metroidvania month, time to get hyped!
Max0rs Ace Combat videos are gold!
Gamers Nexus and The Linux Experiment kinda rubbed me the wrong way in a way that I’m not sure how to describe, so i personally couldn’t get into those when I tried BUT I can vouch that they are both popular and Gamers Nexus in particular is well endeared by the PC/Gaming community
That’s understandable. When I first saw The Linux Experiment, he felt almost like a 3D render rather than a real human being. Gamers Nexus can get pretty passive aggressive.
How you gonna have education section and forget Tom Scott, Veritasium, and especially Vsauce
or gaming and forget the OG angry video game nerd
Never really watched him much since I was more into minecraft content when I was younger, but I’ll take another look at the channel.
I like Vsauce, but YouTube just never recommends his videos to me. Same with all the others except for Veritasium. I just haven’t seen enough of their content and schedule.
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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
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/c/TheHistoryGuyChannel
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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Depends on what you are interested in:
AntsCanada
Donut Media
Hoonigan
Ken Block
george hotz archive
Primitive Technology
Scott Manely
Colin Furze
Linus Tech Tips
Louis Rossman
NotJustBikes
Adam Something
City Beautiful
Alan Fisher
CityNerd
Rich Rebuilds
JerryRigEverything
Marques Brownlee
WOBO
Rising with The hill
Breaking points
Russell Brand
Kim Iverson
Sabby Sabs
The Jimmy Dore Show
Hard Lens Media
The Dive with Jackson Hinkle
JRE Snips & Clips
+1 for primitive technology. Interesting guy that goes out to some empty land in I think Australia and builds houses and all kinds of stuff with just his hands and tools he makes himself. He is going for forging his own iron knife now, which is insanely impressive.
Here are a few of my favorites:
Up and Atom — an educational science channel. She gives plain-English explanations of all sorts of science topics, from quantum physics to computer science and even some philosophical puzzles from history.
TierZoo — a comedy/educational channel. In each video, he looks at animals as though they are playable classes in an MMO, explaining their strengths, weaknesses, and place in “the meta”. It’s comedy because it’s video-game-themed, but it’s also well-researched and based on real zoology. It’s a riot.
Simone Giertz — you’ve probably seen clips of her shitty robots. She builds things for fun, profit, and just because. Most of her projects have an element of absurdity. Some of them work.
Related to Simone is Laura Kampf’s channel. Also great.
TierZoo
That channel is absolutely amazing, each video has so many hilarious little moments. The video game music/sound effects/animations are just perfectly edited in. Seeing new uploads from that guy is usually the highlight of my week.
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
add Jim Lill and Mike George to music, guitarist of six years I vouch strongly
Steve1989MREinfo
Let’s get this out on to a tray
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