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.
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?
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.
I couldn't stand his Tesla/SpaceX obsession but for the past few months he seems to have let go of it
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.
I came here to suggest Cathode Ray Dude, glad to see him mentioned. Fantastic, high-quality channel.
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.
Even though I kinda like "Not Just Bikes" it feels a bit too much of a pro Netherlands propaganda channel for me.
In comparison a "Honest guide" just feels more honest.
Also I have to add "Brick Technology" since it's the "Brick Experiment Channel" but more.
Yeah I've been subscribed to both of them too but like I said I felt lazy to write all of them. Also Honest Guide's content range is broader and video styles are different. But Brick Technology is also good.
NJB is really pro Netherlands but I am kinda okay with that because I really didn't consume any media before that are pro Netherlands so it has a place to join with the pro America, UK and France media I guess.
Defunctland is great for high quality documentaries on amusement parks and 2000s television
I'm mostly into educational channels:
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)
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.
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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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.
TheRussianBadger - gaming with good humor and editing
Max0r - gaming with good humor, voice acting, and insane editing
Scott the Woz - for that old YouTube feel
RTGame - funny Irish gaming man
Call Me Kevin - funny Irish gaming man
Indeimaus - mostly horror and Metroidvania gaming
Game Apologist - good Sonic content
RadKing - Fallout content
Iron Pineapple - From Software enthusiast
MuYe - BeamNG content
The Orpheon - good Metroid content
Louis Rossman - disgruntled business tech repair man
Gamers Nexus - pc tech review
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.
Hardware Unboxed - Australian pc tech review
Monitors Unboxed - Hardware Unboxed for Monitors
Dave's Garage - cool Windows tricks from the guy who made the Task Manager
The Cherno - good Australian C++ channel
Nicco Loves Linux - good KDE and GNOME stuff
The Linux Experiment - Linux and open source news
unfa🇺🇦 - open source audio solutions
Mental Outlaw - the libre man
Royal Skies - free and open 2d and 3d content and assets
TerminalMontage - great animations
Noodle - great story animator
The Slow Mo Guys - slow motion videos of pretty cool stuff
Hacksmith Industries - cool Sci-Fi irl building channel
Shadiversity - medieval weapon and armour experimentation
ElectroBOOM - shocking experiments
Major Hardware - 3d printing and fan design showdown
Donut - good car content
SilvaGunner - wacky game music
Eurobeat Gems - great if you like Eurobeat music
Audio University - how your sound system works
Kyle Hill - science with nerd Thor
LockPickingLawyer - you will never look at locks the same way
No Text To Speech - cool for Discord users
Fact Fiend - miscellaneous facts and British banter
Bosnian Ape Society - If you've seen Nvidia Bread, then you'll understand.
High Boi - movie summaries
There's more that I could # recommend, but I couldn't figure out how to describe them.
How you gonna have education section and forget Tom Scott, Veritasium, and especially Vsauce
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.
I've seen it listed a bunch but i want to highlight project farm.
It is a great channel that tests everything tool related including commom household products. Definitely check it out before buuing any tools really.
Camping with Steve
Defunctland
Mic the Snare
Weatherbox
SovietWomble
Kitboga
Eddy Burbank
Summoning Salt
NakeyJakey
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.
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.
I Did a Thing, just a straight up funny guy who builds some interesting/dangerous stuff, often naked and usually australian
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What I think are underrated channels, alreayd listed channels removed. Some have irregular schedules but still worth checking out.
Science/Animals
STEM
Music
Pop culture
History