Kind of tired watching trash from YT.
Edit: Thanks for all the replies. It’s good to see that there are still gems in YouTube.
I’ve really enjoyed Strange Parts (Also Stranger Parts for longer format) over the years. He’s been through a lot and the videos show some of that. But I think he’s doing alright again now and has interesting things frequently.
I also really enjoy Simone Giertz, she’s an excellent follow, also has gone through a lot (brain tumor for one) over the years but is still enjoyable.
Adam Savage Tested - It’s Adam Savage from mythbusters etc, but doing his own thing and being a geek about it. I really enjoy his personal content. I greatly dislike Mythbusters and most forms of TV media.
ProjectFarm - Independent testing of all kinds of things. If you need to know how tools compare to each other without worrying about sponsor money, Todd is excellent. His methods aren’t perfect, but they are good enough for what he is trying to do and for understanding somewhat practically how the various things compare.
If you are ok with a little more spasticity, Colin Furze is always up to a cheeky bit of fun.
Zach Freedman - Prototyping and 3d printing but make it fun and full of puns and sarcasm and a dash of nonsense
Mr Carlson’s Lab - If you like electronics and very long format, chat while working style content. This is a great one.
DownieLive - Has good travel videos, especially liked his Alaska series, the canal series was neat and he has multiple unique train ones that are interesting.
I’ve started to check out Alice Cappelle after watching a good video on the counter points to the 15-minute city.
Music
Lauren Babic - Metal singer, does lots of covers, has her own stuff too, but I enjoy her stuff a lot. She’s my favorite singer along with Courtney LaPlante.
Ichika Nito - Lots of really chill, intricate, technical guitar, I wish he’d do more long format stuff but he’s fun to listen to. Similar playing to Covet and Polyphia but generally solo and easier going.
Not a channel, but some resources. The addons are all open source. Also unfortunately many subreddits that had quality channel suggestions have been either banned due to being “unmoderated” or are lost to time. Please post any finds here or help archive them if you can. The Datahorders community is a great place to start!
- DeArrow - Better Titles and Thumbnails on YouTube
- Sponsorblock
- Return YouTube Dislikes
- uBlock Origin
List of resources to find more gems. Note many posts and subreddits have been lost/banned/removed. Here are the ones I found.
Neil Halloran! They produce the highest quality documentary-like videos on YT. And I bet you never heard of them! Please do give him a search
Awesome! Thanks for this post by the way! It has been my favorite post to go through since I don’t have a google account and can’t use their recommendation system. Plus, the recommendation system definitely doesn’t give us as high quality channels as some from this thread.
There are still hundreds if not thousands of hidden gems on YouTube. I’ll come back to this post and share some as I rediscover them.
Here is another one before I go. Astartes. Sad they stopped but glad they found employment at least for their skills.
That’s great! I was actually surprised with the amount of responses this got but it’s really opened me to a lot of great content on YouTube. I’ve been coming back to this too and trying a bunch of recommendations. 😊
Informative ones I subscribe to:
- Technology Connections
- Rebecca Watson
- Steve Mould
- Dr Becky
- Naomi Wi
- Climate Town
- History Matters
AvE Adam Savage/Tested Bushy and the Backlogs
