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Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?
37 points by neom on Jan 5, 2021 | hide | past | favorite | 24 comments
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



I started to watch shoe shine videos to lull me to sleep ever since the lockdown in March.

https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonDornstar/videos


This is the strangest and most satisfying discovery in a bit.


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


Applied Science (popular science) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCivA7_KLKWo43tFcCkFvydw

Computerphile (computers) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9-y-6csu5WGm29I7JiwpnA

Ben Eater (computers) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS0N5baNlQWJCUrhCEo8WlA

3Blue1Brown (math explanations) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw

MaiLab (popular science in german) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyHDQ5C6z1NDmJ4g6SerW8g

Veritasium (popular science) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA

CPG Grey (general curiosity) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C_jShtL725hvbm1arSV9w

Mental Outlaw (Linux and Open Source) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YOGHUfC1Tb6E4pudI9STA


Am I the only one who does not subscribe to a single youtube channel on any of my accounts?

My theory is that once you've watched a few of the videos you're interested in, the YouTube algorithm curates a list for me which I can continue watching. I do not want to be notified or otherwise informed of every video a channel publishes.


By default you don't get "notifications", it just puts any new videos from those channels into your "Subscriptions" page.

I subscribe to 200+ channels, not because I want to see every video from all of them but because it generations a "Subscriptions" page full of content I know has already proven to be to my taste, because I find all the "front page" content on YouTube to be absolute crap.

YouTube has an incredible amount of legitimately interesting content but it's on smaller channels buried by clickbait/fake-drama/lowest-common-denominator stuff, so subscribing to the good channels you find is the only way to find the needles in the haystack.


They've thought of that. It's why the subscription has three levels of "bell" denoting how much you want to hear about new content from the channel.

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In keeping with the TRUE purpose of YouTube, instead of posting dozens of miscellaneous channel links, I'll offer the BEST purveyors of cat videos, who all happen to be Korean:

https://www.youtube.com/c/SuriNoel/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/크림히어로즈/videos

https://www.youtube.com/c/MejooandCats/videos


I simply use it as a way to curate a list of channels that I want to keep tabs on. I get no notifications.


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


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.


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


- Lex Fridman (AI, programming, entrepreneurs and academics): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSHZKyawb77ixDdsGog4iWA

- Garry Tan (Startup-related stuff): https://www.youtube.com/user/rantfoil

- This Week in Startups (Startup-related stuff): https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisWeekIn


Rick Beato music theory - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJquYOG5EL82sKTfH9aMA9Q

Rick Ruben interview musicians - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ8_-dTIxnLOLt3jfH5XHJw


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 :)


Tsoding. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEbYhDd6c6vngsF5PQpFVWg Haskell, Rust, C, and vodka


- 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


I keep a Google Document of these to share just in case people ask about my YouTube interests.

I Actually Watched All of Them

I have actually watched ALL of the videos on these channels and I don’t even feel bad about it :-) I actually like new videos from some of the ones below (like NativLang, for example) but they maybe don’t hold up in the early videos.

- Space Time: PBS Physics, sooo good -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8gV05nS7mc

- Lindsay Ellis: Really, really intelligent video essays about film and culture -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1h-Wqjtwz7uUANw6gazRw -- Great First Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpUx9DnQUkA&t=1s

- Periodic Videos: Chemistry, including a video for every element -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtESv1e7ntJaLJYKIO1FoYw -- Great first video (obviously): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rdmpx39PRk

Other Math and Science

- 3Blue1Brown: Amazing math visualizations -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw -- Great first video, how e^pi*i works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0YEaeIClKY

- NumberPhile: Fun math videos -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBU9N35ZHIw

- PBS Eons: Biology! -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzR-rom72PHN9Zg7RML9EbA -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMdv3JlPizw

- PBS Infinite Series: Math math math, really really hard math -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs4aHmggTfFrpkPcWSaBN9g -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63HHmjlh794

- SciShow: Science! More poppy but fun -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZYTClx2T1of7BRZ86-8fow -- Silly first show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZELEjE92D-c

-- Actual physics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Ej3Q_QquA

- VSauce: Science-y? -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6nSFpj9HTCZ5t-N3Rm3-HA -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktkjUjcZid0

- Practical Engineering: -- https://www.youtube.com/c/PracticalEngineeringChannel -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0olpSN6_TCc

Other Humanities

- Alliterative: Connections via language -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6tBbWzY_ZR4_rd72vp6CA -- Great first video about gin and gimlets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jEH6E6l90

- Bon Appetit: Such fun food stuff! -- Gourmet Makes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2nY7Tu1Qgs -- It’s Alive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8pYMkkKXg

- Masaman: Genetics and human migration (and low production values sadly) -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vVNQN-TCy8d3Mb_Owr2Kw -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fc2Qcca8xkE

- NativLang: Animated shorts about language -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMk_WSPy3EE16aK5HLzCJzw -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7vreUPCl9c

- Vox: Never for the news, but for the “other” series -- https://www.youtube.com/user/voxdotcom/featured -- Check out this amazing video about Venezuela and Columbia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU0RqwweuWY -- Or this video about giant steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62tIvfP9A2w&list=PLJ8cMiYb3G...

- Cogito!! (No links yet…) -- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKMnl27hDMKvch--noWe5CA -- Great first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oQ5Jd7p2aY


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


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


Maybe. But curation on that scale ain't free and I don't have time for that.

Anyways, I thought OP was more interested in overlap than specific recommendations. How are we going to see overlap when there's tens of thousands of possible channels? Any who can't search for youtube channels in their interests?


What a lazy and unhelpful response.


What a privileged and humorless viewpoint. Guess there's not much of a "something is better than nothing" vibe here. I still stand by my unformatted ascii dump. But then again maybe I'm not as traumatized from data formatting as others.


You literally dumped a list of YouTube channels without any semblance of what they are. Who has the time to go through that wall of text?




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