Do you still watch YouTube? Who do you follow?
It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content. I liked finance videos, but every creator sounds like "the world will end soon" or "my secret method to make 1 million per week day trading stocks/forex/crypto."
Content aimed at culture (movies/series) also behave the same way, throwing a bit of politics into the mix. Always the same incendiary click bait title spewing a bunch of nonsense that has nothing the story, setting characters or other topics relevant to the piece.
Is there anything that can be saved on that platform? It has gotten so bad that I'm start to think that Tiktok and Twitter both have better content than YouTube. At least in those platforms you can find a random dude writing an essay in a series of 20 tweets on why an increase of mantis is related to the global surge of ballpoint pen prices.
I know this will get hate, but I still enjoy LTT.
Who throws shade at LTT? They're quite entertaining.
A lot of people complain about the clickbait headlines or that he's hamming it up for the camera. He does get a lot of hate.
I personally find him entertaining and I like most of the other presenters. I don't mind the clickbait headlines because they're all clickbait, it's like a running joke itself.
Yeah they've openly said that they wish they didn't have to do the clickbaiting, but that the effect it has on their total views/revenue in undeniable. It's kinda just how YouTube is at this point, adapt or die
Veritasium did a video about it, with data to back it up. They took old video and reposted them with and without clickbait titles and images. The difference of views is staggering. People just like it o suppose.
There's always option c, which is not pursuing a media empire... lots of small channels that are successful without the clickbait crap.
A lot of what they want to do and do in fact do wouldn't be possible at a smaller size. Their new lab uses equipment worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece.
Not to mention the hundreds of staff they now have that need to be paid
Aw, that's unfortunate. Clickbait by itself shouldn't ruin a creator for someone. Gotta look for the positives, not the negatives.
I'M SO ANGRY. I WAS BAMBOOZLED INTO WATCHING A VIDEO I ENJOYED.
I don't go out of my way to throw shade at LTT, but I unsubscribed a few months ago, and there are multiple reasons.
There were a few topics over the last few months that just were either poorly researched or I assume misrepresented purposely to appease the YouTube overlords. These topics were on Android TV boxes and also blocking advertisements. I mean, I get it, don't bite the hand that feeds you, but I really hate they have such a large audience and then misrepresented things. Just don't cover it. Their coverage of anything Linux when it involves Linus himself is also, absolutely atrocious. That entire Linux gaming PC challenge was so badly done. I think Jake and Emily were the only two people who I respected on the channel when it came to a tech opinion. Then there is the, "don't discuss pay," policy.
I realized that I never learn anything from it, and if anything I disagree with it quite often. And it also lost the entertainment value for me, when is the last time they have done something fun like one of those build-offs? Seemed like most of the videos before I unsubscribed was just Linus adding stuff to his house. Anyway, I haven't missed it since unsubscribing.
What'd they get wrong on the Android TV boxes?
They made it sound like all generic Android TV boxes were infected with malware, and also made it sound like it was nearly impossible to change firmware on them. Their "investigation" was as in-depth as, Corejava folder, malware, ALL ANDROID BOXES PROBABLY HAVE MALWARE, STAY AWAY!!!! Which is just a complete load of shit.
They could have done more research and listed models that did not contain malware, or list which boxes had alternative firmware to flash that make them better. Or that if you have one of these boxes that contains malware then there are ways to remove the malware from them. Because these generic Android boxes do have pretty decent value, and many can be flashed with decent firmware. But instead the message that they wanted to impress on their large audience was to avoid all these generic Android boxes regardless of any merit to their claims, oh, and buy a Google Chromecast! Yeah... great recommendation... don't buy these generic devices that spy on you, buy the one from the company that pays our bills!
I thought the Linux gaming pc challenge was fair. You have to remember that most users are not technical at all and that's where Linux falls down.
The only thing I disagreed with him majorly on was his complaint about the GitHub interface not downloading files you click on by default. I get where he's coming from as a non-dev, it's jarring and confusing but as a developer that's the last thing you'd want. His complaint about GitHub's interface really should have been directed at all those people using GitHub as a place to store files. But that's so intrinsic to Linux, it's hard to get away from yet it's something that does prevent Linux from appealing to the mainstream.
Don't get me started on the reliance upon the terminal and bash scripts to achieve anything. I cringe every time someone says "just go here and copy/paste these commands", not just because it's unintuitive but because it's also a major security risk. Not that windows is innocent of this either but it's much more common in Linux.
That's wrong. My 80+ year old grandma and my tech illiterate wife both use Linux, you do not need to be technical to use Linux. Linux is great for average users and Linux is great for advanced users. The problem is when Windows power users use Linux and realize that they are not computer experts, they are just Windows power users, and become salty about it. Then they say Linux is the problem when the problem is actually between the chair and keyboard, and when they continually try to do things the Windows way without understanding any reasoning behind their actions.
I haven't watched the video for a long time, but I remember thinking he's wrong or being dumb and completely unfair like every two minutes in it. So much so that I wanted to completely break that video down, but I just don't care any longer. I unsubscribed, LTT content just isn't good in my opinion. If people find it entertaining, great, but it's not for me. It's inaccurate, poorly researched fluff for the pcmasterrace types... WIndows users and gamers.
I'm going to bet your 80 year old gran isn't playing AAA games and streaming on her Linux PC.
No she's not, but neither are all the other average users. The average user does almost everything in a browser these days. I worked for an ISP as an installer for 8 years... I've been in ~10, 000 homes. Maybe 1 in 30 people use their computer for serious gaming. Most gamers are console gamers.
But with that said, gaming on Linux has come a long way in the last couple years. Most games that don't work are the ones with anti-cheat that install what is essentially a rootkit on your computer. Streaming has never been a problem with OBS.
I think you're missing the point I'm getting at. The Linux challenge was specifically a gaming challenge, or at least gaming was a significant part of the challenge and while yes, gaming has indeed come a long way in recent years (and the stream deck is helping drive that further), it still has as long way to go.
You need to separate the "what's doable" fun "what works out of the box", it's the latter that can fall down for most people and the second you have to open as terminal, you've lost the audience that we're talking about.
I didn't get into to the specifics of what was wrong with that video, but there was a lot wrong with it and some of it was framing. When a video annoys me every couple minutes because it's inaccurate then I'm obviously going to be put off by it. And that was the case for that video.
AgedLikeMilk
Spoken like an average cancel culture enjoyer; especially since this post hasn't had any activity in like, what, a week? Digging up an old comment to do something like this is something people enjoy for some reason, and I don't get it. Look for the positives, not the negatives, for God's sake. There's too much negativity in this world (which probably won't change, but I can hope).
Cancel culture? Really? I suppose everything is woke to you too, huh? People that cry about cancel culture are people that don't want to take responsibility for their words and actions. In other words, douchebags. Guess what, there are consequences to the things you do and say! You don't just get to say and do whatever you want and then cry about cancel culture when people rightfully end up despising you. Your comment agedlikemilk, don't be such an insecure little bitch about it.
And many of the issues that I brought up for unsubscribing a month ago, like the conclusion jumping and poor research were the bulk of the GN video. He just saw the benchmark errors whereas I saw the Linux/Android/adblocking misinformation.
And you're right, it's only been a few days. But boy oh boy, has it gotten worse over the last little bit as more and more piles on with harassment investigations and learning about the awful rabid LTT fanbase that drove a young boy and his mother to suicide. I wonder what else we'll end up learning?
But go ahead, keep on simping for your boy Linus, and crying about cancel culture.
Crying? You're the one getting worked up about it. I just like to spread positivity, and it's clear that you don't. Not my problem.
Yeah, anyone that mentions cancel culture is a whiny little bitch in my opinion. And I'm not worked up at all, I feel vindicated in my conclusions if anything. You should reflect on why you got so insecure over an agedlikemilk comment... because you can state that you only like to spread positivity, but that's not what I'm seeing from you.
Okay, sorry if I misunderstood your tone, but I didn't get insecure lol. I was just trying to defend the good sides of LTT, despite the drama. Nothing wrong with looking for the positives in a negative situation. And, I still feel that my assumption that you support cancel culture was justified, but disagree with me as you will. Anyways, just a suggestion, but try looking for the positives hidden in the negatives, because I can almost assure you that Linus and his team are trying their best to make things right within the community, and the company. Take that as you will.
Explain to me why if I adamantly oppose someone's ideology or positions or products that I would continue to subject myself to them? It's my right to exclude any person or company or product from my life, and it's my right to inform others of my reasoning. Cancel culture doesn't actually exist... it's what people that don't want to be held accountable use to deflect a given situation. If you say something stupid, and a single person, or even if a group of like-minded people unfollow you... that's not cancel culture, that's the rightful consequence of your actions. No one needs to listen to, nor put up with stupid takes. And you can see what my disposition was before this all came out. I didn't really care this much, I just unsubscribed because I saw how horribly researched and inaccurate his videos and takes were, and that was it. But at this point, seeing who Linus really is, how he has responded to this by deflecting and shirking responsibility. How fucking hypocritical he has been. How he's tried to play the victim. And all the other things have come out from it now that people can speak up without worrying about all the rabid fans destroying them. I have nothing but contempt and disdain for him as a person, because he has showed his true colors throughout all of this. I don't want to support anything he does. You might call that cancel culture... I call that having principles and integrity. Because unlike Linus, I live by the words I preach to others.
They are only doing "the right thing" because this is effecting their revenue streams. By Linus's own words, they were not going to do anything... until they started losing subscribers and people started canceling their floatplane memberships. It's fine to have a generally positive outlook in life, but don't let it cloud reality. You may prefer to be blissfully ignorant, but I prefer to understand the truth, even if it does cause pain sometimes.
I don't think we are going to see eye to eye on this, so I probably won't continue responding. But I appreciate you coming back with civil discourse nonetheless. Have a nice day.
What? LTT is great!
I really enjoy the WAN Show but the LTT channel is hit or miss for me, most videos are way too long for the content that they actually provide. It makes sense considering the amount of videos they make, but it’s frustrating
To each their own, but Linus is tech cancer.
Can you elaborate? I see comments like this that say "thing/person bad" but never back it up with a reason.
He used to produce decent content, until he just started doing everything stupid and wrong. For instance build a HUGE storage server with FreeNAS (now TrueNAS), then failed to back it up, lost tons of Tbs of data, and failed to do typical things with that type of storage system.
That’s one of the failures I can think of off hand, I know there’s a few others but it’s essentially all IT no no’s, things that make IT pro’s cringe. It can 100% amusing content for non IT pro users but yea.
Video Essayists:
Barely Sociable - mysteries and dark stuff
CGP Grey - stuff you forgot you wondered about
Computerphile - explanations of topics tangentially related to Current Tech Thing
Defunctland - documentaries about theme parks and their experimental ventures
Disrupt - thought provoking dark topics; a bit over the top (this is why I don't watch Nexpo)
hbomberguy - venting about video games and pop culture
Jacob Geller - existentialism framed through video games
LEMMiNO - investigations into things that have left a societal impact
Numberphile - professors geeking out
Philion - explorations of sticky situations in pop culture
Quinton Reviews - mercilessly in-depth explorations and reviews of millenial and gen z nostalgia
Slightly Sociable - more mysteries and dark stuff
Solar Sands - existentialism framed through pop culture rants
Summoning Salt - mostly retro gaming speedrunning content
Veritasium - educational content
Wendigoon - paranoid nerd content
Wendover Productions - explorations of how the world works
Other stuff that interests me:
Captain Disillusion - breakdowns of digital trickery; digital media education
danooct1 - examining retro viruses
Surveillance Report - an approachable, not-too-paranoid, privacy news podcast (breaches, legislation updates, commentary, etc)
TechLore - privacy info and commentary
videogamedunkey - video game critic; pop culture commentary
Great list! I have a lot of overlap so here are some of my additions:
RedLetterMedia - movie and series reviews and shows, usually with s lot of snark and cynicism
The History Underground - history videos, mostly war / ww2 related topics, with a lot of on site visits
PBS Space Time - Physics and astronomy videos, complex topics sometimes on the verge of being too difficult to follow for most mortals, very interesting!
Hot Ones - interviewing celebrities while eating increasingly hot wings, amazing host, great questions.
CuriousMarc - restoring and fiddling with vintage tech, famous for rebuilding an Apollo spacecraft guidance computer
Ben Eater - building computers and in depth explaining the components using breadboards, super interesting stuff!
Everyday Astronaut - spaceflight and engineering, very in depth videos about various rocket engines
Like Towan - building model railroads and dioramas with great detail
Primitive Technology - a guy building huts and shacks and stuff with only self made tools, no voice over. classic!
GxAce - photography and equipment related videos, incredible production quality with a cyberpunk themed twist
3Blue1Brown - beautifully animated math videos
SmarterEveryDay - engineering related videos
EC Henry - Star Wars and Star Trek themed videos about models and ship lore
Finally someone mentioning dunkey
This comment is almost as good as Knack 3
Nexpo is also a good mysteries channel
Great list, I follow a lot of the same channels! I'd add EmpLemon and Bright Sun Films if you don't already follow. Solar Sands is exceptionally good.
Just wanted to add DIYPerks to the list because he makes some cool stuff
Here's my superlist..
Critique of dumb capitalist ideas: Adam Something https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcvfHa-GHSOHFAjU0-Ie57A
Science/Design Practical: ALEX LAB https://www.youtube.com/c/ALEXLAB
Most awesome demonstrations of DIY science shit ever, dude is a genius, 100/10 do recommend.. Applied Science https://www.youtube.com/user/bkraz333
Material Physics and other Physics stuff: AlphaPhoenix https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA
Model rockets, flight computers and other cool shit (dude builds a landable solid rocket booster, very cool): BPS.space https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg
A younger Veritasium/Tom Scott: Atomic Frontier https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbCq5Y0WPGimG2jNXhoQxGw
Machine shop shit and good humour: AvE https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil
Good humor and crazy ideas: Boy Boy https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_S45UpAYVuc0fYEcHN9BVQ
Interesting sciency stuff, not too technical: Brainiac75 https://www.youtube.com/user/brainiac75
Practical Morons: Allen Pan https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVS89U86PwqzNkK2qYNbk5A
Material physics, general science stuff, usually on a nanometer scale, dude owns a SEM and some other cool tools. Breaking Taps https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC06HVrkOL33D5lLnCPjr6NQ
South African dude, was an apprentice at Hacksmith labs: Build IRL https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4gbCGiEov1VAcOFpfGKPiA
Surely everyone knows that hexagons are the bestagons: CGP Grey https://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey
Cool chemical reactions in slo-mo ChemicalForce https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqONNjBkukcc2yXbmHL8niQ
Chemistry vids: ElementalMaker https://www.youtube.com/user/ElementCollector1001
Chemistry vids from a rambling (smart) idiot: Explosions&Fire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVovvq34gd0ps5cVYNZrc7A Extractions&Ire https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvFApMFo_AafXbHRyEJefjA
Very detailed Chemistry videos: NileRed https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile 2nd Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1D3yD4wlPMico0dss264XA
Chemistry stuff: Thoisoi2 - Chemical Experiments! https://www.youtube.com/user/TheThoisoi2
Crazy medical edge cases: Chubbyemu https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg
Interesting medical stuff from a cardiologist: Medlife Crisis https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ
Impressive redneck DIY projects: Cranktown City https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3KKU5-uaoLyKnGVzv1XNw
Woodworking projects: DIY Creators https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChKlSK39lLg8eZHIX0iVzLA
Crazy high quality DIY projects: DIY Perks https://www.youtube.com/user/DIYPerks
In depth engineering videos focussed around cars: Engineering Explained https://www.youtube.com/user/EngineeringExplained
Optics, dude makes lenses n' shit: Huygens Optics https://www.youtube.com/user/huygensoptics
Australian redneck DIY projects: I did a thing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw
Lots of 3D printing, lots of jet engines and turbines: Integza https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2avWDLN1EI3r1RZ_dlSxCw
Large scale 3D printing stuff: Ivan Miranda https://www.youtube.com/user/superazote
Very in-depth practical game prop DIY projects: JAIRUS OF ALL https://www.youtube.com/user/jairust
Dude hates his life but builds cool robots and shit: James Bruton https://www.youtube.com/user/jamesbruton
Movie and game inspired crazy DIY projects: JLaservideo https://www.youtube.com/user/JLaservideo
Interesting and strange DIY projects: Joel Creates https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHk0IYEDJxQGQ-nbd3yP_KA
Discussions of science and other weirdness: Kyle Hill https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceBasedLife
Full Mac repair videos from angry repair man: Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup
Some DIY stuff, not my fav but he's okay: Louis Weisz https://www.youtube.com/user/WeiszCracks
3D printing and other projects: Maker's Muse https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMakersMuse
Heavy technical electronics stuff: Marco Reps https://www.youtube.com/user/reppesis
High voltage electronics: Plasma Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg45A-ph7Eu8jQgfrwDkHLg
Electronics/DIY projects with an artistic flair: SeanHodgins https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-bw6PRKuDlH6fP1mP4nOw
Electronics, 3D printing and other crazy projects: Zack Freedman https://www.youtube.com/user/ZackFreedman
Electronics: GreatScott! https://www.youtube.com/user/greatscottlab
Electronics and bad DIY booze: bigclivedotcom https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom
Ozzie electronic engineer: EEVblog https://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog
Dumbass electronic engineer who likes blowing shit up and shocking himself: ElectroBOOM https://www.youtube.com/user/msadaghd
Your weekly space/rocket reports: Marcus House https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNHHEoiSF8pcLgqLKVugOw
Space and astronomy news/info: Scott Manley https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg
Dude who does crazy stuff to pianos: Mattias Krantz https://www.youtube.com/user/Mattiaskrantz
Dude who builds useless robots: Michael Reeves https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtHaxi4GTYDpJgMSGy7AeSw
Minis and dioramas: Nerdforge https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCggHsHce2n3vvbJf_8YKrMA
Thalasso hobbyer たらそほびや https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdYAt_kceIuiDwklp0EeIFw
Cool science and DIY stuff: NightHawkInLight https://www.youtube.com/user/Nighthawkinlight
Super interesting socail documentaries: Oki's Weird Stories https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjDQKxiTVpXutZc2Ra9wCAg
Model planes, drones, rockets, racing cars etc: PeterSripol https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7yF9tV4xWEMZkel7q8La_w
ProjectAir https://www.youtube.com/user/ThatScienceGuyJames
rctestflight https://www.youtube.com/user/rctestflight
Tom Stanton https://www.youtube.com/user/tomstanton282
RCLifeOn https://www.youtube.com/user/RcLifeOnSimon
Interesting physics stuff: Physics Girl https://www.youtube.com/user/physicswoman
3D printing and design: Proper Printing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqfMW0tMZEciSXQym8x0EoQ
Podcast hosted by a bunch of science youtubers: Safety Third https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7QE72cxiBkiwnvGoFfqYOg
Random DIY projects, like turning a Tesla into a truck: Simone Giertz https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ
Science and practical stuff: SmarterEveryDay https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2
Interesting experiments and simple explanations to strange phenomenon: Steve Mould https://www.youtube.com/user/steventhebrave
Crazy engineering by a genius: Stuff Made Here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ
Lasers and high voltage: styropyro https://www.youtube.com/user/styropyro
Long form DIY stuff with detailed explanations: Tech Ingredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients
In-depth explanations and history of technology: Technology Connections https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q
Testla coils: teslista555 https://www.youtube.com/user/teslista555
Science and bioengineering: The Thought Emporium https://www.youtube.com/user/TheChemlife
Redneck science: TheBackyardScientist https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBackyardScientist
3D Printing: Thomas Sanladerer https://www.youtube.com/user/ThomasSanladerer
Dude who tells you about interesting things and places: Tom Scott https://www.youtube.com/user/enyay
Ozzy redneck DIY: Turnah81 https://www.youtube.com/user/Turnah81
DIY projects and fabrication: Tyler Bell https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0FT83RjTWCmc6n9lLojmQ
Interesting theory, math, physics and science subjects: Veritasium https://www.youtube.com/user/1veritasium
Insanely detailed miniture mechanical projects: W&M Levsha https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLt9kIslIa1ffiM8A04KORw
Dumb but entertaining DIY stuff: William Osman https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94Yw
Fun videos and skits:
Chris and Jack https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Liv5-jdU2Qk53lTtYDG2w
Matthew McCleskey https://www.youtube.com/user/foreignduckslap
MattColbo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyqjn-9rKdcAe0gTMAkqyg
Joma Tech https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0qA-eDDICsRR9rPcnG7tw
Gus Johnson https://www.youtube.com/user/gustoonz
Goat-on-a-Stick https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDyR_C_QVjZR24ze0fl5S_Q
brian david gilbert https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCakAg8hC_RFJm4RI3DlD7SA
FilmCow https://www.youtube.com/user/SecretAgentBob
Max Fosh https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb31gOY6OD8ES0zP8M0GhAw
Lee Hardcastle https://www.youtube.com/user/leehardcastle
Joel Haver https://www.youtube.com/user/MakingShorts
Steven He (emotional damage) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0_k4INXrwPS6HhIyYqsTg
Trent Lenkarski https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiAj9NhvUTfNaq4YwOHGEyA
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/channel/UCcvfHa-GHSOHFAjU0-Ie57A
https://piped.video/c/ALEXLAB
https://piped.video/user/bkraz333
https://piped.video/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA
https://piped.video/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg
https://piped.video/channel/UCbCq5Y0WPGimG2jNXhoQxGw
https://piped.video/user/arduinoversusevil
https://piped.video/channel/UC_S45UpAYVuc0fYEcHN9BVQ
https://piped.video/user/brainiac75
https://piped.video/channel/UCVS89U86PwqzNkK2qYNbk5A
https://piped.video/channel/UC06HVrkOL33D5lLnCPjr6NQ
https://piped.video/channel/UC4gbCGiEov1VAcOFpfGKPiA
https://piped.video/user/CGPGrey
https://piped.video/channel/UCqONNjBkukcc2yXbmHL8niQ
https://piped.video/user/ElementCollector1001
https://piped.video/channel/UCVovvq34gd0ps5cVYNZrc7A
https://piped.video/channel/UCvFApMFo_AafXbHRyEJefjA
https://piped.video/user/TheRedNile
https://piped.video/channel/UC1D3yD4wlPMico0dss264XA
https://piped.video/user/TheThoisoi2
https://piped.video/channel/UCKOvOaJv4GK-oDqx-sj7VVg
https://piped.video/channel/UCgRBRE1DUP2w7HTH9j_L4OQ
https://piped.video/channel/UCQ3KKU5-uaoLyKnGVzv1XNw
https://piped.video/channel/UChKlSK39lLg8eZHIX0iVzLA
https://piped.video/user/DIYPerks
https://piped.video/user/EngineeringExplained
https://piped.video/user/huygensoptics
https://piped.video/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw
https://piped.video/channel/UC2avWDLN1EI3r1RZ_dlSxCw
https://piped.video/user/superazote
https://piped.video/user/jairust
https://piped.video/user/jamesbruton
https://piped.video/user/JLaservideo
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https://piped.video/user/ScienceBasedLife
https://piped.video/user/rossmanngroup
https://piped.video/user/WeiszCracks
https://piped.video/user/TheMakersMuse
https://piped.video/user/reppesis
https://piped.video/channel/UCg45A-ph7Eu8jQgfrwDkHLg
https://piped.video/channel/UCE-bw6PRKuDlH6fP1mP4nOw
https://piped.video/user/ZackFreedman
https://piped.video/user/greatscottlab
https://piped.video/user/bigclivedotcom
https://piped.video/user/EEVblog
https://piped.video/user/msadaghd
https://piped.video/channel/UCBNHHEoiSF8pcLgqLKVugOw
https://piped.video/user/szyzyg
https://piped.video/user/Mattiaskrantz
https://piped.video/channel/UCtHaxi4GTYDpJgMSGy7AeSw
https://piped.video/channel/UCggHsHce2n3vvbJf_8YKrMA
https://piped.video/channel/UCdYAt_kceIuiDwklp0EeIFw
https://piped.video/user/Nighthawkinlight
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https://piped.video/channel/UC7yF9tV4xWEMZkel7q8La_w
https://piped.video/user/ThatScienceGuyJames
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https://piped.video/user/RcLifeOnSimon
https://piped.video/user/physicswoman
https://piped.video/channel/UCqfMW0tMZEciSXQym8x0EoQ
https://piped.video/channel/UC7QE72cxiBkiwnvGoFfqYOg
https://piped.video/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ
https://piped.video/user/destinws2
https://piped.video/user/steventhebrave
https://piped.video/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ
https://piped.video/user/styropyro
https://piped.video/user/TechIngredients
https://piped.video/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q
https://piped.video/user/teslista555
https://piped.video/user/TheChemlife
https://piped.video/user/TheBackyardScientist
https://piped.video/user/ThomasSanladerer
https://piped.video/user/enyay
https://piped.video/user/Turnah81
https://piped.video/channel/UCL0FT83RjTWCmc6n9lLojmQ
https://piped.video/user/1veritasium
https://piped.video/channel/UCLt9kIslIa1ffiM8A04KORw
https://piped.video/channel/UCfMJ2MchTSW2kWaT0kK94Yw
https://piped.video/channel/UC3Liv5-jdU2Qk53lTtYDG2w
https://piped.video/user/foreignduckslap
https://piped.video/channel/UCDyqjn-9rKdcAe0gTMAkqyg
https://piped.video/channel/UCV0qA-eDDICsRR9rPcnG7tw
https://piped.video/user/gustoonz
https://piped.video/channel/UCDyR_C_QVjZR24ze0fl5S_Q
https://piped.video/channel/UCakAg8hC_RFJm4RI3DlD7SA
https://piped.video/user/SecretAgentBob
https://piped.video/channel/UCb31gOY6OD8ES0zP8M0GhAw
https://piped.video/user/leehardcastle
https://piped.video/user/MakingShorts
https://piped.video/channel/UCP0_k4INXrwPS6HhIyYqsTg
https://piped.video/channel/UCiAj9NhvUTfNaq4YwOHGEyA
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We have a lot of overlap in the skits section 🤝 have you checked out any of these?
GoodLongPee - Joel, Trent, and Alex's shit post channel
Almost Friday TV
Aunty Donna
BriTANicK
I know all of those besides Almost Friday. I made that list ages ago tbh, there's also the completely random shit like serspence, cherdleys, Trevor Wallace and Ryan the leader. They do a bunch of stuff with Joel Haver as well.
Britanick just started doing vids again too!
I know all of those besides Almost Friday. I made that list ages ago tbh, there's also the completely random shit like serspence, cherdleys, Trevor Wallace and Ryan the leader. They do a bunch of stuff with Joel Haver as well.
Britanick just started doing vids again too!
Of all the things you suggested... WHY did I have to click on Chubbyemu??? 😭😭😭
Hahaha, Bernard is awesome.
yea, insanely talented storyteller, but the stories are super disturbing 😂
YT is basically my television or my background music during work. As long as I can use adblock to avoid ads, i'm happy.
Revanced on mobile, Smart Tube Next on Android TV and Ublock or Adguard on desktop ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
👌
I don't read books or watch TV shows or watch movies or watch sports.
I watch a ton of educational, engineering, cooking, BMX, woodworking, and retro game channels.
Favorites are:
Oh my. I should stop. There are so many more.
Seconding Technology Connections! That guy really puts a lot of effort into his videos
I never thought I would care even the slightest bit about turn signal solenoids, but I watched the whole hour long video with fascination lol
He kind of rubs me the wrong way after a while though. It feels like he takes himself too seriously sometimes
Good list. A few ones I would add are:
Solar Sands *I did a thing
Integza
Tom Stanton
Ahoy
LGR
Techmoan
The 8-bit guy
Tom Scott
LEMMiNO
Mustard
bigclivedotcom
Practical Engineering
DIY Perks
Steve Mould
b2studios
Plasma Channel
Real Engineering
POSY
Mike Boyd
Bobby Broccoli
NileRed
VWestlife
More technical:
I really wish there was a save comment feature because I’m subscribed to about half of those and I need to check the other half out.
At least in sync there is the option to save comments and it works. You can afterwards find the comments in your profile. Not sure if it's a sync or a Lemmy feature though.
Edit: just checked and it's actually a Lemmy feature. You can just long press a comment and hit the star to save it.
Thank you for sharing that with me. Learning something new everyday.
Generally, I tend to focus on smaller creators, their qualities are usually better.
The channels I watched include Nitro Rad (gaming), MattKC (tech), and Modern Vintage Gamer (retro console/gaming).
MVG is a good pick. Very entertaining.
Nitro rad is legit
MattKC is a great one, highly recommend as well
Nebula is pretty great, I like a few people there. I'm also on YouTube a good bit, but only the channels I subscribe to
On YouTube itself, a few I like:
Otherwise, here is a messy list of some more:
Technology Connections is criminally underrated. Genuinely a really smart and entertaining guy.
Yes! I saw his channel mentioned by others so I chose to leave it off my list but that channel is a true gem!
Coding and computer science:
Physics, chemistry, and engineering:
Food:
Philosophy:
Transportation:
Finance, Australia:
A recent food discovery (Well within the last year) I made was Charlie Anderson highly recommend his series on creating NY style pizza.
Townsends: great colonial cooking channel can't believe the guy doesn't have a PBS show.
Karl Jobst: good @ explaining speed runs, truly an absolute legend.
History matters: Consice answers to obscure history questions that you've wondered about or forgotten. Also check out history marche/historia civilis if you like history.
The Tim Traveler: European Tom Scott lite.
RedLetterMedia: skanies analyze bad VHS tapes
The operations room: Extremely well done summaries of warfare & battles.
YouTube uses an algorithm to recommend videos to you. If you have difficulties, this may as well be specific to you. Either you subscribed to the wrong people. Or your algorithm is stuck in some kind of vicious circle. My YouTube feed is pretty much alright.
Your comment about finance videos has nothing to do with YouTube at all. That’s literally the entire industry. Both my dad and myself have worked in finance and it’s been that way as long as I can remember. YouTube is good for educational science content, car stuff, and video game stuff. Keep politics, finance, and any sort of channels who can only stay in business by churning out new idea after new idea off of your list.
I usually watch educational content with a little bit of 3blue1brown and Kurzgesagt to name a few.
Same here and it's literally all I watch lol gave up cable almost 10 years ago!
For anyone who knows: hello wonderful person!
:P
kurzgesagt is also political. The video about vegan food threw me off.
I cannot trust someone on certain issues if this person is biased against some of these issues. That is the world today. It's ok, downvote me, I'm not against veganism btw, I don't care what people eat, but I truly do not believe in certain number presented even though I do believe that animals are treated very harshly in this capitalistic world because of profits.
Dont know why you are getting downvoted, I love kurzgesagt and I think that some statements and ideas are not just pure science and facts. They often give their opinion on the matter.
And it's fine, they have the right to express their opinion, whether I agree with it or not
I cannot trust someone on certain issues if this person is biased against some of these issues. That is the world today. I’m not against veganism btw, I don’t care what people eat, but I truly do not believe in certain number presented even though I do believe that animals are treated very harshly in this capitalistic world because of profits.
Their greenwashed climate change videos really exposed them as a corporate propaganda outlet. I can't watch them anymore.
I agree with you. Their philosophical content and pretty animations was what drew me into them in the first place, but the moment they started spewing unscientific anti-vegan propaganda and how no one should go vegan because meat tastes great, I unsubscribed.
I dont know i actualy rarely have those types of scummy videos on my feed. But then again i might have Just trained my Algorithm well.
Same here, most recommendations I get are videos I'd actually enjoy.
It's always very jarring when I go to youtube on a desktop without being signed in. Looks terrifying.
Only thing I watch on youtube anymore are, like, 8 out of 10 Cats does countdown and TaskMaster.
I used to watch a lot more, but a lot of the channels I used to watch ended up losing their god damn minds with covid and i just checked out and moved on.
To be fair, these are top picks.
i cycle through 8 out of 10 cats does countdown like once a year.
Sean lock is definitely missed.
Sean and MIles were the best duo in all of Countdown...Even if they were on opposite teams. Especially when they were on Opposite teams.
Taskmaster's the shit, yo!
I don't know when it started but nowadays I love 1 hour+ video essays, and some light gaming content.
Wendigoon, Jacob Geller, Nexpo, Inside a Mind, jwlar, hbomberguy, ssethtzeentach, mandalore gaming,
Mumbo Jumbo, Vinesauce Vinny / Joel, Mickey D, Joov.
Ashens. Steve1989mre
Longform YT content has never been better IMO.
I feel like sub-10min videos have basically been Hello Fresh or similar advertisements with padding content to barely reach the 10 min mark.
But 1+hour video essays often have incredible research and production value on a wide range of topics.
Really? Maybe I'm not on this side of YouTube but for me there are tons of great channels to watch. I'm more interested in science/tech/engineering/video games stuff. I watch Tom Scott, nilered, explosions&fire, Scott the Woz, 8bit guy, summoning salt, electroboom, captain disillusion, I did a thing, William Osman, LGR, Michael Reeves and plenty of more good, not clickbaity, drama free channels I'm watching.
Yeah I think OP's preferred subject has something to do with the issue he's having. I mainly watch car and tech videos, and I even use the algorithm suggestions sometimes (bad, I know), and I rarely see anything I don't want to or that makes me roll my eyes.
I like LTT, Junkyard Digs, Pole Barn Garage (small channel, just passed 100k subs), and Donut Media
Just here to mention Techmoan. I think he deserves a lot more love for his attention to detail and his excelent production.
If you enjoy Techmoan you may also enjoy Cathode Ray Dude and Technology Connections.
I'm sad that he gave up the puppets, those bits always made me laugh in a "lame dad joke" sort of way.
Flippin' 'Eck!
The beautiful thing about YouTube is that fundamentally, it is still an incredible platform for anyone to be able to create content for the entite world to watch. That is so cool when you really think about it.
However, the horrible thing about YouTube, is the algorithm that is designed to push all sorts of views and opinions onto people, burying all of the actual good content beneath thousands of hours of utter shite and adverts.
If you know where to look, you can still get all the entertainment and information you need from it!
The problem with the youtube algorithm is it’s too specific.
I watch a video that’s some psytrance, and then every video I get when I search for “study music” is psytrance.
The majority of the content I consume comes from YouTube these days. Here are a couple of my favorite channels:
I have away more niche channels too for bicycles, retro computing and model building. Just too many to list here unless someone’s interested. I can make a list for a particular niche.
I could listen to Max Miller tell stories for hours, love his upbeat tone and sly sense of humour.
Yeah, it's my main form of entertainment. What am I supposed to do, stare at a wall!
Gamers Nexus, Vaush, Keffals, Renegade Cut, Jacob Geller, Philosophy Tube, Moon Channel, Not Just Bikes, Armchair Urbanist, Sam O'Nella Academy, PatricianTV, RedLetterMedia, Polyphonic, LoneVaultWanderer, Writer Brandon McNulty, Ladyknightbrave, HiTop Films
Do you watch Folding Ideas? You might like him. That and Contrapoints.
Seconding Renegade Cut, though I have to space him out otherwise I get depressed.
Thanks for the recommendations, I'll check them out sometime!
I second the folks I see talking up Nebula. Great shit on there.
The ones I spend the most time with are probably Fact Fiend, Animalogic, vlogbrothers, Seth Skorkowsky, XP to Level 3, Hello Future Me, Gus Johnson, Reuben Solo, Andrew Rousso, EVNautilus, David Firth, Adam Millard…
Then there’s a bunch that I only watch on Nebula now: Extra Credits/History, Legal Eagle, Nerdwriter, Adam Neely, Philosophy Tube, Innuendo Studios, Tale Foundry, Just Write, Like Stories of Old, Lindsay Ellis, RealLifeLore, TierZoo.
Then there’s this guy who just makes long, quiet videos of him interacting with stray cats. Good, good, gooooooood shit. Changed his name recently.
So what's the name of the cat guy?
Impressed cat video. Didn’t used to be in english!
I do. And it’s mostly Linus Tech Tips and Formula 1.
DankPods is pretty cool. It's been on hiatus since late July, but I still cannot get enough of it. If you're into old electronics, audio and the sort, check it out.
The dude who owns it, Wade Nixon, also owns Garbage Time (fixing cars), The Drum Thing (drums and cymbals), Hello, I'm Gaming (gameplay of cheaply made games) and Dankmus (Simpsons remixes, although this one is much more inactive than the others).
Never knew he had more channels - thanks for sharing!
Wade's channels have been an absolute gem of a find for me this year. Everything he does is simultaneously informative and cool, but also hilarious. Shoutout to Frank.
Frank, as usual, says nothing.
Here's a few slightly lesser known creators that I'm a big fan of:
Aliensrock, let's player who mainly focuses on puzzle games. He gives good commentary on his though process and there's just something comfy and satisfying about watching a smart person solve puzzles.
Atrocity Guide, makes long form documentaries on unusual people and groups, etc. She always dives down some absolutely bizarre and fascinating rabbit holes. Personal favorites are her videos on Ullillillia and Nasubi.
Bloodrunsclear, stitches together clips of movies and TV shows to create fake movie trailers.
Britanick, legendary sketch comedy duo, every one of their videos has had me in tears laughing. They stopped uploading as much after becoming professional movie and TV writers, but have come back with a patreon in light of the writers strike.
Monstergarden, this guy who's been designing a strange and fascinating twist on the traditional fantasy setting via artwork, in universe writing, and even a short animation or two.
The Exploring Series, an SCP youtuber who goes into very in depth explanations of various SCP articles, as well as occasionally talking about other franchises like 40k or reading Lovecraft stories. Pretty much my only connection to SCP stuff anymore, I mainly like his voice and use his videos to go to sleep.
Venjent, a drum n bass artist that started blowing up on tiktok after he made a dnb track out of a creaky door. Extremely cheesy, but he's so sincere and friendly that the cheesiness is charming, it helps that the songs are all bangers too.
Night Mind, explores and discusses various pieces of internet horror and "unfiction". As someone that grew up on ARGs and creepypasta, Night Mind is singlehandedly keeping my love of internet horror content alive.
This trickle of new BriTANicK content is the best thing that's happened in years
I've replayed the VR sketch so many times already, it's so great to see these guys again. It's also been cool to see either of them show up in other places, Nick was a guest on an episode of Game Changer a while ago (also he's apparently married to Karen Gillan now??)
Happy to say I don't watch YouTube much anymore, except when someone recommends some random video.. And then I use Newpipe to watch it.
I'm just so over big tech. You know that feeling when you get so tired of a person that even seeing them from a distance fills you with anger? That's big tech for me now.
A lot of good ones have been mentioned already, but one that I'm missing is Ghost Town Living. It's a guy that bought a old abandoned miners town and moved there at the start of Covid and is slowly bringing it back to life while exploring the town's history and its many mines.
Edit:
Others that I haven't seen mentioned yet:
Let's game it out - playing games...the wrong way
T90Official - commentator on Age of Empires matches
AI Explained - thorough explanations by someone who actually reads the white papers
Xiaomany - Dude that speaks many languages and surprises people by talking their native language
Device Orchestra - Making music using devices such as electric toothbrushes
Dad, how do I? - The Youtube dad. Explaining how to do stuff as if he's you're dad
Others that have been mentioned before but worth mentioning again:
I almost pissed myself laughing by watching the let's game it out satisfactory series, loved it.
Satisfactory is great! I'm a big fan of the Planet Coaster and Hydroneer series too. Less is often more and these videos take time to make, but I wish he would upload more often.
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Heard about it 🤔
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I am subscribed to dozens of channels. Some that consistently put out interesting/good content are:
Donut Media (with SponsorBlock enabled)
The Proper People
Tom Scott
The B1M
Vox
Joe Scott
BBC Earth Lab
Less now that I have this wonderful extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/watch-on-odysee/
But unfortunately there's some creators you can't find elsewhere yet.
Nick Johnson who does amazing (and kind of depressing) videos showing you all around the cities and towns in America: https://www.youtube.com/@NickJohnson
AItrepreneur for AI tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/@Aitrepreneur
Ordinary Things for hilarious deep dives: https://www.youtube.com/@OrdinaryThings
Climate Town for hilarious deep dives into climate change: https://www.youtube.com/@ClimateTown
I'll google later, but what's Odysee?
It's like YouTube but the only good content is about Linux. The rest is deplatformed racists.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LBRY#Content_and_users
Well that's not great...
It's a youtube alternative, the best I've used so far. Still need a lot more creators to make the switch or at least mirror, but it's growing slowly.
https://odysee.com
Odysee is a blockchain-based media platform. We host all kinds of media such as images, articles, PDFs, audio files, etc., but we're best known for hosting videos.
Odysee seeks to recapture the spirit of the 2000s internet. Rather than favoring corporate content such as late night talk shows, network television, and TV news, Odysee is a place for everyone, including independent creators.
Referring to Odysee as "blockchain-based" isn't just sloganeering. All content on Odysee is hosted on the LBRY network, which Odysee then pulls from. For those interested in blockchain, this is really cool. For those who don't know a thing about blockchain, that's totally fine because Odysee requires zero blockchain knowledge to use.
My favorite YouTube channel, hands down, would have to be Sampson Boat Co. It is chronicling the ongoing efforts by a young shipwright to rebuild and restore a 112 year old wooden sailing yacht named Tally Ho. Episodes come weekly/biweekly, the cinematography is fantastic, and the people involved in the project are extremely skilled. As a woodworking hobbyist myself, it's magical seeing the things they're capable of doing. And also, wooden boat building is infinitely more complex than I ever would have imagined...
I would highly recommend watching the playlist with the episodes in chronological order.
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The only YouTube channel I currently wat h is Cracking the Crypic. It's 2 British guys that solve various logic puzzles; mostly sudoku and most of those are crazy variations on sudoku. Each video also has a link so you can also play the puzzle if you want to.
There is one of the presenters I much prefer to the other but the entire channel and community around them is one of the most wholesome things on the web.
Highly recommended if any of that sounds interesting to you.
I've also been watching CtC quite a bit for the last couple of years. Unfortunately, they've lately been doing a lot of long, highly technical puzzles, which I don't find as interesting (though their shorter videos are still good). If anyone's interested in checking them out, I'll recommend a couple of older videos that I really enjoyed:
If you enjoy watching people solve sudokus and other puzzles, I'll also recommend Rangsk (generally does the daily NYT hard sudoku, a 6x6 intro-to-nonstandard-rules "sudoku adventure", and a collection of wordle-ish (but not not actually wordle) games), Bremster, and zetamath (does quite a few live solves with audience participation, as well as reaction vids to other people solving his puzzles).
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=yKf9aUIxdb4
https://piped.video/watch?v=rZOU-0E5MDI
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I'm a big fan of video essays. But I feel like the algorithm sucks for that. I like the deep dive newsletter, because it just sends a recommendation of a couple of great video essays once a week. They also describe why the videos are so good. I've watched a solid number of video essays I would not have clicked on if I was just scrolling.
Have you watched any of Shaun’s stuff? He could talk about almost anything and I’d listen. So well researched and written.
Posts like this make me feel so old. I never watched YouTube. I mean, I'll search for and find videos that I saw elsewhere to watch again from YouTube. But I have never browsed YouTube for something to watch.
And I think that's a generational thing.
I don’t think it’s an age thing, rather interest in DIY over professional production. I’m surely at least twice the age of the average YT user and it’s just about the only streaming platform I use.
I’m getting on in years but I mainly watch YouTube as my “TV” over streaming services. I think there’s the YouTuber who just ends up lost in a sea of algorithm suggested garbage (like I used to be). Myself I search out things that really fascinate me - politics, woodworking, programming and over time my suggestions on the home page are really good. So I don’t get videos like “I have everybody in the world $10000000 to spend in 10 seconds”, but I do get really well made and interesting stuff.
You are not alone.
I like to watch a couple guys for cooking, J Kenji Lopez -alt and binging with babish are really great channels for that kind of thing.
I still sub to the Awesome Games Done Quick channel, they do the big charity speedruns. I don't watch most of them but there's a few gems in there.
Videogamedunkey is still great. His real life person stuff from earlier in his channel really turned me off from the guy, but everything else is stellar.
Electroboom is a great channel for electrical engineering knowledge, but it's broken down in a way that makes it easier to understand for people like me that don't know electrical engineering. In general a pretty entertaining watch and I always learn something or get something popular debunked.
I recently saw this: What are some great YouTube channels worth checking out? which indirectly answers your question I guess for the people that posted suggestions.
Mine were:
I watch Audit the Audit and CodeBlueCams, but I don't subscribe to them. And Mark Rober, sometimes. I don't have a Goog account, so I only browse as a guest. This is by choice.
Those videos are a result of people min/maxing for the algorithm; the fact that you see them so much shows that they are unfortunately succesfull. Its a symptom of people being able to make (good) money from it.
There is still plenty of good content, but you would find it in the recommendations. You have to go searching for it. Search for your hobbies and interests. The more niche your search terms the better.
Hermitcraft and Red Letter Media
Beau of the Fifth Column is a channel I love to watch. He offers really good insights to news and politics.
Tom Scott - short documentaries about places and things that are are out of the ordinary
Climate Town - comedic video essays on how certain parts of our lives impact the climate
CGP Grey - in-depth animated video essays on nerdy topics like flag designs or airport runway numbering
Dashner Design and Reatoration - realistic furniture restoration where the guy is honest about flaws and failed techniques. Not too much talking, but enough to let you know why he’s doing certain things
I use newpipe to not have to struggle with all the ads.
My goto channels that id always recommend and support via patreon/ donations:
(General stuff) Clickspring Ben Eater Sebastian Lague Steve Wallis Luetin09 JunsKitchen
(Gaming) TomatoAnus Pete Complete Rhadamant Nivarias
I absolutely hate all the screaming that some youtubers think they have to do....
If anyone has any great (calm) youtubers, especially something strategy gaming related, please drop them!!
Matt’s off road recovery, Real Civil Engineer, Heavy D (Sparks), Practical Engineering.
Matt's off road is great for passive watching while I work.
Ive been on a Real Civil Engineer kick recently too.
Also It took typing it out just now to realize the name is likely a double meaning "real" "civil Engineer" and "real civil" "engineer"
Sounds like your algorithm is pretty badly poisoned.
It's my primary video entertainment service. I have a premium family plan so I don't have to deal with ads on any device and neither do my wife kids or parents.
I don't see any crypto scams. I do occasionally see clickbait BS in the suggestions, but I've gotten pretty good at avoiding it. Even creators who put out things I like, I'll delay watching stuff with clickbait thumbs or titles so as not to reward it. I found the Veritasium video on clickbait informative. (Funnily enough he's now on my shit list for clickbait)
An inexhaustive list of my follows off the top of my head:
Gaming:
Many a true nerd, mainly for the fallout stuff but I like their other content.
T90official, for AoE2 match coverage, the nearest I get to watching sports
Best Guest (he deserves more subs, with his surreal challenge runs) SorcererDave.
Karl Jobst
Science:
PBS space time.
Anton Petrov.
Sabine Hossenfelder.
Legal commentary:
Leonard french.
Steve Lehto.
Tech:
Linus Tech tips (although they're all in on the clickbait titles & soyface)
Gamers Nexus
Der8auer EN
Louis Rossman (I've become less of a fan over the last few years, but not enough to drop him)
Other
Meatcanyon/papa meat
Rainman rays repairs (the algorithm offered him up, and I've found him fixing stuff pretty compelling lately)
There are more but that all I want to type out right now. Some also broadcast on Twitch, but I'm not a fan of that platform. I like some editing, and can't stand the "look at me, look at meeeee" aspect of twitch chat (or any 'live' content)
there's still plenty of great content on YouTube it just depends on what you're watching
I watch more YouTube then I'd like to admit honestly, but with ad blockers it's not too bad. Some of my frequented channels/creators:
Gaming:
Music:
Other:
I might have a problem....
Watcher is a fun channel, educational and stupid at times.
Wristwatch Revival is a great turn off your brain kind of channel but now I'm building watches in my free time.
Primitive Technology is just fantastic all the time.
Chubby Emu is a great medical channel and his meme game is on point.
Brutalmoose is a beautiful storm of chaotic editing techniques.
Sam O'Nella!
Kurtzgesagt.
Technology Connections.
Goniloc used to be kick-ass.
Smarter Every Day.
I'm not even deep into the algorithm. You need to stop clicking on garbage.
A lot of my favourites have already been mentioned, but one I didn't see is Peter Santenello.
He makes vlogs going into dangerous areas, ghettos, gang and criminal areas in general, or in really rich neighborhoods, and he hangs out with some locals asking them a lot about their life.
It's really interesting stuff
Yes, pretty much a lot (like averaging 1h per day I think)
If you want recommendations for videos from community votes, check out Tournesol website (Note: recommending more about scientific, economics & life health subjects than entertainment)
Block those channels.
Autorestomod mechanic is one I watch.
Joel haver.
Lots of long-form bedroom dj mixes.
Honestly I don’t see any of what youve described on YouTube but I’ve spent years blocking garbage.
Soft white underbelly.
Seconding this, excellent channel
Hones trailers (game and movies/TV series), HISHE, Steven He, Pitch Meeting, Ryan George, Linux Experiement
Oh. Hello. This is the place where we host our federated content, I decided. -Ryan George (probably)
Hi there. Hello. Hosting federated content is super easy, barely an inconvenience!
Jarvis Johnson, Atrioc, Pitch Meetings, Philip DeFranco
I really thought that Atrioc was done after the QTcinderella thing. Fair play to him for giving (what seemed like at least) a genuine apology and trying to address the problem itself.
Still creepy af though, she's your friends gf and previously your roommate. I didn't know people took porn trends so seriously!
Yeah I'm all for his comeback, he seems like a chill nice guy who made a mistake and I believe in second chances
My current favorites are Kruggsmash, civvie11, cheaprvliving
Kruggsmash and Civvie11 are great, honestly probably my 2 favorite gaming play channels.
The end credits of civvie's Quake 4 playthrough are some of the best minutes of video on YouTube
Been watching a lot of Ordinary Sausage lately. Such absolute culinary insanity and yet weirdly wholesome.
On the more soothing side of things, Townsends' cooking videos are usually just plain nice, not to mention surprisingly tasty. Never would've thought "literally put an unpeeled onion in the oven until it smells delicious" would be a viable recipe but it turns out it's amazing. Also, Mushroom Ketchup rules.
Bit of an upgrade (and not period authentic) but try coring out a bit of the onion and cramming a beef bullion cube and some butter in there. I normally do it on the grill but should probably work fine in the oven as well
And if you're not already following him, Tasting History with Max Miller has some cool old recipes as well
Welp, I'm sold. Definitely trying that next time. Thanks.
Also you're the third person I've heard mention Tasting History so I'm definitely gonna give that a go. But when I'm not so damn hungry. :P
Big fan of Mighty Car Mods. Been going since the mid 2000s, but still don't do any BS, just good car videos. From long Top Gear Special style videos like Kei to the City down to quick and small videos like How to change your steering wheel.
I use the ASMR channels. They're very relaxing when I read. I also watch Trixie Mattel and Katya's show which is hilarious. Today I watched one where Trixie asked Katya if she were to have a child would she send it to boarding school, and Katya said "Yes, and then I would move away", which slayed me.
I love CallMeKevin, he’s so funny and generally wholesome, his content is great. Beyond that it’s all over the place. Tolkien Untangled, Wendigoon, Contra Points, Cracking the Cryptic for wild sudoku solving, Ryan Hollinger, a lot of history channels, things like Real Engineering, and coding stuff when needed
I've never seen someone else in the wild that watches Cracking the Cryptic. Such a nice and cozy channel.
Oh, maybe the newest video of one of my most favorite youtubers can even answer you why that is! Introducing Tom Nicholas: Griftonomics: Why Scams are Everywhere Now
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Rick Beato - music theory Meat Canton - animation James Lee - animation Tasting History - food and history Bunch of cop watchers and civil rights folks. Bad Cop No Donut stuff.
Oh. Also:
Captain Disillusionment - VFX and skeptics Corridor - VFX Movies with Mikey - film video essays In/Frame/Out - film theory and savage commentary Emmet Short - pop tech Daryl Talks Games - psychology of video games. I cry. WrySci - small channel but funny science stuff. Wish it’d have taken off.
Hyperspace pirate is currently working on making a cryocooler to make liquid nitrogen, out of cheap and readily accessible components. He's not done yet, but the progress videos are very interesting to watch. https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate
The only person I'd trust with finance stuff is Joseph Hogue cuz he doesn't seem to be a scummy bastard, unlike most others.
Also, I think he's the only Certified Financial Advisor on YT Link: https://youtube.com/@josephhogue
The only cultural people I follow are The Critical Drinker for film reviews and Better Ideas for inspirational content, also Nate O'Brien for both investment stuff and life advice stuff.
Everything else I follow is tevh-related, and in a niche without a lot of pushy sponsor crap.
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RedLetterMedia. I re-watch their 'best of the worst' movie reviews over and over.
Mostly Townsends and Steven1989 with some Primitive Technologies thrown in for light watching, plus ContraPoints and Philosophy Tube for when I have an hour to sit down and focus on really heady topics.
Wow, this is pretty aligned with myself. I also rabbit hole Tips from a Shipwright and Mattias Wandel from time to time
Tomatoanus does speed run explanation videos and they are always interesting to me
I loved his GDQ fallout runs.
Tomatoangus that is.
You absolutely should keep on watching YT. In fact I can specifically highly recommend the channel DukeUnivLibraries. This video with almost 1M views will sway in just the first 15 seconds but you will not be able to peel your eyes away for the entire 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Prepare yourself. Get some popcorn. https://youtu.be/e1iGEM9NMFM
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Guga, Real Civil Engineer, FutureCanoe to name some who haven't been mentioned
If i had to pick my top 2 YouTube channels... Project Farm
Good Mythical Morning
Is Good Mythical Morning still going? I haven't watched them in years.
Yup, it's Good mythical summer right now. So 3 episodes a week. But soon it will be back to every weekday. They keep growing their business and I've enjoyed watching it. They have multiple crews and websites now. They have several shows that have spawned from GMM, like that have a whole cooking show (different hosts, but they are all entertaining).
Project Farm is neat but I find his videos a bit repetitive. Great resource for finding comparisons of specific things, though.
I watch quite a bit of YouTube. Favorite channels right now (in no particular order):
Anders Erickson-cocktail recipes, tips and general banter Steve Wallis-relaxing camping videos Snazzy labs-tech/apple Becki and Chris-helicopters, photography, DIY MrMobile-phone reviews Rctestflight-all sorts of drone/3D printing/electric vehicle projects Digital Foundry-in depth technical game/console videos The Proper People - relaxing urban/abandoned exploration TheUnlockr-phone reviews/tech vlogs
A lot of great recommendations in the tread and I don't have much to add but for something a little different, here are my suggestions :
DayDream Gaming - Cool and/or relaxing walks through game worlds like Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, horseback riding in RDR, etc.
dulevoz - Cabview train rides full of cool details like the number of tunnels, elevation, engine types, etc. You don't need to be a train nerd, try it, it's absolutely fantastic and relaxing!
Virtual Railfan - Live cams at famous railroad crossings, just for the fun of watching trains go by or watch the scenery
StreamTime Live - live cams at various harbours in the US
M. B. Archives - Commentary tracks from various movies (the latest being The French Connection, rip William Friedkin)
My favorite channels (not previously mentioned)
Good finance channels imo The plain bagel Patrick Boyle Modern MBA
Johnny Harris just released a video on the history of the Mormon Church.
As an exmormon, it is awesome to see stuff this high quality from someone with the same perspective as me. I'll link the video: https://youtu.be/hUW7j9GmXjI
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I'm subscribed to Linux Tech Tips and Givemeabreakman. I've been following both for over a decade.
Other than that, I use Youtube to listen to really long (10+ hrs) videos of walking across skyrim and other elder scrolls games to relax.
Breaking Taps - Makes lab grade equipment and other wild science shit...at home.
The Thought Emporium - Genetic engineering at home.
Technology Connections - Deep dives into the tech that surrounds us.
Technology Connections - For when you want to know more about turn indicators than you ever thought you could want to know.
I didn't expect to enjoy his content so much. He packs it with so much info that the pacing works and it keeps me interested.
Love Tech Connections
It's so well researched for such mundane items.
Louis Rossman
It's been going downhill for a long time. Popular content do the same as tv-cable network where they try to generate outrage. If the videos I watch start to change in ways I don't like I just move on which is what I think people should do. Decrease in viewership will definitely be noticed. Luckily, the creators I follow have stayed the same where they are a one person or small group who create videos to inform or for entertainment.
I like McNally on youtube. He's like The Lock Picking Lawyer with the agression setting turned up to 11.
You have to find your way past the 99% commercial, screaming crap and the toxic stuff that its algorithm recommends. Adblocking or premium is a must but even then the constant in-video ads have become a cancer. It’s sometimes unbearable and makes me unsubscribe.
YouTube is like a bowl of shit with a few gems at the bottom. You just have to dig to get there.
There are already a bunch of good recommendations here so I won’t repeat them but:
Recently I found HowardHandsTV, pop culture analysis, very funny and feels like an old school channel.
Also Common Sense Skeptic ripping apart Elon Musk and Andrew Tate lately has been entertaining.
I also fall asleep to Michael MJD and his weird and fun reviews/projects, I think it’s the voice that is soothing.
SUSD is the only thing good on YT
I've got a few creators I subscribe to and only ever look at my subscriptions and never at the recommendations. My YouTube experience has been pretty consistent over the years. Still greatly enjoy it, subscribing to creators once or twice a year.
No, I stopped using YouTube overall.
The scams / weird aggressive marketing + politics / solutions that don't work for problems no one has... is part of it. The next part is it fails to suggest reasonable content. The last part is that video is a really, really slow way for me to absorb information. Text, please!
The are very rare exceptions. One is clickspring. Others are specific colleagues who engineer unique-in-the-world stuff (so... people like clickspring, I guess). If it's less good than that, I cannot bear to use YouTube, and refuse to post content there too.
Then again it would be really weird to show you videos of circuit diagrams and code. So it's not a great medium for the stuff I do anyway.
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If you are into fishing, hunting, cooking, and a a bit of Southwest history check out Sin City Outdoors. They have family friendly content. For outdoor recovery Matts Off Road Recovery is good and Heavy D Sparks sometimes has great content if you don’t mind fast forwarding a bit.
For food/bbq a few that I like Guga Foods, Mad Scientist BBQ, First We Feast (hot ones), and Munchies.
Lots of good tech channels depending on your interests but here are a few smaller ones I like. Matt Moniz does good laptop reviews, Brandon Butch digs deep into every iOS release, All Things One Place only reviews power adapters and cables.
My subscriptions feed (food and science) is mostly channels I’ve been subscribed to for years now and they’ve all maintained their high quality or improved.
For food, Carla Lalli Music is an entertaining chef and recipe developer who shares recipes from her books. She takes inspiration from all sorts of cuisines and blends them into delicious, adaptable recipes. Crispy gingery ground beef like lime and herbs earned an instant spot in my regular meal rotation.
Claire Saffitz and her team bring mostly baking videos with occasion forays into cocktails, dinners, and lifestyle. Expect lots of cat cameos and fun editing easter eggs.
NYT Cooking has a good variety but their stars are Sohla and Ham El-Waylly, a wildly creative culinary power couple who can make a multi course tasting menu out of anything.
For all things science, basically anything out of Complexly Studios is worth your time. My personal favorite is SciShow Tangents. The various MinuteScience channels are great too (minutephysics, minuteearth, and minutefood ), and while the titles/thumbnails can feel a little bit clickbaity at times, the content is solid and informative.
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H3 podcast best show on the internet
I like casual gaming videos, and often watch Mr. A Game and QuinBoBin, particularly their Zelda videos.
I also enjoy a good analysis, so Cinema Therapy is my go-to.
I have young children in the house, so it can be hard to find entertaining videos that don't have bad language that I don't want parroted back to me.
I would recommend ChrisFix on top of the recommendations already given. Excellent videos on simple car repairs using hand tools. Even if you don't own a car or have the need to fix one, I would still recommend watching some of his videos.
This Old Tony, Abom, Tested (mostly just One Day Builds by Adam Savage), Wirtual, Isaac Arthur, CityNerd, Intelligence Squared debates, FloridaMan Diplomacy, Abom79
I watch a few, but the first worthy one that comes to mind is TBSkyen.
Erin Parsons Makeup is my newest rabbit hole. A really neat look at makeup through history!
Learn Linux TV
I'm still enjoying the engineering and maker channels, along with a few other educational channels.
I love Outside XBox (they do more than Xbox content) And Outside Extra. I think its the best short-form gaming variety content there is
Mostly ASMR - it's how I get to sleep.
Also, Pitch Meeting, which I sometimes watch instead of the film.
Anton Petrov has a great channel if you are into science and space. He posts a video every day explaining new findings in a really approachable way.
I don't watch a ton of YouTube anymore, but when I do it's usually the likes of techtubers and gaming creators that incorporate humor with a few "I create dumb stuff for the internet" type channels mixed in.
I'll list few of my favorite channels, with Piped links of course :)
DankPods, Alpharad, Failboat, I did a thing, Bobby Duke Arts, maxmoefoePokemon, Michael Reeves
Probably missed a few but that's most of them.
Stop Skeletons From Fighting.
Video game channel with absolutely top tier writing, production, and presentation that stacks up against the biggest channels out there, but it's from a team of only 2 people. The host is super likeable and entertaining. No low effort click bait videos. Criminally underrated with only 330k subscribers. I know that's still a lot, but they easily have 1m+ sub potential.
The "punching weight" series about ambitious and wacky titles/peripherals are my favorite. They also have some super well researched video game history videos that are great.
Hey DoisBigo,
Since you're into finance videos, here are some creators I like:
Enjoy!
Stefan Milo - Been really enjoying his videos "digging" into archaeology and pre-history.
I mostly watch high elo games of LoL, TFT, Chess. like @PekinWoof, @Bebe872, @Frodan and many more.
I watch some science and education channels, programming related. Notable channels are
Anything else that looks interesting, Car histories, movie/TV reviews
Yeah youtube has massive amounts of good content. The only downside is that it's owned by google.
Some of my favs in alphabetical order:
Anton Fomenko
BeardMeatsFood
GeoWizard
I did a thing
Jet Lag: The Game
Joel Haver
Ludwig
Max Fosh
Modest Pelican
NFKRZ
RAINBOLT
Steve Wallis
STORROR
Tom Scott
Uri Tuchman
Xiaomanyc
Okay so I’m a nerd. I didn’t get into YouTube until recently and I just watch storm chasers, airplanes taking off, and power washing/landscaping porn.
Consider checking out post 10. He runs around new england unclogging culverts. Super nice guy and it's such a specific thing it's kinda great.
That sounds spectacular, thanks friend!
Sometimes before a trip I watch bad landings. Makes me feel better.
I watch those sometimes too. Pilots are amazing.
Fall of Civilizations
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but it's incomparably good (if stories about past civilizations is your thing).
Game Grumps is my breakfast, lunch, dinner entertainment, and bedtime story.
Scott the Woz (video games) and Patrick H Willems (films, but leans towards action)
I watch LBRY (I use it directly and bypass odysee btw)
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I mostly just use it to find new music.
There's a couple of cooking channels I keep an eye on, a bit of tom scott and contrapoints/shaun/etc - but mainly just music.
No, I don't have or want spotify. I like music videos, and I like being able to easily skip through and sample fragments of songs, rather than just have them on in the background.
I do yes as I also have a channel that I do videos for (my only income as I fund my own website without ads or 3rd party trackers). I do make my videos' ads skippable though. And yes my own browser blocks ads.
But the pleasantness, or lack thereof, comes down to a site's rules and moderation. The vast majority of people don't want to be aggravated, and they also don't really want to pay to use a website.
But scammers and clickbait are everywhere. I think a lot depends on whether they can game the algorithm to force their way into your home feed or not. Many news media sites also use clickbait, and the same goes for politicians wanting to get attention through fear and anger. But I agree very often clickbait crosses the line - it is really irritating when you see a thumbnail of something, and that image literally appears nowhere inside the content.
I mostly follow technology channels though.
Second Thought, First Thought, Our Changing Climate, Polymatter, Kurzgesagt, The Grayzone, Geopolitical Economy Report, Breakthrough News, Democracy Now.