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.
If you like artists and nonsense comedy to distract you from reality, I highly recommend Drawfee
Content Warning: M (Millennials)
LOL this guy has a mission and its to never turn left or right :D
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https://www.youtube.com/@MrBallen/videos
MrBallen is a guy who retells storys in a very compelling way. Stories of murder-cases, odd occurences, sinister events, etc.
This channel is really worth listening/watching (and also binging). I discovered his channel two years ago and follow it ever since. The videos length unsually varies between 15 to 30 minutes. Although the video’s thumbnails and titles appear like it is clickbait, each video is well-made and worth a watch! Almost every Sunday a new video is uploaded.
FortNine; motorcycle and related stuff with a knack for writing and cinematography.
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Shiey (urbex, train hopping exploring)
Steve Wallis (stealth camping)
Nerd of the Rings (LOTR lore)
Anton Petrov (science mainly astrophysics)
Megaprojects and any of Simon Whistlers channels
those are just some of the bigger ones I follow heaps of smaller niche channels too
shiey is amazing!
bigclivedotcom
ElectroBOOM
LockpickingLawyer
Numberphile/Computerphile - Great videos with fantastic hosts.
Atomic Shrimp - He’s got a huge variety of content. Scam baiting, cooking, his weird stuff in a can series, nature stuff. Absolutely lovely fellow.
Kurzgesagt - science and futurism in colorful cartoon format
LockPickingLawyer - actual lawyer that lockpicks with a calm and explanatory voice, giving tips and suggestions both to lockpickers and locksmiths
McNallyOfficial - sarcastic, zero crap given, jaded version of LPL
Townsends - fun and educational 17th century learning through reenactment
JeremyJahns - always reliable movie reviews in my opinion
Sir Swag - news without the BS.
Tasting History - learning history through delicious step by step, historically accurate recipes
Skill Tree - LARP and cosplay DIY projects and tips
OverlySarcasticProductions - adorable cartoon history from Blue, and adorable cartoon mythology from Red.
Definitely want to highlight Townsends, OverlySarcasticProductions, Kurzgesagt. I would add EEV Blog (for electronics enthusiasts) and Five Watt World for music folks (mostly guitar).
Manyatruenerd
Fun, wholesome let’s plays, especially Fallout games. Totes lgbtq+ allies
Technology Connections is a fun one, Alec explains all sorts of everyday gadgets, and sometimes some old gadgets.
Watch Wes Work follows an auto/truck/tractor mechanic up north, he does a great job of explaining the why and how of his diagnostics.
The History Guy is another one of my favorites, especially his episode on transistors.
Cool DIY projects with an overall chilled vibe: https://www.youtube.com/@DIYPerks
Relaxing watch restorations with informative commentary https://www.youtube.com/@WristwatchRevival
For informative but entertaining car related stuff MCM are pretty great: https://www.youtube.com/mightycarmods
If you’re into F1, The Race has a pretty good youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/WeAreTheRace
Also Josh Revell deserves a shoutout https://www.youtube.com/@thejoshrevell
Crazy mashups - think Mr Bean in Cyberpunk: https://www.youtube.com/@eli_handle_bwav
General drunken shinanigans: https://www.youtube.com/@coldones
Chilled, nicely shot Japanese cooking videos: https://www.youtube.com/@JunsKitchen
Other generic cooking advice but also quite entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/@SortedFood
Geeky coffee related stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@jameshoffmann
Standard self plug (mostly stupid gaming stuff):
Love Wristwatch Revival. Almost makes me want to learn watchmaking.
So good isn’t it? I did buy a few Burgeon tools after watching for a while! If money was no object I’d have all of them.
Smartereveryday is incredible educational content, and he’s been making them for years.
Has anyone mentioned Knowing Better yet? Guy makes fantastic videos explaining a wide variety of topics. Some of his latest ones have been very in depth analyses about periods on American history, though he has covered many more subject as well. Highly suggested if you like long form content.
Another channel that I love is Captain Dissilussion. A guy dressed as a superhero breaks down the special effects behind hoaxes and viral videos, usually with a lesson in the end. Great channel even if you don’t know anything about special effects, you can learn a lot about how effects are done, how to spot them and then be surprised when the guy flexes his own (better) version of the effects at the end.
Both top notch content
A few I haven’t seen mentioned yet:
AaronGrooves Atomic Shrimp bald and bankrupt Limmy Pat Finnerty Quentin Smirhes Sabine Hossenfelder
