Ask HN: What is your weirdest secret YouTube addiction?

I have absolutely no interest in doing this myself, but the guy does an incredible job with the cars and videos. Simply relaxing to watch.

Tips from a Shipwright: https://www.youtube.com/user/TipsfromaShipWright

I have built a wooden boat and would love to do more. He is currently on his second beginning-to-end project. Incredible skill. Fun to watch him work and see the final product. Also well done videos (professionally produced by a sponsor) and just a really pleasing personality.

Just a guy in the woods making primitive huts and tools from scratch using only natural material.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJHA_jMfCvEnv-3kRjTCQXw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPRA0W1kECg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeoCbJPuvSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Ecb43qw98

But I find the mega budget production aspects fascinating. Seeing the million dollar DaVinci Resolve boards. The robotic Oculus camera cranes. As well as the intricate stunt choreography and wire work for Guardians 2. The massive alien ship interior sets for Arrival. The ballroom in Beauty and the Beast.

Another recent good one: Murder on the Orient Express. Istanbul's Sirkeci Rail Station. And a snow bound cliff outside Vincovci. All recreated on London sound stages. And shot in vintage large format Panavision 65mm analog film cameras ;)

Behind The Scenes On Murder on the Orient Express

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH_R2OauWMk

Two I would highly recommend:

https://www.youtube.com/user/mfreedberg

https://www.youtube.com/user/ChiCityTimelapse

A channel that HN might appreciate is Matthias Wandel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Matthiaswandel

For electronics I would recommend Louis Rossmann (https://www.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup/videos ), his videos are quite interesting regarding what's really happening in our machines at a lower level and what makes them tick. He also has really good advice (& rants) regarding life and business which is worth watching even if you don't care about the actual repairs themselves.

For old car repairs I watch https://www.youtube.com/user/mustie1/videos, what this guy is doing is really quite cool.

Also I do enjoy quite a lot of urban exploring videos (the good ones, not the CLICKBAIT GONE WRONG - usually if the title is in caps I don't even bother).

Other than that the usual pranks, fails (Fail Army), etc. Low quality I know but if I fall back to that this means I've exhausted my backlog of good videos and really don't care about what to watch anymore - I just need to kill time or to have some background noise going.

The Bryan Roper Science Channel (His related channels are also worth looking at) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChqEEMF8NKrAyGw815VKuZw

CNLohr (Hardware hacking) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG7yIWtVwcENg_ZS-nahg5g

Clickspring (Clock/watch machining?) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA/vid...

Francis Higgins (Some funny videos, bit hit or miss) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwDf5MzuhJlo7dtSPOlXkXA

DanielFromSL (Trolling in SecondLife and other online games) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNa9i8ifGJRlK2yWgM9DcOA

TheCrafsMan (Home crafts that are soothing to watch) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzsjHlc0WRwZYwlinsmtM4w

MichaelCthulu (1Hr+ Long videos of swords being made) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGca03sbLq7OUnXMdvRHyBQ

a rather obese, but extremely good natured and outgoing youtuber that absolutely stuffs his face during food reviews. Most of the video is him smacking while eating rather disgustingly.

Some of his videos are the literal definition of gluttony.

I love to watch his videos while cutting calories because it immediately makes me lose my appetite.

I feel like such a bad person for doing this but it is rather effective.

Last week I watched a video called 'Likey' by a Kpop group called Twice because a channel I'm subscribed to was reacting to it, and now I'm hooked.

I thougth I wouldn't like it, but they seem so cute and happy, and I've found that watching their videos is (in my case) a good way to relieve stress after a long day of programming.

Some examples - Queen Kong, Just Imagine (1930), Space Probe Taurus, Planet of the Vampires

When she's a bit too peppy, I have to turn the volume down or off (it sounds like the worst sort of baby talk to me), but the stuff she makes is amazing.

- Batsu games (no-laugh game shows from Japan. Search for it, the first result is a reddit link with list of episodes)

- Angry Video Game Nerd episodes (I love old school nintendo games)

- DBZ-Tubers (mostly started watching because of DBZ making a resurgence with DBSuper)

Recently I've been listening to this one a lot: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WbEGmghn_jo (Airplane jet engine)