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Ask HN: What are some of your favorite YouTube channels?

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Wanted to post a 2022 version of this classic HN question. Figured a Sunday would be a good day for this post.

What are some of the YouTube channels that you enjoy, particularly as an engineer/entrepreneur?

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My favourite “maker” channels are:

- Stuff made here, building incredible inventions: https://m.youtube.com/c/stuffmadehere

- BPS Space, advanced model rocketry: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCILl8ozWuxnFYXIe2svjHhg

Both cover engineering, machining, 3d printing, software, algorithms - love them!

Just want to add DIY Perks to the list of makers: https://m.youtube.com/user/DIYPerks

Thorough Analysis of Footwear Materials: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoseAnvil

Python: https://www.youtube.com/c/mCodingWithJamesMurphy

General Programming: https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship

Learning Brand New Skills: https://www.youtube.com/c/MikeShake

Economics: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePlainBagel

History: https://www.youtube.com/c/TenMinuteHistory

Investing (UK Focus): https://www.youtube.com/c/Pensioncraft

Soccer: https://www.youtube.com/c/BecomeElite

London Transport History: https://www.youtube.com/c/JagoHazzard

Hey, I'm working on a project to help users discover more interesting content on YouTube. Our channel-based recommendations allow you to search a channel and get a list of other channels making similar content, with a focus on surfacing relevant smaller and more obscure channels.

We have most of these channels mapped and I think you'll be able to discover some interesting new content on some of these lists, especially in the more niche categories of the shoe commentators and the London transport channel:

Rose Anvil: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUCId9g4zlQ9BOn6fLKIt1Y0A/

I'd recommend clicking through to Trenton & Heath's list for a more complete listing of shoe channels:

Trenton & Heath: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUCVYlC0HmT9eZI3ZrFy_xthQ/

Fireship: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUCsBjURrPoezykLs9EqgamOA/

Mike Shake: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUC6ktP3PLU5sAJxN9Rb0TALg/

The Plain Bagel: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUCFCEuCsyWP0YkP3CZ3Mr01Q/

History Matters (Ten Minute History): https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUC22BdTgxefuvUivrjesETjg/

PensionCraft: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUC9OIwUcx-Uss7xj7s1P5XGw/

Become Elite: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUCFfFE-6nfCHz4uDZ-08o6ng/

Jago Hazzard: https://channelgalaxy.com/id%3DUCcHuNKYzVMc06FXqsBEAV3A/

I hope some people find the tool useful. You can search channel names in the top bar or click icons in the lists to navigate to different channels' pages.

Cheers!

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Give it a reload. Google App Engine is giving random problems and an immediate reload will almost always solve the issue.

If anyone has any advice on this issue I'd love to hear it.

Oh no, not Google...

Edit. Seriously, not sure what it is but the site looks wacky. Like only partially rendering and elements out of focus and missing some borders etc. Is this planned? Not sure it's the best way to attract users....

Just put out an update on the database to correct the missing icons. As channels change icons the old links go dead. Should be back to near 100% icon coverage now.

As far as "elements out of focus and missing some borders" goes, I think this may be referring to the choice to have channel descriptions pop-up on hover in the lists rather than cluttering the screen with text. It may be something else, we do use a gray background underneath the page headline (with the channel title, subscriber count, large red "View on YouTube" button, and channel icon), for example.

Of course, we'd love to hear more feedback on the page design choices.

In no particular order:

The Royal Institution (https://youtube.com/c/TheRoyalInstitution)

Team Coco (https://youtube.com/c/TeamCoco)

World Science Festival (https://youtube.com/c/WorldScienceFestival)

Sabine Hossenfelder (https://youtube.com/c/SabineHossenfelder)

3Blue1Brown (https://youtube.com/c/3blue1brown)

PBS Space Time (https://youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime)

Tuesdays with Stories! (https://youtube.com/c/TuesdayswithStories)

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (https://youtube.com/user/PIOutreach)

Science & Cocktails (https://youtube.com/c/ScienceCocktails)

Surprised Quanta and Sean Carroll aren't on this list.

Sean Carroll I listen to as a podcast, and Quanta I read. :)

Quanta's YouTube channel has some beautiful visuals though!

I love world science festival, I miss daily equation episodes during peak COVID.

- Brick Experiment Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/BrickExperimentChannel

- Andreas Kling (serenityOS) - https://www.youtube.com/c/AndreasKling

- Computerphile - https://www.youtube.com/user/Computerphile

- The 8-Bit Guy - https://www.youtube.com/c/The8BitGuy

Matthias Wandel's channel, mainly on carpentry but really, on anything he posts, is very good. He's so good at what he does that I'd add him to that old cliché - "if you look up Engineer in the dictionary, his picture comes up". From his series on woodworking machine construction to just about anything else, his analytic mind has visualized the solution and has avoided the various pitfalls related to it.

https://www.youtube.com/c/Matthiaswandel

Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC-AQKm7HUNMmxjdS371MSwg

The upcoming rap festival video will be a banger for sure.

Andrew & co. just don't miss. From All Gas No Brakes till now as Channel 5 the videos are either great or perfect. They always provide such an amazing insight.

I don't watch a lot of YouTube, but here's my list:

ThePrimeagen - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8ENHE5xdFSwx71u3fDH5Xw (also check out his livestreams, very entertaining)

Tsoding - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrqM0Ym_NbK1fqeQG2VIohg

Jon Gjengset - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_iD0xppBwwsrM9DegC5cQQ

LiveOverflow - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClcE-kVhqyiHCcjYwcpfj9w

Mental Outlaw - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7YOGHUfC1Tb6E4pudI9STA

Luke Smith - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2eYFnH61tmytImy1mTYvhA

mCoding - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaiL2GDNpLYH6Wokkk1VNcg

Science / Electronics

  - AlphaPhoenix: https://youtube.com/c/AlphaPhoenixChannel
  - Andreas Spiess: https://youtube.com/c/AndreasSpiess
  - Marco Reps: https://youtube.com/c/MarcoReps

Fixing and Building Things

  - Mike Patey: https://youtube.com/c/MikePatey
  - Deboss Garage: https://youtube.com/c/DEBOSSGARAGE
  - Twoodfrd: https://youtube.com/user/twoodfrd
  - Foureyes Furniture: https://youtube.com/c/ChrisSalomone1
  - Jennies Garage: https://youtube.com/user/jenniesgarage

Automotive (and related)

  - SavageGeese: https://youtube.com/c/savagegeese
  - FortNine: https://youtube.com/c/FortNine

3D Printing

  - CNCKitchen: https://youtube.com/c/CNCKitchen
  - Thomas Sanladerer: https://youtube.com/user/ThomasSanladerer

Food

  - Adam Ragusea: https://youtube.com/user/aragusea
  - Joshua Weissman: https://youtube.com/c/JoshuaWeissman

Outdoors / Homestead

  - Learn Your Land: https://youtube.com/c/LearnYourLand

SavageGeese is the best. Mark and Jack are hilarious and produce top quality automotive journalism.

It hasn’t created any content in over six years, but I still really, really recommend: https://youtube.com/user/SpokenVerse

It’s the most beautiful recitations of poetry you will ever hear, especially if your someone who usually doesn’t like poetry.

One cool part is the creator is completely anonymous. Modern YouTube is so big on self promotion - this guy is the exact opposite.

He just lets the poems speak for themselves.

Thank you for sharing. I listened to a wonderful poem linked below. The author wrote it for his son when he turned 12. On a sad and tangential note, years after this poem was published, he “pulled strings” to get his son to serve in WW1. His son died and he later wrote: “If any question why we died / Tell them that our fathers lied.”

https://youtu.be/tK4HDCIr_E8

Great Scott [Electronics] https://www.youtube.com/c/greatscottlab

The Post Apocalyptic Inventor [Electronics/Tools/Crafts] https://www.youtube.com/c/ThePostApocalypticInventor

Cody's Lab [weird hobby science related] https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder

Jan Beta [Electronics/RetroComputers] https://www.youtube.com/c/JanBeta

Tom Scott [Intersting stuff] https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo

Lazy Game Reviews [Gaming/RetroComputers] https://www.youtube.com/c/Lazygamereviews

Soft White Underbelly [Society] https://www.youtube.com/c/SoftWhiteUnderbelly

Not mentioned so far - Adrian’s Digital Basement. He rips apart and fixes old tech and I love watching him geek out over some old transistor

https://youtube.com/c/adriansdigitalbasement

Yep, love Adrian's Digital Basement. Lots of Commodore 64 repair videos and I feel like I'm learning more about the hardware from watching the repairs.

On a similar theme: Action Retro:

https://www.youtube.com/c/ActionRetro

Lots of videos using early Apple gear, but it's not exclusively Apple. HN might know him for his FrogFind search engine, designed for use on vintage computers with resource constrained browsers. I really enjoyed his recent videos getting the Apple IIGS online, and testing Wolfenstein 3D on the IIGS with increasingly fast IIGS CPU accelerator boards. Once you get to around 14 Mhz it actually looks playable...

Technology: - Cathode Ray Dude (https://www.youtube.com/c/CathodeRayDude)

- Technology Connections (https://www.youtube.com/c/TechnologyConnections)

Urban Planning: - Not Just Bikes (https://www.youtube.com/c/NotJustBikes)

Cars / Engineering: - SuperfastMatt (https://www.youtube.com/c/SuperfastMatt)

Scott Manley. Started with Kerbal Space Program videos, now one of the leading freelance Space YouTube channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/szyzyg

Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut. Bought a Russian space suit, started wearing it and making videos. Has leveled up to interviewing Elon Musk, and other notable Space related people such as the former NASA administrator: https://www.youtube.com/c/EverydayAstronaut

Lindsay Ellis. Got her start in an ensemble channel, in the last few years has produced long form video essays mainly about film. Nothing in recent months sadly: https://www.youtube.com/c/LindsayEllisVids

You watch The Angry Astronaut?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvhpTBJRgMAXXzHHzJr7hg

Watched a few, not really my style. Thanks for the suggestion though.

Primitive Technology (happy he started uploading again): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA

Tom Scott for a lot cool facts and things I knew nothing about: https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo

Xander Budnick because I love his travels and amazing filming & editing style: https://www.youtube.com/c/XanderBudnick

I've seen a lot of channels I like myself, but not these ones yet: AgingWheels: (cars/engineering) https://m.youtube.com/user/agingwheels

ModernVintageGamer: (Technology/games) https://m.youtube.com/c/ModernVintageGamer

RegularCarReviews: (Automotive history, comedy, and varied vehicles) https://m.youtube.com/c/RegularCars

English channels:

https://www.youtube.com/c/ItchyBoots

https://www.youtube.com/c/TomScottGo

https://www.youtube.com/c/hihokids (the artist section, and food section is good)

https://www.youtube.com/c/britishpathe

https://www.youtube.com/c/JayForeman (typical British :))

Documentaries from Vice, Vox, Journey Man Pictures, Al Jazeera and DW TV are very good and available on YouTube.

Non-English channels:

https://www.youtube.com/c/Raanvata07 (the guy treks various unmaintained ancient "forts" in the Indian state of Maharashtra; photography is good as the guy himself is a photographer)

https://www.youtube.com/c/TribalPeopleTryOfficial (some tribal people, may be from Pakistan, try western food for the first time)

I will try to mention channels not present already

Fall of Civilizations - for engrosaing long form documentaries

Productivity Game - For excellent summaries of productivity books

ABC Science

Animalogic

How it should have ended

Hungarian folk tales - for the nostalgic kid in me

Kevin Powell - for CSS

Microconf - for entrepreneurs

Minute Earth

Mind your decisions- for small math puzzles

New scientist

Cogito

History of the earth

North 02

Moth light media

Stefan Milo

>Fall of Civilizations