YouTube Channels

Most of the YouTube channels I subscribe to, categorized. I'll provide descriptions of channels that need it.

Key

• 🆕- New addition
• 👀- Instant watch
• 🤌- Online video virtuoso
• 😿- Seemingly (and sadly) defunct
• 😴- Good for sleepytime (This doesn't mean the content is bad, just that it's relaxing.)
• ⏱️- Quick hits
• ☠️- Removed (I'll keep removed channels here for one update cycle after removing.)

Bikes

• Bike Shop Girl- Teaches you about bike shopping and recommends accessories.
• Shifter- Issues around biking for transportation.
• ElectricBikeReview.com
• The New Wheel Electric Bikes- Reviews of electric bikes by charming people.

Crafting

• 🤌😴 52 Miniatures- Makes magic with miniature models.
• Bobby Fingers- Makes detailed dioramas and buries them for viewers to find.
• 😴 Boylei Hobby Time- Makes cool diaoramas.
• ClayClaim- Watch a cool dude with great energy make incredible clay models of Fortnite characters or other pop culture characters and scenes.
• 🤌😴 TheCrafsMan SteadyCraftin- Love this guy's voice, and he's an extremely talented crafter too. You get a feeling you're getting the real person in videos even though he obviously pays a lot of attention to the craft of the videos themselves.
• 🤌😴 Craftastrophe- Makes all sorts of things and walks you through them. It's not quite that straightforward though: more surprises within.

Funny

• 😿 Abby Dearest- Like a children's show that grew up slightly damaged.
• brian david gilbert- Funny songs (and occasionally other things).
• ☠️ The Daily Show News, but it's funny because it's sad… also because it's funny.
• Dan Ryckert- This guy is a real goofball and he plays video games. The humor is really the thing though, so it goes here instead of in "Video Games."
• ☠️ DeepBlueInk- I subscribe for the My Brother, My Brother, and Me animations.
• The McElroy Family- The Monster Factory series is a laugh a minute… maybe even more frequently.

Japan

• 🤌 Abroad in Japan- This guy shows you cool things about Japan, but he does it with an artistry that is pretty incredible. He's hilarious and a natural storyteller. Production value is off the charts!
• ☠️ Life Where I'm From- Man and his family share what family life is like in Japan.
• Matt vs Japan- This guy learned to speak Japanese while in the US mostly by watching anime.
• Micaela ミカエラ- A fun English-speaking vlogger in Japan.
• Rachel & Jun's Adventures!- A cute couple living in Japan and sharing bits of their life there.
• Sharmeleon- A charming English-speaking vlogger living in Japan.

Pop Culture

• 12tone- Explains why popular songs work in an accessible way.
• Afterthoughts- Media critiques.
• 🤌 Anthony Vincent- Talented musician who plays popular songs in the styles of different artists.
• Big Joel- Critiques of TV and movies.
• The Cursed Judge- Critiques of popular media including video games and TV.
• Defunctland- Features theme parks, TV shows, and products that used to be but are no longer.
• Eddache- Essays about popular media — mostly retro children's media.
• 😿 Get In The Robot- Fun anime videos.
• Good Blood- Infrequent pop culture essays.
• GTV Japan- Videos about Japanese video games and other media.
• 👀 In Praise of Shadows- Thoughtful criticism of horror media.
• 👀 Izzzyzzz- Explores 2000s youth and teen culture. Their series on The Sims is great!
• 🤌 Mother's Basement- Anime reviews. Really good stuff!
• Michael Saba- Essays about games, TV, movies, anime, and sometimes where those intersect with the rest of the world.
• PostmodernJukebox- Popular music remade in older styles.
• PushingUpRoses- A lovely person who reviews episodes of Murder She Wrote and Are You Afraid of the Dark, and occasionally, point-and-click adventure games. Also sometimes ventures into mental health topics.
• Ray Mona- Searches for lost media and shares the story of the search.
• 😿 Screen Therapy- Media criticism from a perspective of psychology.
• 🤌 Secret Galaxy- If you were a child in the 80s or 90s, there's plenty of nostalgia for you here. Documentaries of children's toys and TV from the era.
• Stoked- Video games, TV, movies, and tech from around Y2K.
• 👀🤌 Super Eyepatch Wolf- Every video has a compelling angle, and he tells the story deftly. Wrestling, video games, TV, anime… he will make you fall in love with all of them.
• TyFrom99- Media analysis from a Gen Z perspective.
• Under The Scope- Videos about anime.
• What's So Great About That?- Essays centered around games, TV, and movies.
• Wisecrack- Pop culture + philosophy.

Software

• Curtis McHale- Productivity videos, with a focus on personal knowledge management with Obsidian.
• A Better Computer- Loads of channels cover productivity software, but this is the only one who consistently shows me things I didn't know about.
• The Browser Company- Makers of the Arc web browser. They seem to love the web, and their videos reflect that. They also give updates on their browser here.
• ☠️ DistroTube- Entertaining videos about Linux, including explorations of distros.
• InfinitelyGalactic- Linux how-tos and explorations of distros.
• The Linux Experiment- News and commentary about Linux.
• Linux For Everyone- Linux hot-to videos.

Tabletop Games

• A.A. Voigt- Tabletop RPG reviews with rich context.
• Actualol- Solid videos for discovering board games. Most videos share a number of different games around a single theme.
• Dave Thaumavore RPG Reviews
• Dicebreaker- A bunch of affable British folks tell you about new and upcoming board games and tabletop RPGs.
• The Gaming Table- Tabletop RPG reviews.
• geek gamers- Focuses on solo tabletop RPG play, which I find fascinating.
• 🤌 No Pun Included- Wonderful, funny reviews of tabletop games.
• Polyhedron- Reviews of tabletop RPGs.
• 🤌 Shut Up & Sit Down- More funny tabletop game reviews.
• 😴 Stoneaxe Tabletop Gaming- Plays RPGs solo
• Zee Bashew- Animated stories from and explainers about tabletop role playing.

Tech

• The 8-Bit Guy- Fun videos about old technology. Sometimes does restorations.
• Cathode Ray Dude [CRD]- Deep dives on retro tech.
• Christopher Lawley- Tech videos with an Apple focus.
• 🤌 Dave2D- Tech reviewer with a focus on gaming laptops. Insightful and has great charisma.
• ETA PRIME- Tests hardware performance with emulators, with a focus on handhelds and small form-factor PCs and SBCs (single-board computers).
• LGR- Retro tech channel. His mailbag videos are great because you get to see and learn about lots of obscure retro hardware.
• 🆕 Michael MJD- Retro technology, software, and web.
• 🤌 MKBHD- Smart analysis of gadgets.
• Rene Ritchie- Tech videos with a focus on Apple.
• Retro Recipes- Retro tech videos.
• Straszfilms- Videos about VR and the metaverse.
• 👀 suckerpinch- Does things with computers and technology that you really aren't supposed to do… but I'm really glad they do it anyway.
• TechDweeb- Retro gaming handhelds and other gaming hardware. They have quite a distinctive voice.
• TechHut- Videos about Linux, self-hosting, and gaming.
• Techkhamun- Tech reviews with an Apple focus.
• Techmoan- If learning about old gadgets sounds like fun, this is your guy.
• The Verge- Technology and the culture that orbits around it.
• VWestlife- Retro tech videos.

Urbanism

• Adam Something- Critiques of modern society, particularly urban planning.
• Alan Fisher- Focuses on transportation.
• Cities 4 People- Shares good examples of urbanism in North America.
• City Beautiful- High quality videos about urban planning. He goes around the country and shows great examples.
• City Geek- Each video gives a quick overview of a city.
• 👀🤌 CityNerd- Great themed lists of North American cities. His delivery, as if he's been swimming up the urban planning stream for 40 years, is perfect.
• 👀 Not Just Bikes- He hated North American urban planning so much that he moved his family to the Netherlands. Now, he makes videos about urbanism.
• Oh The Urbanity!- Canadian duo exploring good urbanism in North America.
• Peter Davies- Has started a series around building a city in Cities Skylines without car traffic. Cool premise!
• Strong Towns- A movement to support "a model of development that allows America's cities, towns and neighborhoods to become financially strong and resilient."
• Thomas Y- Videos pushing back against North American urban planning.

Video Games

• ⏱️ 60 Minutes in 60 Seconds- One minute videos, each covering the first hour of a game. Cool concept, and full of fun puns. I could do without the "you know what to do" at the end of each video.
• 👀 A Critical Hit! | "Critical Kate" Willært- Documentaries with a wonderfully unique perspective. Just reading the video titles makes my eyes go big with excitement.
• 👀🤌 Action Button- His reviews are many hours long… and I will watch every second of them, starting as soon as they are released. He's hilarious, but not the way a stand-up comedian is hilarious, and his reviews are filtered heavily through his life experience. Incredible stuff. I hope I someday create something as awesome as any one of his reviews.
• Adam Millard - The Architect of Games- Thoughtful essays about game design.
• AesirAesthetics- Retrospectives on CRPGs, ARPGs, and some other games.
• 👀🤌 Ahoy- Incredibly well-produced documentaries that are all too rare.
• AI and Games
• ambiguousamphibian- Makes their own fun in sandbox games by adding their own wild restrictions.
• Arcade Archive- This person is building an arcade.
• 😿 Arcadology- Essays about gaming with really good topics.
• Ars Technica- A weird mix of videos here, mostly centered around tech and gaming but with quite a few videos of YouTubers in those areas reading their comments. I've put them here because their "War Stories" series is the standout for me.
• Atari Archive- Focuses on Atari 2600/VCS games.
• Basement Brothers- Learn about cool games for old Japanese computers.
• Bismuth- Cool speedrunning documentaries.
• Blast Processing- Video essays with a concentration on Sega consoles.
• Bluesuit- Reviews of indie games.
• Boulder Punch- Essays on and reviews of games with horror and other heavy themes.
• Bowl of Lentils- Shows off Japanese RPGs and visual novels.
• 😴 Britta Food4Dogs- A charming woman in New Zealand shares her love of collecting games.
• Chariot Rider- Interesting video essays.
• Chris Davis- Focuses on CRPGs and immersive sims.
• Cinnacal- Infrequent video game analysis.
• 👀 Classic Gaming Quarterly- I love watching this guy flip through old video game magazines. He talks about the games and edits video footage of the games in. It's a lot of fun.
• CGQ+- An offshoot of ☝️ .
• 😿👀🤌 Cloth Map- Wonderful videos about the places in games and the gaming culture of places. By everyone's favorite blinking white guy.
• codex- Documentaries about gaming secrets and cheat codes.
• 😿 Coding Secrets- The technical feats used to achieve "impossible" effects in Sega Genesis games. I'm calling this one defunct because the most recent video is an ad for a Funko Pop game and is nothing like the videos that got me to subscribe. The last one of those was in 2021.
• 😿👀🤌 Cool Ghosts- This seems to be defunct and it makes me sad. It gave me the feeling of an old video game magazine because episodes were released infrequently and each one was an event that would teach me about cool new video games.
• 😿 Corrupted Save- Game reviews and essays.
• Critical Path- Interviews with game designers.
• Cult of the CyberSkull- Game reviews.
• Dan Waterfield- Game reviews.
• Darkfry- Video essays with a quirky sense of humor.
• 👀🤌 Daryl Talks Games- Games through the lens of psychology. Great storyteller and great editing. All his videos are day-one viewing for me.
• Design Doc
• 👀 Errant Signal- Great reviews and documentaries. I like the "Children of Doom" series quite a bit.
• 👀😴 eurothug4000- Wonderful and thoughtful game essays by a person who has a taste for cozy games, among others.
• Face Full of Eyes- Deep dives on games' aesthetics.
• First Five- Bite-sized reviews.
• FrameRater- Retro gaming news and information plus historical documentaries.
• FUNKe- Video essays with gorgeous animation.
• GC Vazquez- Video essays with a heavy focus on the Yakuza series and adjacent games.
• 😿 Game Brain- Documentaries about the making of video games.
• 😿 Game Design Foundry- Explorations of game design.
• 👀🤌 Game Maker's Toolkit- Awesome videos about game design and development.
• 😴 Game Sack- Themed lists of retro games.
• 😿 Game Score Fanfare- Great videos on video game music.
• Gamedev Adventures- Essays about game design.
• Gamers' Garden Retro- Retro game videos, mostly on the Sega Saturn.
• Gameumentary
• 👀🤌 Gaming Historian- Incredible documentaries on old games and hardware.
• The Geek Critique- Video essays focused on retro games.
• Giant Bomb- Its best days are behind it, but even so, it's still good. Tune in to get the latest scoops from Jeff Grubb or to be shocked by what normal everyday concepts Dan Ryckert doesn't understand.
• gillythekid- Video essays.
• Graythorn- Video essays with a unique perspective.
• Grim Beard- Stylish, fun "reviews" that are half review/half documentary. A lot of the games featured contain horror themes.
• GVMERS- Gaming documentaries that are seemingly read by a voice actor. Maybe I'm wrong, but I find the style of delivery a bit off-putting, like I'm watching an A&E documentary or something. Content is somewhat pedestrian but sometimes interesting.
• Hard4Games- Mostly short documentaries about classic games. Not sure about the channel name though…
• HeavyEyed- Video essays.
• History Respawned- History in and through video games.
• hotcyder- Nice videos with a concentration in Rare and Nintendo.
• Hungry Goriya- Reviews of NES games.
• i am error- Smart video essays.
• I Dream of Indie Games- Indie game reviews with great personality.
• 🆕🤌 I Finished A Video Game- Long and exhaustive retrospectives on game series.
• Indigo Gaming- Documentaries and essays. They seem to like the cyberpunk milieu, so a lot of the videos are about that.
• Iron Pineapple- Plays all of the obscure Soulslikes they can find on Steam. Seems to give each one a fair shake and has smart criticism of them.
• 🤌 Jacob Geller- Great video essays.
• The Jeff Gerstmann Show- Founder of Giant Bomb. Really funny guy who has been covering video games forever.
• JennDjinn- Reviews of indie games and round-ups of Steam Next Fest demos.
• Jenovi- Great retro gaming content with an emphasis Sega and somewhat grating newscaster-style delivery.
• 👀 Jeremy Parish | Video Works- Walking through the history of game releases for various retro consoles. Production is fairly poor but content is great.
• John Learned- Annotated playthroughs of video games, giving you all sorts of interesting extra context.
• Joseph Anderson- Infrequent video essays.
• Josh Strife Hayes- Videos about MMOs.
• Kester's Forest- Repairs gaming hardware and flips through old magazines.
• The Killer Bits- Reviews of games that aren't the major mainstream hits. This channel recently came out of a few years of dormancy. Seems like they're doing some tabletop content now too.
• KingK- Video essays with a focus on Japanese mega hits like Mario, Sonic, and Pokemon.
• Kruggsmash- Tells and illustrates stories from Dwarf Fortress. Fascinating that a game can generate these stories!
• 👀 TheLazyPeon- Really good MMO videos. Keeps you up to date on the current state of long-running MMOs and reviews new MMOs too. I love the WoW Hardcore series he recently started.
• LambHoot- I'm not sure what else to say about these channels that do video essays. Please don't take that to mean any of them are worse than the others. I like them all. That's why they're on this list.
• Leon Massey- Essays about game design.
• 😿 Leonardo Da Sidci- Essays with pretty cool perspectives.
• Liam Robertson - Game History Guy- Teaches you about games that were never released.
• Liam Triforce- Lots of Legend of Zelda videos with some other Japanese games and the occasional Western game thrown in for good measure.
• ☠️ Lucky Ghost- MMO review and guide videos. (I want to explain my unsub here. This channel frequently produces advertorial videos and buries the disclosure. I was watching a video that sure seemed like an ad. Looked at the comments and discovered the disclosure was 2 minutes into the video. If they haven't already, the FTC should more strictly define what constitutes proper disclosure of a sponsored video.)
• MandaloreGaming- Smart reviews of games that might have 20 years ago been thought of as PC games, back before console gaming gobbled up everything. Lots of strategy games here, but there's other stuff too.
• Maraganger- Video essays exploring some odd corners of gaming.
• Mark Flynn- Deep dives into character designs.
• MashTec- Reviews of retro gaming devices. May be defunct. Hasn't released a video for a while.
• Matt Barton- Interviews around and playthroughs of CRPGs.
• Matthewmatosis- Video essays and reviews.
• Mega Drive Profile- Reviews of Mega Drive (or Genesis if you're in the US) games.
• MetalJesusRocks- Retro game collector who loves to show his collection and take you along to cool retro game stores. I saw him once at a festival on my street when I lived in Seattle.
• Modern Vintage Gamer- Technical deep dives on retro games.
• Mortismal Gaming- Lots of reviews of CRPGs and adjacent genres.
• 😿 Mr. Gentleman- Home of the History of RPGs series.
• MrEdders123- Long retrospectives and reviews on a variety of retro games.
• mrixrt- Video essays slanting toward the negative (e.g., this or that game "sucks," "what's wrong with" a game, etc.)
• My Life in Gaming- They play retro games and will show you the best ways to do it too!
• 😿 N64 Glenn Plant- Game reviews, themed lists, and magazine look-throughs.
• Nerrel- Game reviews.
• NESComplex- Videos covering games of the 8- and 16-bit eras. My favorites are the "Declassified" series: deep dives into the secrets of a particular game.
• NES Friend- Short videos describing NES games.
• NeverKnowsBest- Mostly interesting video essays. Their recent "Entire History of Video Games" is pretty great.
• New Frame Plus- Explores animation in games.
• Next Level Narrative- Essays about storytelling in popular media — primarily games.
• Nextlander- Giant Bomb alums Vinnie Caravella, Brad Shoemaker, and Alex Navarro play games together. Great if you want to see new releases played by good people.
• Noah Caldwell-Gervais- Epic video game essays, along with some occasional travel content.
• Noclip- Video game documentaries. This guy used to work for GameSpot and has loads of access as a result. Great dude too.
• Noclip Game History Archive- Danny ended up with a bunch of old tapes of historical significance and is digitizing them to this channel.
• Noclip Crew- Same crew as proper Noclip, but these aren't really documentaries. More freeform but still enjoyable.
• Noisy Pixel- Reviews of indie games. The reviews aren't great, but they make this list because they review games not many others do.
• Noodle- Fun gaming essays backed by original animation.
• Now in the 90s- Which games came out 30 years ago?
• 😿 On Doubt- Stories about people who make video games
• onaretrotip- A wide variety of retro game videos. There are several about Lucasarts adventure games.
• PandaMonium Reviews Every U.S. Saturn Game
• Parallax Abstraction- Reviews indie games and modern retro games
• PatricianTV- Extensive retrospectives and analysis, in many cases of CRPGs.
• PC Gamer
• Penney Pixels- Creates fake de-makes of modern games or retro game adaptations of modern media.
• Pepp's Picks- Reviews of indie games.
• 😴 PeteDorr- Videos about game collecting.
• 👀🤌 People Make Games- The best games journalism going. These people are exposing the dark underbelly of gaming.
• 😴 Pixel Architect- Demonstrates pixel art techniques. Also logs development of their RPG.
• Polygon- Major game site with videos that often skew silly. Still pretty good though.
• PostMesmeric- Video essays.
• Press Start To Continue- Explorations of creepy or mysterious aspects of games… plus several Mother videos.
• PrimeHylian- Lots of game essays about Metroid, among others.
• ProbablyJacob- Game reviews and a few videos about paranormal stuff.
• Quest Marker- Cool gaming essays and reviews of indie games.
• quwebs- Quick reviews of 8-bit and 16-bit games.
• Raycevick- Cool video essays.
• Razbuten- All of his stuff is good, but I particularly enjoy the videos that analyze games from the non-gamer perspective.
• RemovableSanity- Indie game reviews.
• Retro Dodo- Retro hardware and games.
• 🤌 Retro Game Corps- The best retro hardware reviews and how-tos around.
• RetroActive- Videos about retro games, including a couple of videos exploring the history of ska music in games.
• Retrohistories- Historical documentaries about games.
• RetrospectiveGaming- Retrospectives of old CRPGs. Kinda goofy delivery that makes me chuckle.
• 😴 RMC - The Cave- A British guy with a soothing voice shares retro consoles and computers and their games. He has a real museum you can visit, and many videos focus on restorations of donated items.
• Rock Paper Shotgun- Keep up with what's going on in PC gaming.
• Salokin- Reviews of games I don't often see reviewed on YouTube.
• Same Name, Different Game- Sometimes, the same game is different on different platforms. This channel compares them.
• Sean Seanson- Rounds up obscure PS1 games and games that were never released in the US.
• Shesez- Has some great series like "Boundary Break" which shows you cool finds out of bounds in games and "Region Break" which shows you the differences between regional releases of a game.
• 😴 Shirley Curry- Grandma Shirley plays Skyrim and makes up her own personal lore to flesh out her characters as she goes. She opens ever video with "hello, grandkids." Wholesome.
• 🤌 Skill Up- Great reviews of the big releases. He also does a weekly news roundup that is highly entertaining and informative.
• Skyehoppers- Video essays.
• SNES drunk- Short videos describing SNES games.
• 🤌 Snoman Gaming- Videos about game design.
• SoberDwarf- Game design documentaries.
• Stop Skeletons From Fighting- Dynamic videos about the oddball side of video games.
• 👀 strafefox- Awesome documentaries focusing on Japanese games.
• Stylized Station- Analysis of game graphics and art.
• 👀 Summoning Salt- Walk through the history of speedrunning records.
• 😿 Sunder- Game reviews and game design videos.
• Super Bunnyhop- Reviews and thoughtful essays.
• 😿 Sushiperv- The JRPG innovations series is pretty cool.
• Table 53- Reviews of indie games and video essays.
• Taki Udon- Previews and reviews of retro gaming handhelds.
• Tama Hero- Deep dives into aspects of the elements of Pokemon games.
• 🆕 tangomushi- Retrospectives on survival horror games, including some obscure ones.
• Tanner's Game Museum- Awesome short videos about retro games.
• Tehsnakerer- Long videos about games.
• That Trav Guy- Fun, well-edited documentaries on games, sometimes new but mostly retro.
• Three Minute Gaming- Short game reviews.
• Timothy Cain- Shares his experience working on seminal CRPGs vlog style.
• tomatoanus- Your tour guide through record speedruns.
• Turbo Button- Analysis of game mechanics.
• Unseen64: an Archive for Beta & Cancelled Games- Unearthed footage of canceled games.
• VaatiVidya- Learn the lore of the Soulsbourne games.
• ☠️ Valefisk- Games as masochism.
• Video Game Animation Study
• Video Game B-Roll
• Video Game Docs- Video game documentaries exploring retro stuff.
• The Video Game History Foundation- Infrequent but good and interesting videos.
• VZedshows- Interesting takes on games.
• wizawhat- Gaming video essays.
• 😿 Wrestling With Gaming- Videos about retro games and the hardware and culture surrounding them.
• Writing on Games
• Xygor Gaming- Mostly short retrospectives and reviews of old JRPGs.
• YourFriendJacob- Exposing new and upcoming indie games.

Other Stuff

• おもしろ雑貨コレクター- This person shares the cool and strange items they collect, while wrapping their videos in some fun storytelling.
• anadvora- Quirky fun songs.
• 👀🤌 Answer in Progress- Great explainers!
• 😴 The Art and Making of- Reviews art books.
• Atomic Frontier- Fun science videos.
• 😿 baracksdubs- Obama sings pop songs.
• 🤌 Captain Disillusion- Fun videos about visual effects.
• 🤌 CaseyNeistat- C'mon, you know this guy, right? Incredible storyteller. I enjoy when he looks at micromobility tech.
• 😿 Chokkan- Custom computer keyboards.
• 🤌 Climate Town- Funny videos about climate change.
• Code to the Moon- Cool software development videos. Lots of Rust stuff, but there are also tools and workflow stuff that could be helpful to any developer.
• ColdFusion- Tech and current events explainers.
• Cool Worlds- Science videos focusing on space.
• Crypticc- Videos about cryptids and folk legends. I don't buy that this stuff is "real" in a meaningful sense, but I still like to watch it occasionally.
• 🤌 Dean Bog- Wonderful short films about Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
• Direct and Dominate- An action/comedy animated series incorporating retro 3D graphics and plenty of references to video games.
• 😴 EasyPcRepairs- I'm not particularly interested in the content of this channel, but the delivery of that content is relaxing.
• Einzelgänger- Videos focused on self-improvement through philosophy.
• exurb1a- Fun philosophical videos.
• Fascinating Horror- Stories of horrific accidents and other real-life horrors.
• 🤌 First We Feast- Unless today is your first day trying YouTube, you probably know their show "Hot Ones." It really is as good as everyone says.
• Folding Ideas- Documentaries on lots of things, from pop culture to regular culture to commerce.
• 🆕 Grickle- Creepy animations. You may know the animator from the Puzzle Agent game series.
• 🤌 hbomberguy- Lots of essays about video games, but also social commentary and other explainers. His exposé on Tommy Tallarico is a standout.
• HealthyGamerGG- Mental health and personal growth.
• 👀🤌 The Hood Internet- Great video mashups of hit songs. Each video has hits from a particular year.
• Internet Historian- Tells the stories of things that happened online but also sometimes about things that happened in the world.
• 🤌 Jay Foreman- Silly (in a good way) videos about maps and bridges.
• Jeffrey Kaplan- Videos about learning techniques and philosophy.
• 🤌 Johnny Harris- What if the news actually explained things?
• 👀🤌 JxmyHighroller- Awesome videos about NBA basketball. Loves to dive deep and derive conclusions from stats.
• Kaz Rowe- History videos with a focus on LGBTQ+ folks.
• 🤌 Kyle Hill- Fun videos that make science accessible.
• 🤌 LegalEagle- Whoever thought the law could be fun?
• 🤌 LEMMiNO- Researches mysteries, like the origin of the cool 'S,' Jack the Ripper, and D.B. Cooper.
• 😿🤌 LOCAL58TV- An early and wonderful example of this style of "analog horror" — horror content that presents as real found footage from the era of the VHS tape.
• 🤌 Miniminuteman- Accessibile and engaging history videos.
• misterdeity- Good critiques of religion.
• More Perfect Union- Social commentary and anti-capitalism.
• Mr. Beat- Great history videos from a passionate teacher.
• 🤌 mugumogu- Beautiful, soothing videos of three cute cats, including Maru, the box cat.
• Nerdwriter1- Such a variety here it's hard to categorize. Let's just say that all of the videos are interesting.
• 😴 Odd Tinkering- Watch someone restore old objects — often gaming-related but not always.
• Oki's Weird Stories- Odd stories about people.
• Overly Sarcastic Productions- Videos about literature, mythology, and history.
• Premodernist- Micro history documentaries.
• The Punk Rock MBA- Engaging videos about the business side of music.
• Qxir- Stories of people in peril.
• RobWords- Fun and funny videos about language.
• Sakura Stardust- Exploring Japanese internet culture, often with a horror bent.
• Secret Base- I'm not huge into sports, but I do enjoy their videos. Really great at giving you the context around important plays or rivalries.
• Simone Giertz- Formerly the "queen of shitty robots." Now, Simon makes all kinds of stuff besides just shitty robots. Always a fun watch.
• Ska Tune Network- Mostly ska/punk covers of pop songs. Their energy is infectious.
• Some More News- Funny left-leaning news show. Like The Daily Show if it really dove deep.
• Something Different Films- Videos about geography and the culture that comes out of it.
• 🤌 Special Books by Special Kids- Charming interviews with people with disabilities.
• 🤌 Stewart Hicks- Awesome accessible architecture videos.
• 🤌 Stuff Made Here- Makes incredible devices. Less crafting and more invention + engineering.
• Tasting History with Max Miller- Cooks historically accurate dishes.
• The Thought Emporium- Weird science.
• Thoughty2- Cool short documentaries on a variety of topics. You will learn things you weren't aware you wanted to know.
• 🤌 Trash Theory- Great music documentaries showing the history of various aspects of popular music. The one about the first punk rock Christmas song is a standout.
• 🤌 Veritasium- Masterfully entertaining and well-produced science videos.
• Versed- Current events and politics videos with great thumbnails.
• vewn- Cool and kinda creepy animation in a very creepy aspect ratio.
• VICE- News with a focus on sex, danger, and youth culture.
• vlogbrothers- The prototypical vloggers. Two smart guys talking to the camera about interesting stuff across a variety of topics.
• 🤌 Vox- High-quality explainer and current events videos.
• Vsauce- Exists somewhere at the intersection of history, design, philosophy, and science. Always interesting.
• Weird Paul- Retro media, thrift store finds, and Paul's home videos from his childhood.
• 🤌 zefrank1- Off-the-wall nature documentaries.