Ask HN: What are fun entertaining YouTube channels/videos you watch in free time?

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Science: MarkRober, SmarterEveryDay, TomScott

Informational: Vox, Vice

Dog rescue videos: HopeforPaws

Something different: SoulPanCake

Cooking: You Suck At Cooking

Movies: Red Letter Media

Japanese tourism tips: Abroad in Japan

Odd trinkets, toys, and junk reviews: Ashens

Fast food reviews: ReviewBrah (Report of the Week)

Red Letter Media

Seen Through Glass

Shmee150

Casey Neistat

Since you mentioned STG and Schmee I'd like to extend with:

Misha Charoudin - Daily VLOGs about him living and working at the Nurburgring

xthilox - super fast Nurburgring laps in his Cupra

DannyDC2 - great VLOGs about a Honda Integra DC2

medium/short length documentaries DW Documentary

Also like watching movie character and screenplay breakdowns Nerdwriter1 and Lessons from the Screenplay

VSauce is a science channel which I find both entertaining and educational. Fun and fast paced and often mind-bending.

https://youtu.be/SrU9YDoXE88

If you have YouTube Red, I also like his Mind Field series. I believe it's the only YouTune Red series I actually watch.

It's not as technical and detailed as normal Vsauce, but still interesting and entertaining.

- old stuff (games, electronics): 8 bit guy, lazy games review, cinemassacre, techmoan, gaming historian

- maker stuff: useless duck, matthias wandel, useless duck

- general ramblings: louis rossmann, penguinz0 (kritical), casually explained, nyanners (don't judge...)

- nature & science: bbc earth, art of the problem, engineering guy, pbs space time, smarter everyday, amoeba sisters

- electronics: eevblog, ben heck show

There are a couple in this list that I'm not super proud of but I believe in honesty: Yogscast, Hat Films, Achievement Hunter, Kirsten Dirksten, Screen Junkies, Bangkok 112, Lazy Game Reviews, The 8-Bit Guy, the Russian/European hydraulic press guy, the Indian engineer who fake electrocutes himself all the time (can't remember name), The Slow-Mo Guys, ThePrimeThanatos, Mikey Chen.
There are many others, but this is a selection of the best

Numberphile (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A) - math related

Cody's Lab (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw) - various science experiments - most of them go deeper into maths/physics/chemistry of it

Nile Red (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhXFikryT4aFcLkLw2LBLA) - chemistry

BosnianBill (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1orOGJwZvjLAvckyxC4Nw) - lock picking - very soothing

Ian Atkinson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkCG-505-1t0rYlgBTSnpQ) - leatherworking

Mike Boyd (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRiWCPZoUyZDbydIqitHtQ) - a guy learning various things and timig how much it takes

This Old Tony (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NO8MgTQKHAWXp6z8Xl7yQ) - makers stuff

Clickspring (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA) - makers stuff - VERY addictive and soothing

CGP Grey (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C_jShtL725hvbm1arSV9w) - various historic/general stuff

jimmydiresta (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEk4xHBbz0hZNIBBpowdYQ) - maker stuff

Primitive Technology (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA) - guy living (for a few days at a time) in the woods

scaffoal (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAUtMll4-Bi2sWnbqtMVrTg) - making jewlery

Brian Oltrogge (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOywIdppbhn6hkgcEtDMatg) - metal casting

My lazy pleasure lately has been watching StarCraft 2 casts on LowkoTV. He is a knowledgeable caster with a great sense of humor.

I used to play StarCraft 1 when I was younger. I would never have the time to become good at sc2 today, but I've found the casts to be a fun, relaxing throwback. The top players are phenomenal and it is pretty incredible to watch them play.

https://m.youtube.com/user/Felixje0