Ask HN: What are some of the most interesting YouTube channels to follow?

I started playing around with the youtube api to find just that. They only give you so many free search credits so you have to be careful with which calls you make. And in what order. I found the best way is to search for keywords like:

https://github.com/andrewarrow/many-possible-worlds/blob/mai...

then call get channel from the channel_id returned in the search:

https://github.com/andrewarrow/many-possible-worlds/blob/mai...

That totally depends on what you're looking for. Some of my favorites are

- Primer (academic subjects)

- Linking your Thinking (tutorials for Obsidian)

- Stuff Made Here (Entertaining and impressive robotics projects)

- a life engineered (all sorts of career advice stuff)

- Reducible (animations of CS subjects)

- ByteByteGo (short and informative videos about system design)

- Wolfgang's Channel (all sorts of home networking/selfhosted videos)

- Jack Rhysider (entertaining and informative podcasts about cyber security and cyber crime)

- Dark History (disaster documentaries)

Well, I’d recommend following me! https://youtube.com/@atomic14

Wintergatan is pretty awesome IMHO.

https://youtube.com/@Wintergatan

https://www.youtube.com/@getoffmylawn6692 is an upcoming channel which covers many obscure DOS games. It's cool to see old games which are usually made by one or two people.

It's also one guy who posts 5 times a week and has ~2000 subscribers, which IMO makes it deserve views on its own

Stuff made here

I mada a 100MPH flying hoop -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWXZyfhQas

Boy Boy

"We went to North Korea to get a haircut" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E

"Ukraine: The avoidable war" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL4eNy4FCs8

Also one of the people behind boy boy:

I did a thing - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLZe_NoiG0hT7QCX_9vmqw

- Jacob Geller (video essays, usually about video games, literature and film) - Baumgartner Restoration (narrated professional art restoration) - Itchy Boots (woman traveling continents by solo motorcycle) - Mustard (aviation and naval history) - Posy (hard to explain, just watch a popular video) - Ronald Finger (DIY auto restoration) - Technology Connections (essays on technology in the general sense- not just computers)

A mix of various things. Google to get to the channel:

pbs spacetime

stuff made here

ben eater's 8 bit computer

mike boyd

nerdforge

sabine hossenfelder

gotham chess

uthermal

3blue1brown

veritasium

Numberphile

Suckerpinch (all time favourite: https://youtu.be/LA_DrBwkiJA)

Stevey's tech talk

leonard susskind's stanford lectures

Wristwatch revival

Advoko Makes

Jeff Geerling, he has everything that your inner Geek deserves!

I like South Main Auto's (Auto Repair) channel. The way he troubleshoots and diagnoses problems is very informative and you will learn something new about fixing cars in every video.

I say, If you can turn a wrench then you can fix a car. You just need to know which bolt to turn.

Internet Historian is doing the best work on the site right now.

Unfortunately his most recent video got a copyright claim, but in the meantime you should start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI

Anthony Fantano for music

- FarmCraft101 = A guy who owns a farm and does a mixture of Dad skills and quite ambitious engineering https://www.youtube.com/@FarmCraft101

- StuffMadeHere = A lot of people have already recommended this, I also would too https://www.youtube.com/@StuffMadeHere

- Asianometry = "Science, Technology, History, Asia, mostly" great on semiconductors and the economics/business levers behind it https://www.youtube.com/@Asianometry

- Project Farm = thorough testing of hardware https://www.youtube.com/@ProjectFarm

- TwoMinutePapers = Latest breakthrough in AI https://www.youtube.com/@TwoMinutePapers

- Marius Hornberger = a very talented machinist/maker who makes good videos https://www.youtube.com/@MariusHornberger

Gaming Historian https://www.youtube.com/@GamingHistorian

I like Clickspring - https://youtube.com/@Clickspring

The series for his build of a Anthikythera mechanism is great to watch.

Adam Duff (LucidPixul). He does Art talks - talks about stuff while drawing, but something in the way he speaks and presents his stories clicks with me.

His channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AdamDuffArt

Example video about procrastination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJlJC6yjLpw

If anyone here knows similar YouTubers - please let me know.

Tom Scott‘s:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBa659QWEk1AI4Tg--mrJ2A

I mean, that describes the vast, vast majority of Youtube channels, but...

Esoterica[0] scholarly explorations of occult texts and practices (also see Religion For Breakfast, hochelaga)

Kaz Rowe[1] historical essays, usually LGBT inclined (also see Matt Baume, Contrapoints, T1J)

Secret Galaxy TV[2] toy and tv history (also see Kenny Lauderdale, Pushing Up Roses)

Freya Holmer[3] Math, gamedev and tech (also see gamesfromscratch, javidx9)

Steve Shives[4] Politics, Star Trek and pop culture (also see Jesse Gender, Kat Blaque, Trekyards)

Drachinifel[5] Boats and boat related accessories (also see Dr Alexander Clarke, lindybeige)

Scholagladiatora[6] Swords and sword related accessories (also see skallagrim, shadiversity, themetatron)

Justin Whang[7] Internet culture and lost media (also see sakura stardust, LsupersonicQ, blameitonjorge, wendigoon)

[0]https://www.youtube.com/@TheEsotericaChannel

[1]https://www.youtube.com/@KazRowe

[2]https://www.youtube.com/@SecretGalaxyTV

[3]https://www.youtube.com/@Acegikmo/videos

[4]https://www.youtube.com/@SteveShives

[5]https://www.youtube.com/@Drachinifel

[6]https://www.youtube.com/@scholagladiatoria

[7]https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jdnIP2u5hCJpVZ-TuDrCg

Also prior HN threads:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32220192 (316 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20385679 (143 comments)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7609584 (128 comments)

Modern Vintage Gamer if you're into emulation history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqP3ZzWiul0

I really like fasterthanlime, especially with the depth of knowledge. He was the first video creator that explained register usage in assembly in a way that wasn't so dry that I lost attention.

https://youtu.be/VMpSYJ_7aYM

Some of my favorites include:

Professor Leonard (math: mostly lectures) - https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorLeonard

Math Sorcerer (math: book reviews, lectures, comedy, etc) - https://www.youtube.com/@TheMathSorcerer

PatrickJMT (math) - https://www.youtube.com/@patrickjmt

Up and Atom (science) - https://www.youtube.com/@upandatom

Physics Girl (science) (sidebar: get healthy again soon Diana!) - https://www.youtube.com/@physicsgirl

Last Best Tool (tool reviews) - https://www.youtube.com/@lastbesttool

Torque Test Channel (tool tests: sometimes destructive) - https://www.youtube.com/@TorqueTestChannel

NC Bassin' (bass fishing: mostly on Lake Norman in NC) - https://www.youtube.com/@landonmoore76

3Blue1Brown (math: emphasis on cool visualizations) - https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown

Michael Penn (math) - https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelPennMath

EEVBlog (electronics) - https://www.youtube.com/@EEVblog

ElectroBOOM (Mehdi, electronics) - https://www.youtube.com/@ElectroBOOM

Great Scott (electronics) - https://www.youtube.com/@greatscottlab

Marco Reps (electronics, 3d printing, CNC, etc) - https://www.youtube.com/@reps

Sabine Hossenfelder (science) - https://www.youtube.com/@SabineHossenfelder

The Signal Path (electronics) - https://www.youtube.com/@Thesignalpath

Marsh Man Masson (fishing: mostly in the bayous of South Louisiana) - https://www.youtube.com/@MarshManMasson

The 8-bit Guy (retro-computing) - https://www.youtube.com/@The8BitGuy

Ben Eater (electronics) - https://www.youtube.com/@BenEater

Zach Freedman (aka Void Star Labs) (maker stuff - 3d printing, etc) - https://www.youtube.com/@ZackFreedman

Dr. Becky (astrophysics) - https://www.youtube.com/@DrBecky

618 Fishing (fishing: mostly in the lower midwest) - https://www.youtube.com/@618Fishing

Intuitive Angling with Randy Blaukat (bass fishing) - https://www.youtube.com/@randyblaukatintuitive

Reel Hillary Sue (bass fishing) - https://www.youtube.com/@TheReelHilarySue

Scott Martin Fishing (bass fishing) - htt...

Anton Petrov - space and science

https://www.youtube.com/@seancarroll | (The Mindscape playlist) Cosmology, philosophy, many topics, great AMAs

https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryoftheUniverse | Well researched cosmic history, excellent voice-over talent

https://www.youtube.com/@VoicesofthePast | Stunning first-person historical accounts, same excellent voice talent

https://www.youtube.com/@CoolWorldsLab | Astronomy, cosmology, etc

https://www.youtube.com/@CSIStarbase | In-depth research on SpaceX's Starbase in a fun format

https://www.youtube.com/@EverydayAstronaut | In-depth rocketry

https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley | Everything space

https://www.youtube.com/@GrindHardPlumbingCo | Crazy car builds, machining

https://www.youtube.com/@rctestflight | DIY radiocontrolled projects, lots of Ardupilot

https://www.youtube.com/@ZackFreedman | DIY electronics, 3d printing, love his wacky style

https://www.youtube.com/@StuffMadeHere | Incredible DIY mechanical engineering projects

Lots of my regulars are already covered by others here, one to add: https://youtube.com/@2STROKESTUFFING

I'm not a petrolhead, not but a longshot, but his optimization process has very similar qualities to good software optimization. Oh, and there's also lots of great premature optimization.