Looking for some hidden gems
From my subscriptions:
Prozd Plays Games is a great let’s play style channel. He’s a voice actor and pretty funny.
NileRed is a chemistry madman who does very interesting experiments.
Technology Connections does deep dives into all sorts of household technologies: dishwashers, heat pumps, electric cars. He also dabbles in film photography, pinball machines, and other stuff I’m definitely forgetting.
Practical Engineering is a very high quality educational channel on civil engineering. Lately he’s even started going to work sites and filming projects as they go.
Folding ideas does very well researched video essays. His flat earth video a couple years ago really took off but basically everything he puts out is incredibly interesting.
Tom Stanton doesn’t upload much but he does model airplane and custom ebike content mostly.
Jenny Nicholson uploads once or twice a year now with theme park and weird media video essays.
I have quite similar taste from the videos you listed. I will check out folding ideas because I have not heard about it before. You should check out clickspring. Its an awesome machining channel.
The flat earth video is amazing, I’ll give you that. But for my money, this is his best one.
Watched an hour long documentary on the history of the difficulty of making blue LED lights this weekend lol.
Saw the thumbnail for that and added it to my watch later. So I’ll probably never watch it
It’s actually a cool story. The dude was a technician and was shunned by the phd’s and had to repair equipment which gave him the skills to modify the machines to eventually succeed… and he later got a phd like he always wanted…. If the story is to be believed…. Either way pretty sure that dudes family is loaded unless there’s a weird thing from his country where they don’t allow hereditary stuff but maybe not…. Dum dum dum…. Does he get rich I can’t remember but he seemed happy I think and proud rightfully so
Technology Connections, tomm Scott, smarter everyday, and similar channels
star wars/trek/gate lore and detail videos from people like, certifiably I game, metanerdz lore, gateworld
Fantasy world stuff like WH40K and LOTR, leutin09 and nerd of the rings, installation00 and hidden Xperia for halo
I’ve started watching movie breakdowns of varying types for movies I loved from the 80s onwards from people like media zealot, heavy spoilers, the deep dive
Metal/woodworking videos from people like That Works, Torbjörn Åhman, shurap, michaelcthulu
Shop videos of machining or fabrication from places like clickspring, make it extreme, and This Old Tony
History Time, cgp Grey, Sam o Nella, Bill wurtz
random genres here and there like rctestflite, casual navigation, daniel thrasher, huggbees…
There are clear trends and then you get some random extras.
All the metal/wood working seemed to be metal work videos. Are there any devoted to just woodwork please?
Generic Woodworking, Mattias Wandell, Jimmy diresta, the samurai carpenter
Lock Picking Lawyer - You’ll quickly realize that locks only keep honest people honest. I even got my own set of practice picks to play around with.
Deviant Ollam - A professional penetration tester. His job is to infiltrate secure facilities then tell them how he did it, so they can improve their security. He takes LPL’s expertise, and puts it into practice. Start with his “I’ll let myself in” talk.
Veritasium - Dude talks at a camera about some niche science and tech concepts.
*Tom Scott - Now retired, so no new videos. Same idea as Veritasium, with a different host.
Technology Connections - Charmingly dorky dude in an t-shirt and blazer explains how everyday items work. Everything from air conditioners to jukeboxes and coffee makers. He’s a big part of why I’m not afraid to troubleshoot my own appliances.
Primitive Technology - Dude goes out into the middle of a forest and builds stuff with nothing but handmade tools. Turn on closed captioning!
Macho Nacho Productions - Retro console modding and emulation, featuring installs and reviews for some of the most popular mods and emulation tools.
Pirate Software - Former Blizzard/Amazon game dev is making his own indie game. There’s also a healthy dose of offensive digital security sprinkled throughout, because he’s also a greyhat hacker.
Practical Engineering - An engineer explains and demonstrates all kinds of engineering concepts, in a simple and easy to follow format. You’ll start seeing examples of his concepts all around you.
Adam Savage’s Tested - Adam Savage (of Mythbusters fame) builds and shows off all kinds of fun stuff. He also has great insight into how to best utilize a bunch of different tools and equipment.
The Modern Rogue - Two professional idiots try not to injure themselves (and often fail) while stumbling through learning everything from simple bar tricks to knife throwing and Mongolian archery. One of the hosts is a magician of some repute, so there are occasional bits of illusion and sleight of hand thrown in too. It’s basically “what would happen if a couple of dads tried to teach themselves how to make ninja stars in a garage?”
William Osman - Dude with programming and electrical engineering experience uses it to create a musical bidet, and other equally dumb things.
Michael Reeves - See above. He’s friends with William Osman, and they often collab.
Dropout - The old CollegeHumor production crew. They have a variety of content. Game Changer is my personal favorite; Contestants compete on a game show where the rules change with every episode, and the contestants aren’t told what the new rules are.
Internet Comment Etiquette- fellow over 30 dude making consistently hilarious videos lambasting shitty internet trends
Civvie11 - fellow over 30 dude making consistently hilarious videos showcasing boomer shooters, both good and bad
