We Hit 50,000 YouTube Subscribers! Let’s Run a Contest.
This is kinda amazing to me: our YouTube channel has broken the 50,000 subscriber mark!
That’s wild to me because I don’t put “please like and subscribe” type stuff in the videos, and I don’t try to build viral content. I just show up every week and publish answers to y’all’s questions from PollGab. And yet, our subscriber growth is slow and steady over time, growing by about 10% per year:
To celebrate, let’s give away 5 Fundamentals & Mastering Bundles! To enter, leave a comment with a link to your favorite YouTube channel (other than ours) – I love finding new unusual stuff to watch. On Sunday, I’ll pick 3 random winners, plus 2 winners with the YouTube channels I haven’t seen before that strike me as the most interesting.
I suppose I should inspire you with a few of my favorites that you might not have discovered yet:
- Cooking Tree – utterly gorgeous cooking videos. No narration, just cooking ASMR.
- Cercle – beautifully filmed concerts in scenic locations like a desert park or a mountaintop.
- The Burnt Peanut – a gamer with a hilarious sense of humor, but very NSFW language.
When you submit your comment, it may not show up right away because comments with multiple links require moderation around here to prevent spam. I’ll moderate & approve ’em daily though.
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I have two
Homedog LLC
https://www.youtube.com/@thehomedogllc
And
Everything Autos
https://www.youtube.com/@EverythingAutos
These are two small businesses that just work hard everyday to make their business work.
Cracking the Cryptic
https://youtube.com/@CrackingTheCryptic
Two experts solving sudoku puzzles that have extra rulesets.
If you like baseball, or even if you don’t, and you like having a good time, check out the Savannah Bananas!
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSavannahBananas
this post will be the most bookmarked to date:
i’ll try not to pile on the tech’y ones but some that are famous around my office here:
https://www.youtube.com/@KRAZAM <= if you need a laugh;
and
https://www.youtube.com/@ErikDarlingData <= because he smells amazing
and
https://www.youtube.com/@deepcuts <= for audiophiles.
My favorite is an engineer’s channel called stuff made here. He does fun engineering projects, like making a gunpowder fueled golf club to help him drive golf balls further.
https://youtube.com/@stuffmadehere?si=yO_YVitqBmfteg_L
It’s football season! PFT and Matthew Berry are essential viewing on: https://www.youtube.com/@NFLonNBC
Mouthwatering Japanese food!
https://youtube.com/@chefhiro4898?si=LFxiCDTdMuCn5fH8
Since I’m from Argentina, my favorites are also from here:
Diego Bagu https://www.youtube.com/@DiegoBagu: A local astronomer and researcher talking about space travel, astrophisics and the like (and fierce against terraplanism).
Te lo Resumo asi nomás https://www.youtube.com/@Teloresumoasinomas Summary of complete TV Series, Movie Sagas, movie topics and actors and directos….and the likes.
Love TEDX videos.
https://www.youtube.com/@TEDx
An amazing pianist.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKscaP2HvovgMjkpY6KwfJQ
How about surprise Yt channel 1 – https://youtube.com/@undecidedmf?si=lFC-Orj6-Sg1yJq1 to help with decision making or surprise Yt channel 2 – https://youtube.com/@jonnajinton?si=8V5RZmE5XQdsxxJp to just relax.
Brent, you dislike math?
If so, here comes the greatest math channel I have subscribed for years. The interviewer and the guest professors talk about math concepts you will probably never use but may change your views on this subject and you will get fascinated.
https://youtube.com/@numberphile
For the cat lovers out there:
https://www.youtube.com/@KittenAcademy
General History/Gaming in short-forms (sometimes also with a cat):
https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory
https://www.youtube.com/@extracredits
And for general “how to” advice, I like:
https://www.youtube.com/@DadhowdoI (no cats that I’ve seen, but we all know they’re just there off-camera 🙂 )
https://www.youtube.com/@40OverFashion
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Hi Brent,
My fave YT channels:
Mark Marshall (UK based landscaper) – https://www.youtube.com/@MarkMarshall_LSH
IAMDetailing (Calafornia Based auto detailing, specializing in Dry Ice) – https://www.youtube.com/@IAMDetailing
3dBotMaker (Die Cast racing, insane production value) – https://www.youtube.com/@3Dbotmaker
https://www.youtube.com/@BelleRanch
Belle of the Ranch (Formerly Beau of the Fifth Column) – sensible news coverage with no sensationalism and good research
I’ve been vibing with Harry Mack and his freestyle raps a lot lately. He takes a few random words from people and turns them into some epic songs.
https://www.youtube.com/harrymack
Perhaps not the kind of youtube channel you were anticipating but as a Christian it has helped me study the bible more: https://youtube.com/@everyword_wd?si=s6rFBbnaRkaf-Crr
Love what you do and respect your talent!
Congrats, Brent!!!
I really love watching this review channel before buying stuff: https://www.youtube.com/c/projectfarm
Enjoy! 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/@Nilaus
Gaming channel – primary focus on a game called Factorio, an immersive factory building style game.
Beginners videos to learning various types of programming:
YouTube.com/@CodeBreakThrough
My Favorite are https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxz-QXNoYgo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDFX1YHfRqo
I like watching videos of people fixing broken stuff. My favourite is the Tronicsfix channel where Steve troubleshoots and fixes broken electronics (game consoles, computers, tools and other electronic devices). It’s very therapeutic and educational. Always fun learning new things, be it databases or how to solder a broken HDMI port ?.
https://youtube.com/@tronicsfix
My favorite channel is Legit Street Cars. https://www.youtube.com/@LegitStreetCars
Just a car guy fixing cars, breaking them and then fixing them again. Doesn’t take himself too seriously and always seems to be grateful of how he got to this point in his life.
https://www.youtube.com/user/derekspace
Science stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@smartereveryday
Politics: https://www.youtube.com/@Nickjfreitas
Hymns: https://www.youtube.com/@Acapeldridge
This guy travels to some interesting spots and interviews the locals.
Peter Santenello https://www.youtube.com/@PeterSantenello
These two built a wooden sailboat from the keel up. https://www.youtube.com/@SaltandTar
It’s hard to pick one, but I think I’d recommend the one that makes me feel better and gives me hope (and also, I’m a donator):
https://www.youtube.com/@MossyEarth
And thanks for making me scroll through my YT channels, I found some to de-subscribe, I think I made some subscriptions by accident.. 😉
If someone want to look into more channels: Here are the other from my Top 9 (English speaking), where I could not pick one before the other. They are about various topics, but most of them are educational:
https://www.youtube.com/@halfasinteresting
https://www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt
https://www.youtube.com/@TheB1M
https://www.youtube.com/@PlayingForChange
https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory
https://www.youtube.com/@watchdust
https://www.youtube.com/@AltShiftX
https://www.youtube.com/@theoceancleanup
Michael Reeves builds things we need – https://youtu.be/mvz3LRK263E
https://www.youtube.com/@AndersErickson
Couple for y’all
Tim Pierce Guitar – Watching Tim play guitar is awesome. The sheer joy he exhibits makes his videos enjoyable even if you don’t play.
https://www.youtube.com/@timpierceguitar
Short of the Week – The horror category is my favorite. The film ‘Curve’ is a masterclass in suspense.
https://www.youtube.com/@shortoftheweek
I love this idea. Scrolling through favorite channels is a great way to learn something new.
Congrats!
Interesting discussions around intelligent design.
https://www.youtube.com/@DrStephenMeyer
“History Guy” (Bowties, hats and very eclectic history) and “Home RenoVision DIY” (Crazy Canadian renovator who actually shows his screw ups).
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHistoryGuyChannel/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@HomeRenoVisionDIY
Congratulations on hitting that milestone. Here is a channel I enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/@NorthSeaJazzArchive
Veritasium – Youtube Channel
Videos about science, education, and anything else they find interesting and fascinating
https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium/featured
Surviving Skills
https://youtube.com/@outdoorboys?si=kQ9iyzVBxlR6cquW
https://youtube.com/@futagoyama-sumofood?si=ggm5pfnfpTm9ID6n
These sumo videos has English subtitles and following their experience as a new sumo joining the stable to being an experienced one is very motivating to me to watch everyday. Not to mention all the delicious sumo food they cook!
Thanks Brent for education.
https://www.youtube.com/@TheVocalyst
There are a few channels I follow related to off road recovery and building vehicle. My current favorite is
https://www.youtube.com/@RobbyLayton
I still love builderdude35. He started that channel as a kid and it helped him to get into MIT but I guess life happened and the channel has no update anymore but has still god info. https://www.youtube.com/@Builderdude35
If you like piano music try https://www.youtube.com/@Gamazda Lover her interpretation of popular songs.
If you like to watch great drummers and / or listen to covers of great songs with terrific drum lines, I recommend: https://www.youtube.com/@sina-drums
She is fantastic!
Tony
Sina Drums is great, but also check out Nandi Bushell https://www.youtube.com/@Nandi_Bushell
Just a hobby
https://youtube.com/@marklinofsweden
Technology Connections:
https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections
Congratulations Brent on this milestone! You’ve provided an asset that all of us are looking for in an honest format. That’s what drives your longevity and makes people stick around.
That’s also what drives my favourite Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@CrackingTheCryptic
These guys just show us how to solve puzzles but they also provide the puzzles so we can attempt them first.
As a hockey official in Canada, this account shows weekly rule situations during the seasons in a humorous yet factual method.
https://www.youtube.com/@ruleoftheweek
https://www.youtube.com/@inndaddies
Great innkeepers.
I love https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainDisillusion, and in his own words:
In a world where the content of digital images and videos can no longer be taken at face value, an unlikely hero fights for the acceptance of truth.
Oh, and CONGRATS!
for the guitar players: https://www.youtube.com/@Guitargate
Home owner? Renter? DIY’re because us nerds can do anything? Things I didn’t know that I didn’t know about home construction and projects.
https://www.youtube.com/@BuilderBrigade
Here are my top 3:
Smarter Every Day. An engineer who likes to understand and explain exactly how things work: everything from spaghetti to laminar flow to carburetors to the Saturn V rocket! https://www.youtube.com/@smartereveryday
Mark Rober. An ex-NASA engineer who likes to explain science to kids. Oh, and he was a featured speaker at MIT’s graduation. And he likes to build squirrel obstacle courses. And rockets that actually go into space. https://www.youtube.com/@MarkRober
Big Stack D. Just some random guy in Australia who takes things apart and melts them down. https://www.youtube.com/@bigstackD
https://www.youtube.com/@TheCharismaticVoice
Congrats, Brent! You have been my gateway drug to the SQL Server world (and now also Postgres).
One my favorite YouTube channel is Rick Beato – https://youtube.com/@rickbeato – amazing interviews with all-time greatest musicians, nice videos about everything music
As of now, my favorite is Joe Rogan:
https://www.youtube.com/@joerogan
Bald & Bankrupt, English guying inflicting himself on cultures around the world, a bizarre combination of interesting and, well English person abroad.
https://www.youtube.com/@baldandbankrupt
Keep up the good work, good to see the subscribers keep going up as benefits us all
Watch this nearly everyday: https://www.youtube.com/@DailyDoseOfInternet
Congrats Brent with your 50,000 subscribers! You really deserve the recognition for all the hard work you put into your channel and website. Keep going!
My Favorite Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@theogcrewofficial
Programmers are also human, a lot of fun videos with situations that should be familiar to all of us. https://www.youtube.com/@programmersarealsohuman5909
Technology Connections, long form videos on specific topics with a very dry sense of humor. https://www.youtube.com/@TechnologyConnections
Juan Browne at blancolirio. Mostly aviation focused, but he had a great series on the Oroville Dam rebuild and a lot of other topics too. http://www.youtube.com/@blancolirio
Love your videos, this is tech, gadget and witty, test it out
https://www.youtube.com/@LinusTechTips/videos
I was originally going to drop just a couple, but quickly realized when I checked my subscriptions, that there’s a reason why I only have a few.
First, I’ll go with the obvious one. Since I can’t pick your channel, I have to give props to Erik Darling (https://www.youtube.com/@ErikDarlingData).
My next one is not about learning cybersecurity as much as it is seeing how these guys operate and watching them get punished for their bad behavior. I really like Pierogi and Scammer Payback (https://www.youtube.com/@ScammerPayback).
My last ones are gaming related. First are mainly Fallout 76: AngryTurtle (http://youtube.com/@AngryTurtle) and MrWestTek (https://www.youtube.com/@MrWestTek).
The last one is a friend of mine who streams several different games, and if you hear my potty mouth in any of them, I apologize. https://www.youtube.com/@warthogvx9
Ross Edgley. Extremely positive guy doing amazing physically feats. Swam around Great Britain and finished swimming around Iceland this year.
https://www.youtube.com/@RossEdgley
This is a great channel if you like electronics Projects.
BTW – Brent did you go on that cruise on Sunday?
https://www.youtube.com/@greatscottlab/videos
The best of the world of Ballroom and Latin dancing !
https://www.youtube.com/@wdsfdancesport
I’ll shout out We Hate Movies, though it’s a podcast (making fun of movies) that does some YoutTube content.
https://www.youtube.com/@WeHateMovies
Thanks for setting up this contest! I love your videos!
I also love NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts:
https://youtu.be/r3ZPhIZ6_bM?si=jAsmmFRzATRwv3Kd
The best youtube channel ever:
https://www.youtube.com/@OutdoorBoys
A ton of funny *and* informative short movies.
https://www.youtube.com/@CGPGrey
Leave me out of the contest, but a few I enjoy:
https://www.youtube.com/@SixStringFingerpicking
https://www.youtube.com/@MarySpender
https://www.youtube.com/@PragmaticEngineer
Hi Brent,
I have two, and most likely they are not new to you.
TEDx Talks
https://www.youtube.com/@TEDx
The Daily Show
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDailyShow
Here are two – one baking channel and one tech channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@JovialFoodsInc
https://www.youtube.com/@NTFAQGuy
https://www.youtube.com/@hydronyc
NY Plumbing Chronicles.
I enjoy these:
https://www.youtube.com/@NickShabazz
https://www.youtube.com/@DeviantOllam
https://www.youtube.com/@JerryRigEverything
If you like gaming content by an old and crap English bloke, I highly recommend the one and only overlord of the Salt Mines the Mighty Jingles:
https://www.youtube.com/@The_MightyJingles
Mann Shorts – A group of friends playing scripted D&D
https://www.youtube.com/@MannShorts
– Amazing short Sci-Fi movies: https://www.youtube.com/@watchdust
– For aviation lovers: https://www.youtube.com/@3MinutesofAviation
– And just in case, best music videos of any band 🙂 https://www.youtube.com/@RammsteinOfficial
Here’s another channel I enjoy from *another* Brent. This guy has done what in tech have probably thought about. He moved away from Austin, bought an abandoned mine town in California, and has been slowly exploring it, documenting its history, and restoring it, with the hopes of making it a destination for guests to stay and learn.
https://www.youtube.com/ghosttownliving
Great Music with piano sound
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1HepUmjIy6v9twm4bfDs2w
Congrats Brent! My favorite YT channel is Tasting History — a guy finds recipes from hundreds, sometimes even thousands, of years ago, recreates them to the best of his ability, and then taste tests them, while giving a brief history lesson about the context of the original recipe. Really cool stuff and very well produced!
https://www.youtube.com/@TastingHistory
https://www.youtube.com/@cnliziqi
Congrats Brent! Thanks for all that you do answering our questions — I’ve learned so much from you.
One of my favorite channels is Jacob Knowles (https://www.youtube.com/@jacobknowles5421)
— he’s a Maine lobster fisherman who gives a behind-the-scenes look at where your lobsters come from!
Congrats Brent!
For a healthy lifestyle, I am following this YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/@Drberg
Congrats on hitting 50,000 subs!
I highly recommend Drew Binsky’s channel. He’s hands down the most interesting travel vlogger to watch. He has visited all 197 countries and currently is embarking on a mission to meet every leader, President, or head-of-state. He is all about getting immersed in the culture of the places he visits and will show you things you likely have never seen anywhere else. He’s humble and values authentic human connection with everyone he meets. Really cool stuff!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Ize0RLIbGdH5x4wI45G-A
Brent, Congratz on your Youtube subscription milestone! You put out great content, and I have learned tons and tons of stuff from you!
Outside of the database world, I love going to garage sales on the weekends! Here is one guy I follow. He is a reseller, but I like the way his mind thinks! https://www.youtube.com/@CommonwealthPicker
Some channels I like:
– batinthesun: awesome geeky short films, beautifully produced. Ex: Batman vs Darth Vader, Wonder Woman vs Wolverine!
https://www.youtube.com/@batinthesun
– Chris and Jack : comedic sketches of all shapes and sizes. Sci-Fi, Heists, animation, movie tropes, absurdist bits, and plenty of fun new experiments. But above all else, friendship.
https://www.youtube.com/@ChrisandJack
– ElectroBOOM: about electricity and the like, but really, really crazy. I just can’t explain it, you have to see it.
https://www.youtube.com/@ElectroBOOM
– Luca Alves: the daily life of a cruise ship crew member. always interesting videos
https://www.youtube.com/@oluca_alves
– Manual do Mundo: brazilian channer about interesting and fun way to learn about the world around us.
https://www.youtube.com/@manualdomundo
– Veritasium: videos about science, education, and anything else we find interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium
– 3Blue1Brown : a variety of topics in math, or adjacent fields like physics and CS, all with an emphasis on visualizing the core ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown
– Porta dos Fundos: brazilian comedy channel
https://www.youtube.com/@portadosfundos
Hard to choose since I devour a lot of YT content (arguably too much). But Secret Base has some absolutely phenomenal sports coverage, especially their documentary series of Scorigami, the Seattle Mariners, the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.
https://www.youtube.com/@SecretBaseSBN
Congratulations Brent!
My all-time favorite is:
https://www.youtube.com/@alanxelmundo
Good idea, Mr. Ozar! Even just browsing through all those YouTube channels is fun!
Here’s one of my favourites (and I bet it’s one of a kind:) :
https://www.youtube.com/@HooverInstitution (GoodFellows)
or
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKruweaZqDNetb7uwJF1vS0mzmaTe8Kzg
I know you are a car guy: https://www.youtube.com/@50inc./videos
well, sometime when I felt lost in my world and not found any direction, I like to watch this kind of channel for seeing their creation and the power of humans, so nothing can stop us.
https://youtube.com/@iambuilder?si=dmRLdEBVWY2fpyZD
Comedy sketches about gaming and tech
https://www.youtube.com/@VivaLaDirtLeague
https://www.youtube.com/@HardwareHaven
If you like someone tinkering with hardware and watching lots of interesting things you can actually afford and buy check out this one.
https://www.youtube.com/@DavesGarage
Gives some insight on MS and the issues (and has some cool old machines).
This is a fairly new channel, but the results are hilarious. Using AI to create other versions of well loved tv show casts.
https://www.youtube.com/@NeuralDerp
Because freedom of speech is under attack, I give you this…
https://www.youtube.com/@JimmyKimmelLive
While primarily an audio podcast, this channel has both “Solve This Murder” and “Escape This Podcast” – for an audio version of escape rooms and murder mysteries. Relatively light-hearted and at least for the “escape” side they post the files so you can run the games at home if you so desire.
https://www.youtube.com/@consumethismedia
My daughter and I like to watch and learn about the universe, we found this channel looking for and easy explanation of why the interestellar movie’s black hole looks like
https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium
The other channel is for non-english spearker like me, if you’re not an advanced student this channel can help you:
https://www.youtube.com/@LearnEnglishWithTVSeries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Wc7KHspuU
Varun Mayya – a techie who pus up interesting videos
https://www.youtube.com/@VarunMayya
Tim Corey – your counterpart in the C# .NET World
https://www.youtube.com/@IAmTimCorey
WrestlinGifs – a WWE fanboy favorite
https://www.youtube.com/@WrestlinGifs
Way to go Brent!
https://www.youtube.com/@jameshoffmann – Coffee geeekry at an absurd level.
https://www.youtube.com/@ActionRetro – Old computers being made to do modern things. I really recommend the series on the Cursed Mac.
Due to sitting at a desk all day long, I am acutely aware of the stress that puts on my body so I try to be active and ensure I am fit, healthy, mobile, and flexible.
Tom Morrison offers some fun and informative videos about flexibility, stability, and strength.
This is his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TomMorrison
This is one of his silly ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYShEnAlM9Y
I’ve got a couple
– Chad Chad “best known for her commentary series ‘A Twinge of Cringe’, where she reacts to pop culture on the internet.” https://www.youtube.com/@thechadx2
– Jubilee “Provoke understanding & create human connection” https://www.youtube.com/@jubilee
I highly recommend the JCS – Criminal Psychology. The channel features authentic footage of suspects being interrogated, accompanied by detailed commentary that explains the psychological tactics used by detectives and the subtle behaviors of the suspects
https://www.youtube.com/@JCS/videos
https://www.youtube.com/@LetsGameItOut
Short: hilarious chaos-driven gaming experiments that turn normal gameplay into comedy.
Kempinger Rohrreinigung Berlin: I know it’s mostly german but alone the video is satisfying. I don’t know why but it’s surprisingly enjoyable to watch as he unclogs pipes or tracks down broken ones combined with a lot of humor and skill.
https://www.youtube.com/@kempingerrohrreinigungberlin
I have two for you!
Questions so simple a child can ask them, with answers only one would dare to answer:
https://youtube.com/@xkcd_whatif?si=IuBhcl_2VOaP7OzV
And travel videos for nerds:
https://youtube.com/@thetimtraveller?si=bHeZGK6YzX7IzOhI
Enjoy!
Brick Mantooth: https://www.youtube.com/@BrickMantooth — looks at all the cool vintage toys – Mego, Micronauts, the Six Million Dollar Man, and all kinds of wild ones you may have never seen
Check this guy: https://youtube.com/@magmidt?si=F_x0niB0CZw0-04y
One of physically strongest climbers in world.
https://www.youtube.com/@campingwithsteve
He does something called stealth camping very interesting to me. I binge through them 🙂
Gring hard plumbing co, don’t let the name fool you. Crazy automotive builds – https://youtube.com/@grindhardplumbingco?si=XlHLauGYzsDMPa9b
https://www.youtube.com/@DrBecky
A local PhD with brilliant content.
And a cool cat who gets in the video occasionally.
https://www.youtube.com/@TheCarpetbagger
Fun travel channel. Visiting quirky and unusual places across the country.
I love this dog.
https://www.youtube.com/@chocodogger
Greetings from Germany.
I’m a .NET developer, like the Stuff from Ardalis.
https://youtube.com/@ardalis?si=-l-sz5RIhx5T-xsU
Epic Gardening for me – we’ve been trying to grow some food on the side are are finding the videos to be quite humorous as well as approachable and down to earth.
https://www.youtube.com/epicgardening
This Aged Great: https://www.youtube.com/@thisagedgreat
Stand-up comedian Ben Moore defends a movie from the past that hasn’t aged well while explaining the plot to his much younger friend Jordan Elias (who hasn’t seen it). Hilarity ensues.
https://www.youtube.com/@Missshymustdie
This girl is amazing with what she can do with dead electronic equipment and her ability to rejuvenate old gear. For a person like me who is in awe of how electronics work she is inspiring.
I like woodworking and Mathew Peach has a nice channel https://youtube.com/@matthewpeechwoodworking?si=UpTHjP-Iyobcw_cn looking forward to black friday again. Considering your Mastering Series this year.
Martin Keen’s AI videos in the IBM Technology channel are excellent: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOspHqNVtKADfxkuDuHduUkDExBpEt3DF
History Oversimplified is both interesting/educational and fun: https://www.youtube.com/@OverSimplified
Iconic Aussie guy with one of the funniest and sweariest (is that a word) cooking shows.
https://www.youtube.com/@NatsWhatIReckon
One of many cycling channels, makes me want to get out (again) and refresh.
https://youtube.com/@duzer?si=B5bgsGsj6cDVe-Nt
Michael Builds
https://youtube.com/@michaelbuilds?feature=shared
Cool concrete projects
https://www.youtube.com/@The_MightyJingles for a fellow old guy playing video games.
https://www.youtube.com/@erikaanderaa for some crazy guy who sails through North Atlantic storms.
Not sure these will be too interesting. I mostly turn on youtube when I’m at work (wfh) and want to hear a human voice, but don’t want to be too distracted by it. ¯\_(?)_/¯
https://www.youtube.com/@MyMoneyMyFood
Good health info: https://www.youtube.com/@NutritionMadeSimple
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band — https://www.youtube.com/@MADJBAND — pretty much what it says on the tin. Suburban dads (and moms) playing music in a garage.
Lateral with Tom Scott — https://www.youtube.com/@lateralcast — a panel show about weird questions and wonderful answers.
Essential Craftsman — https://www.youtube.com/@essentialcraftsman — tools, history, housebuilding, blacksmithing, logging, carpentry.
https://www.youtube.com/@primitivetechnology9550
One of my favourites, just a guy building stuff from scratch. No narration, just the sounds of the primitive tools he’s using and the background sound of the rainforest. He includes explanations of exactly what he is doing in the captions of the videos, definitely worth turning on.
StatQuest with Josh Starmer:
https://www.youtube.com/c/joshstarmer
3blue1brown:
https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown
https://www.youtube.com/@BWF
BWF TV is the official live channel of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), where we bring to you live, catch-up and delayed streaming of the major events on our calendar such as the HSBC BWF World Tour and the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships.
How to beat procrastination and turn it into productive momentum: https://www.youtube.com/@smatla
Congratulations Brent
I really like https://www.youtube.com/@Fireship
Its code tutorials and tech news.
Also https://www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t
Who does video essays of computers graphics usually with some fun project.
Congratulations Brent
I like https://www.youtube.com/@Acerola_t
He does video essays of computer graphics with fun projects.
also https://www.youtube.com/@Fireship
Who does code tutorials and tech news.
One of my favorite YouTube channels is https://www.youtube.com/@KingsandGenerals
This channel is about history. It shows animations about the most popular wars and empires.
Also, this channel hit 4 million subscribers this week. So kudos to you @BrentOzar and to @KingsandGenerals
I learned how to weld from watching https://www.youtube.com/@weldingtipsandtricks It’s kind of ASMR as well 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/@Asianometry is another favourite, really interesting, deep diving videos!
And for when you need some more punk rock in your life, go watch https://www.youtube.com/@vboysstockholm
I like Veritasium, a channel about science and other interesting stuff:
https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/@TechWorldwithNana
She’s the first one who managed to explain Kubernetes in a way that even I, a containerphobe, understood it.
amazing construction machinery – especially the mobile and crawler cranes 😉
https://www.youtube.com/@LiebherrGroup
so I like this guy somewhat popular
https://www.youtube.com/@lindybeige/videos
Root Cause Analysis or Aviation incidents
Mentour Pilot: https://www.youtube.com/@MentourPilot
An Australian heavy machine shop – big lathes and such:
https://www.youtube.com/@CuttingEdgeEngineering
Oh gosh, I’ve accumulated *way* too many YT channels that I consider excellent for one reason or another…
I’m just going to with these two:
Blondihacks – https://www.youtube.com/@Blondihacks
James Sharman – https://www.youtube.com/@weirdboyjim
Deep dive into Warhammer 40,000 lore. I’ve fallen asleep to it more times than I’m willing to admit.
https://www.youtube.com/@Luetin09
My Fave YT Channel outside of the Tech ones
https://www.youtube.com/@DrBecky
Astro Physicist that breaks things down more for the layman and does some interesting videos on the latest finds.
One of my favourites is Sabine Hossenfelder. An honest, funny physicist: https://www.youtube.com/@SabineHossenfelder
Great thread with nice links thanks. My contribution:
https://www.youtube.com/@TheFarm-DogTV
Because doggies!
https://www.youtube.com/@TheDodo
Because all other animals 🙂
Abroad in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/@AbroadinJapan
The ongoing adventures of a former JET program English Teacher turned full time YouTuber based in Japan – he makes Japan really accessible and this channel helped my trips there so much. (production quality is awesome!)
Similar to a previous recommendation for Liziqi, I have found Shanbai who makes similar videos, but on a slightly different topic. I find them very fascinating to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/@CNshanbai
One more that I haven’t watches in a while, but I find very interesting and entertaining (and also isn’t listed in the other comments).
https://www.youtube.com/@Exurb1a
Two Australian car channels:
Mighty Car Mods – https://www.youtube.com/@mightycarmods
Redriven – https://www.youtube.com/@ReDriven
How movies/shows should have ended…
https://youtube.com/howitshouldhaveended
Throttle House = https://www.youtube.com/@ThrottleHouse
Great car reviews with witty banter
Stand-up Math
https://www.youtube.com/@standupmaths
Lots of great videos, but I love the 10,000 Domino Computer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpLU__bhu2w&t=4s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_computer
The Wolfe Pit – https://www.youtube.com/@TheWolfePit – specifically his “What Are We Eating?” videos. He tries all sorts of highly processed food, so you don’t have to!
And because other people have given more than one channel, obligatory plug for https://www.youtube.com/@JellesMarbleRuns – Jelle’s Marble Runs, the leader in marble sports entertainment!
There are so many channels I follow that it’s hard to pick my favourites, but here are three that I rarely miss.
https://www.youtube.com/@bernadettebanner – Historical sewing, patterning, and Costume analysis.
https://www.youtube.com/@OverlySarcasticProductions – Sarcastic, yet informative, summaries of classic and not-so-classic literature and mythology, as well as major historical events.
https://www.youtube.com/@paganmusic – Damh the Bard – is a modern-day, international award winning, Bard. Since March 2020 he has been live streaming live house concerts once a month. It’s a real chance to relax and unwind.
The Charismatic Voice – Elizabeth Zharoff is a trained opera singer and vocal expert and does reaction videos of metal and rock songs: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheCharismaticVoice/videos
My favourite YouTube channel (at least this month) is: https://www.youtube.com/@TwoFeetOutdoors .
Matt takes his kayak out on the waters in and around New York City and explores. The first sentence of his channel description is: “Me and my two feet exploring the outdoors and sharing my love of nature with the world.” It’s part urban exploring, part nature exploring, and very much entertaining.
#1:
Lazy game reviews
https://www.youtube.com/@LGR
and the side channel LGR Blerbs
https://www.youtube.com/@LGRBlerbs
Reviews of retro games and retro hardware that take me back to the past. Nowadays more on the hardware side, but does games once in a while still, on top of all the other random stuff like VLOGs from conventions. I find Clint’s videos also calming, due to his voice and demeanor.
#2:
You Suck At Cooking
https://www.youtube.com/@yousuckatcooking
Funny videos about cooking. Nice and short too, good for a giggle e.g. while trying to hide from work in the office bathroom. And, you can actually learn something!
Surprising Brent that you don’t have more subscribers but PLEASE remember there are plenty of people like myself that watch your videos that don’t subscribe to anything. The YouTube algorithm tends to put your stuff up on the top of my feed anyway.
I see plenty of people with subscribers that shouldn’t have a single subscriber. You are one of the people I recommend watching but I wish I could make a list of people’s post that people should avoid.
I love this guy’s content! A lot of sports analysis but also a fair bit of general news-y stories.
https://www.youtube.com/@michaelmackelvie
I don’t watch a lot of YouTube. But my kiddo watches YouTube this is one we enjoy https://www.youtube.com/@DannyGo. He even does tours.
Then this guy has some good tutorials on drawing https://www.youtube.com/@BeeJayDel
Fire Department Chronicles – The shorts are so informative and also hilarious https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZbWCodPFwH2QQn772QnUxQ
The channel chronicles real life situations they’ve seen and experienced (in humorous ways) as EMTs and fire fighters, and even posts updates on some of the people later
Love this guys channel. Beautiful scenery and food.
https://www.youtube.com/@wildernesscooking
If you’d like to know the answers to the following questions, then I recommend https://www.youtube.com/@CasualNavigation.
Why does rice sink ships?
Why is the bottom of ships painted red?
What happens when you flush the toilet on a cruise ship?
Why do ships carry less in the winter?
Pinball Tournaments
https://www.youtube.com/@Foxcitiespinball
Escape to Rural France
A Brit restoring a French Château that burned in the 1980’s. No roof, no floors, trees growing out of what’s left. Looks impossible but three years later . . .
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0MGL-8ZUj8bB5rDdE4TXZQ
https://www.youtube.com/@luisitocomunica Luigui in spanish but you can listen in english and/or with subtitles if you want to practice your spanish and not only say Adios at the end of your videos.
https://www.youtube.com/@carwow is an awesome channel! I love how they combine car reviews, challenges, and expert insights
https://www.youtube.com/@jrstretch1 – entertaining + good fitness / health channel
I love https://www.youtube.com/@nqtv (Rémi Gaillard’s channel) — his funny videos always make me laugh so hard
It’s possible you’ve heard of Wendover Productions:
https://m.youtube.com/@Wendoverproductions
But he has a second channel called Half as Interesting that has shorter videos on topics he doesn’t think will do as well on his main page. I find these more interesting a lot of the time
https://m.youtube.com/@halfasinteresting
Hi Brent,
I keep coming back to the BizMaster channel (https://www.youtube.com/@BizMaster
).
A video that struck me is 30 Ngày ?? Tái Thi?t B?n Thân (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTRONcvPXpI). What stayed with me is this: discipline is how you rebuild trust in yourself, every action is a vote for the person you choose to become.
It’s helped me pause, reset, and move forward with sharper focus.
As a girl (I know guys watch too ?), I really enjoy watching Supercar Blondie’s channel (https://www.youtube.com/@SupercarBlondie). She presents cars in such a fun and unique way that totally matches my taste — it’s refreshing to see supercars through her perspective!
My favorite YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/@442oons because they make football so much more fun with their hilarious animations and creative songs. It’s the perfect mix of comedy and football, and I always look forward to their new videos!
Elephants in Rooms channel. I like how Ken LaCorte puts different opinions together.
https://www.youtube.com/@ElephantsInRooms
I really appreciate fine craftsmanship, and the satisfaction that comes with 1-of-1 production. This channel was an eye-opener for me, unfortunately he doesn’t post much anymore:
https://youtube.com/@inspiretomake?si=ClAa602PuqV-e0Nn
So my more recent find is thorough explanations to all kinds of oddities and quandaries:
https://youtube.com/@veritasium?si=KNDwcDj9qnfY9dnl
You like Rubik’s Cubes, but you suspect there’s more out there?
https://www.youtube.com/@OskarPuzzle