Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
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Tom Scott
Won’t he stop doing videos in like a week?
Captain dissolution, doesn’t post often but makes up for it with insane editing quality
Disillusion?
oops
Brian David Gilbert has always made cool stuff, but as he spun off from polygon he’s created some wild existential videos.
I’m honestly surprised to have not seen Super Eyepatch Wolf show up yet. Because of him, I’ll never look at Garfield the same way again. He might not put out content often, but as far as I’ve seen, it’s all top notch quality.
Tokyo Lens is another I enjoy. Fun explorations of Japan, lots of cool informational stuff, stuff like that. A little bit Abroad in Japan, but somewhat less bombastically edited, and a bit more positive.
Clemps is another one that doesn’t put out content very often, but does some great deep dives into older JRPGs, and some fantastic looks at Yoko Taro’s games.
Then there’s the ones that have been posted again and again: RedLetterMedia, Technology Connections, Tom Scott, Jacob Geller, Food Wishes, You Suck At Cooking. I’m sure there’s more out there, and there will always be more new ones popping up, too.
Climate Town, Adam Something, Not Just Bikes, Contra Points, Hbomberguy, World War Two, The Great War, The Linux Experiment, CivDiv, The Thought Emporium, and there are some others that currently escape my mind.
I also have GioPizzi and Yotobi but their videos are in Italian.
I feel seen.
CAPTAIN DISILLUSION
The oniy way his quality has changed since the invention of the wheel is youtube allowing higher resolution uploads.
Definitely some of the best production value on youtube. Even his stuff from 10+ years ago holds up incredibly well aside from the resolution.
Karl Jobst for sure.
- Some More News (Last Week Tonight-like political commentary)
- AngryTurtle (fallout 76 content)
- videogamedunkey (gaming/humor)
- Yahtzee Croshaw (game reviews/rants)
- Wendover Productions (random interesting education and air travel gameshows)
- Practical Engineering (how the world around you is built)
- Technology Connections (deep dives into engineering everyday gizmos)
- Tom Scott (interesting tech/education)
- RealLifeLore (explains geopolitics)
- Internet Historian (amusing yarns, discussions, and stories)
- LegalEagle (law)
- Kurzgesagt (explains scientific concepts, lots of what if scenarios, animated birds)
- Tasting History with Max Millar (historical cooking in a modern kitchen)
- Let’s Game it Out (dude who breaks games in the most amusing way possible)
- My Name Is Andong (cooking)
- Chef Jean-Pierre (cooking)
- Economics Explained (economics)
- Matthew Berman (explores the latest AI/LLM tech)
bigclivedotcom has been my favourite channel for almost a decade. Specalized on electronics and his soothing voice is pleasant to listen to.
He has a video where he talks about his experience caring for his mother who had alzheimers at the end of her life. Very sad situation. His video was informative on the difficulties it presents and the perspective of trying to make it as easy as possible to let your loved on live while having to watch them regress and adjust.
Oh yeah that one hit hard. :'-|
There’s plenty more, but here’s a few of mine:
RedLetterMedia - Got pretty big on YouTube about 15 years back for their review of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, where they made an actual, honest critique of why the film (and later the other prequel films) didn’t really work on their own merits and hid it inside a 1.5-hour skit about an elderly serial killer. They’re, uh… they’re not for everyone, but I like them. Also, Macaulay Caulkin as a recurring guest star. Worth your time.
Technology Connections - Did you ever want to know why ceiling fans start at max power when you turn them on? Because I already knew before I clicked on the video and I still watched the whole damn thing. I swear this person could make ANYTHING sound interesting, no matter how dry.
They’ve been mentioned already but Second Wind - I mean, Yahtzee Croshaw pretty much picked up his fanbase and moved it here when his bosses at The Escapist made the boneheaded move to fire, uh… his boss? I think? I don’t watch a whole lot of the other stuff, but I haven’t had any complaints about anything of theirs I’ve watched.
Project Farm - This dude legit goes out with his own money, buys like 8 different items in the same category (mainly tools, though his most recent video is on space heaters) and subjects them all to fairly rigorous testing to see which one is the best for the money. If I’m looking to buy something, I’ll check and see if Project Farm has a video on it first.
LGR (Lazy Game Reviews) - I think someone already mentioned this as well, but I thought I’d bring it up too. The channel covers more than just games now and just covers all kinds of (mainly 80s/90s) computer tech. Plus, Clint’s a good dude.
Colin Furze - He’s a bit extra but he started making Wolverine claws in his little garage workshop and now he’s building a “secret” tunnel under his house. Following this man’s videos are wild. He basically says “what if (crazy idea)” and then just… does it.edit: omg how did I forget DankPods? Of course he has like five channels now. He’s got a masters in music, he made a living playing jazz drums, he started a dumb YouTube channel about fixing iPods, and now he has a warehouse where he plays drums and games and fixes cars and all kinds of shit. Wade is great.
Anton Petrov
Kurzgezagt - In a Nutshell
Too many to name. I’m easily on YouTube 2+ hours each day and there’s not exactly lack of quality content
Some I haven’t seen after scrolling for a while
Maangchi - she made me fall in love with Korean food
Future Canoe - only if you want radioactive chicken
Explanation Point - mostly reviews anime. Good style, recovered incel
Scamboli Reviews - mostly reviews anime also, IDK
Joov (IDK is he high quality)
North of the Border - umm clay art. Just watched reverse centaur, it was a thing indeed
Unresolved Textual Tension - book reviews, I’m here for Will’s sass but Maria and Katie are good too
Ordinary Sausage - actually extraordinary
John Maclean - I wish I was as pretty as he is
Steve Mould - my son says he is “Steve Mould the science gold” (to the tune of Bill Nye)
I’m probably missing somebody but this is a good weird list
ashens is still making that quality brown sofa content 17 years later.
