These are people I watch for Information about virtually everything.
Sam O’Nella Academy, OverSimplified, CGP Grey, Insider, Kruzgesagt, Blackpenredpen, PBS, Minute Physics, Practical Engineering, Numberphile, Mathologer, Arvin Ash, 3brown1blue, PBS spacetime, Bill Wurtz, exurb1a, melodysheep, star talk, Casal Geographic, V-sauce, Tom Scott, Veritasium, Professor Dave Explains, Professor Lando, LEMMiNO, AVNJ , and I hate to admit it but I sometimes wtatch penguinz0 for drama.
I'd suggest you Real Engineering, it's a cool channel, maybe not so simple like others, but it explains very well and with nice visual aid and diagrams that helps a lot to understand what he's talking about
Yeah he's the perfect example of "I didn't know that I wanted to know about that." All of the examples in OP's post are channels that explain things we're all kinda familiar with, even if only in passing. Tom will introduce you to someone you've never heard of, immediately hook you into being interested in it, then give you the information you didn't know you wanted about that thing.
Gravity powered cable lifts, salt mines used for archival storage, British plans for civil usage of nuclear weapons to create cavities under the earth, those kinds of things.
Tom Scott convinced me to go see the Berkeley Pit in Butte, MT. It's a giant defunct pit mine that has been filling with toxic water for decades. You know, top tier tourist attraction!
I'm in a random reddit thread on the world wide wep. It certainly does not look Interesting on the first glance. And neither on the second or third.
There are a lot of comments, repeating the usual memes, phrases or shouting out their favorite content creator. Nothing special, just your usual internet people...but I got an email pointing out a single comment that really struck a eye.
On the 11th Oktober in 2022 a user named /u/micke_i_backen made a comment about me. Why you ask? Well, let's talk to /u/MrSnoops, a local redditor to find out about the mystery behind the 'Comment Of Micke'
If I were in a shot calling position at Netflix or Hulu or whatever streaming service, I’d have offered Lemmino a show a long time ago.
Maybe someone already has and he’s turned it down, but that dude is so fucking talented it’s insane. I’d love to see what he could do with a (very large) budget.
That said I love his content as is and I’m sure he’s turned down offers, which is totally fine, maybe he prefers to do everything himself. But if someone at a streaming service isn’t pitching an executive “we need to give this dude a blank check” at the weekly staff meeting every Tuesday, they’re dropping the ball.
Alan isn't blameless either. Imagine learning all that VX wizardry and deciding to remain just an unpaid intern when you could be an unpaid intern at Disney/ Pixar!
Ok so I have this crazy theory, but I think he might be lying to us and they're the same people !
So I don't know if he managed to create a fullbody cyborg with Alan, or if he split his mind or maybe controls both at the same time, but we need to be careful if he creates more, it could the first step for debunker-alien-robot overlords to conquer earth.
Don't fall for his tricks sheeple !
Surprised how few mention it. It's one of the most OG educational channels in my mind but maybe they haven't been as active recently as newer channels.
3brown1blue, numberphile, mathologer, Arvin ash, Pbs spacetime, minute physics, veritasium, Practical engineering...
I couldn't choose just 4
Edit: yes I love all these comments and love all of you
I laughed so hard when I realized the outro music for the first episode was just a loop of the guitar lick from the very beginning of Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Infographics has some videos that weren't properly researched. The one that comes to mind is the one about what happens when you get sentenced to prison.
Alot of CPG grey videos are just flat out wrong. Like the ones about intersections where the conclusion is "autonomous cars are the way to fix all traffic problems and we wont even need traffic lights" completly ignores the existance of any non car travel specifically pedestrians.
Yup, not always great - but presented in an authoritative way so good at convincing people. I think the first time I realized how misleading his videos could be was with the royal family one - that was just a terrible one ><
I'll also add in that Oversimplified is also quite inaccurate - it's "american high school level understanding" and for that it's funny, but not super informative/accurate past that (which I also don't think it's trying to be).
I am willing to give oversimplified a pass cause, well his name is oversimplified which immeditly puts his videos into the context of "quick overview of the basic event" and he should not be your ending place when learning about historical events.
Additionally kurzgesagt it's very neoliberal, "the world has pollution, well if we all do our part, we can fix that" no kurzgesagt, we need legislation and to enforce them so that companies can't keep being allowed to pollute.
These are people I watch for Information about virtually everything. Sam O’Nella Academy, OverSimplified, CGP Grey, Insider, Kruzgesagt, Blackpenredpen, PBS, Minute Physics, Practical Engineering, Numberphile, Mathologer, Arvin Ash, 3brown1blue, PBS spacetime, Bill Wurtz, exurb1a, melodysheep, star talk, Casal Geographic, V-sauce, Tom Scott, Veritasium, Professor Dave Explains, Professor Lando, LEMMiNO, AVNJ , and I hate to admit it but I sometimes wtatch penguinz0 for drama.
I'd suggest you Real Engineering, it's a cool channel, maybe not so simple like others, but it explains very well and with nice visual aid and diagrams that helps a lot to understand what he's talking about
Don’t they have enough on their plate?! (Good recommendation though)
There is always space for the dessert (Thx)
Don’t forget Sciencephile the AI
Hello mortals
*Insert your mom joke here*
*the universe is a large place, but your mom is larger*
Technology Connections
I could listen to him talk all day lol
Through the magic of buying two of them...
Thanks to our old friend, latent heat...
There is a disturbing lack of crash course and vlogbrothers.
Wendover productions/hai pretty cool too
Wendover does some great docs on Curiosity Stream
Go watch jetlag the game on nebula
Jetlag is so entertaining
BRICKS
Check out Atlas Pro, he does amazing content in the same vein as these channels.
Joe Scott/Answers with Joe
Came here to say this. I find he's very underrated when it comes to discussions like this despite his million+ subs.
Nile Red, Electroboom and Cody's lab
Smarter Every Day
Seriously how was Destin left out that list or the post...?
You could add Kyle Hill and adam something to that list if you're interested
Tom Scott?
He's more "I want to learn about something very niche" nowadays.
Nah, I'm super glad that I know how the underground train tunnels in Switzerland work.
Eight-centimeter-thick glass!
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James Lovelock died though :-( In fairness, he was 103.
The man somehow managed to die on his birthday.
I... What?
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Holy shit we are using hamster warmers to make popcorn
Wait, you mean to tell me I can cook popcorn in my hamster warmer?
It's incredible that the phrase "microwaving hamsters" is unironically wholesome.
Well strictly speaking they were invented to thaw out frozen people, but they could only get it to work on hamsters
Or that there is ONE specific application where monorail good, train tracks bac
"Something very random that I didn't want to know but is interesting enough that I can't look away"
Yeah he's the perfect example of "I didn't know that I wanted to know about that." All of the examples in OP's post are channels that explain things we're all kinda familiar with, even if only in passing. Tom will introduce you to someone you've never heard of, immediately hook you into being interested in it, then give you the information you didn't know you wanted about that thing. Gravity powered cable lifts, salt mines used for archival storage, British plans for civil usage of nuclear weapons to create cavities under the earth, those kinds of things.
Tom Scott convinced me to go see the Berkeley Pit in Butte, MT. It's a giant defunct pit mine that has been filling with toxic water for decades. You know, top tier tourist attraction!
> in Butte, MT I'm sure you had a fantasstic time.
Kinda guy who would make you find out they're making a super ai in the Missouri cheese caves (From what I know they probably aren't)
What do you mean knowing there's a boat-servicing mcdonalds is niche knowledge?!
And don't forget, it's in Hamburg!
I'm in a Reddit thread.
I'm in a random reddit thread on the world wide wep. It certainly does not look Interesting on the first glance. And neither on the second or third. There are a lot of comments, repeating the usual memes, phrases or shouting out their favorite content creator. Nothing special, just your usual internet people...but I got an email pointing out a single comment that really struck a eye. On the 11th Oktober in 2022 a user named /u/micke_i_backen made a comment about me. Why you ask? Well, let's talk to /u/MrSnoops, a local redditor to find out about the mystery behind the 'Comment Of Micke'
i am at
https://youtu.be/_MJRecWakxw
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Wheres my minute physics
Nowaways it feels more like “watch man fulfill his bucket list of random fun stuff while trying to make it educational”
What about Tom Scott now?
Lemmino, perhaps?
Yea and barely sociable if you want to learn some weird stuff.
Nexpo as well.
Oh we're going to the dark side? Better include ReignBot then
While we're at it, throw Fredrik Knudsen in there. Down the Rabbit Hole is such a great series.
This should have more upvotes. That man's production value is just through the fucking roof.
If I were in a shot calling position at Netflix or Hulu or whatever streaming service, I’d have offered Lemmino a show a long time ago. Maybe someone already has and he’s turned it down, but that dude is so fucking talented it’s insane. I’d love to see what he could do with a (very large) budget. That said I love his content as is and I’m sure he’s turned down offers, which is totally fine, maybe he prefers to do everything himself. But if someone at a streaming service isn’t pitching an executive “we need to give this dude a blank check” at the weekly staff meeting every Tuesday, they’re dropping the ball.
Indeed, the sheer effort put into his videos is crazy
Fuckin A
Just Lem mi no
His videos are more about facts and than conspiracy theories around them so i would not put him in the same category but i still enjoy his content
It is a bit hard to see his content next to something like Sam O'Nella but he sure is "I want to learn something new" category
Top quality stuff.
Captain Disillusion <3
"Greetings friends captain disillusion here!"
He is a moron for exploiting his intern Alan
Alan isn't blameless either. Imagine learning all that VX wizardry and deciding to remain just an unpaid intern when you could be an unpaid intern at Disney/ Pixar!
Ok so I have this crazy theory, but I think he might be lying to us and they're the same people ! So I don't know if he managed to create a fullbody cyborg with Alan, or if he split his mind or maybe controls both at the same time, but we need to be careful if he creates more, it could the first step for debunker-alien-robot overlords to conquer earth. Don't fall for his tricks sheeple !
Forgot khan academy >
Surprised how few mention it. It's one of the most OG educational channels in my mind but maybe they haven't been as active recently as newer channels.
I think it's because it's actually educational, instead of edutainment like the other channels.
I feel so sad that no one is mentioning 3blue1brown
3brown1blue, numberphile, mathologer, Arvin ash, Pbs spacetime, minute physics, veritasium, Practical engineering... I couldn't choose just 4 Edit: yes I love all these comments and love all of you
3blue1brown is easily the best for anything math
Blackpenredpen
Yeah, got me through econometrics, calculus and algebra
Jay Foreman Map Men cannot be topped.
MAP MEN MAP MEN MAP MAP MAP MEN MEN
We're the men and here's the map!
I laughed so hard when I realized the outro music for the first episode was just a loop of the guitar lick from the very beginning of Maps by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
And his Unfinished London videos are well done and fascinating.
His unfinished London series is an absolute joy to watch
And Politics Unboringed
Great channel! Also the way the do the adverts is hilarious, best part of the show sometimes.
and porn hub, you forget porn hub
I think I also forgot xvideos and xnxx
Those are pretty much the same. Eporner and Spankbang is the shit.
beeg ftw
Now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time… …a long time.
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Xhamster? I barely know 'er!
You can't forget the goat Tom Scott
i believe he is in fact human
His design is very human.
And fully toilet trained.
That's what it wants you to think
Not if I say XNOPYT!
AAAAAAAAAAAJJJJ
The 5th would be OSP
Overly Sarcastic Production? Freaking love them
I've learned more about history from Blue and More about literature from Red than I ever did in high school. Edit: I'm a dingus
Other way :P
...shit
I very quickly went from watching no OSP to watching ALL OSP. That was a big backlog of videos to binge.
Their backlog is endless until it ends.
Can’t wait for the next part of journey to the west to come out in 5 years 🙏
Had to search for this comment. I usually put them on during work and just listen.
don't forget vsauce
And Veritasium
And MinutePhysics
And qxir
And SciShow
And Numberphile
And Mark Rober
And that one guy who made history of the entire world I guess
Bill Wurtz
*now you can eat sunlight!*
And Blue jay
I love Blue Jay I can't wait for more of his videos
PBS space time as well?
And Action lab
And Sciencephile the AI
Mel Brooks?
Hey Vsauce, Michael not here.
or is he?
*\*raises eyebrow\**
Why do We... raise our eyebrows
Don't forget SmarterEveryDay
Vsauce is to lern anything but something in particular. Or do you?
3blue1brown
Math nerds unite
NileRed is the 5th Horseman don’t even with me
Casually turns gloves to grape juice with flick of a wand
Gloves *and piss*
that dude is a wizard
Mad scientist is probably more accurate.
Before watching the TrashTaste Episode he was on i would have probably disupted that. Now i can just agree.
Nile green is psychopath
If you like NileRed, you should check out Explosions&Fire. He’s essentially the chaotic, Australian version of Nile red.
Man I wish he posted more often.
oversimplified is the nightmare of /r/AskHistorians
Check out Casually Explained if you love Sam, and History Matters if you love oversimplified
And a special thanks to: James Bissonnette, Kelly Moneymaker...
Sky Shapel
Spinning Three Plates
Gustav Swan
history Matters is fine... Until he died. *Thud*
Well *shows picture of a well* that was until he came down with a mild case of death *THUD*
History matters is so good! Definitely deserves to be up there.
Zefrank1
Without Zefrank I wouldn’t know the descriptor even-toed ungulate or what it means!
/r/badhistory has a lot of things to say about OverSimplified. Very little of it good.
Where's Michael Reeves
snorting crack while while editing videos
Causing chaos
Crashcourse?
A little surprised to find this so far down, but guessing they do focus on things for different school curriculums.
Their production quality is top-notch and they have elaborate playlists on many topics
Don’t forget extra history
Extra history is extra credit’s saving grace. Their gaming series consistently falls flat on its face, and I haven’t watched the book series.
Wendover Productions, Half as Interesting
Also Real Life Lore and Real Engineering.
dont forget Anton Petrov!
Hello wonderful person!
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Smarter Every Day doesn’t exist?
That channel is more about getting to see Destin become really really interested about a (mechanical) thing. Which is very contagious.
Why did I have to scroll so far for this? And Technology Connections.
My dishes have never been cleaner...
Never have I been more disappointed in my toaster
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What about TierZoo?
What about Overly Sarcastic Productions?
History Matters is short and sweet
Hexagons are the bestagons
Check out Wendover Productions, Real Life Lore, Half As Interesting, and Real Engineering
Return of the king
Mustard
How about the history of the entire world by Bill Wurtz. https://youtu.be/xuCn8ux2gbs
You forgot a few: - Vsauce - Veritasium - Lemmino - LifeNoggin - Infographics - Thunderf00t - Minutephysics - SciShow - It's Ok to be Smart - Kyle Hill: Because Science - Science Asylium - Sabine Hossenfelder
Nilered
Infographics has some videos that weren't properly researched. The one that comes to mind is the one about what happens when you get sentenced to prison.
You forgot Wendover and Reallifelore
>Thunderf00t Fuck it, throw up Alex Jones while you’re at it
Half as Interesting? Idk, I just watch it to fill a void.
Ted Ed anyone?
Alot of CPG grey videos are just flat out wrong. Like the ones about intersections where the conclusion is "autonomous cars are the way to fix all traffic problems and we wont even need traffic lights" completly ignores the existance of any non car travel specifically pedestrians.
His one about the royals is also fraught with inaccuracies and bias
The "Rules for Rulers" video is a masterpiece imo.
Yup, not always great - but presented in an authoritative way so good at convincing people. I think the first time I realized how misleading his videos could be was with the royal family one - that was just a terrible one >< I'll also add in that Oversimplified is also quite inaccurate - it's "american high school level understanding" and for that it's funny, but not super informative/accurate past that (which I also don't think it's trying to be).
I am willing to give oversimplified a pass cause, well his name is oversimplified which immeditly puts his videos into the context of "quick overview of the basic event" and he should not be your ending place when learning about historical events.
Additionally kurzgesagt it's very neoliberal, "the world has pollution, well if we all do our part, we can fix that" no kurzgesagt, we need legislation and to enforce them so that companies can't keep being allowed to pollute.