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Ask HN: What are fun entertaining YouTube channels/videos you watch in free time?

• sgillen 9y ago
  I really like AvE (https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil https://www.youtube.com/user/arduinoversusevil). Lots of really cool stuff if your into mechanical engineering or really just making/breaking cool (physical) stuff.
• aecs99 9y ago
  Science: MarkRober, SmarterEveryDay, TomScott Informational: Vox, Vice Dog rescue videos: HopeforPaws Something different: SoulPanCake
• DerfNet 9y ago
  Cooking: You Suck At Cooking Movies: Red Letter Media Japanese tourism tips: Abroad in Japan Odd trinkets, toys, and junk reviews: Ashens Fast food reviews: ReviewBrah (Report of the Week)
• Maro 9y ago
  Red Letter Media Seen Through Glass Shmee150 Casey Neistat
  • dc2lover 9y ago
    Since you mentioned STG and Schmee I'd like to extend with: Misha Charoudin - Daily VLOGs about him living and working at the Nurburgring xthilox - super fast Nurburgring laps in his Cupra DannyDC2 - great VLOGs about a Honda Integra DC2
• technobabble 9y ago
  Along with AvE EEvBlog (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DjFE7Xf11URZqWBigcVOQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2DjFE7Xf11URZqWBigcVOQ) - Dave Jones does a great off-the-cuff channel on electrical engineering This is Dan Bell (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjU-Cwjfqbo2hMRItlXwnnQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjU-Cwjfqbo2hMRItlXwnnQ) - Urban Exploration without trying to make it seem overly edgy. Regular Car Reviews (https://www.youtube.com/user/RegularCars https://www.youtube.com/user/RegularCars) - Car reviews. Disclaimer: some dirty humor.
• hackerbob 9y ago
  medium/short length documentaries DW Documentary Also like watching movie character and screenplay breakdowns Nerdwriter1 and Lessons from the Screenplay
• hawktheslayer 9y ago
  VSauce is a science channel which I find both entertaining and educational. Fun and fast paced and often mind-bending. https://youtu.be/SrU9YDoXE88 https://youtu.be/SrU9YDoXE88
  • JaggedJax 9y ago
    If you have YouTube Red, I also like his Mind Field series. I believe it's the only YouTune Red series I actually watch. It's not as technical and detailed as normal Vsauce, but still interesting and entertaining.
• wannabebarista 9y ago
  Music reviews: The Needle Drop (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt7fwAhXDy3oNFTAzF2o8Pw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt7fwAhXDy3oNFTAzF2o8Pw) Humor and music: A Dose of Buckley (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9kMnSZQd53hE-1sb1f9sdA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9kMnSZQd53hE-1sb1f9sdA) MMA: The Weasle (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD2qRU8J82XGdGdUWYneNQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZD2qRU8J82XGdGdUWYneNQ)
• jimmies 9y ago
  - old stuff (games, electronics): 8 bit guy, lazy games review, cinemassacre, techmoan, gaming historian - maker stuff: useless duck, matthias wandel, useless duck - general ramblings: louis rossmann, penguinz0 (kritical), casually explained, nyanners (don't judge...) - nature & science: bbc earth, art of the problem, engineering guy, pbs space time, smarter everyday, amoeba sisters - electronics: eevblog, ben heck show
• drpossum 9y ago
  Three Blue One Brown is great for fun math concepts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw
• t0 9y ago
  Louis Rossmann https://youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w https://youtube.com/channel/UCl2mFZoRqjw_ELax4Yisf6w
  • solarkraft 9y ago
    Great advice about Macbook repair, working in tech and life.
• DanBC 9y ago
  I'll try to avoid things that other people will say. Alex French Guy Cooking: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPzFLpOblZEaIx2lpym1l1A Jenna Marbles: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9gFih9rw0zNCK3ZtoKQQyA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9gFih9rw0zNCK3ZtoKQQyA Facts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmEnDJfwzlfVZyDdIznoiww https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmEnDJfwzlfVZyDdIznoiww Chicken Connoisseur: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFmxd9L1btyXig-2Dp9XnA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFmxd9L1btyXig-2Dp9XnA
• ilaksh 9y ago
  There are a couple in this list that I'm not super proud of but I believe in honesty: Yogscast, Hat Films, Achievement Hunter, Kirsten Dirksten, Screen Junkies, Bangkok 112, Lazy Game Reviews, The 8-Bit Guy, the Russian/European hydraulic press guy, the Indian engineer who fake electrocutes himself all the time (can't remember name), The Slow-Mo Guys, ThePrimeThanatos, Mikey Chen.
  • Infernal 9y ago
    FYI the "Russian/European" hydraulic press guy is Finnish! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcMDMoNu66_1Hwi5-MeiQgw
  • genericpenguin 9y ago
    I think you might be referring to ElectroBOOM - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0-OtVpF0wOKEqT2Z1HEtA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ0-OtVpF0wOKEqT2Z1HEtA Full Bridge Rectifier!!!
    • gapo 9y ago
      After a couple of hours of binge watching ... Turns out he is Iranian.
      • ilaksh 9y ago
        oh, whoops
      • solarkraft 9y ago
        FULL BRIDGE He lives in Canada, though.
• davidjnelson 9y ago
  Shots Of Awe https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUlYb9NpXnRemxYoWbcYANsA https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=UUlYb9NpXnRemxYoWbcYANsA
• noselasd 9y ago
  ADVChina - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNPa8fSXzzAZuT9859GVhg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNPa8fSXzzAZuT9859GVhg Smarter Every Day - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6107grRI4m0o2-emgoDnAA Tested - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiDJtJKMICpb9B1qf7qjEOA Clickspring - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA NYC CNC - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe0IyK4ntgdPTTjsxjvyHPg This Old Tony - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NO8MgTQKHAWXp6z8Xl7yQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NO8MgTQKHAWXp6z8Xl7yQ Colin Furze - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp68_FLety0O-n9QU6phsgw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp68_FLety0O-n9QU6phsgw HAWP - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQieQckb9Fw9-SD7BdkpjQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrQieQckb9Fw9-SD7BdkpjQ
• cleetus 9y ago
  Bon Appetit's It's Alive is pretty humorous and well-edited: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng2zOFADe0s&list=PLKtIunYVkv_S7LqWqRuGw1oz-1zG3dIL4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng2zOFADe0s&list=PLKtIunYVkv... I'm a big fan of Kenji Alt Lopez's cooking videos, especially the POV ones: https://www.youtube.com/user/kenjialt/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/kenjialt/videos
• hguhghuff 9y ago
  PBS spacetime
• victorbojica 9y ago
  There are many others, but this is a selection of the best Numberphile (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoxcjq-8xIDTYp3uz647V5A) - math related Cody's Lab (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu6mSoMNzHQiBIOCkHUa2Aw) - various science experiments - most of them go deeper into maths/physics/chemistry of it Nile Red (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhXFikryT4aFcLkLw2LBLA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhXFikryT4aFcLkLw2LBLA) - chemistry BosnianBill (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1orOGJwZvjLAvckyxC4Nw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp1orOGJwZvjLAvckyxC4Nw) - lock picking - very soothing Ian Atkinson (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkCG-505-1t0rYlgBTSnpQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLkCG-505-1t0rYlgBTSnpQ) - leatherworking Mike Boyd (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRiWCPZoUyZDbydIqitHtQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIRiWCPZoUyZDbydIqitHtQ) - a guy learning various things and timig how much it takes This Old Tony (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NO8MgTQKHAWXp6z8Xl7yQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5NO8MgTQKHAWXp6z8Xl7yQ) - makers stuff Clickspring (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCworsKCR-Sx6R6-BnIjS2MA) - makers stuff - VERY addictive and soothing CGP Grey (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C_jShtL725hvbm1arSV9w https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2C_jShtL725hvbm1arSV9w) - various historic/general stuff jimmydiresta (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEk4xHBbz0hZNIBBpowdYQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEk4xHBbz0hZNIBBpowdYQ) - maker stuff Primitive Technology (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA) - guy living (for a few days at a time) in the woods scaffoal (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAUtMll4-Bi2sWnbqtMVrTg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAUtMll4-Bi2sWnbqtMVrTg) - making jewlery Brian Oltrogge (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOywIdppbhn6hkgcEtDMatg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOywIdppbhn6hkgcEtDMatg) - metal casting
• omegote 9y ago
  My all time favourite is I Like To Make Stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7GwJxuoABSosgVXDYtTw - All things DIY, usually more focused on woodworking but with a nice touch of electronics, Arduino, etc. You can definitely feel his background on software engineering.
• kahoon 9y ago
  h3h3Productions became famous by exposing stupid trends on YouTube (e.g. social experiments) but they also cover current events sometimes: https://www.youtube.com/user/h3h3Productions https://www.youtube.com/user/h3h3Productions They also have a podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtREJY21xRfCuEKvdki1Kw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLtREJY21xRfCuEKvdki1Kw
• Walkman 9y ago
  I found Linus Tech Tips channel recently when building a new rig. Pretty funny and useful at the same time: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXuqSBlHAE6Xw-yeJA0Tunw
• kapauldo 9y ago
  Codys lab is great.
• british_india 9y ago
  Tips from a Shipwright
• dwaltrip 9y ago
  My lazy pleasure lately has been watching StarCraft 2 casts on LowkoTV. He is a knowledgeable caster with a great sense of humor. I used to play StarCraft 1 when I was younger. I would never have the time to become good at sc2 today, but I've found the casts to be a fun, relaxing throwback. The top players are phenomenal and it is pretty incredible to watch them play. https://m.youtube.com/user/Felixje0 https://m.youtube.com/user/Felixje0
• companyhen 9y ago
  DataDash - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCatR7nWbYrkVXdxXb4cGXw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCatR7nWbYrkVXdxXb4cGXw Crypt0's News - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUSSt-IEUg2eq46rD7lu_g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdUSSt-IEUg2eq46rD7lu_g Two of my favorite crypto channels.
• samspenc 9y ago
  CrashCourse: https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Neat 10-minute educational video clips on pretty much all topics (economy, politics, film-making) Movieclips Trailers: https://www.youtube.com/user/movieclipsTRAILERS https://www.youtube.com/user/movieclipsTRAILERS Latest movie trailers TV Promos: https://www.youtube.com/user/tvpromosdb https://www.youtube.com/user/tvpromosdb Latest TV series trailers China Uncensored: https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored https://www.youtube.com/user/NTDChinaUncensored 10-minute funny but true clips about the fastest growing economy in the past decade
• pretendscholar 9y ago
  I like historia civilis, a history channel that goes really in depth about famous battles and roman society. Three Brown One Blue is a great math channel.
• amorphid 9y ago
  I discovered GeographyNow about 4 days ago. I've been binge watching ever since. It is suprisingly entertaining and informative. https://www.youtube.com/GeographyNow https://www.youtube.com/GeographyNow I also like RealLifeLore, Wendover Productions, Half As Interesting, and Tom Scott.
• tetraodonpuffer 9y ago
  videowalks around Japan, no talking, no music, just somebody walking around, great to watch when riding on a trainer https://www.youtube.com/user/Rambalac/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/Rambalac/videos Frank Howarth, great woodworking projects, now that's a shop! https://www.youtube.com/user/urbanTrash/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/urbanTrash/videos Primitive Technology, lots of interesting content https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAL3JXZSzSm8AlZyD3nQdBA
• hawkilt 9y ago
  Alux - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjPtOCvMrKY5eLwr_-7eUg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNjPtOCvMrKY5eLwr_-7eUg
• justifier 9y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/user/CarlSagan42 https://www.youtube.com/user/CarlSagan42 a gaming stream edit dump where the vast majority of videos are of mario maker the creator, carlsagan42, is a molecular biologist, post doc, working on ways to develop vaccines using plants.. a topic, among others, discussed on stream the videos are edits of a once a week ~3-5 hour live stream the community surrounding mario maker is really great with a ubiquitous quality of laughing off failure and mounting obstacle to overcome that resonates with me one way carlsagan42 is noteworthy is in the way each level is approached experimentally while vocalising the inner monologue describing what is being done and why i have spoken about one element of what is great about mario maker on this forum in the past(o)(i).. mainly parallels to algorithms but there is so much more to appreciate beyond the game engine itself and the level makers' manipulations thereof different level makers have different personalities that come through in their level design and it is fascinating how often and consistently makers develop new creative ways to utilise the finite tools of the mario maker engine whether it be: the tightly complex one screen puzzles of seanhip2, or the trolling exploration of jon, or the glitch induced brilliance of psycrow, or the expansive puzzles of pinkbirdo, or any of the awe inducing creativity and 'kaizo' madness of the entire community, or even the surprises and 'hot garbage' of 'super expert'; culture emits (o) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13675970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13675970 (i) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15067544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15067544 i'd recommend searching for the carlsagan42 videos with the makers and 'keywords' mentioned above because the playlists are often incomplete or simply too broad of categories to address the makers individually that said the playlists can be an easy place to start and determine if the community is something you want to explore further: 'Puzzle Level' playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UxOBEr3SXs&list=PLbsPvOo5P-aQFZHiRgAYRJSWMj1qWngBn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UxOBEr3SXs&list=PLbsPvOo5P-... 'Cool Levels' playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1-q4E4PuQ&list=PLbsPvOo5P-aSSmgDoKr_7zL3S4TX4tELD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1-q4E4PuQ&list=PLbsPvOo5P-... 'Super Expert' playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIf4Piq8I9k&list=PLbsPvOo5P-aTLOSwfdvQhwIjVNvXbsi1V https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIf4Piq8I9k&list=PLbsPvOo5P-...
• assafmo 9y ago
  Wendover Productions RealLifeLore
• midrus 9y ago
  Fun Fun Function on youtube
• charlzbryan 9y ago
  Doug DeMuro,Shmee150 and Saabkyle04. I love Doug DeMuro, his videos are long enough for mealtime watching
• datboihereitcom 9y ago
  Some lesser known gems: exurb1a - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg Strange Parts - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8DQrSp5yEP937qNqTooOw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8DQrSp5yEP937qNqTooOw bill wurtz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6aw03lNILzV96UvEAASfQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6aw03lNILzV96UvEAASfQ Science stuff: Veritasium - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA
• narimiran 9y ago
  Captain Disillusion - https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainDisillusion https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainDisillusion