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The problem is that discovery is broken. This random post on HN led me to more subscribe worthy channels than months of looking at Youtube recommendations has.

the_other 5y ago
Google doesn’t care if you discover useful things. It only cares if you discover things it can charge a lot for.
helmholtz 5y ago
Give us your best-of list then lad!
- ehsankia 5y ago
  Steve Mould: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIwxahdLz7bap-VDs9h35A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIwxahdLz7bap-VDs9h35A Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q Verge Science: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxJFU9DgUhfr2J2bveCHkQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxJFU9DgUhfr2J2bveCHkQ Mathologer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_uAIS3r8Vu6JjXWvastJg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_uAIS3r8Vu6JjXWvastJg Sebastian Lague: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmtyQOKKmrMVaKuRXz02jbQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmtyQOKKmrMVaKuRXz02jbQ Captain Disillusion: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOXxzW2vU0P-0THehuIIeg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOXxzW2vU0P-0THehuIIeg Stuff Made Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ Just a few, there's definitely a lot more like CGPGrey, a bunch of PBS channels, 3Blue1Brown, Veritasium (the production quality on his recent videos!), Mark Rober, Tom Scott, Johnny Harris, Legal Eagle, etc Also, not really HN content but if you like cooking, check out Adam Ragusea and Ethan Chlebowski, much better than the more popular cooking channels imo.
  - kevinak 5y ago
    Don't miss this one: Tech Ingredients - https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients
  - anticensor 5y ago
    Eva Bianka Zubek: https://www.youtube.com/c/EvazuBeckOfficial/ https://www.youtube.com/c/EvazuBeckOfficial/ Grind Reel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaFluke1/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaFluke1/
  - Macha 5y ago
    Even Legal Eagle has had a lot of political clickbait of late, especially with his shorts. He'll talk about the riots, or matt gaetz or whatever, but the format is too short to allow any analysis, and his longer videos have a lot of "reacts" type content. Leonard French/Lawful Masses is the other extreme though, where he tends to just go through entire legal documents and splice in the relevant background occasionally.
- read_if_gay_ 5y ago
  This is a good one: https://thume.ca/2020/07/19/my-youtube-tier-list/ https://thume.ca/2020/07/19/my-youtube-tier-list/
newsclues 5y ago
I think discovery is more of a solved problem than monetization. The discovery engine is focused on specific content because it’s profitable (monetized). The broken system is that most of the content some people (that don’t like mainstream drivel) isn’t monetized (enough?).

the_other 5y ago

Google doesn’t care if you discover useful things. It only cares if you discover things it can charge a lot for.

helmholtz 5y ago

Give us your best-of list then lad!

ehsankia 5y ago
Steve Mould: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIwxahdLz7bap-VDs9h35A https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEIwxahdLz7bap-VDs9h35A Technology Connections: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q Verge Science: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxJFU9DgUhfr2J2bveCHkQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtxJFU9DgUhfr2J2bveCHkQ Mathologer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_uAIS3r8Vu6JjXWvastJg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1_uAIS3r8Vu6JjXWvastJg Sebastian Lague: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmtyQOKKmrMVaKuRXz02jbQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmtyQOKKmrMVaKuRXz02jbQ Captain Disillusion: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOXxzW2vU0P-0THehuIIeg https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEOXxzW2vU0P-0THehuIIeg Stuff Made Here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj1VqrHhDte54oLgPG4xpuQ Just a few, there's definitely a lot more like CGPGrey, a bunch of PBS channels, 3Blue1Brown, Veritasium (the production quality on his recent videos!), Mark Rober, Tom Scott, Johnny Harris, Legal Eagle, etc Also, not really HN content but if you like cooking, check out Adam Ragusea and Ethan Chlebowski, much better than the more popular cooking channels imo.
- kevinak 5y ago
  Don't miss this one: Tech Ingredients - https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients https://www.youtube.com/user/TechIngredients
- anticensor 5y ago
  Eva Bianka Zubek: https://www.youtube.com/c/EvazuBeckOfficial/ https://www.youtube.com/c/EvazuBeckOfficial/ Grind Reel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaFluke1/ https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshuaFluke1/
- Macha 5y ago
  Even Legal Eagle has had a lot of political clickbait of late, especially with his shorts. He'll talk about the riots, or matt gaetz or whatever, but the format is too short to allow any analysis, and his longer videos have a lot of "reacts" type content. Leonard French/Lawful Masses is the other extreme though, where he tends to just go through entire legal documents and splice in the relevant background occasionally.
read_if_gay_ 5y ago
This is a good one: https://thume.ca/2020/07/19/my-youtube-tier-list/ https://thume.ca/2020/07/19/my-youtube-tier-list/

newsclues 5y ago

I think discovery is more of a solved problem than monetization. The discovery engine is focused on specific content because it’s profitable (monetized). The broken system is that most of the content some people (that don’t like mainstream drivel) isn’t monetized (enough?).