Hey, it's my time to shine! I love these kinds of channels and am always on the look out for more.
- 4K Urban Life (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-JKqNo_T0yoeDZff1y7Kw) is slow walks around different cities in the world. It helped me make it through not being able to travel during COVID. I think that seeing different places and people helps enrich your worldview.
- Ben Eater (https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater) hasn't made any videos in a bit, but his playlists will teach you about how electronics become computers.
- Lindybeige (https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige) has interesting diatribes (for lack of a better word) on English history, and assorted other offbeat topics.
- Ninja Nerd Science (https://www.youtube.com/c/ninjanerdscience) is an amazing channel where you can watch medical lectures presented in a really engaging way. You can learn a lot even if you aren't actually in med school.
- The Ulengovs (https://www.youtube.com/c/onedayincountryside) is not strictly educational but they show how people live in rural (very, very rural) parts of Russia and it's super interesting.
- Strange Parts (https://www.youtube.com/c/StrangeParts/featured) hasn't been making videos recently due to an injury, but they spent a lot of time in Shenzhen and there are amazing videos about electronics in the back catalog.
FWIW Lindybeige is very entertaining but not particularly credible. One sign of this is probably his back-and-forth with Military History Visualized on the debate between the Bren and MG34/MG42 machine guns.
I’d definitely agree with that. I get more of an amateur interested in history (and from a quite strong English bias, at that) vibe than someone trying to present historical research, but it’s good to call that out.
There are actually several (maybe even most/all?) channels above that I would describe as “interesting voices” rather than “credible, non-biased experts” so take them with a grain of salt.
I mean, nothing on Youtube is particularly credible. But at least with Lindybeige you never get the impression he is a definitive source.
History in particular is a field where even trained historians can't help but nitpick each other to death. So I think people should just enjoy pop-history for what it is.
- 4K Urban Life (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-JKqNo_T0yoeDZff1y7Kw) is slow walks around different cities in the world. It helped me make it through not being able to travel during COVID. I think that seeing different places and people helps enrich your worldview.
- AlphaPheonix (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWeRTgd79JL0ilH0ZywSJA) reminds me a bit of Vertiasium, but is not quite as (over)produced. Atomic Frontier (https://www.youtube.com/c/AtomicFrontier) is kind of similar.
- Ant Lab (https://www.youtube.com/c/AntLab) has slow motion videos and information about insects.
- Ben Eater (https://www.youtube.com/c/beneater) hasn't made any videos in a bit, but his playlists will teach you about how electronics become computers.
- Chessnetwork (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDOQrpqLqKVcTCKzqarxLg) has great entertaining chess games and I learn a lot watching them.
- Driving 4 Answers (https://www.youtube.com/c/mr2mk1hero/videos) has a lot of great videos talking about mostly car-related engineering.
- Exurb1a (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCimiUgDLbi6P17BdaCZpVbg) is a channel about philosophy basically.
- Great Art Explained (https://www.youtube.com/c/greatartexplained) goes into the stories and thinking behind a lot of great art.
- Historic Italian Cooking (https://www.youtube.com/c/HistoricalItalianCooking) shows and prepares ancient Roman recipes. Very relaxing. Tasting History (https://www.youtube.com/c/tastinghistory) is kind of similar, but includes all of history and is more lively in comparison.
- Hochelaga (https://www.youtube.com/c/hochelaga) is kind of biblical philosophy and adjacent areas. Really interesting offbeat channel.
- Journey to the Microcosmos (https://www.youtube.com/c/microcosmos) shows video of microscopic creatures with mellow explanations over the top.
- Lindybeige (https://www.youtube.com/user/lindybeige) has interesting diatribes (for lack of a better word) on English history, and assorted other offbeat topics.
- Mustard (https://www.youtube.com/c/MustardChannel/featured) has videos on the history of engineering and science.
- Neo (https://www.youtube.com/c/neoyoutube) is a kind of modern history channel.
- Ninja Nerd Science (https://www.youtube.com/c/ninjanerdscience) is an amazing channel where you can watch medical lectures presented in a really engaging way. You can learn a lot even if you aren't actually in med school.
- Not Exactly Normal (https://www.youtube.com/c/NotExactlyNormal) has social/cultural mini-documentaries. Paragraphic (https://www.youtube.com/c/PARAGRAPHIC) is kind of similar.
- Real Science (https://www.youtube.com/c/realscience) has mostly information about animals.
- Told in Stone (https://www.youtube.com/c/toldinstone) has great videos about Roman history.
- Wristwatch Revival (https://www.youtube.com/c/wristwatchrevival) takes apart and repairs mechanical watches, which is really interesting.
- The Ulengovs (https://www.youtube.com/c/onedayincountryside) is not strictly educational but they show how people live in rural (very, very rural) parts of Russia and it's super interesting.
- Strange Parts (https://www.youtube.com/c/StrangeParts/featured) hasn't been making videos recently due to an injury, but they spent a lot of time in Shenzhen and there are amazing videos about electronics in the back catalog.
- PBS also has a whole collection of channels that are pretty good. Space Time (https://www.youtube.com/c/pbsspacetime) and Eons (https://www.youtube.com/c/eons) are probably the highlights for me. Moth Light Media (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOh5Ht3eB4914hMUfJkKa9g) is another channel that's kind of like Eons.