Ask HN: Favorite YouTube channels under a million subscribers

61 pointsby newman8r7 anni fa21 comments

I'm curious what everyone else around here is watching.

Here's a few videos from channels that I like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhuhnXvSCOE 'Journey across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone' (channel: #ILLEGALFREEDOM, ~540k subs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2o_Sp2-aBo Apollo Electroluminescent glass display (channel: Applied Science ~580k subs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlJDxN2zlE 'Building a shipping container castle tower' (channel: Andrew Camarata ~359k subs)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_S6fvUBAYE ~400lb guy attempts the pacific crest trail (channel: Second Chance Hiker ~26.8k subs)

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ohazi7 anni fa

notadev7 anni fa

Post10: Just a guy who clears clogged storm drains. Surprisingly enjoyable. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsCNU-ptlze2tqAJSDeVGNQ

baremetalHW: restoring Hotwheels cars. https://www.youtube.com/user/baremetalHW

Jabrils: A SWE who does videos on game dev. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQALLeQPoZdZC4JNUboVEUg

Luke Towan: Makes highly details models of scenery. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjRkUtHQ774mTg1vrQ6uA5A

sentdex: great Python tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfzlCWGWYyIQ0aLC5w48gBQ

Jared Owen: Created 3d Animations to explain how things work. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbsfyGlrjrKQC0gbzK0-EiA

Whang!: Does video explanations of Internet culture, like YTMND. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jdnIP2u5hCJpVZ-TuDrCg

m0ck7 anni fa

I will plug in PPPeter - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHEz9DZ6EAof1-DaQGD_Xw

This dude got really good sense of humour and puts insane effort into his comedy videos and also travel vlogs from the most exotic countries you can imagine.

He made parody of Casey Neistat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlDdzXI-KTg) which was so good, that even he had only 100k subs back then, Casey shared it himself and even made cameo in the sequel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb8uinZqNWg). Currently he is doing quite popular series called Best (and Worst) Reviewed in Eastern Europe, where he goes to various restaurants, hotels, bars and try to be as annoying customer as possible, which often results in hilarious situations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFkF99oaioI)

gitgud7 anni fa

Here's my top 7 channels (under 1 million subs):

1. EmpLemon - (Video essays about memes) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7Ucs42FZy3uYzjrqzOIHsw

2. Big Joel - (Well constructed video essays about movies) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaN8DZdc8EHo5y1LsQWMiig

3. Jacob Geller - (Video essays about philosophy, video games and art) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeTfBygNb1TahcNpZyELO8g

4. The Cosmonaut Variety Hour - (Reviews on movies) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqTYHSnBUXZamsVcOlQf-fg

5. Ian Hubert - (Funny short Blender videos) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbmxZRQk-X0p-TOxd6PEYJA

6. Bluedrake42 - (Fun demos of Graphics and Physics Engines) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNSwcDEUfIEzYdAPscXo6ZA

7. Will Kwan - (Startup coder, comedian) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTjPBE9BNsmv44wgxWEy2zw

ta09877 anni fa

Adam Neely

Music theory and other music topics

https://youtube.com/user/havic5

I strongly recommend his videos on the fastest/slowest/hardest music, he gets into the psychology of perception, philosophy of art, and history of music

yesenadam7 anni fa

Mono Neon - truly amazing electric bassist/guitarist. 900+ videos. For years he posted mainly videos of himself playing bass along with famous songs from many genres - soul, r&b, rock, funk, jazz etc. Lately it's mainly turning a minute or 2 of spoken-word video (like a politician, youtube vid, celebrity rant) into music, usually crazily hip and funky, him playing all instruments. Also has started making music videos of his own songs and posting video of his gigs. I really like his manifesto, and he certainly lives it. Extremely funny, creative, crazy, inspired and inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMonoNeon/videos

chess24 en español - I love chess commentary/banter blitz on St Louis Chess Club, chess24, Chess.com ES, etc but this is my favourite, especially anything with Divis and/or David Anton and David Lariño is a joy to watch. They play brilliant attacking chess and laugh a lot; excellent commentators too. Also it's good for my spanish!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTzRQxC3i7GOT4jtiTq4e0w

_peeley7 anni fa

MandaloreGaming (https://www.youtube.com/user/MandaloreGaming): does game reviews, but mostly covers indie/obscure abandonware. Content focuses 100% on the game, a huge breath of fresh air from the usual "gaming" channels. Editing and commentary is also fantastic.

smartis28127 anni fa

The 8-Bit Guy (David Murray): https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22

He recently cracked the 1 million subscribers line but I think he is worth mentioned. I love his Commodore Series, which is very informative if you into this stuff. Also he is a humble guy, no 'Like&Sub' and other stupid catch-phrase, just good informative content with heart and soul.

Nybbles and Bytes (June): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hnwmds9vAIJICAieAUEZA

Making tutorials on 6502 programming and Assembler Basics. It's a little bit dry to watch, but still very informative. If you want to learn the basics of computer programming.

_rkz17 anni fa

Some tech-y channels I like:

TechLead (always respect the tech lead): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xKdmAXFh4ACyhpiQ_3qBw

Joma Tech: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV0qA-eDDICsRR9rPcnG7tw

Chris Jereza: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPrRsdgsxOmzr9ykAf7tlDw

didgeoridoo7 anni fa

Many A True Nerd: mostly Let’s Plays of Fallout games and grand strategy titles like Crusader Kings and Stellaris. Funny storytelling and commentary. Sometimes I just leave it on in the background.

https://www.youtube.com/user/ManyATrueNerd

Nextgrid7 anni fa

+1 for Shiey/Illegal Freedom and Andrew Camarata.

Here's are some picks from my list:

Baumgartner Restoration (fine art restoration): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvZe6ZCbF9xgbbbdkiodPKQ/vid...

Ben Eater (building computers from scratch with discrete ICs): https://www.youtube.com/user/eaterbc/videos

Cody's Lab (science): https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder/videos

CuriousMarc (restoring old computer hardware, teletypes, Apollo AGC, etc): https://www.youtube.com/user/mverdiell/videos

Mustie1 (restoring old cars, engines, etc): https://www.youtube.com/user/mustie1/videos

NileRed (science): https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRedNile/videos

Shango066 (restoring old TVs & radios): https://www.youtube.com/user/shango066/videos

Technology Connections (videos about the history of audiovisual technologies & old hardware): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy0tKL1T7wFoYcxCe0xjN6Q/vid...

Techmoan (same as above): https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan/videos

Folcon7 anni fa

I love game design videos:

Game Maker's Toolkit - 689K - https://www.youtube.com/user/McBacon1337/videos

Adam Millard - The Architect of Games - 153K - https://www.youtube.com/user/Thefearalcarrot/videos

0j7 anni fa

BPS.space - Model rockets - 133k - https://youtu.be/OE0_-g7YV1M

OskarPuzzle - 3D printed puzzles - 110k - https://youtu.be/B3XY6HkVFR0

The Signal Path - RF electronics - 66k - https://youtu.be/DXYje2B04xE

partisan7 anni fa

Lately, I’ve been using YouTube primarily for music. My three current favorites are:

Odysseus (synthwave) https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCwoTj-pZgZZ8DInOXSSLMmA

Smooth Sounds (rap/trap) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m6HWQxnw7ko

Johnny M in the mix (trance/house) https://m.youtube.com/user/johnnym805

Astral Throb (electronics) https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCpbH_7H71IPKq4eH7CD5spg

ajeet_dhaliwal7 anni fa

Got to be TechLead, given this is HN I thought someone would have mentioned him by now https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4xKdmAXFh4ACyhpiQ_3qBw

idoescompooters7 anni fa

Moses McCormick - https://www.youtube.com/user/laoshu505000

andrei_says_7 anni fa

Louis Rossman on YouTube. Mac repairs and hilarious rants on Apple.

https://m.youtube.com/user/rossmanngroup/videos

jmhyer1237 anni fa

https://www.youtube.com/essentialcraftsman

ivanjaros7 anni fa

I won't list all but I want to spread the love so I want to mention TFM/Celestina Monkey 🧐

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