List of Awesome

Video Essays

Science

• [YouTube] 3Blue1Brown
• [YouTube] Applied Science
• Brady Haran
  • [YouTube] Numberphile
  • [YouTube] Computerphile
  • [YouTube] Periodic Videos
  • [YouTube] Sixty Symbols
• [YouTube] Chubbyemu
• [YouTube] ElectroBOOM
• [YouTube] Kurzgesagt
• [YouTube] Looking Glass Universe
• [YouTube] Mathologer
• [YouTube] NileRed
• [YouTube] PBS Space Time
• [YouTube] Physics Girl
• [YouTube, Nebula] Practical Engineering
• [YouTube, Nebula] Real Engineering
  • [YouTube, Nebula] Real Science
• [YouTube] SciShow
  • [YouTube] Crash Course
  • [YouTube] SciShow Psych
  • [YouTube] SciShow Space
• [YouTube] Scott Manley
• [YouTube] Smarter Every Day
• [YouTube] Spanning Tree
• [YouTube] Stated Clearly
• [YouTube] Steve Mould
• [YouTube] Technology Connections
• [YouTube] Two Minute Papers
• [YouTube, Nebula] Up and Atom
• [YouTube] Veritasium
• [YouTube] Zach Star

Technology

• [YouTube] BosnianBill
• [YouTube] Adam Savage's Tested
• [YouTube] ColdFusion
• [YouTube] DEF CON Hacking Conference
• [Web] Hackaday
• [YouTube] LockPickingLawyer
• [YouTube] Megaprojects
• [YouTube, Nebula] Mustard
• [Web] Troy Hunt

Economics and Finance

• [YouTube] Ben Felix (Common Sense Investing)
  • [YouTube] The Money Scope Podcast
  • [YouTube] The Rational Reminder Podcast
• [YouTube] Economics Explained
  • [YouTube] Epic Economics
• [YouTube] How Money Works
• [YouTube] Money & Macro
• [YouTube] The Financial Diet
• [YouTube] The Plain Bagel
• [YouTube] Two Cents

History

• [YouTube] Dark Docs
  • [YouTube] Dark Skies
• [YouTube, Nebula] Extra Credits
• [YouTube] Sabaton History

Music

• [YouTube, Nebula] Adam Neely
• [YouTube] Inside the Score
• [YouTube] Nahre Sol
• [YouTube] Rob Scallon
• [YouTube] Sound Field

Uncategorized

• [YouTube] Answer in Progress
• [YouTube] Big Think
• [YouTube] Dream Jelly
• [YouTube] Folding Ideas
• [YouTube] CGP Grey
• [YouTube] Jay Foreman (Map Men)
• [YouTube] Lex Fridman
• [YouTube, Nebula] PolyMatter
• [YouTube, Nebula] Real Life Lore
  • [YouTube, Nebula] BioArk
• [YouTube] Sexplanations
• [YouTube] TED-Ed
• [YouTube] Then & Now
• [YouTube] Tom Scott
• [YouTube] Vsauce
• [YouTube, Nebula] Wendover Productions
  • [YouTube, Nebula] Extremities
  • [YouTube, Nebula] Half as Interesting
• [YouTube] Xidnaf

Videogames

Essays, Game Design, and Games Journalism

• [YouTube] Adam Millard (The Architect of Games)
• [YouTube] Daryl Talks Games
• [YouTube] Design Doc
• [YouTube, Nebula] Extra Credits
• [YouTube] Game Maker's Toolkit
• [YouTube] Jim Sterling
• [YouTube] Josh Strife Hayes
• [YouTube] /noclip
• [YouTube, Nebula] Razbuten
• [YouTube] Second Wind
• [YouTube] TotalBiscuit (No longer active.)

Let's Plays

• [YouTube, Twitch] Dodger
• [YouTube, Twitch] Jesse Cox
• [YouTube, Twitch] MysticalYuuki

Consumer Technology/Computers

• [YouTube] crinacle
• [YouTube, Web] Gamers Nexus
• [YouTube] Hardware Canucks
• [YouTube] Hardware Unboxed
  • [YouTube] Monitors Unboxed
• [YouTube] Linus Tech Tips
• [YouTube] optimum
• [YouTube] Tech YES City

Traditional News Media

• ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
  • [YouTube] ABC News (Australia)
  • [YouTube] ABC News In-depth
• BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)
  • [YouTube] BBC News
  • [YouTube] BBC World Service

Uncategorized

• [YouTube] communitychannel (No longer active.)
• [YouTube] Cox 'n' Crendor Podcast
• [YouTube] Fairbairn Films
• [YouTube, Twitch] HealthyGamerGG
• [YouTube] Improv Everywhere
• [YouTube] Jaiden Animations
• [YouTube] lrnjulie
• [YouTube] mayuko
• [YouTube] Viva La Dirt League
• [Web] Wait But Why
• [YouTube] Wong Fu Productions
• [Web] xkcd
  • [YouTube] xkcd's What If?

Purpose-Filling Media

This section is a little different because they're not really "favourites" in the same high sense as everything above, but they serve a purpose and I like them.

Passive Listening

If I'm looking for something easy-listening while multi-tasking, I like putting these videos on speaker.

They're not "favourites" of mine because they're rambly exploratory videos that are usually belief-affirming, but they still talk about casually interesting topics, offer perspective, and have a bit of research put into them. Listening to them doesn't require quite as much attention as something like Rational Reminder podcast (which is very academic and informationally dense, thus requiring much more attention).

That's not to say these creators/channels aren't good though. They simply don't fit my taste like others do, but I still regularly listen to them. For what they are, they're quality listening.

• [YouTube] Angela Collier
• [YouTube] Ashley Embers
• [YouTube] Cara Nicole
• [YouTube] Levi Hildebrand
• [YouTube] Type Ashton

Product Reviews

These are the sources I've come to rely on for purchasing decisions for their high-quality product analysis and methodology, consistency, and sometimes big backlogs of reviewed products. These sources look into the things that matter to me as a consumer, and they make it very easy to compare. Though unlike channels such as Gamers Nexus, I don't watch or read from these creators regularly. They're single-purpose channels to me that I binge whenever it's relevant, and then I forget about them until the next time I need them.

Again, it's not a knock on these creators. They put out the best work for their niches and we need more creators like them.

• [YouTube] AllThingsOnePlace
  • A technology reviews channel for consumer power systems. I particularly like the USB-C charger reviews.
  • The metric I like looking at is power efficiency, which is rarely talked about with other reviewers.
• [YouTube] Project Farm
  • Kinda a reviews channel for all sorts of consumer items. Whenever I'm shopping for a new item that might be covered by the channel (like pliers or a knife), I like checking this channel to get an idea of the quality I can expect. It often influences my purchasing decisions.
• [Web] RTINGS.com
  • A technology reviews website with great methodology and tools to tabulate/organize and compare many reviews at once.
• [YouTube] The Quantified Scientist
  • A technology reviews channel for wearables, with a focus on health tracking features.

More Stuff To Check Out

Click here for my other list for things that didn't quite make the cut for my List of Awesome.