Favorite YouTube Channels

Here are my favorite1 YouTube channels in alphabetical order, plus an example video from each. Honorable mentions are at the end…

Acorn to Arabella: These two guys are building a boat.

Frank Howarth: Frank makes stuff. I am very jealous of his shop.

Jay Bates: Jay also makes stuff. I am jealous of his shop, too.

Lindsay Ellis: Lindsay Ellis does these great video essays on movies (mostly) that are insightful and very funny.

Mark Rober: Mark Rober has one of those channels that everyone should be subscribed to by default.

Objectivity: I like cool, old, science stuff and I like Brady Haran.

Polyphonic: Video essays on great musicians and songs.

Sampson Boat Co: The Sampson Boat Co is really just one guy, Leo Sampson, and he’s restoring and rebuilding a 100-year old sailing yacht.

Smarter Every Day: Destin is smart. And he wants to keep getting smarter.

This Old Tony: I love Tony’s channel. It is exactly my sense of humor.

Wintergatan: Martin built the original Marble Machine. Now he’s building a new, better one.

Honorable Mentions

These are channels I really like and watch often, but don’t necessarily watch every single video…

The 8-Bit Guy

April Wilkerson

Aviation 101

BPS.space

Chain Bear F1

Clickspring

Dr. Becky

Epic History TV

Laura Kampf

Physics Girl

Salt & Tar

Tested

Veritasium

Western Flyer Foundation


  1. My I have to watch every single episode as soon as they get posted” channels…↩︎

August 15, 2019 · random


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