Hello there, I wanted to share couple of youtube channels thats punished by mainstream youtube algorithm. These channels are about geopolitics, sociology, economics, history, engineering, science and mathematics. I owe big chunk of my general culture and general knowledge this channels and since a lot of my friends ask about the channels I wanted to maintain a list of channels that I follow.
If you want a quick overview check Uncategorized Short List and Personal Favorites. You can also go further and check categorized channels with a bit of explanation.
If anyone wants to add another channel, comment here or send me an email. For anyone using git a merge request is also welcome.
Educational Entertainment Youtube Channels
Uncategorized Short List and Personal Favorites
- Extra Credits
- History Matters
- Mustard
- PolyMatter
- Economics Explained
- Strange Parts
- Veritasium
- Half as Interesting
- Smarter Every Day
- Tom Scott
- Real Engineering
- Steve Mould
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- Wendover Productions
- MinuteEarth
- PBS Space Time
- 3Blue1Brown
- CGP Grey
- OverSimplified
- The Plain Bagel
- Wisecrack
- Simone Gertz
Categorized list
Mixed
- Extra Credits
- Check their playlist for categorized videos. My favorite series is Extra History but they also have Extra Mythology, Extra Sci Fi and Game Development.
- Real Life Lore
- Half as Interesting
- Tom Scott
- WonderWhy
- Tapakapa
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- ColdFusion
- LEMMiNO
- Wendover Productions
- MinuteEarth
- Casually Explained
- Not factual but entertaining and makes you think
- GingerPale
- Not factual but entertaining and makes you think
- Cheddar
- CGP Grey
- TierZoo
- Answer in Progress
- Casual Navigation
- Maritime focused
- Atomic Frontier
History
Engineering and Tech History
- Technology Connections
- Mustard
- One of my favorite channels here
Philosophy
Geopolitics, Economics and Sociology
Engineering, Science and Mathmematics
- Strange Parts
- Veritasium
- Real Engineering
- Smarter Every Day
- ElectroBOOM
- Electrical Engineering channel with a guy shocking himself constantly
- The Thought Emporium
- Second Thought
- New Mind
- Steve Mould
- Tech Ingredients
- Real Science
- SciShow Psych
- PBS Space Time
- 3Blue1Brown
- Sally Le Page
- It’s Okay To Be Smart
- NightHawkInLight
- The Action Lab
Makers, Artists and Commentary
- Simone Gertz
- Strange Parts
- Allen Pan
- Michael Reeves
- William Osman
- TheBackyardScientist
- Tom Stanton
- Dani
- Video game developer with a lot of memes
- Integza
- ALEX LAB
- Hacksmith Industries
- Noodle
- Mostly video game and video game industry commentary
Science Updates and Recent Developments
- Seeker
- Verge Science
- SciShow
- Just Have a Think
- Recent news about climate technologies
Computer Science and Development
- TechLinked
- Weekly updates on tech news, if you like it you can also check Linus Tech Tips
- Two Minute Papers
- LiveOverflow
- A really good channel to start if you are new to hacking and security
- Fireship
- Coreteks
- TechTechPotato
Engineering and Tech History
Art
Today’s Issues
Mostly USA and global daily politics. Its hard to find any resource in english for other countries, and even harder to find entertaining youtube resources.
- Last Week Tonight
- The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
- 140journos
- Turkey’s daily issues
- Sir Swag
- Worldwide news with gamer and meme culture
- TLDR News Global