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During his time working for NASA on the Curiosity rover, Mark Rober's science communication videos went viral skyrocketing his career. He now runs a business empire, hosts alongside Jimmy Kimmel, and is one of the faces of YouTube.
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Marques Brownlee has earned his place amongst YouTube royalty by churning out relevant, engaging, and insightful videos on all things tech for over a decade. Check out his yearly smartphone awards or his second channel focused on automobiles.
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John and Hank Green launched this channel with a World History and Biology course respectively. It has grown to over 45 courses on a wide variety of subjects. This is YouTube at it's best: guilt-free because it's educational but genuinely entertaining.
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In my humble opinion, the team at Dropout are producing the most innovative and genuinely funny sketch comedy of the modern era. You may have seen clips from their hit show, Game Changer, and there are full episodes available on their YouTube channel!
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Veritasium is one of the foremost science communicators on YouTube for a reason. His videos explore a broad range of fascinating science and engineering topics with attention-grabbing style and eye-popping visuals.
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Love em or hate em, SNL's skits are fully available almost immediately after airing through their official channel on YouTube. Wake up Sunday mornings to see which skits landed, which fell flat, and whether this one-of-a-kind cultural institution is still relevant in 2023.
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Colin Furze is simply put, a madlad. He constantly puts himself on the line testing the impressive, powerful, and ridiculously dangerous inventions he builds on his channel including a jet powered bicycle, a belt of spinning knives, and my favorite: a secret tunnel under his house.
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How far on the tech-tree could you get with nothing but your bare hands? That's the question Primitive Technology seeks to answer with his legendary channel. Pro-tip: turn on the captions!
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Part soothing day-in-the-life vlog, part authentic Yunnan cuisine cooking how-to, and part communist party propaganda, Dianxi along with her behind-the-camera sister have crafted a reverie of rural China.
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Babish Culinary Universe is a cooking YouTube powerhouse. Originally known as "Binging with Babish" the channel grew out of a simple idea - taking famous dishes from film and TV and making recipe videos about them - and it has since expanded to include many forms of cooking content.
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you know about NPR's legendary Tiny Desk concerts. Every Tiny Desk is available on NPR Music's channel alongside other music-lover's content like interviews and podcasts.
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Adam Savage of Mythbuster's legend leads a team of journalists and makers as they build lightsabers, review VR headsets, explore legendary pieces of film and television prop lore, and so much more with an enormous content library.
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Part YouTube channel, part film studio, part friend group of VFX nerds, the gang at Corridor Crew are an infectious bunch. Bonus: they didn't invent the "reacts" genre, but they've taken it to new heights.
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Jun's serene videos offer as much japanese rural and feline scenery as cooking advice; in Jun's own words "I am not professional chef. I just like cooking." Well I'm here for the cats.
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IM Levy Rozman is the most popular chess YouTube personality for good reason. His high-energy, no-nonsense demeanor brings excitement and clarity to the game and reveals his NYC roots. Most importantly, his ability to explain complex concepts to complete beginners is unparalleled.
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Watch a guy suffer through integration hell to build ridiculously complicated robotic machines in his workshop while his wife makes fun of him. On a technical level, Stuff Made Here's creations are far and away the most impressive I've seen from a solo maker.
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This channel delivers on its namesake better than most, providing curiosity-peaking lego-centric experiments like how fast you can spin a lego wheel before it explodes, or what it takes to get a lego car over an ever increasing gap. Come for the scientific method, stay for the snappy no-talk editing.
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Legal Eagle brings his lawyer's expertise to everything from today's politic scandals to the legal dramas we all watch on TV. His entertaining videos are also deeply informative - he cites the relevant codes and statutes and isn't afraid to get into the weeds!
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Todd from Project Farm methodically and scientifically reviews tools & equipment of all types. Even if you're not in the market for a new chainsaw, there's a mesmerizing quality to his thorough videos. Simply put, this is what YouTube is all about.
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If you're a physics or astronomy nerd, PBS Space Time is the best thing since sliced bread. The channel as in-depth as a graduate-level course but with entertaining visuals and a layperson-friendly style.
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Ever wonder if one of the world's strongest men would be good at... other stuff? Eddie Hall answers that question and more with his upbeat vlog-style channel that has him taking on challenges ranging from sumo wrestling to timber sports. (Spoiler, he's very, very good at Sumo wrestling).
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Always laughing Simone Giertz first went viral building "shitty" robots that failed at their tasks. Now she builds, and breaks, even bigger stuff like her giant pair of scissors or the tesla she converted into a pickup truck. Plus she's a badass brain surgery survivor.
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There's something special about Steve Mould's approach to science communication. He'll find weird, fascinating phenomenon and together with us, the audience, he'll figure out why that bizarre thing occurs through the scientific process.
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Adam Ragusea's background as a journalism professor elevates his video essays exploring every nook and cranny of food. They tackle modern questions, like how to make the perfect NY-style pizza at home, and historical ones, like how humans first brewed beer.
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From vintage VHS players to portable air conditions this creator investigates and then educates us about the everyday technology that makes our lives more comfortable.
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America’s Test Kitchen lives in a bizarro world where presentational television is alive and well. Tune in for buying guides, easy to follow recipes, and to see if the expert panel agreed with the live studio audience on their favorite brands of supermarket whipped creme.
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Magnus Midtbø puts his world class climbing abilities to the test in a wide variety of climbing and strength related videos. I especially enjoy when he collaborates with other athletic personalities from across the internet.
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Cleo Abram is a video journalist who focuses on all things tech. Her belief in a positive future built with the help of technology is infectious as she hopes to to create an "antidote to the doom and gloom" with her vibrant and fast paced videos.
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Pai's the everyperson's "Thai Aunty" and she accomplishes this and more with authentic recipes, taste tests between supermarket brands, and advice filled excurions to the grocery store.
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Ethan gets straight to the point with his snappy recipe and technique videos, but I like watching his library of impressively designed scientific experiments that debunk myths and highlight what really makes a difference in the finished dish.
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If washing away grime delights that part of your brain that seeks order, than this channel is for you. Watch as this creator brings unreasonably dirty rugs back to life with a variety of satisfying cleaning techniques.
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Watch a New York Times best-selling food author and restaurant owner struggle to figure out which plug is connected to his blender and sift through his fridge for ingredients to a delightfully naughty late night pizza-but-its-a-tortilla all filmed pov-style from a GoPro strapped to his head.
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Northernlion is the perfect Twitch streamer for those of us old enough to remember VHS tapes. Picture a bald, middle-aged, Canadian with an uncanny ability to run his mouth in a comedic and never-ending stream of consciousness.
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You probably can't hire a DJ to spin vintage vinyl records for your next dinner party... but My Analog Journal is the next best thing! Their groovy DJ sets represent an incredible variety of modern and retro genres, all recorded in a gorgeous plant filled space.
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Jeremy Fielding will methodically teach you the mechanical engineering and electronics skills you need to become an expert maker. Oh and check out his ridiculously cool robotic arm.
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Jungle has been creating stunning dance-centric music videos long before their hit single, "Back on 74", made waves on social media. The British duo works with a reoccurring cast of dancers to breath visual life into their smooth electronic sound.
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People Make Games are an investigative video journalism team focused on the culture and industry of video games. They do thorough work and tell compelling stories, like a multi-part series on the bizarre world of Roblox or a rundown of the one-time internet phenomenon Blaseball.
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I play board games once a year but that doesn't stop me watching Shut Up & Sit Down's silly and outlandish board game reviews. Check out their review of "Switch & Signal" to see if their flavor of British internet television is right for you.
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Xyla combines her abilities as an engineer with her love of fashion and art in her upbeat vlog-style channel where she makes everything from (huge) model rockets to canoes.
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Restoring bonsai trees is 20% gardening, 80% artistic endeavor, and 100% patience I do not have. Thankfully Bonsais Releaf's ode-to-a-tree videos condense a multi-year process into a gorgeous 15 minute montage complete with explanatory on-screen text and gentle music.
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The official channel of the IFSC posts full length climbing competition footage (plus interviews, highlights, etc). I had fallen down this particular YouTube rabbit hole many times before I even tried climbing!
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Book Club Radio lets you transport yourself to that sublime Brooklyn house party that you always imagined existed, but were never invited to. But that's okay, their expertly filmed DJ sets make it easy to have your own stylish party, wherever you reside!
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Anna's charisma, energy, and eccentric love of slab take her vlog-style climbing channel to new heights. Come watch her alongside a rotating cast of characters and other climbing YouTubers as they attempt a variety of indoor and outdoor challenges.
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Hannah's channel features a variety of bouldering focused content from coaching videos to climbing films to collabs with other climbing youtubers.
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I don't actually play go, but that doesn't mean I haven't watched tens of hours of tutorials from Go Magic. Its the first channel that has actually given me, a complete beginner, insight into the strategy and tactics of the game.