Stuff like HAWP, 5sf, asdfmovie, Nathan barnatt, etc.
No overblown people acting fake and sensationalist (that try so hard to be funny when they aren’t) no ads. Just fun.
Does this even exist ? Even howtobasic has went to ads…which is fine. But it spoils it for me.
Practical Engineering: Civil engineering projects
Apollo11space: Details regarding the Apollo moon missions that are hard to find elsewhere.
In Deep Geek: Great LOTR content. Also covers GOT and The Witcher.
Illinois EnergyProf: Great place to learn about energy.
Engineer Guy: No longer making videos. Very interesting videos regarding the engineering of everyday items done in a straight forward and easy to understand style.
Project Farm: No nonsense reviews of various products. I have to admit, that I skip most of the video and just look at the results. I find his voice a bit difficult to listen to for long periods.
VASAviation: ATC audio of significant events. Usually has videos out the day of an event.
Blancolirio: If you’re a pilot, or interested in aviation this is the channel to follow. Straight forward assessments of aviation events.
Greg’s Airplanes and Automobiles: Gives a lot of detailed information on WWI and WWII planes. Can be a bit dry, but is always interesting.
HI Sutton: All things submarine warfare.
Animagraffs: 3d engineering renderings that explain how things work.
saVRee: Similar channel to Animagraffs.
Mr Carlson’s Lab: All things electronic.
Technology Connections: If dry, witty delivery about technology subjects is your jam, this is your channel.
Rose Anvil: Great information on boots and footwear. He cuts footwear in half and does a deep dive on how they are constructed.
Clint’s Reptiles: The Utah version of Steve Irwin… Almost.
The Operations Room: Animation of WWII and other battles.
The Car Car Nut: Toyota mechanic located near Chicago, IL. Gives a lot of great information on Toyota/Lexus automobiles. I’ve actually had him do work on my previous car (2014 Camry), even though I’m a couple hour drive from his shop.
I have been enjoying RecklessBen’s content lately. Obviously started by the Lego controversy, but his other stuff is phenomenal.
And when they go “overboard” it’s just people being goofy like in ye olden times rather than super fake
Overblown people acting fake and sensationalist (that try so hard to be funny when they aren’t)
This has been there almost since the beginning; case and point:
- Annoying Orange
- Fred
- Boxxy
It has. But I don’t recall annoying orange or Fred trying to sell shit to me every 3 seconds.
Those are nowhere near the quality of hawp or 5sf, either.
I wasn’t responding to your mention of ads, I was responding to your assertion that there weren’t overblown sensationalists at the same time you liked specific channels.
Yeah, of course they weren’t of the same quality, but during that same time period they both existed and were more popular than the one’s you mentioned. Fred was pulling in double digit millions of views on most of his videos for a couple years. That’s more than what could be said for any of the creators you listed.
Of the channels you highlighted as positive the only one that competes with Fred is TomSka with the asdfmovies, and those were spaced a year apart. Hell, Hawp, 5sf, and Nathan Barnatt never broke 10M views and rarely even broke 1M. Furthermore, TomSka in asdfmovie is overblown sensationalism.
What I’m attempting to highlight is that the platform has always had it’s cringeworthy creators and that your rose-tinted glasses don’t automatically elevate the creators you personally liked to popular status. That’s not a bad thing per se, but obnoxious sensationalist creators operating at the same time as your preferred channels (and thus in your perceived glory days) were bigger and more popular than those you mentioned.
Oh yeah, Fred was annoying of course. But there are far worse, far more annoying creators today. And theyre all selling shit.
Asdfmovie isnt overblown for the sake of clickbait garbage though. A bear dying on the moon is fucking hilarious, or a cupcake thats mom is a cake.
Its this sensationalist idiocy I cannot stand
This isnt me yelling at cloud. This is actual shit content.
Does anyone remember Gagfilms’ stuff before Annoying Orange?
Ashens - Reviews random tat on his brown sofa. A lot of vintage toys and random junk from discount stores.
Dankpods - Headphones, mp3 players, and other amusing electronic junk. Also has the channel GarbageTime where he restored old crappy cars and does crazy things like replacing the oil in a car with Nutella.
TheMightyJingles - Old retired Royal Navy vet. Mostly games but always has interesting stories and history to share.
Techmoan, LGR, BigCliveDotCom - Three tech reviewers in different areas. First is cool gadgets and old music players. Second is vintage computers and games. Third is practical devices and electronic components with full on circuit board schematic dissections.
Ahoy - Top quality mini documentaries about recent and old games, historic weapons, and cultural tidbits
Excellent ! Ahoy is great
Thirded. Ahoy is fantastic.
So it turns out most of my youtube subscriptions are history related, but…
- Kings and Generals for historical battles because I’m a giant nerd.
- Miniminuteman for fun debunking of archaeology myths
- Mark Felton for WWII history
- toldinstone for Roman history
- History Matters for short introductions to historical topics with amusingly drawn characters
- The Tim Traveller for slightly odd and very nerdy travel destinations
- History With Hilbert because… uh… look, I like history okay?
- Atun-Shei Films for US civil & revolutionary war history
- WorldWarTwo for a documentary of WWII that advances one week per episode (originally recorded in real time)
- TimeGhost for general history done by the same people that make WorldWarTwo
- antichef is some guy that started as a pretty bad amateur chef trying to make Julia Child recipes. Now he’s a decent amateur chef doing the same.
- Dr. Glaucomfleken for medical jokes
- Townsends for early American history and recipes
- Primitive Technology to just chill and watch a shirtless guy in the Australian outback build housing and tools from absolute scratch
- UshankaShow for Soviet history and discussion of life in Soviet Ukraine
Cool Cammy, her videos are reminiscent of the early YouTube era.
Her solution to the Trolley Problem is good; https://youtu.be/33VUuu2fb1I
Ha this is great!
Skippy62able Aka LA Beast
“Have a good day”
Hell yes I love him. He goes over the top but he’s a real dude
RedLetterMedia is great for film reviews and discourse.
Sandwiches of history is a good daily dose.
Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik is now over 10 years old and produces quality content. Their videos contain an ad in the middle section but that can easily be skipped.
I especially like his series of videos “Kicking ___ while it is down”. Check out this one: Kicking Russel Brand While He’s Down
One of the few channels where the ad is actual content and not a ‘stare in the camera and say the thing’
Andrew Camarata and Foresty Forest are the first two that come to mind.
sadly, most have sponsors now. YT just isn’t paying like it used to. If you are desktop, sponsor block has been amazing at skipping these sections of videos.
You can also use sponsor block on Firefox on mobile.
For mobile, you can use apps like PipePipe (a NewPipe fork), or whatever the new fork of Revanced is.
Northernlion has been the same good quality gaming channel/streamer for over a decade.
Mancarrything has proven to be pretty entertaining. I’m late to the party on him.
I’d advocate that some channels do amazing ad reads that can be at least as entertaining as the video itself. Back before Duncan Trussel turned into one of the aliens from “They Live”, he gave a 5 minute diatribe about Adam&Eve lube and your inalienable right to give yourself piss-your-pants orgasms. Also Internet Comment Etiquette with Erik does ads that are like short films. Just pure cinema.
Coldmirror, if you speak German
