I use the ASMR channels. They're very relaxing when I read. I also watch Trixie Mattel and Katya's show which is hilarious. Today I watched one where Trixie asked Katya if she were to have a child would she send it to boarding school, and Katya said "Yes, and then I would move away", which slayed me.

Guga, Real Civil Engineer, FutureCanoe to name some who haven't been mentioned

It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content.

Oh, maybe the newest video of one of my most favorite youtubers can even answer you why that is! Introducing Tom Nicholas: Griftonomics: Why Scams are Everywhere Now

The only person I'd trust with finance stuff is Joseph Hogue cuz he doesn't seem to be a scummy bastard, unlike most others.

Also, I think he's the only Certified Financial Advisor on YT Link: https://youtube.com/@josephhogue

The only cultural people I follow are The Critical Drinker for film reviews and Better Ideas for inspirational content, also Nate O'Brien for both investment stuff and life advice stuff.

Everything else I follow is tevh-related, and in a niche without a lot of pushy sponsor crap.

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Hyperspace pirate is currently working on making a cryocooler to make liquid nitrogen, out of cheap and readily accessible components. He's not done yet, but the progress videos are very interesting to watch. https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate

Jarvis Johnson, Atrioc, Pitch Meetings, Philip DeFranco

You have to find your way past the 99% commercial, screaming crap and the toxic stuff that its algorithm recommends. Adblocking or premium is a must but even then the constant in-video ads have become a cancer. It’s sometimes unbearable and makes me unsubscribe.

YouTube is like a bowl of shit with a few gems at the bottom. You just have to dig to get there.

There are already a bunch of good recommendations here so I won’t repeat them but:

Recently I found HowardHandsTV, pop culture analysis, very funny and feels like an old school channel.

Also Common Sense Skeptic ripping apart Elon Musk and Andrew Tate lately has been entertaining.

I also fall asleep to Michael MJD and his weird and fun reviews/projects, I think it’s the voice that is soothing.

Louis Rossman

I watch quite a bit of YouTube. Favorite channels right now (in no particular order):

Anders Erickson-cocktail recipes, tips and general banter Steve Wallis-relaxing camping videos Snazzy labs-tech/apple Becki and Chris-helicopters, photography, DIY MrMobile-phone reviews Rctestflight-all sorts of drone/3D printing/electric vehicle projects Digital Foundry-in depth technical game/console videos The Proper People - relaxing urban/abandoned exploration TheUnlockr-phone reviews/tech vlogs

Hey Hey! Marcus House here …

I like McNally on youtube. He's like The Lock Picking Lawyer with the agression setting turned up to 11.

Johnny Harris just released a video on the history of the Mormon Church.

As an exmormon, it is awesome to see stuff this high quality from someone with the same perspective as me. I'll link the video: https://youtu.be/hUW7j9GmXjI

I'm subscribed to Linux Tech Tips and Givemeabreakman. I've been following both for over a decade.

Other than that, I use Youtube to listen to really long (10+ hrs) videos of walking across skyrim and other elder scrolls games to relax.

Good finance channels imo The plain bagel Patrick Boyle Modern MBA

A lot of great recommendations in the tread and I don't have much to add but for something a little different, here are my suggestions :

DayDream Gaming - Cool and/or relaxing walks through game worlds like Skyrim, Cyberpunk 2077, horseback riding in RDR, etc.

dulevoz - Cabview train rides full of cool details like the number of tunnels, elevation, engine types, etc. You don't need to be a train nerd, try it, it's absolutely fantastic and relaxing!

Virtual Railfan - Live cams at famous railroad crossings, just for the fun of watching trains go by or watch the scenery

StreamTime Live - live cams at various harbours in the US

M. B. Archives - Commentary tracks from various movies (the latest being The French Connection, rip William Friedkin)

SUSD is the only thing good on YT

My favorite channels (not previously mentioned)

• Red Letter Media - bad movie fun, and movie reviews
• Joel haver - great short form sketches
• Friday Beers / Almost Friday - wkyk style sketches
• screen crush - nerd content analysis
• 3 brown 1 blue - great math content
• number phone and computerphile - great short form educational content on math and computer science