For me it’s DJ Peach Cobbler. I’ve been watching his videos since he had around 2,000 subscribers. Now it’s nearly 450,000.

He used to mostly make videos on games, now he does a lot of history stuff too. He also has a little satirical news show, and a few tasteful shitposts. A really diverse YouTube channel.

What’s your favorite YouTube channel that’s not a mainstream big-name like pewdiepie, mrbeast, ksi, etc…?

  • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    13 days ago

    Kyle the Scott. A Scottish cisman with a kinda effeminate voice who once did a dramatic shirt rip to prove he is in fact cis, in the middle of a half hour essay about why it shouldn’t even matter and “transvestigations” are bullshit.

    But his normal schtick is media criticism, covering franchises like Star Wars, Halo, and Assassin’s Creed. They’re just genuinely good reviews that aren’t afraid to get into the politics where appropriate (including explicitly rejecting some of the more popular bigoted takes) but honestly feel it’s about the way that particular lens affects the media, rather than being an end into itself.

    • maliciousonion@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      13 days ago

      who once did a dramatic shirt rip to prove he is in fact cis, in the middle of a half hour essay about why it shouldn’t even matter and “transvestigations” are bullshit.

      Based

  • PonyOfWar@pawb.social
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    13 days ago

    A really tiny channel I like is Don’t Look East. Currently less than 3000 subscribers and most videos just get a few hundred views. He does unscripted travel vlogs about rarely visited destinations, mostly in Asia and Eastern Europe. For example he recently travelled the entire Thailand/Myanmar border by motorcycle.

  • HeneryHawk@reddthat.comEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Matt Brown - security researcher and bug bounty hunter

    Robert Murray Smith - general mechanical engineering tinkering, lots to learn

    TheCod3r - console and other electronic repairs

    Wesley Kagan - builds cars but is just an overall genius and entertaining

    Joe Grand - hacker, genius

    There are more popular/sometimes better people and channels in each genre but I’ve stuck to those with under 1 million sub’s. I’ll assume people like Colin Furze, Ben Eater, Computerphile are already too well known for this thread

  • Salamander@mander.xyz
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    13 days ago

    Fresh from the Farm Fungi - he is a mushroom farmer from Colorado. He has a ton of valuable information on growing mushrooms and running a business. He also has a few series of videos on very interesting experiments such as growing boletus, morelles, and cordyceps.

    Microbehunter - he is a biology teacher that runs a microscope channel. His videos are very useful for learning the basics of microscopy.

    Huygen Optics - I’m not sure about this guy’s background. He worked in R&D for Phillips in the 90s and he knows a lot about optics and chemistry, but I don’t know much more. He has built some equipment in has garage for sputtering metals on surfaces and has some pretty cool videos.

    MissOrchidGirl - she is more popular than the others. She has great info about caring for orchids and a fantastic orchid collection.

    Ben Felix - he is a portfolio manager with very solid financial advice. He supports his claims with research articles.

  • JustVik@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    13 days ago

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLfFWXUNJ_I It’s more of one playlist than a channel about quantum mechanics on Russian, but as I see it has English subtitles. A fairly clear explanation with a small amount of simple mathematics, probably the minimum that is possible. It helps to understand at least a little such a complex and illogical science for the average layman.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
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    13 days ago

    DuskTillShawn

    Does mostly just kinda essay like videos going over cartoon episodes (or even whole characters in the case of Hey Arnold!). Seemingly just nickelodeon right now, though there are others like a CtCD video.

    Don’t feel as out of place sharing a 159k sub channel when OP brings up a nearly 450k channel.

    Also, this post motivated me to look through my subs and found a couple I unsubbed to and found some shocking things like some channels last videos were more recent than I thought. Also keeping myself away from going on a nostalgia trip of over a decade ago.