Rationality rules - mostly religion debunking

Applied Science - Varying videos about science phenomenons and use cases

LaurieWired - Cyber Security

Veronica Explains - Mostly Linux.

James Lee - animated videos

Awesome open source - videos and tutorials about self hosting and open source software

fly with Greg - paragliding videos

Mary’s Test Kitchen - awesome vegan and keto food

AlphaPhoenix - Science Videos

the hated one - privacy videos

crackermilk - comedy skits

Theramintrees - psychology videos

Weird fruit explorer - exploring fruits and vegetables from all over the world

Earthling ed - videos about veganism and animal welfare and rights

Climate town: investigative journalism on various climate related stuff. He’s funny enough to offset the rage it’ll bring you.

Errant signal: art, indie and retro video game essays

The US Chemical Safety Board- does indepth non-politcal analysis of industrial accidents.

Lost in the Movies - fewer than 10k subscribers, but he deserves so many more.

His work is generally on movies and TV, usually with a more art house feel.

His major piece of work though is his 30-40 part video series (and also podcast/blog) on Twin Peaks.

None of your, “Here’s the explanation of EVERYTHING,” nonsense here though.

Instead he looks at the show, its characters and its arcs with a contemplative eye, picking out interesting visual and narrative parallels, examining the show and film as a piece of art rather than as a puzzle to be ‘solved’.

It’s exceptional and it mystifies me that it’s not more well known. He’s been doing it for about ten years now I think. If you’re a Peaks fan, it’s an absolute must IMO.

Here’s my list, included snippets of their own youtube descriptions.

Angela Collier theoretical physicist.

Andrew Millison is a permaculture teacher and practitioner.

Climate Town Rollie Williams and a ragtag team of climate communicators, creatives and comedians are here to examine climate change in a way that doesn’t make you want to eat a cyanide pill. Get informed about the climate crisis before the weather does it for you.

Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t A Low-Brow, Crass Approach to Plant Ecology & Evolution as muttered by a Misanthropic Chicago Italian. We study plants through the lens of ecology and evolution, rather than what supposed anthropocentric uses they can provide (as if holding up the biosphere wasn’t enough).

Dr Fatima i went to grad school and all i got was this lousy understanding of systemic problems in science.

Meditations for the anxious mind

Noah Daniel interior & spatial design

Stewart Hicks Takes on Buildings and Cities.

So…so many.

Politics:

• Some More News

• The Kavernacle

• Adam Connover

• Tom Nicholas

• Molly White

• Rebecca Watson

Sociopolitical:

• Salari

Trans Rights/Philosophy/TV Reviews:

• Jessie Gender

• Sophie From Mars

• Aranock

• Lilly Simpson

• Bennie Carollo

• Council of Geeks

Anarchist Philosophy:

• Anark

• Zoe Baker

• Andrewism

Tech:

• The Primetime/The Primeagen

• Casey Muratori

• Tsoding Daily

• Wittcode

• Low Level

• TJ Devries

• Veronica Explains

• DJ Ware

• NeetcodeIO

Animation Reviews:

• KittyMonk

• Georgia Dow

• Offbeat Kiki

• Johnny2Cellos

• ToonrificTarique

Philosophy/Pop Culture:

• Jared Bauer

Niche Product Reviews:

• Ben Vallack

Horror Movie Reviews/Synopsis:

• Ryan Hollinger

Comedy:

• Dr. Jordan Breeding

• Michael Swaim

• Barry Kramer

Chemistry/Psychedelics:

• Hamilton Morris

Worker’s Rights:

• Joshua Fluke

SciFi/Fantasy Book Reviews:

• The Book Guy

Tabletop RPG Reviews:

• TheBurgerkrieg

Star Trek Analysis:

• Orange River

Privacy:

• The Hated One

Musicians:

Country:

• Adeem The Artist

Synthwave:

• White Bat Audio

JRock:

• Asian Kung Fu Generation

These are mostly science and technology related.

Just Have a Think: Energy, electricity, fuels, batteries, renewables

Engineering with Rosie: electricity production, transmission, storage etc.

xkcd’s What If?: physics, silly questions, silly answers

Applied Science: Science, technology, DIY lab stuff

Elina Charatsidou: Nuclear physics

Future Proof Health: anything health related

AlphaPhoenix: Material science, physics, technical stuff

Design Theory: In-depth explanations on why items are designed to look a particular way.

I like tech, old and new, so:

https://www.youtube.com/@CathodeRayDude

https://www.youtube.com/@TechTangents

https://www.youtube.com/@ConnectionsMuseum

https://www.youtube.com/@VeronicaExplains

https://www.youtube.com/@UsagiElectric

https://www.youtube.com/@PlatimaTinkers

https://www.youtube.com/@RetroBytesUK

https://www.youtube.com/@harkeofficial

I"d also suggest Jeff Geerling but he’s close to a million subscribers.

About trains, cycling, transit, and urbanism:

https://www.youtube.com/@OhTheUrbanity

https://www.youtube.com/@BenDurham

https://www.youtube.com/@MilesinTransit

https://www.youtube.com/@JagoHazzard

https://www.youtube.com/@TFTSB

And about hiking, camping, outdoors stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/@StephenJReid

Oh and on languages and etymology:

https://www.youtube.com/@WordsUnravelled

https://www.youtube.com/@RobWords

https://www.youtube.com/@Xidnaf

https://www.youtube.com/@kklein

https://www.youtube.com/@Linguisticae (in French)

https://www.youtube.com/@Linguriosa (in Spanish)

Adam Conover - the guy who shattered my reality back in the days with some college humor videos https://m.youtube.com/@TheAdamConover

Windette - Gaming with insults https://m.youtube.com/@Windette

Adam Millard - game mechanics and fundamentals https://m.youtube.com/@ArchitectofGames

Daryl talks games - games dissected by a psychology guy (I forgot what he did) https://m.youtube.com/@DarylTalksGames

Cara Nicole. She does a good job at explaining finance and budgeting to the layman, I liked her because I found that what she said more or less aligned with what I’ve found to be true, so I think she’s sending out smart ways of managing money to people. Plus she does fun videos about things like giving financial audits to Michael Scott and breaking down people’s wish lists. Idk I always enjoy her videos.

https://youtube.com/@thefinancialfreedomgirl

This is a fairly niche answer, but Noah Caldwell-Gervais.

He does very smart critical analysis of video games as a medium, often in multi-hour long retrospectives of entire franchises. They are all split into chapters, so it’s easy to watch in parts. The visuals and editing are not very flashy, pretty much just footage of the game he’s talking about, but they are so well written and thoughtful I find them extremely compelling. There’s also road trip travelogues, but I’m not as into those.

Learn Linux TV. Great educational channel for all things Linux.