Fave YouTube Chanels 📼

Contents

• 🔨 Hardware/ Electronics/ DIY
• 🔐 Cyber Security/ Privacy/ Hacking
• 💿 Linux / Servers / Sys Admin
• 👩‍💻 Coding/ Algorithms/ Software Development
• 💻 Computer Science/ AI/ Machine Learning
• 📱 Technology/ PCs/ Consumer Electronics
• 🪙 Cryptocurrency / Blockchain / Fintech / Investment
• 👾 Retro Computing / Gaming
• 🌐 Internet Culture / Memes / Internet Mysteries/ Trolling Scammers
• 🪐 Astronomy / Space / Planetary Science
• 🧪 Science/ Engineering/ Math
• ✝ Bible/ Jesus/ Religion
• 🚅 Trains / Maps / Travel
• 🏃‍♂️ Motivational/ Lifestyle
• ⛺ Sports / Outdoors/ Street Running
• 🖨️ 3D Printing
• 📚 Tutorials / Courses
• 🌈 Fun/ Sometimes Educational
• 🦚 Other Topics
• 🚓 True Crime
• 📺 Animations/ Cartoons
• 📽️ TV Shows
• 🎶 Music
• 🗳️ Misc

🔨 Hardware/ Electronics/ DIY

• DIYPerks - Design and building electronic & DIY projects, presented by Matthew Perks
• GreatScott - Awesome Electronics Tutorials, Projects and How To's
• Bitluni's Lab - Entertaining electronics and IoT hacks
• N-O-D-E - Awesome hardware security devices, and electronics
• Spacehuhn - The legendary creator behind many hardware security products
• Seytonic - Hacking-related tutorials, diy projects and raspberry pi/ Arduino mods
• Zack Freedman - Humorous guy, very knowledgeable about electronics, 3D Printing and building stuff
• DIY Machines - Building easy to re-create machines with affordable components
• Andreas Spiess - Building small electronics IoT projects
• Grensom - IoT and Raspberry Pi smart mirror projects
• Michael Reeves - Building robots that do dumb but really smart stuff
• Mitxela - Small maker with some really awesome projects about electronics, synthesizers, and other neat things
• Look Mum no Computer - Electronic music creation with low level computers
• Learn Embedded Systems - Tutorials on programming basic electronics
• BigCliveDotCom - Reviews and experimentation with cheap Chinese components

Also: Alexandre Chappel, Simone Giertz

🔐 Cyber Security/ Privacy/ Hacking

• PwnFunction - Animated computer security issues
• Null Byte - Pentesting, Ethical hacking, Linux
• LiveOverflow - CFT walkthroughs, security and hacking
• Hak5 - The makers of the Rubber Ducky, Bash Bunny and other awesome gadgets
• The Hated One - Anti-censorship and privacy videos
• John Hammond - CTF walk-throughs and pentesting tutorials
• Techlore - Privacy & Security Tutorials for the masses, and VPN Reviews
• HackerSploit - Pen Testing, Hacking and Security Tutorials + Walk throughs
• Sun Knudsen - Short privacy-related tutorials, from a small security researcher
• Mental Outlaw - Online privacy, Linux, security, crypto and memes
• Tom Spark Reviews - A guy who reviews privacy products

💿 Linux / Servers / Sys Admin

• Techno Tim - Well explained basic home server applications
• Wolfgang's Channel - Self-hosting, Linux, Privacy, Security and keyboards
• Network Chuck - Networking, Security and Certifications
• LearnLinuxTV - Linux tutorials and distro reviews (sometimes a bit slow, and basic)
• Luke Smith - Terminal tricks, Linux apps, Arch Linux stuff and chat
• Jeff Geerling - Raspberry Pi, Sys Admin and other tech stuff
• Novaspirit Tech - Small Raspberry Pi home server projects, but quite basic
• DB Tech - Self-Hosted services and homelabs
• Byte my Bits - Videos about Plex, and occasionally other homelab stuff
• Craft Computing - Networking, gaming hardware, graphics, Raspberry Pi, PCs
• Tinkernut - Raspberry Pis, networking, basic hacking and communications

👩‍💻 Coding/ Algorithms/ Software Development

• Computerphile - Detailed introductions to algorithms, data structures and architecture
• Simply Explained - Simply explaining many computer topics
• The New Boston - An original internet legend, beginner-friendly tutorials in a laid-back style
• Caleb Curry - Complete coding courses, simply explained, Python, Java, C++, Crypto + more
• The Net Ninja - Easy to follow web development tutorials
• FireShip - Web Development Coding Snippets, Tutorials and Tricks
• Free Code Camp - High quality programming tutorials
• DevTips - Show web development tips and some introductory tutorials
• Mathew Rayfield - Builds short, pointless but funny web projects
• Federico Terzi - Short videos about Rust, coding and keyboard productivity (creator of Espanso)
• TechWorld with Nana - DevOps Simply Explained

💻 Computer Science/ Blockchain/ AI/ Machine Learning

• Code Bullet - Building epic AI projects, and training AI to play games
• Jordan Harrod - Interesting videos about how we interact with AI, from a Harvard MIT PhD Student

📱 Technology/ PCs/ Consumer Electronics

• Marques Brownlee - Quality, Trustworthy reviews and analysis of the latest tech
• TechSource - Setup Wars & Cool PC Builds
• Linus Tech Tips - No description needed
• Dave Lee - Videos about smart phones, laptops and tech gadgets
• UFD Tech - News and Reviews of PC Components
• Smart Home Solver - Home Automation Ideas, How-To's and Reviews
• Mrwhosetheboss - Smart phone reviews and discussions
• DankPods - Audiophile reviews and mods
• Byte Review - Reviews of mainstream tech, from a small creator
• SquashyBoy - Mechanical keyboards and stuff
• ThrillSeekerVR - Virtual reality stuff
• Hipyo Tech - Cool mechanical keyboard stuff

🪙 Cryptocurrency / Blockchain / Fintech / Investment

• Coin Bureau - Information about crypto and earning through staking
• Finematics - Videos about the math behind DeFi, very informative. Slightly annoying accent, but great content
• Benjamin Cowen - Great, unbiased technical analysis over long timelines
• Digital Asset News - Daily news on crypto markets and trends
• Heresy Financial - Explaining traditional finance, in order to understand modern finance
• Legal Briefs - Everything you need to know about the legal side of crypto, and regulations
• Aantonop - Long-form videos all about BitCoin and technical stuff
• Thinking Crypto - Interviews with big players in the crypto space, and some crypto news
• Bob Loukas - Long-form technical analysis videos (play on 2x speed)
• Lil Bubble - Crypto memes and parody songs
• Eds Finance Corner - British finance, investing and cryptocurrency channel
• Plain Bagel - Finance and investing analysis
• The Defiant - Variety of content, from interviews, educational content and podcasts
• Dividend Bull - Channel dedicated to high yielding dividend investments

👾 Retro Computing / Gaming

• The 8-Bit Guy - Exploring the inner workings of tech from the 80's, 90's and 2000's
• Modern Vintage Gamer - Retro gaming and the homebrew community
• ETA Prime - Handheld, console and Raspberry Pi emulation and other tech stuff
• Ahoy - Nicely produced videos about modern gaming
• Dani - Game developer
• Robert Thomson Dev - Game dev

🌐 Internet Culture / Memes / Historical Internet Mysteries/ Fighting Internet Scammers

• Barely Sociable - Analysis of internet mysteries
• Internet Historian - Memes and the history of various internet memes
• WavyWebSurf - Covering past and present internet stories
• Pleasant Green - Guy who likes talking to Nigerian scammers
• Jim Browning - The ultimate bad-ass scam baiter
• Slightly Sociable - Mysteries and analysis of scams and stuff
• Inside a Mind - Mysteries from around the Internet
• Nexpo - Videos focused on dark stories from around the internet
• Scare Theater - The discussion of slightly scary things
• ReignBot
• tamago2474 - Games, internet stuff and things

🪐 Astronomy / Space / Planetary Science

• Dr. Becky - Space news and concepts explained by a friendly astrophysicist
  
• DeepSkyVideos - Videos exporing deep space objects
• Sixty Symbols - Physics and Astronomy videos, with a focus on Symbols
• NASA - The official NASA Channel and Live Stream
• Space.com - The latest space exploration news and info
• The Vintage Space - All about the history of spaceflight

🧪 Science/ Engineering/ Math

• Mark Robber - Awesome science videos, from an ex-NASA engineer
• Practical Engineering - Engineering concepts explained visually with mini experiments
• Stand-Up Maths - Maths-related topics, by Matt Parker, sometimes funny too
• Veritasium - Really interesting science videos
• Objectivity - Videos about ancient science treasures
• Steve Mould - Science videos (he's also one of the presenters on a Podcast of Unnecessary Detail)
• The Backyard Scientist - Cool science experiments, done in his backyard
• Minute Physics - Animated, interesting physics principles
• Domain of Science - Maths and Physics
• 3Blue1Brown - Lots of maths concepts, beautifully detailed
• Better Explained - Clear and well explained math concepts
• NumberPhile - Videos about Numbers
• Stand-up Maths - Maths from real-world scenarios and the news
• The Thought Emporium - From biohacking and biology, to nuclear physics and nanotech
• Technology Connections - The science behind how everyday things actually work

✝ Bible/ Jesus/ Religion

• Bible Project - Overview of how an entire chapter fits together
• BibleDex - Short videos about verses from the Bible

🚅 Trains

• Geoff Marshall
• Jago Hazzard

🏃‍♂️ Motivational/ Lifestyle

• Better Ideas
• Matt D'Avella
• Ali Abdaal
• Nathaniel Drew

⛺ Sports / Outdoors/ Street Running

• Shiey Illegal Freedom - Train surfing, urban exploring and climbing
• DyingLlama - Some epic street climbs
• Harry Main - Mountain Biking Stuff
• AlfieAesthetics - Outdoor survival tips, comedic guy
• The Body Coach TV - Joe Wicks, home workout videos from a British icon
• MrDeified - Scary true stories about divers, cavers, etc
• MrDeified - Parkour and climbing tall things

🖨️ 3D Printing

• Thomas Sanladerer - All kinds of 3D printing content
• Proper Printing

📚 Tutorials

• Logos By Nick - Inkscape and GIMP Tutorials
• Thomas Sanladerer - 3D Printing Tutorials, from beginner to advanced
• Brackeys - Game Dev Tutorials in Unity and C#
• d3Vienno - A bit dated now, but still one of the best beginner D3.js tutorials out there

🦚 Other Topics

• Professor Shoelace - Ian off of the legendary Ian's Shoelaces, explaining cool ways to tie your laces
• Lock Picking Lawyer - Short videos where he just picks lots of locks
• Taran Van Hemert - King of macros, creator a the ultimate video editing course
• Captain Joe - Everything you've ever wanted to ask a Pilot of a Boeing 787
• Ham Radio Crash Course - Videos about various SDRs and other transmitting things
• NileRed - Interesting Chemistry experiments

🌈 Fun/ Sometimes Educational

• ColdFusion - High quality documentaries about science, technology, business and more
• CGP Grey - Engaging and unique videos covering history, politics, science, people and the world
• Jay Foreman - The comedian and creator of Map Men, Unfinished London and Politics Unboringed
• Ordinary Things - Ironic explanations of everyday stuff
• TierZoo - The World explained as if it were a video game
• Lemmino - Top 10 facts, internet mysteries and interesting things
• Tapakapa - Friendly stick man giving you interesting facts about the world
• Sam O'Nella Academy - Slightly educational, funny videos
• Collin Furze - Crazy back yard inventions and often fire
• Great Big Story - Amazing People, doing Improbable Things
• Mike Boyd - A guy who learns a new skill every week or so
• exurba - Videos that make you think, from the meaning of life to physics mysteries
• Austin McConnell - Random, slightly funny videos from a film maker
• Tom Scott - An arrogant British guy telling you things he thinks you may not know
• Kurzgesagt - Uniquely animated science videos
• Half as Interesting - Stuff that is quite literally only half interesting
• Wendover Productions - Videos that explain how stuff in the world works
• xplrd - General videos loosely related to democracy around the world
• Poly Matter - More videos about random things that aren't actually as interesting as they look
• SolarSands - videos about art and society
• Neo - Clear and understandable analysis of geopolitical conflicts, politics and business
• Its Okay to be Smart - Exploring the science behind everything with Joe Hanson PhD
• Think Big - Ideas about humans, science, history and the future
• Tedx Talks - Talks that didn't quite make the bar to be actual Ted talks
• h0ser - Geography videos, animated, mostly middle-East
• Atomic Frontier - Short BBC-style science and engineering documentaries from a small creator
• Leon Hendrix - Videos about startups that made loads, or failed
• History Matters - Short animated history videos
• Half-Asleep Chris - Interesting coins & banknotes, travel, stop-motion. Nice guy, very calming voice
• Kento Bento - Animated documentaries about Asian historical events and lifestyle
• Joeseppi - Funny "In a Nutshell" theme videos
• Name Explain - All about the origins of names
• Robslondon - All about historic London

🚓 True Crime and Horror

• Coffeehouse Crime - Analysis of solved and unsolved events
• Jake Tran - Documentaries on money, power, war, & crime
• Coffeezilla - Uncovering scams, fraudsters and fake gurus
• Shrouded Hand - True horror stories about different topics
• Code Blue Cam - Live footage from American cops, sometimes interesting

📺 Animations/ Cartoons

• TheOdd1sOut
• Jaiden Animations
• Ice Cream Sandwich
• Mattias Pilhede - Kinda random, short sketched stories
• ExplosmEntertainment - Cyanide & Happiness Shorts and other classic comics
• Veggit Tales - Animated vegetables, because why not

📽️ TV Shows

• ITV Wonder - Some incredible survival stories (this one blew my mind!)
• The Dragons Den - Start-up entrepreneurs getting roasted
• Ninja Warrior UK - Just impressive Ninja climbing skills
• The Real Hustle - Three fraudsters demonstrating how common scams work
• Funny TV UK - I shouldn't laugh at this crap, but I do
• BBC Three - Trashy TV shorts from the BBC
• TED Talks - Short talks from 5 - 15 minutes about intellectual sounding stuff

🎶 Music

• Mr Suicide Sheep - A compilation of electronic music
• EddyKenzo - African (Ugandan) Music Artist and Exec
• OK Go - Awful music, but amazing videos
• Pomplamoose - American duo, indie pop and funk pop rock
• LENNiNO Music - Small music producer
• deadmau5 - Epic electronic music

🗳️ Misc

• Drew Gooden - Comedic commentary on TV shows and stuff
• The Zac and Jay Show - 2 British lads getting up to all sorts in London
• EXCESSORIZE ME - Over-priced EDC and gadgets that you don't need
• Nerd Forge - Fantast, Crafts and Sci-Fi Painting
• Lauris Beinerts - Short comedy sketches about corporate life

🌟 Personal Favorite Favorites

CGP Grey, ColdFusion, DIYPerks, GreatScott, Jay Foreman, Mark Robber, N-O-D-E, Zach Freedman, Seytonic, The Hated One

Notes

These are my personal favorite YouTube channels, the talent and hard work behind each of these creators is very inspirational. Since I can't feasibly financially support all of them, I am instead sharing links to their content here.

I try to avoid using the official YouTube app and website (due to ads, terrible suggestions and Google having a total disregard for basic privacy), so I instead use Invidious (web) / FreeTube (desktop) / NewPipe (mobile). Therefore I need to manage my subscriptions externally, and that in part, is why I maintain this list.

Useful Links:

• Channel Crawler - Useful tool to find and discover new YouTube Channels, based on specific parameters
• YouTube-dl - A Python script to download videos from YouTube and some other platforms from a given URL. Can be used from the command-line, or incorporated into your project. It provides many optional parameters to specify video options. There's also YouTube-dl-GUI if you prefer a user interface
• Turn off the Lights - Open source browser extension that dims the webpage around a video while it is playing