# Informative Youtube Channels **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506 "2018-06-06T00:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![molten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/1 "2018-06-06T00:37:34Z")
What are some informative Youtube channels like that of Isaac Arthur (but not necessarily science oriented)? ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/2 "2018-06-06T01:38:08Z")
Gresham College, London, has a wonderful selection of lectures on many different topics. > **[Gresham College](https://www.youtube.com/user/GreshamCollege)** > > Gresham College was founded in 1597 and has been providing free lectures in the City of London for over 400 years. > > This four century old tradition continues today with three or more lectures a week available to watch on YouTube and our... ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/3 "2018-06-06T02:19:37Z")
I have no idea who Isaac Arthur is. I watch lots of TED and TEDx talks on YouTube. LOTS of them. I also watch Adam Neely talk about bass guitar and music theory; he totally fucking rocks! Engineerguy is pretty cool. Code Bullet is good for AI stuff but it’s not very in-depth or for gaining general knowledge, it’s more a guy demonstrating what he’s personally done. Fredrik Knudsen does a decent job with human interest/social/culture stories, even if his “insert advert here” edits are a pain. Is that the kind of thing the OP is looking for? ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/4 "2018-06-06T03:25:31Z")
I watch marching bands (college and high school) and drum corps (DCI International class mostly) on YouTube. I’m an old musician/band director. These young people are worth taking time to watch. Oh, yes, the videos “inform” me, in one way or another. (And I do sometimes enjoy old Beach Boys, ELO, and some other videos. Sue me.) ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/5 "2018-06-06T03:26:23Z")
Do you mean educational? Otherwise, search for any topic of interest, and you’ll find informative channels. As far as educational some of my favorites are: Crash Course SciShow CGP Grey Kurzgesagt Today I Found Out Sent from my HTC U11 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/6 "2018-06-06T08:22:08Z")
Tom Scott does a range of different videos on sciency, linguistic, geographic and humanities topics that are always informative and engaging Brady Haran is a prolific YouTuber who runs (or features in) a dozen different interesting channels - list here: [Projects — Brady Haran](http://www.bradyharanblog.com/projects/) ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/7 "2018-06-06T10:29:20Z")
> [@Daddypants](#): > > Kurzgesagt Kurgesagt is great stuff, well worth a watch. I like some of the WonderWhy videos, especially regarding history and geography. TierZoo is a strange idea which is usually thought-provoking, looking at actual animals from the standpoint of them being characters in a competitive video game. The host ranks them by their stats, special abilities, things like that. Effectively it’s looking at the question of, “What are the most important traits for survival?” ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/8 "2018-06-06T10:34:19Z")
Another nod to “Today I Found Out”. “Townsends” is a fun little channel full of shows about life in 18th century America. It’s mostly cooking, baking and food preservation but you might find most anything there. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/informative-youtube-channels/815506/9 "2018-06-06T11:18:32Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Tom Scott does a range of different videos on sciency, linguistic, geographic and humanities topics that are always informative and engaging > > Brady Haran is a prolific YouTuber who runs (or features in) a dozen different interesting channels - list here: [Projects — Brady Haran](http://www.bradyharanblog.com/projects/) These are the two I was going to mention. Highly recommended. There’s also [Physics Girl](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DdEm33SyaTDtWYGO2CwdA) Dianna Cowern, [The Brain Scoop](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyfHZ6bY2TjqbJhiH8Y2QQ) with Emily Graslie, [Smarter Every Day](https://www.youtube.com/user/destinws2) with Destin Sandlin, and [Vsauce](https://www.youtube.com/user/Vsauce) with Michael Stevens. Oh, and [Tested.com](https://www.youtube.com/user/testedcom), though that’s a bit more about playing with nerdy stuff than giving deep information.