# YouTube watchers, what do you watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 19, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500 "2024-04-19T12:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/1 "2024-04-19T12:06:38Z")
For those who have a bit of a YouTube habit, what do you watch? What do you subscribe to? If you hate it with a passion you’re welcome to say so, I won’t try and change your mind. I go for animal and nature-centric things, mostly. I avoid anything angry, screaming, explosive. Well - except for a couple of dashcam sites. For some reason I find watching other people doing stupid shit in cars kind of soothing 🤷‍♀️ My favorites are: - Kenny Of All Trades (MN guy and his truck camper getting out in the middle of nowhere. Beautiful, sweet, soothing) - The Sheep Game (Scottish sheep farmer and his more or less day-to-day life. Gorgeous scenery, and lambs!) - The Hoof GP (Scottish cattle hoof trimmer. More gorgeous scenery, interesting hoof/herd animal/slightly techie stuff) - Solo Solo (Japanese guy who travels all over, mostly by train, sampling food and various travel accommodations. You never see his face and theres no talking beyond ambient noise. And damn but this skinny dude can EAT!) - Shili (Korean (I think) woman who tries out various body therapies like massages, facials, ear cleaning, and some odd Asian-traditional things too. Minimal talking, kind of an interesting look at another culture) There’s a bunch of other weird stuff too. 18th century cooking, wasp removal, car detail guy, and Time Team. What’s your YouTube escape? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/2 "2024-04-19T12:49:24Z")
KillTony. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/3 "2024-04-19T12:57:01Z")
Travels by Narrowboat ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/4 "2024-04-19T12:57:43Z")
Game LP’s. Lately I’ve been watching a stuntwoman (Corinne Nicewick) and her friend who’s a gymnast practice moves-they’re so goofy and clearly having fun that it cheers me right up. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/5 "2024-04-19T13:03:07Z")
**Aging Wheels**. Started as a car review channel but has now evolved into a… well, I don’t know how to describe it. The guy – an American living in St. Louis – owns several very unique and quirky cars (a Trabant, a Reliant Robin, a Yugo, a Loda, and several other deathtraps) and most of the videos are him doing maintenance and repairs to the cars and analyzing their questionalbe design and engineering. I’m not a car guy but I find the videos highly entertaining. He’s a electrical engineer and software developer by training so he buys various electric vehicles that nobody has ever heard of and fiddles with them until they are either slighlty less bad or completelyand irreparably dead. They really are fascinating videos. His older ones are much less unique. **Mentour Pilot**. A commercial airline pilot breaks down various air disasters and crashes. I don’t watch every video he releases but I have seen many of them and do subscribe to his channel. **Gate City Foundation**. A guy who owns a drainage company in Greensboro NC vlogs the various landscape drainage projects his company installs. I have a property with bad drainage so I’ve taken copious notes while watching his vids. **Oceanliner Designs**. Our good friend Mike Brady himself. He discusses the history and design of various ships and boats, analyzes maritime disasters, and in general nerds out over anything and everything that floats. He had a crush on the Titanic and it shows. **Technology Connections**. Another geek who loves to talk about vintage (and not so vintage) electronics. He’s quite knowledgeable and I learn a lot from every video he releases. He owns a Nissan Figaro and has collaborated with **Aging Wheels** several times when his car needs maintenance. **Bring Your Own Tools** and **Everyday Home Repairs**. Basic around-the-house DIY stuff, but both displaying a level of competence and skill several orders of magnitude above the usual YT DIY video. ---
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Seth Meyers (A Closer Look, et al.) Amber and Jenny put me on the floor. Amber Ruffin is crazy as a shit-house rat and I love her to death. JOLLY channel : Josh and Ollie (two young Brits) sample food at various locations. Their clip at a Texas Buc-ee’s is a hoot. The Repair Shop : These people are wizards when it comes to restoring stuff; makes me green-eyed with envy. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/7 "2024-04-19T15:12:20Z")
Sabine Hossenfelder, several of the Whistlerverse channels (Casual Criminalist, Brain Blaze, Decoding the Unknown), Atomic Shrimp, PBS Space Time, SciShow and other Hank Green channels, Legal Eagle, Real Science, Practical Engineering, and several Warhammer-related channels. Several of these I watch on Nebula, but started on YouTube. ETA: Bobby Broccoli; long-form narrative documentaries covering some interesting topics. ---
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Traveling Robert Storm Chaser Daniel Shaw Matt’s Off Road Recovery Hobotech Joe & Nic’s Road Trip Oddity Odysseys Call Me Caroline Mentour Pilot Jeb Brooks Bright Sun Films Caitlin Doughty (currently on “sabbatical”) RVerTV ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/9 "2024-04-19T15:35:14Z")
Over the past couple of years I have become a _huge_ fan of YT videos made by **First Amendment Auditors**. There are thousands of videos out there. I listen to them while driving. (The video itself is not important to me; I only care about the dialog.) I’ve learned a _lot_ from listening them. Not only about our rights, but how incredibly inept and corrupt our police forces are. ---
**Author:** ![mjmartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@mjmartin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmartin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/10 "2024-04-19T15:42:16Z")
Lots of history channels: The Great War - hundreds of videos regarding WWI Historia Civilis - all things history, but do a particularly good job with covering battles Kings and Generals - wars and battles both ancient and modern Modern History TV - rich British guy pretends to be a medieval knight ---
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No Rolls Barred (a group of boardgamers and friends who play a new board game every Tuesday) Viva La Dirt League (A group of Kiwis who make skits around D&D, workplace, video games etc.) Ryan George/Pitch Meetings: Both on his own channel and on Pitch Meetings he talks to himself to unlock the absurdity of situations. Chess Vibes: I’m not a great chess player but Nelson Lopez is great at explaining tactics, finding great puzzles more for my low level play. ---
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A lot of video gaming videos, mostly. Northernlion, Britto, Cartoonz, RadBrad, Stumpt, others. Besides that, The Operations Room: detailed animated overhead map explanations of various battles throughout history. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/13 "2024-04-19T15:56:15Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Travels by Narrowboat Along the same lines, Cruising the Cut. A man lives on a narrowboat and travels Britain’s canals. Wendover Productions. You never knew logistics could be so interesting. Road Guy Rob. All about roadways and other transportation infrastructure, and how they work (or don’t). ---
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> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Wendover Productions Oh, yes, also a fan. ---
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I love Daniel Shaw and Bright Sun Films. I follow a couple other storm chasers when they go live, mainly Vince Waelti and Brandon Copic. Convective Chronicles for weather forecasts and recaps of severe weather events. I like Dan Bell, The Proper People, and Dark Exploration Films in the Urbex category. Game Grumps and Gab Smolders for video game playthroughs. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500/16 "2024-04-19T17:01:51Z")
My current YT subscription list: **Weird History** - Great videos on lesser-known history topics **Роскосмос ТВ** - Rocosmos TV. I’m a space nerd, they cover Russian launches and other topics of interest. YT’s auto translation of captions is one of it’s greatest features. **The History Guy** - Of all the history related channel, his is probably my favorite. **Sailing SV Delos** - One of a few sailing vlogs I follow. They are one of the most well-known and know their stuff. **Sailing Uma** - My fav sailing Vlog. I have been following them from the beginning and it was their channel that inspired me to get into sailing and buy/restore my own boat. **Warleaks Military Blog** - They feature videos and analysis of current military conflicts. They have been especially useful keeping up with what’s happening on the battlefield in the Ukraine. **美食作家王刚** - Chef Wang, great Chinese cooking channel, I’ve picked up a lot of techniques and recipes from him. **PeriscopeFilm** - Another history channel, this one restores and features historical video footage that you simply don’t see anywhere else. They heavily feature military, Cold War, logistics/engineering, aviation, space, and nautical themed videos which are right up my alley. **Ken Heron** - I recently got into drone flying and find his videos informative, especially where it concerns laws/regulations affecting drone flying/photography. **De mi Rancho a Tu Cocina** - another cooking channel featuring a delightful abuela cooking traditional Mexican cuisine using traditional equipment and techniques. **USHANKA SHOW** - Hosted by a Russian-speaking Ukrainian guy who grew up in the Soviet Union and moved to the US in the 90s. His videos feature life in the Soviet union during the cold war and lots of Soviet minutiae. I discovered his channel while watching the HBO Chernobyl mini series, he posted several videos where he dug into the accuracy of the show. **Dark Skies** - great aviation channel featuring the more obscure aviation history, especially Cold War era military aircraft. **Dark Seas** - just like Dark Skies, but for ships! **Marques Brownlee** - tech reviews, we have similar tastes so if he hates/ or loves a product, chances are I would too. Saves me a lot of $$ 😃 **Wind Hippie Sailing** - Sailing channel featuring a solo sailor documenting her circumnavigation. **Scott Manley** - My go-to guy for keeping up with the space industry. **Chief MAKOi** - My go-to guy for keeping up with the shipping industry and documenting life on merchant ships from the perspective of a chief engineer. **How to Sail Oceans** - another sailing channel that I like to follow, mainly for picking up techniques. He sails a boat with no engine, old school. **Sam Chui** - Sam is the ultimate commercial aviation enthusiast. I’ve been following his since he was just a photographer on [Airliners.net](http://Airliners.net). Now he gets behind-the-scenes access to airlines worldwide and has great review videos on just about every airline and commercial aircraft flying today. **Adventures of an Old Sea Dog** - Old British guy doing a circumnavigation on his old steel sailboat. I like his sense of humor and his videos are usually interesting. **Driver61** - Good channel on F1 topics, history, tech, etc. from an ex-driver. **Everyday Astronaut** - I like Scott Manley better, but he’s good too! **Erik Johnston** - Another aviation channel. He features in-depth aircraft walkarounds which I like. **SpaceX** - launch videos, enough said. **TRYBALS** - Tribal folks from the Sindh region of Pakistan trying out western food/culture. It’s endearing and hilarious. **Answer in Progress** - Nerd hacks/deep dives from a female-focused crew is the best way I can describe this. They get into interesting topics. **Eva Zu Beck** - Solo overland traveler who goes to some very interesting places. **Stig Aviation** - He’s an A&P mechanic for an airline who takes you along on his everyday work. **The 8-bit Guy** - Vintage tech deep dives on all the electronic stuff I grew up with. **Hockey Tutorial** - My son is a hockey player, I like this guy for techniques and gear reviews. He’s also a black hockey player which still isn’t very common, but very relevant for us. **Veritasium** - A more mainstream science channel. I subscribe to more, but this list covers the majority of my more recent YT viewing. I watch a lot more YT than “regular” TV. ---
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> [@Lancia](#): > > **Aging Wheels** … > > **Mentour Pilot** … > > **Technology Connections** … > [@MrAtoz](#): > > Road Guy Rob. Ditto to the above. And regarding Road Guy Rob, who would have ever thought that traffic engineering could be fun? Also: **Doug DeMuro** : Car review channel. Doug demonstrates all of a car’s quirks and features in detail. He used to review more older cars, but now he’s started reviewing mostly new cars. Honestly I don’t watch his channel as much anymore now that it’s shifted to new cars, but I still subscribe and still watch occasionally when he does a car I’m interested in. **Jeb Brooks** : Started out as essentially an airline review channel where Jeb reviewed business class airline seats and service, but during COVID branched out into train journeys and sometimes even bus travel. Jeb and his wife Suzanne travel around the world and review their travel experiences. **Noel Phillips**. I only discovered this one relatively recently. Also a travelog type channel, but Noel often travels to more off the beaten track places, often on dodgy airlines, or to small, remote airports in the US and Britain. If you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to fly on Turkmenistan Airlines, or on a Chinese-built airliner, or to cross the US by Greyhound bus, he’s your guy. ---
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> [@Lancia](#): > > **Technology Connections**. This one is excellent. And, particularly in his earlier videos, he sounds like Joe Pesci. ---
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**Practical Engineering**. Grady just loves talking about infrastructure and making it interesting. I would love to have had him as an instructor **Lock Picking Lawyer** Amazing level of expertise and his commentary is wonderful. His annual April Fools Day Videos are legendary. [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLax7ErruJJE9NccaaH3\_whwyoqbk50O-H](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLax7ErruJJE9NccaaH3_whwyoqbk50O-H) ---
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[**Dan Monroe / Movies, Music & Monsters**](https://www.youtube.com/@MoviesMusicMonsters/videos) Short videos that answer questions like: _whatever happened to_… (famous props, history of music - tv shows - movies - and monsters) His deep dives to what happened to classic shows, movies and their props are very interesting. . . **[Overly Sarcastic Productions](https://www.youtube.com/user/RedEyesTakeWarning)** - > We create educational videos about Mythology, Literature, and History. > Whether you’re studying for a test or essay in school, or you just want to learn about the unique stories and culture that make the world such a cool place, Red and Blue from Overly Sarcastic Productions are here to help. > > Our goal with this channel is to take the uninteresting and make it interesting, and hopefully to prove that learning doesn’t have to be scary. . . **[Extra History](https://www.youtube.com/@extrahistory)** > We’re an educational YouTube channel made up of entertainment enthusiasts with backgrounds in game design, television production, literature and academia. Our team creates short-form animated video essays every week about world history, mythology, and other subjects, all of which may or may not involve a cat! . . [**Curious Droid**](https://www.youtube.com/@CuriousDroid) > Space, Technology, Discovery. Welcome fellow Curious Droids, I’m Paul Shillito founder of Curious Droid, the guy with not only the some of the loudest shirts on YouTube but also a huge curiosity about Aerospace history, robotics, transportation technology and other similar techy subjects plus others which are suggested by yourselves via Facebook or Patreon [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-watchers-what-do-you-watch/1000500.md?page=2)