If you like guns, (I know, this is lemmy, but there must be a few of you) Demolition Ranch, Kentucky Ballistics, Edwin Sarkisian.
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Surprised no one mentioned LGR/Lazy Game Reviews
I haven't seen Forgotten Weapons mentioned, yet. If you couldn't tell by the channel name, it covers rare and historical weapons, mostly firearms, but does so in a straightforward, informational, and apolitical way. It's basically the kind of show the history channel should make. I think he's been putting out episodes since around 2011.
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I would give a shout out to two makers, Frank Howarth and This Old Tony both do some amazing works in general. Tony does a good amount of metal work, while Frank is almost all about woodworking.
For some AI (sorta) stuff: Primer engaging way to learn about statistics I guess, I don't know the right way to describe them but I always leave with something new.
For car stuff: Rob Dahm who is known for a wild RX7. Also publishes a lot of public data for the rotary community.
Junkyard Digs who does lots of classic car "restorations" or repairs. Generally tries to do the most accessible methods or tools.
Tofu Auto Works does mostly custom body kits and so on, shown in step by step processes with tips and reasons/preferences for doing things a certain way.
For gaming I'll just throw City Planner Plays out there. He mainly plays Cities Skylines, and talks about how and why certain infrastructure is designed or used.
Editting to add: sorta (mostly) does gaming, also does other topics as well. Arch fantastic visuals and historical breakdowns of topics. Doesn't have many videos, but they are quite good.
And purely because I've met him IRL and think his channel is very under viewed, About Here discusses city planning, accessibility and so on. A lot of it has to do with housing and it's current issues, but has other city/civic related topics as well.
Thoughty2
Joe Scott
SomeOrdinaryGamers
Josh Strife Hayes / Josh Strife Plays
TheReportOfTheWeek
Whang!
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Yogscast still going strong.
Whether you like their gaming content or not, their editing is always on point.
Currently churning out content because of their Jingle Jam Charity.
Fall of Civilizations, though those are podcasts first. All of them are amazing.
Lockpicking Lawyer makes the best short videos. Not "yt shorts", it's just that it takes him 2-5 seconds to pick open the vast majority of locks, the rest of the video is his comment on the lock quality.
JoshStrifeHayes has 3 separate channels now, but that main channel that deals with MMOs still makes quality content in my opinion, but not as often. I also enjoy him playing the old games on JoshStrifePlays.
Climate Town, Adam Something, Not Just Bikes, Contra Points, Hbomberguy, World War Two, The Great War, The Linux Experiment, CivDiv, The Thought Emporium, and there are some others that currently escape my mind.
I also have GioPizzi and Yotobi but their videos are in Italian.
Brian David Gilbert has always made cool stuff, but as he spun off from polygon he's created some wild existential videos.
Sovietwomble has been consistently obsessed with the quality of his videos. He also consistently makes me laugh.
Steve1989MRE, chill and informative seeing how MREs have evolved. He eats all the MREs and only got botulism twice so he’s doing good.
For funny content badlandschugs is pretty entertaining and the videos are generally quick.
Knowing Better Dude does amazing deep dives into topics that's we should know more about that explain things that are a bit controversial.
my fav youtubers are probably
- I did a thing
- Dank Pods
- Bringus Studios
- StyroPyro
- Posy
- fern
- A few others I cant remember rn
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Adam Ragusea ftw and Kenji Lopez-Alt
I'll add GeoWizard to all the good answers already. He has some great adventure videos. He composes all of the music as well.
Oh, and anything by Brady Haran: Objectivity, Numberphile, Sixty Symbols, Periodic Videos, etc.
FutureCanoe: A cooking channel that doesnt take itself serious and is super funny.
Kara and Nate: The only Travel bloggers i can watch, from biking across America to visiting 9 Christmas Markets in Europe in 9 different countries in 9 days. Their content is always unique and engaging
Alex Novell: A great documentarian channel that has tricked Alan Dershowitz and Alex Jones into interviews and confronted them for the harm they have done to society
FD Signifier: One of the best video essayists on the Platform, making great socially concious content.
Forrest Valkai. He's a biologist who makes a mixture of educational content, videos debunking creationist claims (in an educational way rather than the "look at this fucking idiot" approach that much of atheist youtube seems to take), and just some silly fun in-between.
He doesn't have the insanely high production value of other channels named here, but he's the most wholesome person I've ever seen. His love for life and science radiates off of him and watching him passionately explain how cool something is genuinely makes me happy in such a depressing and pessimistic world.
Ethoslab
GoodTimesWithScar ... if you enjoy Minecraft content the dude is a beast, so talented ! and also funny and entertaining
It's crazy scrolling so long and seeing no one say Markiplier.
MauLer - great film and tv critiques.
Defunctland - incredible documentaries about theme parks.
IME the more focussed/narrow/niche the subject is, the longer the channel will remain quality.
More importantly I think is if the channel owner is someone who truly enjoys their content, or someone who’s just enjoying celebrity and found a way to do it.
This is like Green brothers vs Fein Brothers.
8 bit guy, Nostalgia Nerd, Modern Vintage Gamers…great channels by people who are passionate about their content, still giving out great videos year after year.
AVGN? Ass. Shit. Ass covered in diarrhea shit. He made his fame off being an edgelord and that only works so long. Still check in every now and then but when he had guest appearances by Gilbert Gottfried and Macaulay Cullen he really jumped the shark.
Steve Wallis. He is an all around great down to earth guy. He does stealth camping and regular camping.
A lot of the old "Golden Age" League of Legends content creators have moved on to making really good content about other topics and games. Basically Dunkey and everyone who was at one point accused of being a Dunkey clone lol
Dunkey obviously still makes content and it's still good. I've never personally been a huge fan of the short length goofy one off gag style of his but I know people still really like his content.
Skooch does miscellaneous other games now (mostly Mario and sonic lately) but the content is the best it's ever been
Bricky does Warhammer mostly but also makes long form analyses of big AAA titles that are sequels to franchises from the 360 days
Keyori (now Barny/Maddy) rebranded, transitioned, and now makes literally the best World of Warcraft content I've ever seen
FrostPrime streams I know but I think his YouTube is literally exclusively just stream VODs now.
Outside of that group I still get a kick out of Game Grumps 10 years later but I know the old school let's play thing isn't really for everyone. Also Alpharad still makes good content, though lately it's been a lot of mid, sponsored or otherwise kinda forced out stuff.