I am subscribed to dozens of channels. Some that consistently put out interesting/good content are:
Donut Media (with SponsorBlock enabled)
The Proper People
Tom Scott
The B1M
Vox
Joe Scott
BBC Earth Lab
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I am subscribed to dozens of channels. Some that consistently put out interesting/good content are:
Donut Media (with SponsorBlock enabled)
The Proper People
Tom Scott
The B1M
Vox
Joe Scott
BBC Earth Lab
Posts like this make me feel so old. I never watched YouTube. I mean, I'll search for and find videos that I saw elsewhere to watch again from YouTube. But I have never browsed YouTube for something to watch.
And I think that's a generational thing.
I donβt think itβs an age thing, rather interest in DIY over professional production. Iβm surely at least twice the age of the average YT user and itβs just about the only streaming platform I use.
Those videos are a result of people min/maxing for the algorithm; the fact that you see them so much shows that they are unfortunately succesfull. Its a symptom of people being able to make (good) money from it.
There is still plenty of good content, but you would find it in the recommendations. You have to go searching for it. Search for your hobbies and interests. The more niche your search terms the better.
I use newpipe to not have to struggle with all the ads.
My goto channels that id always recommend and support via patreon/ donations:
(General stuff) Clickspring Ben Eater Sebastian Lague Steve Wallis Luetin09 JunsKitchen
(Gaming) TomatoAnus Pete Complete Rhadamant Nivarias
I absolutely hate all the screaming that some youtubers think they have to do....
If anyone has any great (calm) youtubers, especially something strategy gaming related, please drop them!!
Hermitcraft and Red Letter Media
Tom Scott - short documentaries about places and things that are are out of the ordinary
Climate Town - comedic video essays on how certain parts of our lives impact the climate
CGP Grey - in-depth animated video essays on nerdy topics like flag designs or airport runway numbering
Dashner Design and Reatoration - realistic furniture restoration where the guy is honest about flaws and failed techniques. Not too much talking, but enough to let you know why heβs doing certain things
I watch Audit the Audit and CodeBlueCams, but I don't subscribe to them. And Mark Rober, sometimes. I don't have a Goog account, so I only browse as a guest. This is by choice.
Mattβs off road recovery, Real Civil Engineer, Heavy D (Sparks), Practical Engineering.
Beau of the Fifth Column is a channel I love to watch. He offers really good insights to news and politics.
Sounds like your algorithm is pretty badly poisoned.
It's my primary video entertainment service. I have a premium family plan so I don't have to deal with ads on any device and neither do my wife kids or parents.
I don't see any crypto scams. I do occasionally see clickbait BS in the suggestions, but I've gotten pretty good at avoiding it. Even creators who put out things I like, I'll delay watching stuff with clickbait thumbs or titles so as not to reward it. I found the Veritasium video on clickbait informative. (Funnily enough he's now on my shit list for clickbait)
An inexhaustive list of my follows off the top of my head:
Gaming:
Many a true nerd, mainly for the fallout stuff but I like their other content.
T90official, for AoE2 match coverage, the nearest I get to watching sports
Best Guest (he deserves more subs, with his surreal challenge runs)
SorcererDave.
Karl Jobst
Science:
PBS space time.
Anton Petrov.
Sabine Hossenfelder.
Legal commentary:
Leonard french.
Steve Lehto.
Tech:
Linus Tech tips (although they're all in on the clickbait titles & soyface)
Gamers Nexus
Der8auer EN
Louis Rossman (I've become less of a fan over the last few years, but not enough to drop him)
Other
Meatcanyon/papa meat
Rainman rays repairs (the algorithm offered him up, and I've found him fixing stuff pretty compelling lately)
There are more but that all I want to type out right now. Some also broadcast on Twitch, but I'm not a fan of that platform. I like some editing, and can't stand the "look at me, look at meeeee" aspect of twitch chat (or any 'live' content)
Watcher is a fun channel, educational and stupid at times.
Wristwatch Revival is a great turn off your brain kind of channel but now I'm building watches in my free time.
Primitive Technology is just fantastic all the time.
Chubby Emu is a great medical channel and his meme game is on point.
Brutalmoose is a beautiful storm of chaotic editing techniques.
Sam O'Nella!
Kurtzgesagt.
Technology Connections.
Goniloc used to be kick-ass.
Smarter Every Day.
I'm not even deep into the algorithm. You need to stop clicking on garbage.
A lot of my favourites have already been mentioned, but one I didn't see is Peter Santenello.
He makes vlogs going into dangerous areas, ghettos, gang and criminal areas in general, or in really rich neighborhoods, and he hangs out with some locals asking them a lot about their life.
It's really interesting stuff
I watch more YouTube then I'd like to admit honestly, but with ad blockers it's not too bad. Some of my frequented channels/creators:
Gaming:
Music:
Other:
I might have a problem....
there's still plenty of great content on YouTube it just depends on what you're watching
You absolutely should keep on watching YT. In fact I can specifically highly recommend the channel DukeUnivLibraries. This video with almost 1M views will sway in just the first 15 seconds but you will not be able to peel your eyes away for the entire 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Prepare yourself. Get some popcorn. https://youtu.be/e1iGEM9NMFM
Jarvis Johnson, Atrioc, Pitch Meetings, Philip DeFranco
I really thought that Atrioc was done after the QTcinderella thing. Fair play to him for giving (what seemed like at least) a genuine apology and trying to address the problem itself.
Still creepy af though, she's your friends gf and previously your roommate. I didn't know people took porn trends so seriously!
RedLetterMedia. I re-watch their 'best of the worst' movie reviews over and over.
I love CallMeKevin, heβs so funny and generally wholesome, his content is great. Beyond that itβs all over the place. Tolkien Untangled, Wendigoon, Contra Points, Cracking the Cryptic for wild sudoku solving, Ryan Hollinger, a lot of history channels, things like Real Engineering, and coding stuff when needed
Tomatoanus does speed run explanation videos and they are always interesting to me
Hyperspace pirate is currently working on making a cryocooler to make liquid nitrogen, out of cheap and readily accessible components. He's not done yet, but the progress videos are very interesting to watch. https://www.youtube.com/@HyperspacePirate
Been watching a lot of Ordinary Sausage lately. Such absolute culinary insanity and yet weirdly wholesome.
On the more soothing side of things, Townsends' cooking videos are usually just plain nice, not to mention surprisingly tasty. Never would've thought "literally put an unpeeled onion in the oven until it smells delicious" would be a viable recipe but it turns out it's amazing. Also, Mushroom Ketchup rules.
It seems that everything turned into scams, aggressive self marketing and just click bait irrelevant content.
Oh, maybe the newest video of one of my most favorite youtubers can even answer you why that is! Introducing Tom Nicholas: Griftonomics: Why Scams are Everywhere Now
Rick Beato - music theory Meat Canton - animation James Lee - animation Tasting History - food and history Bunch of cop watchers and civil rights folks. Bad Cop No Donut stuff.
Oh. Also:
Captain Disillusionment - VFX and skeptics Corridor - VFX Movies with Mikey - film video essays In/Frame/Out - film theory and savage commentary Emmet Short - pop tech Daryl Talks Games - psychology of video games. I cry. WrySci - small channel but funny science stuff. Wish itβd have taken off.
Big fan of Mighty Car Mods. Been going since the mid 2000s, but still don't do any BS, just good car videos. From long Top Gear Special style videos like Kei to the City down to quick and small videos like How to change your steering wheel.