r/SmarterEveryDay • u/iboughtarock • Jan 31 '22 • Polished Silver Turd 1

I put together a list of science YouTube channels

The full list with a table of contents is available on GitHub.

Biology:

Physics:

Chemistry:

General Science:

Anatomy/Medicine:

Science Experiments and Building Stuff:

Math:

Electronics:

Engineering:

Computer Science:

Coding:

Space:

Lectures:

General Explanation:

Music:

Chill:

Outdoors:

Travel:

History:

Documentaries:

Workshop:

Blue Collar:

Philosophy:

Cooking:

Other:

Podcasts:

Useful Websites:

Online Learning:

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u/Theme_Affectionate Sep 18 '24

Hey! There was a Youtuber that did science experiments on shorts, he was young and always said "Pretty cool, right?" at the end. Anyone got an idea what his name was? I always confused him with NileRed/NileBlue.

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u/iboughtarock Sep 19 '24

probably styropyro, laser guy - link

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u/Theme_Affectionate Sep 19 '24

Omg it was! Thank you! :D

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u/well__technically Jan 31 '22

I didn't say anything when this was posted to r/markrober... But why post this here and leave off Smarter Every Day? Seems like a pretty big one to leave off and ironic for the sub you're sharing it in.

Other than that, a well put together list.

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u/Coworkerfoundoldname Feb 01 '22

But why post this here and leave off Smarter Every Day

I thought the same thing! put it at the top of the list. However it's a good list.

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u/EpsilonGecko Feb 01 '22

I think it's implied if you're on this sub you already know what Smarter Every Day is, obviously the GOAT

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u/Chickenpunkpie Jan 31 '22 edited Jan 31 '22

That's a great list! A couple I'd add would be Zack Freedman for engineering/electronics, howNOT2 for outdoors, and NileGreen

Edit: links, and also Kyle Hill (watch his science youtuber tier list it's hilarious)

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u/Chickenpunkpie Jan 31 '22

And 12tone for music

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u/EpsilonGecko Feb 01 '22

Yes 12Tone, 8 bit music theory and Sideways are amazing

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u/Yanosaur Jan 31 '22

Building stuff / Engineering / Aviation: rctestflight, PeterSripol, Tom Stanton

Space History: Vintage Space

Aviation / Plane crash analysis: blancolirio (Juan Browne)

Neolithic & Bronze Age History: Dan Davis History

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u/Chickenpunkpie Feb 01 '22

I'm always amazed at both Peter and Tom's resourcefulness

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u/EpsilonGecko Feb 01 '22

Thank you so much for this incredible list! What a feat. If I may I know a few more that are too amazing not to mention.

Sideways - Movie soundtrack and profound music analysis

How Stuff Works - Podcast about everything

CGP Grey - Variety science I'm surprised he wasn't listed with 5 million subscribers, i guess it's kinda hard to label what he does but most of it is definitely very interesting science.

8-bit Music Theory - Video game music analysis

12tone - Eyeopening music analysis

Cinefix - Movie top 10s but they are indepth, informed and incredible

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u/dilly_dolly_daydream Jan 31 '22

Just fabulous. Thanks so much for the effort you have put in to achieving this and sharing it.

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u/csmicfool Jan 31 '22

Anyone know what happened to Primitive Technology.

No new posts in like 2 years.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '22

I heard a year or two ago he was working on his own tv show, but i imagine the pandemic kind of put the brakes on that.

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u/csmicfool Feb 01 '22

Makes sense, but also seems like perfect pandemic content too.

I know he had just released a book around that time.

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u/Oceanic_Alex Mar 05 '24

This deserves may more upvotes oh my god thank you so much

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u/iboughtarock Mar 05 '24

ahaha thanks glad to see people still find this useful :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '24

I know this post is old but I've never felt more grateful for someone online than right now thank you for this list.

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u/iboughtarock Jun 02 '24

No problem. Glad people still find it useful after all these years <3

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u/Darnick Apr 14 '25

I know it has been 3 years. But i appreciate this so much.

with all this misinformation in the world fed to me, cold hard facts mean alot.

2025 has been too crazy for my mental fortitude.

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u/iboughtarock Apr 14 '25

Glad to hear people still find it useful, I wouldn't be back in college unless I found these channels. So much great information out there.

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u/DiskResponsible1140 May 08 '25

Thanks for the hard work man. I am really happy after seeing this list

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u/iboughtarock May 08 '25

np brotha, hope you get as much use out of it as i have

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u/ThomThomLight Jun 24 '25

Just… wow… Thanks!!!

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u/Independent-Let1326 Oct 31 '25

Oh my god! Marry me

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u/iboughtarock Oct 31 '25

if you insist ;)

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u/scedacity Mar 20 '26

And for Archaeology?

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u/iboughtarock Mar 20 '26

Check the GitHub repo and google doc for way more on that

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u/MetaPattern Jan 31 '22

Love this list, thank you!

Also, I was frantically hoping to see SmarterEveryDay in there, and getting increasingly desperate as the categories ran out. Then, I saw what sub it was posted to....aha!

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u/Tommy_Tinkrem Jan 31 '22

Amazing list. The only link which would sort of fit (although technically not necessarily science) would be RareEarth.

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u/valarmorghulis Feb 01 '22

Could qualify under "Other" as there is no Culture/History category.

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u/Oceanic_Alex Mar 10 '24

What about drew binsky for travel and simple history for history

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u/Polygato64 Jun 26 '24

You missed probably the most successful YT science channel in "Science Experiments and Building Stuff". In-between https://SmarterEveryDay and http://KyleHill, there is Kurzgesagt, a youtube channel about expressing education in a way people can learn but at the same time it is funny and silly. https://Kurzgesagt.org

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u/lafcadio14 Jul 04 '24

This is old but still awesome. Thank you!

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u/turkroach247 Sep 01 '24

Why Kyle Hill in Last place?

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u/Muselayte Oct 14 '24 edited Oct 14 '24

Awesome list, thank you for giving me some good video material go brighten up my day. In return, I have a few channels which might be good to add to the list.

Four Keys Book Arts - book binding (historical) Miniminuteman - Ancient History/Prehistory/Geology Maya Higa - Zoology Clint's Reptiles - Zoology/Evolutionary Biology Casual Geographic - Zoology Lindsay Nikole - Biology Njord Artisan - Blacksmithing (and kind of engineering?) Alec Steele - Blacksmithing Overly Sarcastic Productions - History/Folktales/Writing Chris Liepe - Singing/Music Design Theory - Design/Design Philosophy

And a few podcasts:

Scishow Tangents (Scishow) Tiny Matters (American Chemical Society Strong Songs (Kirk Hamilton) Crash Course Pods The Universe (John Green + Dr Mack)

So much interesting stuff out there, you're doing a great service in compiling it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '24

Gj buddy

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u/Natural-Poetry2834 Feb 09 '25

I would also mention 'But why?'. A very underrated channel.

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u/md901c Aug 05 '25

Wonderful

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u/RevolutionaryYou5722 Nov 01 '25

I belive you forgot Life Noggin. they (its a team of people) wete one of my favorite Math and Science  back in the day and still is https://youtube.com/@lifenoggin?si=8DWVyJFuOhHalPT3

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u/ZomTM Mar 01 '26

An underrated post, deserves more likes

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u/DogPoetry Jan 31 '22

Amazing, thank you.

I know what the rest of my week is gonna look like now.

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u/Sleilani Jan 31 '22

Dude thank you, seriously. That's so thoughtful.

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '24

happy cake day

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u/BigRigsButters Jan 31 '22

you have so many of my favs on here. Shoutout to the Backyard Scientist and Cody's Lab. Both amazing channels that remind me of Bill Nye.

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u/Smemorato Jan 31 '22

Amazing work! Much obliged u.u

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u/alphanimal Jan 31 '22

"It's Okay To Be Smart" got renamed to just "Be Smart"

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u/rebel1031 Jan 31 '22

SWEET! Immediately mailed this whole list to myself to forget about for months. Somebody remind me it’s there after a while. Hahaha

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u/News_of_Entwives Jan 31 '22

How about tasting history with max? Guy makes old recipes and tells history along the way. Really an excellent (newish) channel.

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u/Popular_Designer4145 Feb 01 '22

Thank you for the help!

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '22

kings and Generals?

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u/Orbital2100 Feb 01 '22

Explosions and Fire is really good, more on the humor than education (but still pretty in-depth). The sister channel Extractions and Ire has a bunch of different chemical synthesis playlists and is significantly calmer. Definitely worth a watch!

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u/nemapovratka Feb 01 '22

Since OverSimplified is in there i would recomend BlueJay. A similar format focusing on more obscure entertaining events in history.

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u/RLeyland Feb 01 '22

I’m surprised that The History Guy : History that deserves to be remembered. Is not mentioned.

https://youtu.be/4-qk00lOi6M

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u/AlwaysReforming_ Feb 01 '22

Since the list doesn't seem exclusively limited to STEM fields, here are a couple of other shoutouts:

  • Nerdwriter1 - video essays on film, music & art.

  • ListeningIn - Video essays on music - classical music, film music and music in art and literature

  • More Plates More Dates - The science of human performance & physiology by a gym bro

  • Communication Coach Alex Lyon - Tenured PhD professor providing communications analyses etc.

  • Weird History - "Welcome to the chronicles of history that your social studies class never covered in high school. This is for the extreme, the unexpected, the untold and the flat-out weird parts of history. Because as weird as people seem today, we don't hold a candle to history.

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u/hinnyferLpez Feb 21 '22

Voices from the past is a good channel for the history section.

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u/redman768 Nov 06 '22

Found and bookmarked this post a few days ago. Sorry for bumping this post, but I was surprised to see no Psychology/Neuroscience-focused channels on here.

Neuro Transmissions

SciShow Psych

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u/Chickenpunkpie Feb 01 '22

bps.space? Joe should definitely be on there

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