Ask HN: What are some of your favorite most UNDERRATED YouTube channels?

[iio7]

Wanted to post a 2025 version of this classic HN question, but with a focus on underrated channels.

[NedCode]

As simple as possible, but not any simpler. Science and technology updates and summaries: https://www.youtube.com/@SabineHossenfelder

https://www.youtube.com/@scottmanley

http://www.youtube.com/@Millennium7HistoryTech

https://www.youtube.com/@AppliedScience

https://www.youtube.com/@BreakingTaps

https://www.youtube.com/@Coreteks

https://youtube.com/@drbecky astronomy

[legitster]

Aging Wheels - A car channel with a focus on quirky cars and EV hacking. Amazingly fun scripts and good editing, deserves way more attention.

James Channel - An offshoot of Dankpods (a more famous channel) with a focus on obscure games/consoles and electronics hacking.

Road Guy Rob - Some of the most impressively made and presented educational topics about transportation infrastructure. Much less "preachy" and more interesting than other similar channels.

[iio7]

One of my personal favorite channels for relaxation is this gaming channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@BinaryVigilante

I cannot believe how many good videos this (down to earth) guy has uploaded (1.1K) and for how long he has been doing it, yet still has hardly been noticed.

[LorenDB]

ItsMarloe is another good gaming channel. He does Minecraft without the screaming, brainrot editing, and semi-scripted server drama that is so prevalent.

https://youtube.com/@ItsMarloe

[RGamma]

BlueMaxima is similar but stands at 2.1k videos: https://youtube.com/@BlueMaximaC099

[480lighthouse]

https://www.youtube.com/@HaveYouSeenThisChannel but only the least viewed videos. Half the videos (the most popular) are reaction compilations, but I find the less popular actually more creative and interesting.

[LorenDB]

Dunno what your definition of underrated is. In case you mean "under a million subs", Bringus Studios is worth a watch.

https://youtube.com/@BringusStudios

[chrsw]

https://www.youtube.com/@JohnsBasement

[talldayo]

Shawn Charland: https://www.youtube.com/@skyindustries/videos