This post has generated amazing comments (except the Skibidi one). Thank you everyone for the suggestions, every one is now part of my feed (except the Skibidi one).
Technology connections is good
Seconded.
Add: Also, Cathode Ray Dude (general technology) & RM Transit (trains).
I agree they are good. But his content is the opposite of “a short 15-30 minute video on a topic”. He has like 2 hour long videos where he talks about dishwashing.
He has plenty of 10-30 minute videos, but you’re right some are pretty damn long
These are “smart” channels that are mostly for entertainment but still teach you at least something:
- Stuff Made Here - fun engineering challenge videos
- Veritasium- math and physics explanations
- Mark Rober - kid friendly engineering challenges
- Technology Connections - everyday object explanations
- Steve Mould - science explanation of random concepts
- Outdoor Boys - outdoor survival
- Woodsbound Outdoors - outdoor survival
- Fireship - shorter, technology explanations
- Internet Shaquille - food and cooking explanations
- ElectroBOOM - comedic electrical engineering
- Company Man - light analysis of failed or successful companies
- Atrioc - comedic current events, marketing explanations
The outdoor survival ones are new to me, but for some reason I’m really into them.
I’d add How to Cook That, Physics Girl (although she’s been away for a couple years due to illness, her content is great), Adam Ragusea for the food science, and even Tested by Adam Savage.
ElectroBoom
Besides YouTube, try nebula.tv. It’s cheap and might be up your alley in particular.
Practical Engineering is a great channel. Some of his videos are longer, but most are well under 30 minutes and if you have even a passing interest in civil engineering there’s a wealth of information there.
Steve Mould (fun physics explainers)
Matt Parker (fun math explainers)
Linus Boman (fun visual design explainers)
I’ll add more if I can think of more
It would help if you said more specifically what you were looking for tutorials about, and also what your pre-existing knowledge level is about those topics. https://www.youtube.com/@richarde.borcherds7998 (Fields medalist Richard Borcherds) has lots of great math videos, but they are generally at mid-undergraduate level or higher, sometimes graduate level, so not for everyone. 3blue1brown is also good, and more elementary.
Otherwise, if I want to find out about a specific topic, I search for that topic as needed. Like I needed to fix a washing machine so I found a video about that particular repair. It’s not something I would have watched for random entertainment or education.
Posy Very high production quality short videos about random stuff with lots of cool macro shots and custom made music
xkcd’s What If? Cool absurdly stupid scenarios explained
Hyperspace Pirate “Fridge Guy” makin funny and cold science stuff
Veritasium is probably already in your list i assume?
BreakingTaps Precision machining stuff and general technical analysis (Has an electron microscope [very cool])
You sound like you’d like the types of videos posted to /c/mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe
Also these types of creators are commonly on nebula.tv, if you want to support them directly.
DIY Perks
Stuff Made Here
Strange Parts
StyropyroSkibidi Toilet
I’m disappointed but not surprised.
Bill Hammack (engineerguy) - Engineering inventions and items explained. All videos are CC-BY-SA.
https://engineerguy.com/videos.htm
Others
Mend It Mark - fixing electronic items
Photonic Induction - Blowing up electronic items
decino - Doom videogame inner workings
How To Basic
NightHawkInLight is some nice DIY home experiments like traditional sparklers and homemade sapphires in a microwave.
I like watching OddTinkering. They take broken stuff and refurbish it in ASMR style. Very satisfying to watch.
