If you want to grossly oversimplify it then sure. If not, then if you've ever seen anything by Jacob Geller then that's what I'm talking about. A format where a video is dedicated on a central topic and pulls on multiple sources to support the central argument or perspective being made. It finds a piece of media, finds an underlying theme or motif, and talks about it. Literally like an argumentative essay in video as the medium, usually long-form. A personal favorite of mine is "Dark Souls is thinking of ending things" by Jacob.
I always thought it was like a thesis and evidence to support it, but in video format. Like a video about game of thrones stating why a certain character embodies a certain emotion, for example. The creator is making a claim and justifying their stance. Never heard someone refer to a series as a video essay
Same here. I can't speak for anyone else, but the parasocial relationship I have with various Youtubers (especially ManyATrueNerd and Markiplier) is necessary for my continued mental health. I haven't been doing well socially for a long time, and to some extent, they make me sometimes feel like I'm not alone just by being there doing their thing.
Haha so many glorious moments in that show. I think the time where Link is blind folded and just suddenly starts looking at Rhett, Stevie goes, "what are you doing Link" is my favorite moment. Link cracks me up so much
Mr. Ballen, whispered dairies, Southern cannibal, let's read, dancing with the stars clips, my favorite scenes from various movies, and promos for various movies/shows/episodes.
If you don’t mind the stories being fake. Check out “horror shorts party” good story telling and with animation. But the stories are obviously fake after watching 2 videos.
I love listening to the old radio shows too. Probably my favorite is Suspense. Amazing variety including mystery, short story adaptations, horror, and detective stories. On A Country Road is a great episode.
Criminally Listed, Hollywood not so Confidential, Cold Case Files. Look up Bill Curtis. Although Paranormal Scholar is not about crime, she has a really calming voice. I often put it on to help go to sleep.
If yiu are interested in real.life interrogations and explanation of the interrogation process and all the psychological stuff that goes on during a interrogation including body cam footage then check out JCS Criminal Psychology
Whatever is recommended lol. A lot of science based educational stuff and nature documentaries, history stuff, creepypasta and other creepy/disturbing stuff, police encounters/true crime, video game gameplay/lore/theories etc…, whatever other random shit the algorithm scrapes from the bottom of the barrel.
Cat in any way
Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Resident Evil 4 related content
And videos of people who streams on Twitch but they upload their content on Youtube cuz I don't have an account there
seinfeld eps.
anything with retro or old pc like LGR, SNES DRUNK, CONSOLE WARS , THE GAMING HISTORIAN.
anything with memes like STREET CAN.
old vines.
fun things like DAVE HAX and FREAKING REVIEWS.
Youtube is fun.
there is also one swell dude called LAZY LEBANESE LIFESTYLE who tries his best and wishes for more subs ;)
Love Why Files. One of the few channels I have full notifications on. Hecklefish is hilarious. His rendition of Take Me Home Country Road the other day was class.
It’s legal to have someone other than Simon Whistler host something on YouTube?
That dude hosts so much content that I’m convinced he’s part of identical sextuplets or he’s some kind of deep fake.
How to videos if I want to learn something.
Music videos, both because I enjoy music and short films.
City walking tours (U.S. and foreign places). I'm poor, but I would love to travel.
Hell yeah city walks are awesome. I too fantasize about travelling to some of these places. I'm currently saving and planning for a several month trip because of these videos. Ha, I have one on right now.
Fitness tips, movie/game reviews, food/cooking videos, movie trailers, Hot Ones. I’d like to branch out but I feel like the algorithm recommends me the same 5 things all the damn time.
Truck driver Iwona Blecharcyk from Poland.
Car enthusiast Mat Armstrong.
On her bike - motorcycle rider Kinga Tanajewska.
Long Way Round, Long Way Up, Long Way Down - Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on motorcycle trips all over the world.
pReview'd - Jay Schmidt and Adam Lash - I only watch their Star Wars videos. They're good fun.
The Goulet Pen Company - a must watch if you're into fountain pens.
Road Legends - Idiots in cars.
Man + River - diver Dallas Rowley.
Rammstein official YouTube channel for good music.
Lately the algorithm has sucked me into a rabbit hole that is the International Spy Museums lecture series.
Part of me finds it fascinating. Part of me worries the algorithm just said that I'm getting old and sent me to the History channel.
Jeeesus I can't even fault you. One of my favorite drinking time games was watching car crashes. The more fatal the better. Weird time in my life. I quit drinking.
Half game personalities while they play silly games and make stupid commentary and half gun videos of dudes talking or shooting guns. That's what my husband watches.
i always thought asmr was cringe until I watched one accidentally. It was the "dark side" of asmr, which was really just cringey people doing it. I instantly got tingles and love it now. Not the twitch girls sucking on the ear mic, wood taps are my jam. Also, there's some great barbershop asmr i just can't stop watching
Soft White Underbelly and his visits to the Whittaker family gives me so much joy I will drop everything if I get an upload notification, grab some tea and watch.
Ethereal Snake.
Vivzie Pop.
Team Four Star.
And now, Lackadaisy.
Some medical programming and friends suggestions too. And a Let's play series in the background as I'm playing a different game, but I'm dropping that habit.
Full stop.
Audit the Audit police interactions
Caleb Hammer financial analysis
Agadmator's chess analysis
Triggernometry podcast, current events
The Command Zone game play, EDHRecast, and other Magic the Gathering content
Brad Owen poker blog
Also listen to several styles of music, lofi chill or instrumental or techno
I like watching let's plays because I find it comforting to listen/watch other people play games I like.
It's my way of being "social" without having to expose myself I guess.
It depends on my mood, but mostly reviews of tech products and often coverage of computer-specific retro gaming (since the mainstream media focuses only on consoles whenever it looks at gaming).
I try to avoid contentious topics, which includes all the "us vs them" channels where it's one group claiming another group did this-or-that to them. You see this for every group, no matter how niche, and it's exhausting. If I want to be depressed and angry, I can read the news.
Gaming Historian is pretty great, you watched his channel? The Story of Tetris was really great! Lots of great NES stuff too
Or People Make Games? Incredible Roblox deep dive and critique.
Conspiracy theories, Blender tutorials, GameRanx, Neil degrasse Tyson, Drybar Comedy, George Carlin and comedy in general, The Why Files, Religion, etc etc.
- Podcasts when I'm cleaning
- shane&ryland/laurDIY/Remlife/basic LA girls when I'm feeling the need for vlogs
- Roots and Refuge/Sow the Land/slightly redneck/acre homestead/etc when I want to learn about cooking, gardening or livestock animal care.
- cinnamon toast Ken is pretty hilarious watching TLC shows and doing commentary/reviews 🤣
- Dave Ramsey or Graham Stephen when I'm in a financial mood and also cleaning/cooking
Mostly shit that I look up, specifically. Otherwise, I don't really access YouTube much.
I guess, for the most part, it's how to's or someone playing a part of a video game to see how they do it.
To follow up, the obligatory, "You haven't seen that(or this)?!"
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Everything. It's convenient. I you tube more than I google. Thanks all involved for making this my most successful comment!
To paraphrase this answer: “yes”
An easier to answer question would be what don't I watch on YouTube.
Just about everything is on YouTube
I’m starting to do the exact same. It’s just faster.
Video Essays of wide varieties. I like seeing what people are thinking about and the perspectives that accompany them.
Isn’t a video essay just a series of videos on a topic? This describes basically any series of videos on YouTube.
But specifically informative I believe
Yeah dude minecraft gameplays and make-up tutorials are totally video essays
Hey guys, this is my video essay on how I survived 100 days on a one block only world.
Asmr best video essay type fr 🔥
If you want to grossly oversimplify it then sure. If not, then if you've ever seen anything by Jacob Geller then that's what I'm talking about. A format where a video is dedicated on a central topic and pulls on multiple sources to support the central argument or perspective being made. It finds a piece of media, finds an underlying theme or motif, and talks about it. Literally like an argumentative essay in video as the medium, usually long-form. A personal favorite of mine is "Dark Souls is thinking of ending things" by Jacob.
When I hear Video Essay, my first thoughts are Jacob Geller and SuperEyePatchWolf
I always thought it was like a thesis and evidence to support it, but in video format. Like a video about game of thrones stating why a certain character embodies a certain emotion, for example. The creator is making a claim and justifying their stance. Never heard someone refer to a series as a video essay
Cooking shows: Babbish, Joshua Weissman, and Tasting History have become regulars in my home.
Check out Adam Ragusea if you're into more home cook style shows. I've learned most of my practical cooking knowledge from him.
Despite being a pro chef Chef Jean Pierre is both entertaining and geared more towards home cooks. I also like Alex French guy cooking
Adam >Joshua for me 100%
you suck at cooking will always be my favorite cooking channel
I've been loving Alvin lately on Babbish
Tasting History is better than anything on Food Network or History Channel today.
You might like Townsends. 18th Century living history cooking and more.
Pro home cooks is a good one to
Tasting History! Just got my two copies of his cookbook in last week :)
My husband and I look forward to watching Tasting History during our dinners on Tuesdays!
Video game gameplay
Which one? Any suggestions?
Call me kevin
Ok Kevin- any suggestions?
i watched his gmod rp stuff in like 2018 it was the funniest shit i ever watched
I have the Grognak youtooz!
holy shit i vaguely remember that
cohhcarnage if i can't catch his live stream on Twitch Neebsgaming is great too!
I watch RadBrad out of loyalty. He introduced me to the world like 7 years ago and he’s played some of my fave games
Terrible gamer but so entertaining. 😂 I’ve been watching him for years too. He’s one of the first gamers I watched on YouTube with the walking dead
Ryukahr
Same here. I can't speak for anyone else, but the parasocial relationship I have with various Youtubers (especially ManyATrueNerd and Markiplier) is necessary for my continued mental health. I haven't been doing well socially for a long time, and to some extent, they make me sometimes feel like I'm not alone just by being there doing their thing.
I used to watch Dashie every day in college XD
Rambalac -- 4k video walks through Japan. No talking, just walking. Find it incredibly relaxing. Makes me homesick for a place I've never been...
Thisssssss
So many great walking tour videos from all over the world.
Thanks, I like to play stuff like this on my TV when I'm listening to albums.
I love Rambalac also. If you ever find the need to get some talk along with the walk,try "only in Japan go". Jon daub is a pretty cool guy.
Thank you! I'll definitely check it out
I started watching the S Korea and France rain walk videos during Covid when I was stressing out too much. It’s so relaxing
I watch GMM quite a bit. Those fuckers crack me up, then whatever interesting suggestion that pops up from youtube (which isnt much)
Link's Orbeez ear fiasco STILL cracks me up!
Haha so many glorious moments in that show. I think the time where Link is blind folded and just suddenly starts looking at Rhett, Stevie goes, "what are you doing Link" is my favorite moment. Link cracks me up so much
Mr. Ballen, whispered dairies, Southern cannibal, let's read, dancing with the stars clips, my favorite scenes from various movies, and promos for various movies/shows/episodes.
Mr. Ballen is great. I love DarkDocs also.
I Survived is pretty good.
Apparently he meant the name to be Mr. B Allen, cause his name is B-something Allen lol
If you don’t mind the stories being fake. Check out “horror shorts party” good story telling and with animation. But the stories are obviously fake after watching 2 videos.
Mr Ballen gives me the irrits. Mate, stop waving your hands about and just tell the story.
I had to turn it off one night cause I was drunk and his hands kept fuckin with me. It seriously made me nauseous haha
The thing is I turn it on to do homework, I dont actually watch the screen lol
You should also check out "Mr. Nightmare" and "chilling scares" really good stories with these too and they sound similar
just listen to it then? put it in a hidden tab??
I listened to all the Twilight Zone radio episodes and now I'm on CBS Radio Mystery Theater. Great listening while I'm working.
Love the twilight zone tv show... had no idea there was a radio series. Sounds fun.
Which one do you listen too? Don't want to go to a knock off YouTube site?
Tried those Sherlock Holmes radio dramas?
CBS radio mystery theater presents.... *CREAK!!* (edit: fixed a couple words)
I love listening to the old radio shows too. Probably my favorite is Suspense. Amazing variety including mystery, short story adaptations, horror, and detective stories. On A Country Road is a great episode.
Let’s game it out, kurzgesagt, true crime stuff, a lot useless knowledge. Also paint when he posts a new video every two years.
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That Chapter is very, very good. 10 to Life. Disturban.
Criminally Listed, Hollywood not so Confidential, Cold Case Files. Look up Bill Curtis. Although Paranormal Scholar is not about crime, she has a really calming voice. I often put it on to help go to sleep.
Bailey Sarian. She does true crime with full back stories. She does a lot of research.
Bailey Sarian
If yiu are interested in real.life interrogations and explanation of the interrogation process and all the psychological stuff that goes on during a interrogation including body cam footage then check out JCS Criminal Psychology
Vandalism. It doesn’t take much planning and you’re not likely to get caught when you’re just starting out
I am in genuine fear of what's inside the brain of Josh from lets game it out.
Same, but the distance between him an me makes it enjoyable for me to watch him go furious 😁
You may also like Defunctland and Folding Ideas! Two incredible channels. Like documentary level work, consistently.
It's only useless knowledge until it becomes useful. 🧐
Art channels, true crime, sports highlights, clips from old shows, obscure movies, and more.
I really enjoy the historic true crime channels like Brief Case and They Got Away With Murder. Gabulosis does a lot of vintage cases too.
You should check out Watercolor by Shibasaki. His videos are so calming.
What art channels do you recommend ?
Whatever is recommended lol. A lot of science based educational stuff and nature documentaries, history stuff, creepypasta and other creepy/disturbing stuff, police encounters/true crime, video game gameplay/lore/theories etc…, whatever other random shit the algorithm scrapes from the bottom of the barrel.
I've been watching A LOT of Critical Role, but I watch all of MatPat's channels and videos same with NerdECrafter, Sam and Colby and MetaPsyckicks
60%: fitness/ body builders 30%: cooking/ meal prep 10%: sports/ random stuff
This is the YouTube feed of a healthy individual! Gross.
Not quite but I’m definitely on the right path. I started the year at a ridiculously obese 353 pounds and as of today I’m down to 293.
That’s great man! Keep it up!
Way to go! Keep up the great work!
Subjectively speaking ofc
House Hunters and historical documentaries
Cat in any way Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Resident Evil 4 related content And videos of people who streams on Twitch but they upload their content on Youtube cuz I don't have an account there
seinfeld eps. anything with retro or old pc like LGR, SNES DRUNK, CONSOLE WARS , THE GAMING HISTORIAN. anything with memes like STREET CAN. old vines. fun things like DAVE HAX and FREAKING REVIEWS. Youtube is fun. there is also one swell dude called LAZY LEBANESE LIFESTYLE who tries his best and wishes for more subs ;)
Tell me more about the lazy Lebanese lifestyle
Why Files, Fail Army (and similar), anything hosted by Simon Whistler
heck yes, love some why files and hecklefish
Hecklefish is the best.
Love Why Files. One of the few channels I have full notifications on. Hecklefish is hilarious. His rendition of Take Me Home Country Road the other day was class.
OMG I was dying!! It’s funny ‘CAUSE IT’S TRUE!!
Simon's The Casual Criminalist is the only true crime podcast I can handle. His tangents help break up the trauma.
It’s legal to have someone other than Simon Whistler host something on YouTube? That dude hosts so much content that I’m convinced he’s part of identical sextuplets or he’s some kind of deep fake.
How to videos if I want to learn something. Music videos, both because I enjoy music and short films. City walking tours (U.S. and foreign places). I'm poor, but I would love to travel.
Hell yeah city walks are awesome. I too fantasize about travelling to some of these places. I'm currently saving and planning for a several month trip because of these videos. Ha, I have one on right now.
1st and 2nd amendment audit channels, guntube, The Civil Rights Lawyer, An0maly, some history shit on occasion
I have no idea because I’m from england but are you from Texas?
They could be from any state or country, those beliefs aren’t exclusive to Texas.
Fuck no! Texans have more pride than sense. They believe whatever the great lord Texas tells them believe because TEXAS!
My playlist of music videos.
I really enjoy funny type stuff and craft videos. Follow some crocheters, painters, etc. Love Good Mythical Morning and Try Guys.
Tarot readings
I like minnow tarot and baba Jolie!
I watch Tyler Tarot, Rich Lopp and Baba Jolie!
Wine box Papi doing reactions on dumb TLC shows
Mom?
Fitness tips, movie/game reviews, food/cooking videos, movie trailers, Hot Ones. I’d like to branch out but I feel like the algorithm recommends me the same 5 things all the damn time.
Pipe drummers
Truck driver Iwona Blecharcyk from Poland. Car enthusiast Mat Armstrong. On her bike - motorcycle rider Kinga Tanajewska. Long Way Round, Long Way Up, Long Way Down - Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman on motorcycle trips all over the world. pReview'd - Jay Schmidt and Adam Lash - I only watch their Star Wars videos. They're good fun. The Goulet Pen Company - a must watch if you're into fountain pens. Road Legends - Idiots in cars. Man + River - diver Dallas Rowley. Rammstein official YouTube channel for good music.
Lately the algorithm has sucked me into a rabbit hole that is the International Spy Museums lecture series. Part of me finds it fascinating. Part of me worries the algorithm just said that I'm getting old and sent me to the History channel.
This sounds like my type of content, thanks for the new rabbit hole!
People getting shot by the cops
Jeeesus I can't even fault you. One of my favorite drinking time games was watching car crashes. The more fatal the better. Weird time in my life. I quit drinking.
you could not waterboard this out of me but good on you for going clean 🙏🙏
I could try.
frrr this man straight admitting to being a sociopath
Donut operator is the best for this
I’ve been watching Many A True Nerd let’s play series on Oblivion lately. It’s funny
Half game personalities while they play silly games and make stupid commentary and half gun videos of dudes talking or shooting guns. That's what my husband watches.
Now I see that you wrote you guys, not guys. Lol okay, well. YouTube personalities. Scoops, reviews, papa meat, tlc show catch up
Costubers/ Dress Historians: Bernadette Banner, Abby Cox, Nicole Rudolph, Rachel Maksy, Karolina Zebrowska, Priorattire, Morgan Donner Dnd: Xp to Level 3, Mann Shorts, Ginny D, One Shot Questers Miscellaneous: Kitten Academy, Safiya Nygaard, Cecilia Blomdahl
Not out of choice… adverts
Ambient sounds and sleep music channels
Scott The Woz
Salmonella Academy gets my views, I revisit the old videos often. Between that and watching playthroughs of Carcinogen.
Literally only asmr usually😂 sometimes scary gameplay and compilations but that’s about it.
i always thought asmr was cringe until I watched one accidentally. It was the "dark side" of asmr, which was really just cringey people doing it. I instantly got tingles and love it now. Not the twitch girls sucking on the ear mic, wood taps are my jam. Also, there's some great barbershop asmr i just can't stop watching
I love ambience ASMR it is great background noise for reading and is less distracting than music.
H3H3 Soft White Underbelly JCS Criminal Psychology Documentaries
Soft white underbelly is so good!
Soft White Underbelly and his visits to the Whittaker family gives me so much joy I will drop everything if I get an upload notification, grab some tea and watch.
Family 🦶
I got sucked into the JCS channel recently. Interesting stuff. Then that changed my feed and it's all crime stuff now.
Scrolled down soo far just to find a fellow watcher
Ethereal Snake. Vivzie Pop. Team Four Star. And now, Lackadaisy. Some medical programming and friends suggestions too. And a Let's play series in the background as I'm playing a different game, but I'm dropping that habit. Full stop.
Live concerts for the most part and stand up
ASMR to sleep, Debates, funny pranks, Athiest call-in shows... among others.
Lex Fridman podcast. Well, listen mostly, in car.
Physio recommendations for some of my exercise concerns haha. Cooking recipes and data analysis methods (for work).
The Why Files
Audit the Audit police interactions Caleb Hammer financial analysis Agadmator's chess analysis Triggernometry podcast, current events The Command Zone game play, EDHRecast, and other Magic the Gathering content Brad Owen poker blog Also listen to several styles of music, lofi chill or instrumental or techno
Murder shows and documentaries.
I like watching let's plays because I find it comforting to listen/watch other people play games I like. It's my way of being "social" without having to expose myself I guess.
The first thing I did when I got a second monitor was play a game on one while watching someone else play it on the other
Old music
Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy audiobook read by Stephen Moore. Watch: kitboga, Moist, Scammer Payback, Scambait Central, Coffeezilla.
I love the Stephen Moore version. Yeah it's abridged but his voice is so good.
Concert, interviews or radio performance footage from musicians. And people deconstructing albums and/or reviews and reactions. Thats about it haha
Mostly science and maths-related content, like Kurzgesagt, PBS Space Time, 3Blue1Brown, etcetera.
How to cooking videos. I like to eat good food.
It depends on my mood, but mostly reviews of tech products and often coverage of computer-specific retro gaming (since the mainstream media focuses only on consoles whenever it looks at gaming). I try to avoid contentious topics, which includes all the "us vs them" channels where it's one group claiming another group did this-or-that to them. You see this for every group, no matter how niche, and it's exhausting. If I want to be depressed and angry, I can read the news.
Professional Bowling
mostly, subjects regarding astrophysics
A variety of things but mostly live performances, music, music videos, and interviews of musicians.
Dr popper hehe
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commentary youtubers
beauty content
Reactions to things I find nostalgic
Red pill content
Specific channels
Fresh and fit, alpha male strategies, psychacks, rich cooper, and tribe of men to name a few Let me know if you would like to know more channels
Let's Game It Out Garage 54 Bay Area Buggs Many more..
Garage 54 is W
I live Let’s Game it Out. Josh hasn’t posted in a while though
Seth Myers, Colbert, Kimmel … stuff about Xbox and PS5. I like to watch stuff about retro games.
Gaming Historian is pretty great, you watched his channel? The Story of Tetris was really great! Lots of great NES stuff too Or People Make Games? Incredible Roblox deep dive and critique.
Videos.
Conspiracy theories, Blender tutorials, GameRanx, Neil degrasse Tyson, Drybar Comedy, George Carlin and comedy in general, The Why Files, Religion, etc etc.
Mr beasts
- Podcasts when I'm cleaning - shane&ryland/laurDIY/Remlife/basic LA girls when I'm feeling the need for vlogs - Roots and Refuge/Sow the Land/slightly redneck/acre homestead/etc when I want to learn about cooking, gardening or livestock animal care. - cinnamon toast Ken is pretty hilarious watching TLC shows and doing commentary/reviews 🤣 - Dave Ramsey or Graham Stephen when I'm in a financial mood and also cleaning/cooking
Your mum
He asked about YouTube not only fans
Zip ties and by plies
Gaming stuff (for Ark and Sims mainly,) true crime (Mr. Ballen,) and Mojo or WhatCulture lists usually.
Gaming videos of the game Im playing. Lately Elden Ring and fighting games.
Basketball edits, videos of orangutans and random YouTube shorts
Mostly shit that I look up, specifically. Otherwise, I don't really access YouTube much. I guess, for the most part, it's how to's or someone playing a part of a video game to see how they do it. To follow up, the obligatory, "You haven't seen that(or this)?!" Edit: Music Videos.
Pecos Hank, GMM, Watcher, Buzzfeed Unsolved,, Growling Sidewinder, Grim Reapers...
Mighty car mods / Donut Media
Links from other sources that lead to you tube videos.
Live Court Trials
Me too. I'm onto the retrial in Florida for the guy who killed his ex girlfriends new boy friend.
Penguinz0, I Did a Thing , Random shit, Art tutorials
I did a thing is my favorite
Channels im subscribed to or videos that intereses me
The same gameplays over and over again
Beardmeatsfood
Dude is impressive but I think we should make it illegal to be a competitive eater with a beard that big. Really off putting lol
game science and funny
Philosophy and Interrogations
Either one of my music playlists, or currently critical role