In the last year, I started to consume more and more videos from Youtube. I love them because they make many topics exciting and compelling to learn, thanks to their cinematic nature, so here are some channels to follow on YouTube.
In the first place, it is true that social networks like Youtube overflow content: there are so many posts, articles and videos that require our attention that if you try to check them all, you’ll find yourself burned out. There’s simply too much information non the internet. That is why I hope you will appreciate this list of Youtube channels I personally follow and find enriching. If you’re lists I have published are about product management and data.
Their topics range over arts, technology, psychology, productivity, business and science. If you fancy any of those themes, you may be like them.
Disclaimer: I may be “discovering the hot water”, as Italian says when someone says something obvious. In fact, many of them have millions of subscribers and are very famous YouTubers.
Art: painting, architecture, cinematography
- Daniel Titchener is an English architect that produces very clean and minimal videos about designing better and more intentional spaces.
- Feeling stress, on the edge of burnout? Take a look at one of the videos of Never Too Small, a video channel dedicated to small footprint design and living, featuring award-winning designers and their tiny apartments, studios and self-contained projects.
- Gawx Art is a Mexican talent that paints colourful doodles and graffiti-like art pieces. Also, he’s an exceptional videomaker.
Curiosity: science, history and facts
- Kurzgesabt is a channel that creates animated explanations regarding climate change, evolution, aliens, and other scientific phenomena.
- Johnny Harris is the history and geography teacher you never had. Without needing prior knowledge, he can tell the audience about the history of China, NFTs, how maps evolved, et cetera.
- Furthermore, Aperture takes a more cinematic approach when explaining social phenomena such as the butterfly effect and information theory. The productions are incredibly immersive.
- Are you into computer science or Software Engineering? Engineering with Utsav is an Indian ex-Microsoft engineer that creates content for aspiring developers.
Lifestyle: philosophy, travelling, productivity and vlogs
- Mark Manson, the renewed Hi, I’m Mark. I am the #1 NY Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck, and Everything is Fcked: A Book About Hope. He shares his point of view in his channel by sharing big ideas and giving life advice “that doesn’t suck”.
- If you’re looking for career advice or on a job hunt Self Made Millenial can be a good resource: It dives deep on ob interviews, cover letters, salary negotiation, et cetera.
- Human Safari is an Italian videomaker that shares his travel adventure around the globe. It’s hard not to feel emotional after seeing one of his mini-documentaries.
- CaseyNeistat is probably the big fish of this list. He has more than 10 years of experience on the platform and is one of the “inventors” of the daily vlog format. He takes his life as an adventure he’s trying to experience to the fullest and tries to share it in his videos.
- Matthew Encina should have probably been in the art category too. His videos are very relaxing and aesthetic; they give interesting work-life balance and interior design inputs.
- Nathaniel Drew likes to reflect on life purpose, exexperiences and art. He does it with high-quality videos that always leave you some food for thought.
- Thomas Franck is part of the productivity Youtuber movement: he makes videos that help you be more productive – whether you’re in high school, college, university, or the real world. As he says, “that includes study tips to help you learn faster and ace your exams, advice on destroying procrastination, reading and note-taking strategies, and more”.
- Talking about productivity Youtuber, it is necessary to mention Matt D’Avella, the first “minimalist”. He’s a documentary filmmaker, entrepreneur and YouTuber. Moreover he has made some documentaries for Netflix. Eventually, he’s another case of highly aesthetics production: worth watching even on mute!