A big chunk of time I spend online is on social media like Reddit, Twitter and YouTube. Very rarely I login to LinkedIn and I’m virtually absent on Facebook and Instagram. I used to stay away from subscribing YouTube channels. During the pandemic shutdown, I have changed that policy and right now I have almost 80 channels under the ‘Subscription’ tab.
Today, I’m publishing the list of all those channels and I’m sure that this will be helpful for you. I will keep this post updated to reflect my future changes in subscriptions. (Last updated: June, 2023)
18 Notable Videos I Recommend from the Below List of ~80 Channels You Should Subscribe
If I’m asked to recommend one video — only one video — as an introduction to YouTube creators listed below, here are some samples. Please note that these videos might not accurately represent the usual content of the respective YouTube channels.
Personally, I really like these 18 outstanding video nuggets embedded below.
YouTube Channels You Should Subscribe Now!
Design
- NNgroup by Nielsen Norman Group (UX Research)
- Google Career Certificates (UX)
- Service Design Show by Marc Fonteijn (Service Design)
- Brian Lovin Channel by Brian Lovin (UX, Product Design)
- Saptarshi Prakash Channel by Saptarshi Prakash (UX, Product Design)
- Samuel Suresh Channel by Samuel Suresh (Digital Note Taking)
- James Julier Art Tutorials Channel by James Julier (Digital Painting)
- Halfool by José Torre (Digital Drawing)
- The Futur by Chris Do (Media Design)
- ByDesign TV (Product and Service Design)
- Designex Studio (Design Mentoring)
- Design Milk (Art, architecture, interior design, fashion)
- Design Theory by John Mauriello (Industrial Design)
- Adam Savage’s Tested (Building and Fabrication)
- Jared Owen (3D Animation)
- Corridor Crew (Film Digital Effects)
- Visualize Value (Infographics)
- Westaur Leather Goods by Filip (Product Design)
- NIKS UIUX by Gajendra Singh Rathore (Adobe XD)
Simon Doolittleof FHIL; Florida Hospital Innovation Lab (Design Thinking) — defunct now; design thinking videos are removed from the channel
Science & Technology
- Marques Brownlee — MKBHD Channel by Marques Brownlee (Tech Reviews)
- The Studio (Behind the Scenes from MKBHD Studio)
- WVFRM Podcast by Marques Brownlee (Tech News)
- Veritasium by Derek Muller (Science)
- John Fish (Harvard Computer Science Student)
- Kai W Channel by Kaiman Wong (Photography Tech)
- BigCliveDotCom (Electronics)
- Arduino (Electronics)
- MrWhoseTheBoss by Arun Maini (Tech Reviews)
- Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (Science)
- SmarterEveryDay by Destin Sandlin (Science)
- Steve Mould Channel by Steve Mould (Science)
- Tom Scott Channel by Tom Scott (Science)
- Joma Tech Channel by Jonathan Ma (Programming)
- Recall by Dataiku (Data Science)
- JerryRigEverything by Zack Nelson (Tech Reviews)
- LockPickingLawyer (Security Devices Review)
- DriveTribe (Automotive)
- Brick Experiment Channel (DIY)
- Cleo Abram Channel by Cleo Abram (Tech Explainers)
- Mike DriveTribe by Mike Fernie (Automotive)
- Lucy at DriveTribe by Lucy Brown (Automotive, Food)
Travel & Culture
- Vox (Culture)
- BBC Reel (Culture)
- Great Big Story (Culture)
- British Pathé (History)
- NASS (Video Restoration)
- Tom Scott plus Channel by Tom Scott (Travel, Culture)
- Lateral with Tom Scott by Tom Scott (Trivia)
- The Technical Difficulties by Tom Scott, Matt Gray, Gary Brannan and Chris Joel (Travel, Culture)
- Joma in NYC by Jonathan Ma (Culture)
- Paolo fromTOKYO by Paolo, Maiko and Wolfy (Culture)
- warikoo by Ankur Warikoo (Money)
- Drew Binsky Channel by Drew Binsky (Travel)
- Roots of Humanity by Drew Binsky (Travel)
- Yes Theory by Ammar Kandil, Thomas Brag and Matt Dajer (Travel)
- Seek Discomfort by Yes Theory (Travel)
- Jacob Harrell Channel by Jacob Harrell (Architecture, Travel)
- The Sound Traveler by Destin Sandlin (Travel)
- Babish Culinary Universe by Andrew Rea — renamed ‘Binging With Babish’ channel (Food)
- What Next? — renamed ‘FoodTribe’ channel (Food)
- Jay Shetty Podcast by Jay Shetty (Motivation, Wisdom)
- Spark Stories — Content in Malayalam language (Entrepreneurship)
- Wonderwall Media — Content in Malayalam language (Culture)
- Akashvani Kochi FM — Content in Malayalam language (Culture)
Music
- The Mastering Project by Sreejesh Nair (Remastered Music — headphones are a must!)
- Coke Studio (Music)
- Rohail Hyatt — Old episodes of Coke Studio (Music)
- Neon NiteClub (Music)
- Teddy Swims (Music)
- Ben Rector (Music)
- O2india (A R Rahman Documentary)
- Allie Sherlock (Album Covers)
- Karolina Protsenko Violin (Album Covers)
- Lotus Sessions (Album Covers)
- VIDEO HITS (Music Videos)
- Today FM (Radio)
- coffee shop radio // 24/7 lofi hip-hop beats (Radio)
- Kaapi Channel by Kaviprasad — Content in Malayalam language (Music)
- MB Home Studio (Album Covers)
Help Me to Grow This List
Did I miss any popular YouTube channels or your favorite ones? Comment below so that I can look at them…
Here are my 50 cents:
99U tells the stories of how creative leaders master their crafts and shape their industries.
https://www.youtube.com/c/99u/featured
Alexplain is a Malayalam channel where must-know things around the world are explained in the simplest way possible.
https://www.youtube.com/c/alexplain
Andrew Huberman — The Huberman Lab Podcast is hosted by Dr. Andrew Huberman, a neuroscientist and tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine
https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewHubermanLab/
AsapSCIENCE — Making science make sense.
https://www.youtube.com/c/AsapSCIENCE
Be Smart — Deep answers to simple questions about science and the rest of the universe.
https://www.youtube.com/c/itsokaytobesmart
Big Think is the leading source of expert-driven, actionable, educational content — with thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, we help you get smarter, faster.
https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink
Dave2D — Videos about useful tech.
https://www.youtube.com/c/Dave2D
Mark Rober — Former NASA and Apple engineer. Current YouTuber and friend of science.
https://www.youtube.com/c/MarkRober
Short of the week premieres the best, most ground-breaking short films from emerging filmmakers. We premiere new short films every week that push boundaries, experiment with new techniques, touch on cultural issues, and represent new diverse voices.
https://www.youtube.com/c/shortoftheweek
Talks at Google is a leader in the corporate interview series space, providing a platform for influential thinkers, creators, makers and doers to tell us about their work, their lives and what drives them to shape our world.
https://www.youtube.com/c/talksatgoogle
Wisecrack is a collective of academics, filmmakers, artists, and pop culture junkies who are curious and contemplative about the world around us.
https://www.youtube.com/wisecrack
Wow! This is really helpful, Vimal… Thank you!