What are your favorite (Youtube) video's/documentaries of all time that you can watch again and again?

For me: 1.) Cicada 3301 - Lemmino [17:53]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2O7blSSzpI

2.) Why gravity is NOT a force - Veritasium [17:33]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRr1kaXKBsU

3.) The cost of Concordia - Internet Historian [48:48]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh9KBwqGxTI

4.) Fast inverse square root - Nemean [20:08]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8u_k2LIZyo

5.) The dark side of the Silk road - Barely Sociable [1:14:45]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpMP6Nh3FvU

Sorry, i'm a nerd. If you are not: only watch no. 3; it's funny.

Fenosi,

Shoutout to Lemmino! I love his video about Jack the Ripper.

calhoon2005,
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Not full documentaries, but Tom Scott on YouTube does great little 5-10 minute explainers.

dill,
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Yes! It's so good

whileloop,
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The Polybius documentary by Ahoy. https://youtu.be/_7X6Yeydgyg

Thanks for sharing these! I've only seen 1 and 5, so I've got something to watch this weekend!

calhoon2005, (edited )
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Not full documentaries, but Tom Scott on YouTube does great little 5-10 minute explainers.

youtube.com/@TomScottGo

Edit - added YouTube channel

blackstrat,
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I keep watching this little short every once in a while: The Missile Knows Where It Is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe5J8SVCYQ

anonionfinelyminced,
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Psychocybernetics?

ShittyKopper,

Hbomberguy’s entire channel is a goldmine. It’s hard to pick just one so instead here’s three, in decreasing order of silliness

All of them are about 2 hours long each

Aside from that, Cathode Ray Dude’s recent The Unholy Saga of Phoenix Hyperspace is quite good, though it’s a really computer nerd-y topic.

And finally, if we’re allowing conference talks, literally anything Deviant Ollam has his name attached to tends to be really good, though he does tend to repeat stuff between his talks. Here is four that’s different enough from each other:

Adi2121,

Summoning Salt’s The Quest to Beat Matt Turk. youtu.be/TBR9ypSOTGQ

It is one of Salt’s greatest videos, and showcases some of the best editing and storytelling I’ve ever seen on YouTube. Probably the best part is that you can go in with no knowledge of the game, like I did, and come out fully understanding everything about the game.

Joe,

Anything by CGPGrey but specifically Humans Need Not Apply

ckskate,

Ray's Last Jump never gets old

stephfinitely,
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The Mennonites - A trip back in time | DW
Documentary https://youtu.be/Pt_XU4W4DBA

It just fascinates me.

JamesBean,
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Philosophical Analysis of Dark Souls - The Gemsbok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpf3KQBIoCY

I think it might be the best analysis video about a game anywhere on the internet.

_Rook_,
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Agree with 1 and 3. I haven't seen the other ones, they seem interesting.
The only one I can think of right now, because I've seen it like 3 times, is The Internet's Own Boy.

literallyacat,
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This classic: https://youtu.be/wKbU8B-QVZk

Every time I come across it I have to watch at least 10 times in a row.

Chetzemoka,

Facts in Motion vids about flood basalt volcanoes and extinction events:

https://youtu.be/st_2C_Wrw4A

https://youtu.be/NrbdYcNTo7Y

I really wish he were still making videos.

Similarly, Nick Zentner's lecture on the Flood Basalts of the Pacific Northwest. I can't tell you how many times I've watched this exact lecture (although all of Zentner's stuff is great):

https://youtu.be/VQhjkemEyUo

Vsauce's Which Way Is Down. Of all his videos, this is the one I keep going back to:

https://youtu.be/Xc4xYacTu-E

carnha,

Defunctland's Disney's Fastpass: A Complicated History is a fantastic dive into the logistics of managing a giant crowd over several years, from approaching it as an engineering problem all the way to exploiting the system for profit. It's such a fascinating problem to me, and it's presented in an engaging and fun way. The rest of the channel is fantastic too!

I'll also recommend Fascinating Horror - these aren't fictional horror stories, these are real disasters told in an incredibly detailed but highly respectful way. They don't just explain the disaster and why/how it happened, but also the regulations that came afterwards to make sure these would never happen again. They're all high quality, but if you want a starting point the Nutty Butty Caves will give you a good idea what the channel is about.

Zagorath,
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Ooh, Defunctland was also the creator of my choice. But I went with Disney Channel’s Theme.

harry_du_bois,
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Jacob Gellars work is all gold
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLc4hHWqHs

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