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MrMobile(Michael Fisher) - His video presentation skills 10/10, I specially love his series named when phones were fun, where he fondly talks about yesteryear phones and gadgets.
Harald Baldr - I may not go to all the places he goes, but the way he interacts with different people irrespective of the barrier of communication is commendable. The way he presents himself in his videos, I believe that's him in real life as well. No fakery.
I still get excited when I see a notification for Applied Science after several years. Breaking Taps doesn't miss, either. They both do really interesting stuff.
Wendigoon, he doesn't post as frequently as a lot of others but his videos are like an hour long and he researches the fuck out of a subject. He did one about the unabomber recently that he had to break into a two partner because one part was just an hour long interview with the lead FBI investigator on the case.
Andrew Camarata and Foresty Forest are one of the few no-bullshit YouTubers that I know of who simply focus on making good content and nothing else.
EDIT: Steve Wallis and post10 aswell
A lot of the old "Golden Age" League of Legends content creators have moved on to making really good content about other topics and games. Basically Dunkey and everyone who was at one point accused of being a Dunkey clone lol
Dunkey obviously still makes content and it's still good. I've never personally been a huge fan of the short length goofy one off gag style of his but I know people still really like his content.
Skooch does miscellaneous other games now (mostly Mario and sonic lately) but the content is the best it's ever been
Bricky does Warhammer mostly but also makes long form analyses of big AAA titles that are sequels to franchises from the 360 days
Keyori (now Barny/Maddy) rebranded, transitioned, and now makes literally the best World of Warcraft content I've ever seen
FrostPrime streams I know but I think his YouTube is literally exclusively just stream VODs now.
Outside of that group I still get a kick out of Game Grumps 10 years later but I know the old school let's play thing isn't really for everyone. Also Alpharad still makes good content, though lately it's been a lot of mid, sponsored or otherwise kinda forced out stuff.
Thoughty2
Joe Scott
SomeOrdinaryGamers
Josh Strife Hayes / Josh Strife Plays
TheReportOfTheWeek
Whang!
CaptainSparklez
+1 for reviewbrah. His content has only gotten better over the years
Welp, there goes several dozen hours or more of my free time.
Nothing to add here, but wanted OP to know I saved this post for all the good info people are giving.
Berd, danooct1, Huggbees, Hugh Jeffreys, Michael MJD, NileRed, Ordinary Sausage, Sam O'Nella (barely), Tapakapa
At least that's what I find great.
Bobby Fingers. Drunk Mel Gibson has quickly become a classic amongst my friends.
https://youtube.com/@bobbyfingers
Probably one of the most creative and talented makers I have ever had the pleasure of coming across. Every single thing he's done has been fucking hilarious to boot.
acollierastro — Angela Collier
Astrophysics, science communication and random rants
Cooking
https://youtube.com/@foodwishes?si=yI4JtmUn50uBBHTq Chef John is a treasure, every recipe I've followed of his has been a banger! Highly recommend
Guitar related
https://youtube.com/@EricHaugenGuitar?si=Ey2YYsjMmoss8XWE Eric Haugen is a fantastic guitar player/teacher, I love his mellow Bob Ross-esque vibe
https://youtube.com/@PhillipMcKnight?si=oHF6ndW08Z4uP9KU Philip McKnight is the god of the guitar gear heads. Has a ton of great videos showing how to do simple guitar repairs, reviewing gear etc.
Comedy/pop culture
https://youtube.com/@commentiquette?si=_s6NoLnG3oDCNPmz Internet comments etiquette is a hilarious channel that teaches how to leave respectful comments in this increasingly hostile and confusing online world.
https://youtube.com/@RedLetterMedia?si=el68vpczG7nP9JvF Red Letter Media - movie/tv critics with great skits and characters. Maybe the best thing on YouTube IMO
Board Games
https://youtube.com/@shutupandsitdown?si=WBR9bWjHv8-NbyaR Really great board game reviews, I've found a bunch of my favorite games here
Educational
https://youtube.com/@animagraffs?si=Dabm4scpS_pZEFFb Amazing 3d renders and walkthroughs of complex machines/systems. The video on the HMS Victory is inspired.
https://youtube.com/@ProfessorDaveExplains?si=j1_aVPIv7onfSuk4 Professor Dave does science education, great videos on many topics.
Motorcycles
https://youtube.com/@FortNine?si=GXooYCKjCYaMPgPF FortNine puts out the best moto content I've found on the Internet.
XboxAhoy (The channel name is just Ahoy)
A few comes to mind.
Ordinary Things is great and Michael Fisher is good and usually doesn't hype stuff up.
Late to this but I'll drop a niche list. They've all done fighting game content.
Calum https://youtube.com/@CalumRaasay
Barely Sociable https://youtube.com/@BarelySociable
Bright Sun Films https://youtube.com/@BrightSunFilms
Code Bullet https://youtube.com/@CodeBullet
Jet Lag: The Game https://youtube.com/@jetlagthegame
Half As Interesting https://youtube.com/@halfasinteresting
Mustard https://youtube.com/@MustardChannel
PaperWill https://youtube.com/@PaperWill
Peter Dibble https://youtube.com/@peterdibble
RetroBytes https://youtube.com/@RetroBytesUK
Ringway Manchester https://youtube.com/@RingwayManchester
Ruairidh MacVeigh https://youtube.com/@rorymacve
SideNote https://youtube.com/@SidenoteChannel
TheEpicNate315 https://youtube.com/@TheEpicNate315
Tom Scott https://youtube.com/@TomScottGo
Techmoan https://youtube.com/@Techmoan
Wendover Productions https://youtube.com/@Wendoverproductions
Ethoslab
A few I haven't seen show up yet:
Too many to name. I'm easily on YouTube 2+ hours each day and there's not exactly lack of quality content
Would like to throw in Atomic Frontier, he makes on-location video essays about random science and engineering topics that are edited with great supporting infographics
He posts infrequently but Sean Hodgins videos keep getting better. Don't let the thumbnails fool you, he puts a ton of work into them. It's hard to describe, it's mostly him showing off his projects but they have an analogue/80s cyberpunk feel in the way he tells his story, the music that's played, and how he edits the videos together.
