My mechanics. ---Et voilà!

Ashens has been the most stable and consistent thing in my life since 2008.

I'd argue that none can claim to be high quality if they use tons of ads. I just can't stand this sort of thing, and YouTube's own paid system doesn't block them all.

This said, my (free) adblockers currently work, and they block the sponsored stuff as well. When they work, I still really enjoy Kurzgesagt videos. They are excellent.

5 mad movie makers - always good slow motion Lego or brio railway stuff.

internet shaquille

cooking videos

If you are into watches then I would say Watchbox reviews is the best. Tim Mosso there is the best host I've come across in the watch space.

i've always been a fan of yes theory.

and a similar one called anton is here.

Davie504

Gaming

• EthosLab - most authentic Minecraft YouTuber around. No trash clickbait, cringeworthy attempts to appeal to children, ad spam, etc. Just a dude chilling out and playing Minecraft.

• Battle(non)sense - Tests various input lag reduction tech + strategies. Input Lag: Low DPI vs High DPI - turns out increasing your DPI can significantly reduce input lag! AMD AntiLag+ vs Nvidia Reflex - turns out not only does AMD's solution trigger anti-cheat, but it also offen increases system latency.

• Marblr - High quality analysis of weird game behavior. Mostly Overwatch for now. Overwatch: The Effectiveness of Shield Spinning

• People Make Games - Videos about games and the gaming industry. Highly accessible to folks not familiar with the industry. Making Sense of VR Chat, the Metaverse People Actually Like

• NoClip - Crowd funded feature length video game documentaries. Making of Horizon Zero Dawn

Makers

• ColinFurze - builds crazy stuff and does an amazing job of it! Currently building an underground garage at his house that connects to his underground tunnel system.

• I Did a Thing - Australian man with a great sense of humor. Makes ridiculous stuff. Giant Beyblade destroys stuff

...more in Honytawk's comment below

Science + Technology

• Applied Science - In depth videos about random science-y things this dude finds interesting. No clickbait, just an excited dude talking about a project he tried.

• Atomic Frontier - A lot like Tom Scott. He's also a rare case where the video is more interesting than the title/thumbnail. Generally focused on science-y topics + has shockingly high production value considering the dude seems to be an overworked college student.

• NileRed/NileBlue - Crazy in depth chemistry videos. Personally find NileBlue more entertaining as he tends to explore things he's not that great at.

• Practical Engineering - Explanations of various civil engineering concepts.

Other

• Krazam - Legendary comedy channel focused on software engineering related topics. Most famous video - microservices.

• You Suck At Cooking - Short videos presenting recipes in an entertaining way.

• Studio Binder ; High quality videos about all things movie/video production. Owned by a movie production software company so you're gonna see ads for it in every video but SponsorBlock gets rid of that with no issues. Ultimate Guide to Camera Movement - Every Technique Explained

I like longer form videos, and humor of "the old Internet" so here's some channels that still make long videos that aren't filled zoomer click bait. In no particular order. This is from memory, I'm too lazy to make these into links. Also I'm sure there are others I can't think of.

Our own devices

• This channel stands out because it's relatively new but it feels like a channel that should have millions of subs. Long videos about retro tech and tech history

Forgotten weapons

• history of firearms. Longer format videos.

LGR

• retro computers and old PC games

Gman lives

• great gaming channel that reminds me of the era of TotalBiscuit. Good long videos about new and old videos games.

RedletterMedia

• this channel is the Midwestern TopGear of B movie reviews.

GamersNexus

• best source of PC tech news

Level1Techs

• best source of general tech news and has a lot of PC gaming and tinkering content.

RegularCarReviews

• funny car reviews. Format hasn't changed in over 10 years.

Second wind

• new channel. The crew that made all good videos on escapist (zero punctuation) left and made their own channel to keep doing the same thing.

Thuderf00t

Spanian.

None

VShojo? 😛

~Internet Historian~, Mustard, Real Engineering, Wendover Productions, Gigguk (for anime), The Squidd

Edit: Didn’t know about plagiarism problem Internet Historian got into