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Let's continue from where we left the last time frens...

In the pic you see the results of some iterations of the last threads. As always priority is given to channels made by 1-2 people max. and well organized and high information density videos. Also no channels made by companies to advertise their products etc. and no SpaceX meme channels if no actual science is involved.
Anything to add/move etc?

>> No.12422914

>>12422871
Michael Penn and MathDoctorBob should be S tier.

>> No.12422916 [DELETED] 

>>12422914
gonna check their channels, don't know them

>> No.12422920

>>12422914
mmh they seem just video lectures channels... gonna put them in B

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added these two plus another good whiteboard lecture channel in B

>> No.12422942

>>12422914
>Michael Penn
I second this, tho I don't know the other one.
>>12422871
You added pbs space time but didn't add pbs infinite series to the list? That's an s tier for me.

>> No.12422950

>>12422942
ok gonna check these

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>>12422942
>pbs infinite series
gonna put it in B tier for now

>> No.12422990

>>12422871
Michael Penn and The Math sorcerer should be S tier

>> No.12423009

>>12422990
Second this

>> No.12423021

>>12422990
Michael Penn is a whiteboard lecture channel tho and the Math Sorcerer is most a channel with suggestions for math students, books, habits etc. and most of his actual science videos are high school math

>> No.12423030

>>12423021
but I agree that Math Sorcerer should be upgraded at A tier at least, gonna do that

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12423039

newww

>> No.12423067

>>12422920
Sounds like you're a popsci fag. You disregard the content for a pretty format.

>> No.12423093
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>>12422871
aren't you forgetting someone?

>> No.12423095

>>12423067
If I were a popsci fag I would have put Kurzgesagt in S tier... no really I can't put all blackboard frontal lecture channels of YT in S tier... there's no additional info than reading a textbook.

>> No.12423101

>>12423095
>there's no additional info than reading a textbook
Ask me how I know you haven't watched a single one of Michael Penn's videos.

>> No.12423104

>>12423093
you're right anon... but is his videos good or he's a meme? What tier would you put him in?

>> No.12423108

>>12422871
this thread is a joke untill the ultimate wacky reddit nigger flammablemaths is put in F tier

>> No.12423110 [DELETED] 

>>12423104
I watched like 5 but all were solution of easy integrals or problems from math olympics that were literally high school tier

>> No.12423115

>>12423093
He is ss tear, which is why it doesn't appear in there.

>> No.12423122

>>12423108
I had put him in E tier at the beginning but then some anons complained saying that some videos actually had some good info, were they retards?
I despise that guy personally and I don't watch his videos kek

>> No.12423125

>>12423101
I watched like 5 but all were solution of easy integrals or problems from math olympics that were literally high school tier

>> No.12423132

>>12423104
videos are dry, all of them are him with a "whiteboard" . But his explanations are cristal clear and makes pretty good sketches. He's a professor of math in UNSW, he's also taught at stanford and MIT i think.

>> No.12423133

>>12423122
Why the hate to flammable maths? I haven't seen any of his videos, but I have his channel in there because it looked like he might post some interesting problems from time to time.

Also stop disregarding problems because they're "high school tier", that's not a good measurement of difficulty. Speaking of math Olympiad videos, I like this guy called RedPig as well.

>> No.12423138

>>12422871
where is Math Doctor Bob? should be S tier.

>> No.12423140

>>12423125
Stupid is as stupid does

>> No.12423141

>>12423132
yeah but it seems to me that his videos contain a lot of additional stuff that you would not find in a standard lecture... maybe he deserves an A or S tier after all... dunno

>> No.12423142

>>12423138
lol I commented before reading the comments. I still vote to move him up to S tier.

>> No.12423148

>>12423133
>Why the hate to flammable maths?
He's a narcissist fag and has the non math mental age of a 10 years old

>> No.12423166

>>12423093
Honourable mention

>> No.12423185

>>12422871
https://www.youtube.com/user/ScienceClic
S Tier for sure

>> No.12423195

>>12422871
Arvin Ash is pretty good I think

>> No.12423207

>>12422871
Is science asylum based or cringe?

>> No.12423246

>>12423140
well if many people keep suggesting it I will put him higher but I will not put it in S tier just because it's math and le math is da best science of them all, duh!

>> No.12423250

>>12423185
mmh par contre c'est en francais... je pensais plus à des canaux en langue anglaise. En plus il y a pas beaucoup de videos.

>> No.12423255

3blue1brown might be the only person in the universe that doesn't have haters

>> No.12423257

>>12423195
yeah it's not bad... maybe B tier?

>> No.12423261

>>12423255
there was a fag saying that quote "I was sucking his cock too much" in the last thread and that he was popsci but he was probably a retard

>> No.12423267

>>12423207
quite cringe imo

>> No.12423845

>>12422871
Can we shit on the asapscience fags?

>> No.12423954

>>12422871
>having time to watch all this shitty clickbait youtube content with surface level content instead of studying in depth

>> No.12423964

>>12422871
World science festival. Not mega detail but cosy to watch the discussions amongst a panel of scientists.

>> No.12423967

>>12422871
add blackpenredpen and technology connections if he counts as /sci/ material

>> No.12424005

>>12422871
S tier is all cringe.

Periodic Videos should be S.

World science festival S.

I like science to be palatable not dorkified.

>> No.12424083

ITT:
X is shit should be tier Y
why isnt Z on the list

>> No.12424392

>>12422871
Why is Tom Scott so low? because he's a CSfag?

>> No.12424401

not really a youtuber but FR Hamilton used to have a youtube channel where he uploaded stacks of old open university videos until it fell to youtube's purges
the stuff is on Archive.org now
https://archive.org/details/@educational_progs

>> No.12424409

>>12423132
>videos are dry
wat

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>>12422871
>veritasium under vsauce
>vsauce in C
you what

this channel is pretty small and kino though
https://www.youtube.com/c/ArtOfTheProblem/videos

>> No.12425843

>>12424409
in the sense of dry information, as the classical education paradigm wants, unoptimized.

>> No.12425856

>>12422871
>mathologer, 2min papes, eevblog
>not in s+
>sci show, kuckmuhgirlt, min phys, space time, electroboom
>not in f-
baka desu senpai

>> No.12425866

>>12423039
I won't comment on where these things should be placed but I would include Sciencephile, Zach Star, Andrew Dotson, Nilered, Styropyro, Explosions&Fire, Integza, aaaand maybe Michael Reeves if you wanna label him under CS/EE

I think Khan should be higher up though

>> No.12425868

>>12422871
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOrganicChemistryTutor
This would probably be in a high tier, its super helpful for undergrads

>> No.12425869

>>12422871
I feel like Cody's Lab still has massive potential, but he's just stuck in a rut and doesn't know how to get out. I feel bad for him. :(

>> No.12425876

>>12425868
maybe I should do 2 tables... one for blackboard / whiteboard lecture channels and another for the rest. I feel like it's not fair to compare them directly.

>> No.12425878

>>12425869
He's making a lot of random autistic videos lately

>> No.12425880

>>12424401
thanks anon, will have a look at it.

>> No.12425883

>>12423039
>kurzgesagt not in F tier
Also where is standup math and singingbanana?

>> No.12425917
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Michael Penn is based though. Anonfags dont wanna shatter their confidence cuz they gonna get stuck on 8th grade olympiad problem
ps rip michaels bakcflips

>> No.12425928

>>12425883
>standup math
you're right I forgot him, will put him in the next pic

>> No.12426318

>>12424443
vsauce and veritasium are "I fucking love science" tier
let's see dis mini channel

>> No.12426337
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12426337

Add potholer54 to S tier

Also
>>12424005
>Periodic Videos should be S
this

>> No.12426399

I checked out Isaac Arthur and don't see how that's A tier.
Either way I like watching moderndaymath sometimes. History channel basically though.

>> No.12426466 [DELETED] 

>>12426337
>potholer54
what is this christcuck shit anon?

>> No.12426468

>>12426399
>don't see how that's A tier.
In many videos he makes detailed calculations for rockets, fuel consumption, power to surface ratios etc

>> No.12426477

>>12426337
>potholer54
seems interesting but a bit chaotic as a channel and low info density imo... will add it to B tier maybe?

>> No.12426479

>>12426466
What are you talking about man? A fair amount of his older (say 10 years ago) stuff feature Christianity and religion, but that's not to say his content in any way is Christian oriented. I wouldn't group him in with other "anti-religion" or "anti-creationism" YouTubers, though. He has his own style and manages to create content that doesn't turn into a circlejerk; whenever his content may feature religion; which isn't all the time.

>> No.12426484

>>12426479
Yes I was wrong I thought he was a young earth creationist

>> No.12426489

>>12426479
Maybe I will put him in A tier after all... his videos about reconizing (((bullshit))) publications are nice

>> No.12426491

>>12426484
Ah okay, that's all good.

>> No.12426500

>>12426491
I watched two of his videos... he's definitely not a creationist kek and he is also pretty based.

>> No.12426558

>>12422871
>vsauce C
Should be F, not higher than SEE for sure

>> No.12428578

>>12422871
Here's a new channel: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jU4r4_DT1r4

It's for brief news about recent studies, not about long and in-depth explanations of the science behind / in them.

>> No.12428661

>>12422871
>Electroboom
>C tier
Fuck off

>> No.12428773

>>12423133
his """"humor""""" is literally: WOW, A HECCIN BIGG THICC INTEGRALORINO, THIS IS SO COMPLEX LE EPIC.
he intentionally uses absolutely retarded greek letters for variables like capital xi in an integral to make himself feel smart when it just fucks common conventions and looks childish and obnoxious to read.
the highest form of math to him is complex analysis because it can do his stupid integrals, which is all pop sci fags care about.
he's also a massive shill jew and cares only about how much money he makes, always makes posts like "wow my merch didnt sell very much, can you guys step things up and subscribe more???" also all his videos are clickbait autism titles and his voice is stupid.

>> No.12428795

>>12423067
somewhat inclined to agree with this.

personally I believe michael penn should be higher because he does a decent attempt at teaching higher math to undergrads (differential forms, quadratic reciprocity, algebra...), which is a lot more interesting and ambitious for a math youtube channel than just shitty calculus all day. A tier.

you did numberphile dirty as well, yes, there are 500 autistic videos about stupid fibonnacii sequences but there are some real goldmines like trying to explain ricci flow to normies (based for even trying, and actually not a bad intuitive explanation given) and their excellent videos on chaos and dynamics of the julia sets., deserves B tier.

Kurzgesagt is unapologetically pop sci but at least its pop sci done right, they aren't condescending liberals like tom tranny scott and they just present cool shit in an decent low concept way like string theory and strange matter. Their ant series is also very entertaining and comfy.

>> No.12428800

>>12422871
You forgot tech ingredients and thought emporium

>> No.12428801

Amon Ra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXQP_R-yiuw

>> No.12428807

>>12422871
Science Asylum the best.

>> No.12428808

>>12428801
Amon Ra >>12422871

>> No.12428890

>>12422871
Vsauce deserves better

>> No.12428957

Explosions and fire is a based Aussie channel

>> No.12429146

>>12422871
The Thought Emporium?

>> No.12429159

>>12429146
he has some good content that I like, too bad he's a basedboi

>> No.12429340

>>12422972
>>12423039
put scishow and kurzgesagagt at f please

>> No.12429504

>>12428890
no, fuck off brainlet

>> No.12429510

S tier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5PfjsPdBzg

>> No.12429569

>>12422871
Name ONE bad thing about Vsauce, you only hate him because reddit loves him.

>> No.12429573
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12429573

Ahem

>> No.12430076

>>12429569
dumbed down science and semantic discussions for the uninitiated masses

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>>12429569
plus literal clickbait videos for brainlets

>> No.12430082
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>>12429569
Plus literal clickbait meme videos for brainlets.
AND also because plebbit loves him.

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12430130

no love for styropyro? he is S tier in my heart
btw Eugene's videos are extremely comfy to watch

>> No.12430149

>>12430130
I will add everybody when I have some time (this evening potentially)
The more we iterate the better it becomes. I'm thinking to make two tables, one for lecture channels and one for the rest (but not popsci)

>> No.12430185

CuriousMarc should be S tier. A greatly underrated channel.

>> No.12430270

>>12428808
>>12428801
*Aron Ra
Why can't I spell?

>> No.12430278

Why is Space Time so low on the list overall? The information there is quite dense and well presented. And why is someone like Anton Petrov so high? Not that he's bad, but I feel that based on the quality of both of their content, they should be switched.

>> No.12430428

>>12430082
>that thumbnail
>clickbait
He does answer the question, you know?

>> No.12430503

>>12430076
That's all of S tier.

>> No.12430555

>>12430130
Very based

>> No.12430586

>>12430130
This guy is an easy S-tier, explains his passion without pandering and always cautions the dangers that come with what he's doing.

>> No.12430602

>>12422871
Neso Academy at A, would be S if not for the Indian accent

>> No.12430685

>>12430130
The first, and pretty much only, video I saw from him was his "laser shotgun" it was so stupid I don't think I could give him a second chance

>> No.12431515

where would you guys place lex fridman and mark rober

>> No.12431519
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>>12431515
sorry I cant read; you already placced mark

>> No.12431676

>>12422871
why is asapscience F tier?

>> No.12431953

>>12428957
Based and meth lab pilled

>> No.12432618
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R1WPK3u8II

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>>12430082
>tfw

>> No.12433025

>>12422871
AK Lectures was my fucking nigga when I took biochem

>> No.12433033

>>12422871
Where does Styopyro rank?

>> No.12433281

>>12423207
based content but a little cringe presentation

>> No.12434111

>>12432826
yeah it is because of things like this that I lose faith in democracy

>> No.12434423

>>12428957
This.

>> No.12436577

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMHtNNP6s0A

>> No.12438595

>>12431676
They barely qualify as "science communicators" at this point.

>> No.12439068

>>12425868
this.
Man is the reason I passed Calc 2

>> No.12439109

veritasium is top tier: no one dares to go in as much depth in explanation as he does considering the size of his audience, and his videos are very understandable

3blue1brown is ok, but his videos are too slow and not really as enlightening as the graphics may make you think, and imho his topics are not that great

tom scott is the only one doing tom scott things

>> No.12439116

>>12429573
Is it even fair to call his recent vids popsci? All of them are literally fnaf conspiracy iirc (it has been a while).

>> No.12439324

>>12430685
You should definitely try watching more, specifically the kilojoule scale pulse laser video

>> No.12439328

>>12439109
brainlet

>> No.12439464

>>12422871
The Organic Chemistry Tutor

>> No.12439483

>>12422871
Mathologer is better than 3Blue1Brown if you go in with any real background.

>> No.12439493

I like Great Scott. I'd say he A or B tier.

>> No.12439499

>>12422871
I would move veritassium into C, he sometimes makes pretty informational and in depth videos

>> No.12439513

>>12422871
Whoever made this thread is highly deficient in the mind.
That iranian electroboom guy is everything bill nye wanted to be. Deserves a higher spot than vsauce (should be at F desu senpai nice bait)

>> No.12439517

>>12424392
Because most of his content nowadays is about language

>> No.12439521

>>12425856
Why do you think that spacetime should be so low

>> No.12439526

>>12425856
College homework projects are not s tier you fucking mongoloid

>> No.12439527

>>12425876
That is a good idea honestly. Whiteboard viheos are different in nature

>> No.12439530

>>12426318
vsauce is i worship science in the form of mental gymnastics, the dude has no idea what hes saying half the time and regurgitates wikipedia articlss
Whats your degree in?

>> No.12439535

>>12426318
"Your red might not be the same as my red"

The vsauce guy just looks like he spews bullshit he read from web sleuth forums, hes almost borderline confusing himself in every video.

>> No.12439537

>>12430278
This

>> No.12439558

>>12422871

OH LORD HOW WILL WE EVER FIND OUT IF SOMEONE IS COLORBLIND
WHAT IS THIS GREATY MYSTERY OH LORD

Thats one vsauce video in a nutshell kys if you think he belongs in this list even.

>> No.12439718

>>12439521
It's iflscience trash made for retards.

>> No.12439752

Missed the last thread, what was the reasoning for Stuff Made Here being in B?

>> No.12440461

>>12428957
yeah, came to say this

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12441005

I'm OP, sorry frens could not post bc I was banned, I will make two new tables with all your suggestions and then we will iterate again until optimum is reached and everyone (except brainlets) is happy
PEACE

>> No.12441010

>>12439752
where would you put it? I put in B tier some channels I was uncertain about.

>> No.12441033

>kurzgesagt
>E

>vsauce
>numberphile
>C

>> No.12441625

I think XylyXylyX should be on the table

>> No.12442101

>>12439718
Ye the only thing that's acceptable when it comes to science are textbooks and a whiteboard

>> No.12442464

>>12425866
>Explosions&Fire
gotta love that mad aussie brewing explosives in his dirty shed
definitely should be included

>> No.12442505

>>12426337
I vote based as fuck for potholer54, he schooled my dumb ass on global warming back when I was going through my libertarian phase.

>> No.12442522

>>12422871
Nombaphile deserves to be below Tom Scott and definitely below VSauce.

>> No.12444142

>>12442505
Was there any particular video that did this for you? If so which one?

>> No.12444186

>>12422871
>vsauce and minutephysics that high

lmao

>> No.12445814

Have you guys every watched "journey to the microcosmos"?

>> No.12445844

>>12422871
No Lex Fridman?
would easily put him in A or S

>> No.12445883

>>12428800
>>12422871
Tech Ingredients is an easy S tier. Gotta love the all-wood lab in that comfy forest setting, and his rather thorough explanations while he teaches you how to build and subsequently defeat a riot weapon for NAP purposes, and at the same time teaching you the science behind every property of why and how it does what it does.

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>>12429146
>>12428800
Came here to post this, he deserves at least A.
He's like NileRed with less sperg and more breadth.

>> No.12446279

blackpenredpen is a solid B-tier

>> No.12446289
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12446289

SSS

>> No.12446301

>>12422871
Friendly reminder that smartereveryday is based

>> No.12446312

>>12428800
>>12429146
>>12446264

Have you guys not seen the video where he gives himself cancer. That procedure he did to “cure” his lactose intolerance was completely insane and haphazard
He’s either a retard or a nihilist

>> No.12446432

>>12446289
fucking based

>> No.12446445

>>12441010
Probably in A. Interesting builds, seems really capable, puts a lot of effort into his videos. Kinda reminds me of Mythbusters a bit.

>> No.12446494

>>12446289
I'm enrolled in a math class at MIT now and the OCW has better notes than the professor gives.

>> No.12446669

>>12439517
He should either be judged based on his science content, or not be on the list at all. Docking him for talking about other disciplines is dumb. Also language is awesome.
>>12428795
>tom tranny scott
I've watched hundreds of his videos and have literally never heard him talk about trannies. Whether he approves of trannies should have nothing to do with how you feel about his content. Unless you only consume a diet of pure "based" because everything else is "pozzed".

Also minute physics should be lower for being way way too basic and entry level. Not F, maybe D.

>> No.12446674

>>12446301
Seconded. He shows that science isn't magic, you just get started and before you know it you've learned/made something incredible.

>> No.12446893

>>12446289
Yes, this is one of the reasons why I should do two separate tables for lectures and more informal / relaxed stuff

>> No.12447980

>>12446669
tom scott also hates reddit. he cant be be in the same tier as Kurzgesagt