Its a German channel, but I would throw Simplicissimus into the ring. They always had high quality content, and the quality of their videos is constantly rising.
They also have an English channel
this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2025
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Primitive Technology. He started the whole "build a shelter on the woods" genre that has become so dumb, but his videos are still just as great as ever. No narration or music, just interesting experiments into basic technology like shelters, fire, lions, pottery, etc., all using only materials from the forest around his camp. Now he's working on a way to make fire hot enough to smelt metal.
I've been watching him since he started, and he's the only channel that I stop everything to watch when a new video drops.
I bet this guy gets sponsorship offer after another and he refuses all of them. He has multiple videos in progress all the time. Some take years to finish. He might do a job and then at the end of the video he revisits the site half year later or for example waits for a rainy day to shoot video of how the new drainage ditch works. I challenge anyone to find a more authetic YouTuber.
Northernlion is very consistent
Cracking the Cryptic would be my top addition to the list. Daily solves of quality human-set variant sudoku puzzles and weekly cryptic crossword solves.
Overly Sarcastic Productions, consistently producing animated essays about history, mythology, and story tropes
If u have any interest in cars or engineering:
-Driving 4 answers -engineering explained -superfast matt
Techmoan, if you are interested in old or weird tech.
Cambrian Chronicles. Obscure Welsh history documentaries with occasional whiplashes of dry humour. Not a super old channel but a marked increase in quality over time. Medieval Laws for Your Medieval Cat is a personal favourite.
Catholic Priests and America Youth.
Pretty cool antimaga shit
https://www.youtube.com/@shugemery
Whoooo buddy! Hammocking, camping and occasional circus antics since good Lord knows when.
Cathode Ray Dude
RobWords. If you like etymology, he's your man.