The BEST channels on YouTube

In quite a few of my Slack channels and all over LinkedIn, I am seeing colleagues and friends alike sharing their top ten lists of predictions, look backs on the year, and other great lists and posts. For my share of the end of the year, I wanted to share the best content from YouTube creators. I found a great post on Reddit about the best of the best content creators. I've pared down the Reddit list a little bit to channels I'm a current subscriber of, want to subscribe to, and a few of my own favorites and subscriptions in no particular order (don't worry, the list's still pretty long!).

1. CGP Grey - Vids on just about anything. Recommended Vids: How Machines Learn | How to Become Pope
2. Mel's Learning Lab - Melissa Milloway has an entire library of WOL (Working Out Loud) using Adobe XD, Storyline 360, xAPI, and a host of other tools and inspirations. Recommended Vids: Getting Started with xAPI | Here's how to pass values from HTML, to Storyline & to your LMS
3. Learning Reinvented - Fellow ONILPer and Deverite Patti Bryant's channel hosts the ONILP Community Forums. I've been featured on one of these (Episode 16). A number of these feature independent professionals like Christy Tucker, Dani Watkins, and Ant Pugh.
4. Vox Media - Some of the best explainers and animated infographics in media today. Really enjoy this content. They also have a NetFlix series; "Explained".
5. LastWeekTonight - Breaking news on a weekly basis. Sundays at 11PM - only on HBO. (NSFW: Language)
6. Vsauce - Awesome mind-bending videos. Recommended Vids: Why are things creepy | Zipf Mystery
7. Vsauce2 - Mind blowing general knowledge and theory testing. Recommended Vids: Real Iron Man Laser | World's Strongest Coffee
8. Vsauce3 - video games stuff. Could video games really happen? Recommended Vids: Can You Genetically Enhance Yourself? | Could Godzilla Exist?
9. eLearnerEngaged - Anna Sabramowicz shares a great deal of insight on building realistic scenarios and engaging eLearning. No more "Click Next to Continues". Recommended Vids: Subject Matter Expert: 5 Tips for Working with a SME | Effective Scenario-based e-Learning for Instructional Designers
10. Blender Guru - Blender is professional, free and open-source 3D computer graphics software toolset used for creating animated films, visual effects, art, 3D printed models, interactive 3D applications and video games. Recommended Vids: Beginners Guide to Learning 3D Computer Graphics | Blender Tutorial Series
11. The Great War - recently they finished a video series where they chronicled the First World War, week by week, exactly 100 years after the events occurred. They are poised to start another series on WW2. Recommended Vids: Welcome! - The Great War Channel 101 | This Week 100 Years Ago - Year by Year
12. Crash Course - Tons of awesome courses in one awesome channel! Sociology, Computer science, film history, mythology content. Recommended Vids: World War II: Crash Course World History #38 | USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War: Crash Course World History #39
13. Nakeyjakey - Creates video essays on Video Games that are REALLY GOOD! Recommended Vids: Rockstar's Game Design is Outdated | Crappy User Interfaces
14. PBS Ideas Channel - a PBS show that examines the connections between pop culture, technology and art. Recommended Vids: Are You a Hipster? | Why Did Millennials Ruin Everything?
15. Ahoy - Insightful gaming videos. Great Video Essays on some of my favorite games. Recommended Vids: RetroAhoy: Curse of Monkey Island | Nuclear Fruit: How the Cold War Shaped Video Games
16. BrainCraft- Talking psychology, neuroscience and why we act the way we do. Recommended Vids: ATTENTION WARS: The Psychological Tricks Keeping You Online | Bad Behaviour: A Field Guide

I'm interested to hear other's favorite channels and content creators? Did I miss a favorite of yours? Did you find something you really liked?