When I was growing up, we had discovery channel. That sparked my intrinsic curiousity. My daughter has that intrinsic motivation as well, but only for k-pop now. She likes youtube videos and she likes when I tell her about science stuff. Maybe I can combine that by recommending her some good youtube channels.

Slop for my horses. Used AI to parse the comments and make a cohesive list with it's best shot at links

Then hand checked the links, fixed any broken ones I could find.

The classifications to the right are AI generated, feel free to comment and have me change things.

• 3Blue1Brown (Grant Sanderson) — math; advanced
• Alexis Dahl — science/history; kid‑friendly
• AlphaPhoenix — physics/engineering; advanced
• Amateur Chemistry — various chemistry, some dangerous
• Anton Petrov — astronomy/space; kid‑friendly but dense
• Atomic Frontier — physics/engineering; kid‑friendly
• Beakmans World — general science; kid‑friendly, high‑energy
  also Internet Archive
• Becky Smethurst (Dr Becky) — astrophysics; kid‑friendly
• Bill Nye — general science; kid‑friendly also archive
• Bob MacDonald (Quirks & Quarks) — general science; kid‑friendly
• BobbyBroccoli — science history/controversies; sometimes heavy topics
• Carl Sagan (Cosmos) — astronomy; kid‑friendly
• Chemical Force — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• Chubbyemu — medical case studies; sometimes intense
• Cleo Abram (Huge if True) — science/tech explainers; highly accessible
• Computerphile — computer science; kid‑friendly
• COSMOS (Neil deGrasse Tyson) — properly on Netflix, astronomy; kid‑friendly
• Crash Course — general education; kid‑friendly
• David Butler (HowFarAwayIsIt) — astronomy/cosmology; kid‑friendly
• Dr Angela Collier — physics; advanced
• Dr Iain Stewart — geology/earth science; kid‑friendly
• Dr Karl Kruszelnicki — general science; kid‑friendly
• Dr Pamela Gay astronomy; kid‑friendly
• Emily Calandrelli (The Space Gal) — space/engineering; kid‑friendly
• Emily the Engineer — engineering/maker; mild language possible
• Explosions and Fire — chemistry/physics; dangerous experiments
• ExTrAcTiOnS aNd IrE — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• Fascinating Horror — disasters; not science education; sometimes intense
• Fraser Cain — astronomy/space news; kid‑friendly
• Gutsick Gibbon (Erika) — biology/evolution; kid‑friendly
• Hannah Fry — math; kid‑friendly
• HowFarAwayIsIt (David Butler) — astronomy; kid‑friendly
• Hyperspace Pirate — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• Isaac Arthur (SFIA) — futurism/space; advanced
• James Burke (Connections) — history of science; kid‑friendly
• Jeremy Fielding — engineering/maker; kid‑friendly
• Jeri Ellsworth — electronics/engineering; advanced
• Journey to the Microcosmos — microbiology; kid‑friendly
• Kyle Hill — physics/pop‑science; sometimes dark topics
• Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell — general science; sometimes heavy existential topics
• Labcoatz — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• Laura Kampf — maker/engineering; kid‑friendly
• Mark Rober — engineering/science; kid‑friendly
• Medlife Crisis — medicine; adult themes possible
• MinuteEarth — earth science; kid‑friendly
• MinutePhysics — physics; kid‑friendly
• Monterey Bay Aquarium — marine biology; kid‑friendly
• Mr. Green Guy — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• Mr. Wizard (Don Herbert) — general science; kid‑friendly
• Myron Cook — geology; kid‑friendly
• MythBusters — engineering/physics; occasional mild violence HULU and MAX
• NileRed — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• NileBlue — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• NOVA (PBS) — general science; kid‑friendly
• Numberphile — math; kid‑friendly
• PBS Eons — paleontology/evolution; kid‑friendly
• PBS Space Time — physics/astronomy; advanced
• PBS Terra — climate science; sometimes heavy topics
• Periodic Videos — chemistry; dangerous experiments
• Physics for the Birds — physics; kid‑friendly
• Physics Girl (Dianna Cowern) — physics; kid‑friendly
• Practical Engineering — civil engineering; kid‑friendly
• Rational Animations — math/logic; kid‑friendly
• Richard Feynman (lectures) — physics; advanced
• SciShow — general science; kid‑friendly
• Science and Futurism with Isaac Arthur — futurism/space; advanced
• Science Max — general science; kid‑friendly
• Scott Manley — space/rocketry; kid‑friendly
• Sebastian Lague — computational physics; kid‑friendly
• Simone Giertz — engineering/maker; mild language
• Smarter Every Day (Destin Sandlin) — physics/engineering; kid‑friendly
• Stand‑up Maths (Matt Parker) — math; kid‑friendly
• Steve Mould — physics; kid‑friendly
• Stuff Made Here — engineering; kid‑friendly but complex
• Styropyro — lasers/physics; dangerous experiments
• Technology Connections — engineering/tech history; kid‑friendly
• The Action Lab — physics/chemistry demos; sometimes dangerous experiments
• The Crash Course — Large educational project, cross disciplinary; kid-friendly
• The Octopus Lady — marine biology; kid‑friendly
• The Royal Institution — general science; kid‑friendly
• The Thought Emporium — DIY science/biology; dangerous experiments
• This Week in Science — science news; kid‑friendly
• Up and Atom (Jade Tan‑Holmes) — math/physics; kid‑friendly
• Veritasium (Derek Muller) — physics/general science; kid‑friendly
• Vi Hart — original channel gone, linked to someone re-uploading, quality is marginal, math; kid‑friendly
• VSauce — general science/philosophy; sometimes heavy concepts
• Xyla Foxlin — engineering/maker; mild language
• Ze Frank — biology/nature; kid‑friendly but sometimes emotionally heavy

Added from posts: Fraser Cain, The Crash Course, Beakman's World, Cleo Abram

Added from my own list: nile blue, my green guy, hyperspace pirate, smarter every day, jeremy fielding, stuff made here, laura kamph, jerri ellsworth

i feel like Ze's humor is fairly adult

Dr Karl is the GOAT

Lots of great recommendations already, but I haven't seen mention of Nebula, and I was looking for something like it last year.

I'm not affiliated with Nebula, I'm just a fan.

I look for ways to support creators more while supporting Google less, and Nebula is my favorite for science video creators, at the moment.

Some of the creators recommended here also post to Nebula with ad-free versions of the same videos and with a little bit of extra content (think DVD bonus features) - slightly longer videos, sometimes extra or extended interviews with interesting people.

And pretty much any creator who is on Nebula will say so at some point in their YouTube videos.