April 3, 2024

Video Examples

I was talking with AJ about what sort of subjects are valid candidates for Youtube videos. Some argue that videos must entertain to be successful (and I agree) and then also argue that trying to "teach" or communicate a lot of detail just doesn't work. I claim that the flip side of that is that the younger generation wants to watch videos and won't read through a web page. At any rate, AJ gave me a list of "channels" that deal with detail heavy tech stuff and are successful:
The numbers are the numbers of subscribers.

First, a list of sites with heavy technical content:

Friends and family:

Wildly popular, but by no means "my thing"

They tell me that anyone under the age of 25 will know who Mr. Beast is.

Selected for high quality production

A quick note on EEVblog vs EEVblog2 -- the idea turns out to be the the main channel (EEVblog) is the more "polished" productions, while EEVblog2 is more quick and dirty videos. An interesting idea.
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