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If I try to restrict to the smaller channels (some of these are quite big anyhow, but whatever):

Kaze Emanuar

Mario 64 modding focus, with coding deep dives

https://www.youtube.com/@KazeN64

Decino

Classic Doom content, with coding deep dives

https://www.youtube.com/@decino

Timbah.On.Toast

Music and culture focused video essays

https://www.youtube.com/@TimbahOnToast

José

Musings on historical sitcoms and conservative media

https://www.youtube.com/@JoseBird

Cass Eris

Scathing book reviews of pop psychology

https://www.youtube.com/@CassEris

Dr. Fatima

Astrophysics, Space, and Politics

https://www.youtube.com/@dr.fatima

Simon Roper

Linguistics and other stuff

https://www.youtube.com/@simonroper9218

Clickspring

Precision hand manufacturing

https://www.youtube.com/@Clickspring

Acorn to Arabella

Wooden sailboat build, and now sailing

https://www.youtube.com/@AcornToArabella

I like Cathode Ray Dude too, he's a good talker who can make anything sound interesting and he has ”I hate capitalism and I'm not here to get sponsorships, I just want to share what I'm up to for your entertainment and education.” in his bio and that pride flag VHS case in the background of all his videos.

LGR makes similar content and at this point I appreciate every YouTube person who hasn't turned into a chud, started making algorithm pandering content or both.

MadelineJamesWorldbuilds a channel about in deep world building (featuring things like where various rock formations would be located)

Ugh as if! a podcast mostly about art. The hostess is an actual comrade.

Angela’s Symposium talks about various forms of mysticism.

Monstergarden an artist talking about his world-building process.

Zane Parker does reviews about horror classics with a very comedic twist.

historic_ly does long form podcasts reading several works of lenin.

Bringus studios is a super awesome dude

johnz makes some relaxing and chill videos about hiking and sewing your own gear

Not really YouTubers much anymore. But I still follow DingDongVG and Julian who separated from OneyPlays half a decade back.

They started their own indie game company WanWan games and are working on a Domino Tetris thing (can't remember the name). Looks pretty good too. They mostly stream gameplay of old games now from time to time and the atmosphere is much more chill and less forcefully edgy which I like.

Also DingDong mostly just shitposts now on his channel lol.

I like Nimi Nightmare, she’s nice and chill, , and just some comfy vibes.

Nyanners - she’s a gremlin, not awful, just a cringe streamer.

Trey The Explainer - good quality highly informational videos about anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology.

My oshi, Haruka Karibu has finally returned to streaming after a long mental health hiatus.

She's also gotten two new chibi avatars!

Ææugh!

Moose2 (Brutalmoose)!

Extremely comfy streams of random stuff, mostly vintage games for Windows 98 and XP, on original hardware (no emulation). His Nancy Drew videos are just the best.

I really enjoy Exurb1a

FailRace and LeatherCap for fun, chaotic racing videos. Such a marvel of a community in a sea of racing dude bros.

f4micom makes cool videos about niche topics in consumer tech and gaming. lately she's also been getting into maker/DIY things

I like introvertedmadness for making rant videos about his life that are often relatable to me. he also makes videos with social commentary sometimes; these are more entertaining and suitable for general audiences, and though he can come off as a clueless lib, he has the right spirit

Random ones I like:
HubNut - Reviews and vlogs about old cars.
JaredAF - Videos about pistols and shooting sport without tacticool nonsense.
Tony Zaret - Weird comedy skits parodying internet culture.

Astrum

PBS Spacetime

PBS Eons

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_hK9fOxyy_TM8FJGXIyG8Q

Dhar Mann, the goat