Underappreciated YouTube Channels You Want to Share

[strwbtea]

Maraganger - interesting longer videos about lesser known video games
Tamakid - she's a toy collector, makes videos about toys, some vlogs from cons etc, started her channel not that long ago
Shut Up & Sit Down - if you're a fan of boardgames you probably already know this channel. they make reviews and other vids about boardgames, cardgames, sometimes ttrpgs

[Badgermein]

Some good recommendations here. Upon some reflection, I'm going to have to recommend Fred Perry again. He used to have a lot more videos on his channel, but due to some FCC shenanigans regarding animated content online a few years ago, he took a lot of his stuff down because he didn't want it removed :-/. Fred Perry is the creator of the comic series Gold Digger, and he also made a lot of popular animations earlier in his YouTube career. No doubt some of his most popular videos have been reposted elsewhere on YouTube.

[debleb]

i’d like to recommendgrand illusions! he’s a collector of old toys and he makes videos demonstrating his collection. the toys are always very fun to watch and he’s got such a sweet personality, too.

[MamboGator]

i’d like to recommendgrand illusions! he’s a collector of old toys and he makes videos demonstrating his collection. the toys are always very fun to watch and he’s got such a sweet personality, too.

I love channels like this. I used to really like Digitiser 2000 back when it was mostly Biffo and Paul Gannon at a desk showing old toys and science kits. The Grumps had a bit of that too, but they always seem to turn into channels about trying different food flavours from other countries after a while. I guess that's what gets the views.

[Melooon]

i’d like to recommendgrand illusions!

Grand illusions is great.. not to bring down the tone of the thread.. but there are some very classic grand illusions youtube poop videos

I actually bought a bunch of stuff from their shop a few years ago; I got one of these Sundials and its been on my bag for years! They also used to have a really great 00s webstore, I used to use it as an example of the living retro web, but you can only find it on archive now https://web.archive.org/web/20161113022841/https://www.grand-illusions.com/

[debleb]

Grand illusions is great.. not to bring down the tone of the thread.. but there are some very classic grand illusions youtube poop videos

I actually bought a bunch of stuff from their shop a few years ago; I got one of these Sundials and its been on my bag for years! They also used to have a really great 00s webstore, I used to use it as an example of the living retro web, but you can only find it on archive now https://web.archive.org/web/20161113022841/https://www.grand-illusions.com/

what a charming online shop! shame the design has changed, it fits the channel just perfectly. i saw those sundials on their shop and i really want one to be honest xD i doubt it'd be useful that often but cool to have; plus, imagine the rare occasion someone needs the time and you get to pull your sundial out..?   

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Scouring old, extremely obscure games I used to play via the YouTube per-game search, I recently found a German Let's Play channel which is to my knowledge the only one who has ever reviewed and played this particular game.

He remains at a few hundred subscribers and the video wasn't even particularly good, but he has been on it for 11+ years, which is really respectable! It was an odd feeling watching it, like discovering a new world, an entire livelihood of a real, living person. His name is ShauniManiac and he does not make particularly good videos (plenty of little paper cuts building up in the video quality), but I felt at home a bit, like I was still a kid watching Let's Plays daily.

https://www.youtube.com/@ShauniManiac/videos

[kurohaato]

Surprised no one's mentioned LGR yet. He covers all sorts of retro hardware and software, and he even has an old video essay series detailing stuff like AOL, 3Dfx, and BonziBuddy. He also does Sims 4 videos from time to time. His latest video is a five hour compilation and commentary about building his woodgrain 486.

[devils]

Surprised no one's mentioned LGR yet. He covers all sorts of retro hardware and software, and he even has an old video essay series detailing stuff like AOL, 3Dfx, and BonziBuddy. He also does Sims 4 videos from time to time. His latest video is a five hour compilation and commentary about building his woodgrain 486.

Ah! LGR, I haven't watched his stuff in years! I gotta get back to viewing his vids...

One of my favorite channels right now is danooct1. He makes malware (mostly viruses) demonstration videos, and sometimes even fixes the dang things so they actually work how they're supposed to.

A really, really small channel I found by chance is Ryunne's Creations. Unfortunately, she hasn't uploaded in a long time, but she makes such pretty polymer clay figures!! She's not a native English speaker, so you might have trouble understanding her at times, but she gives instructions on how to make the figures so you can have one of your own :)

[b-lly]

they're not as obscure as the fans fan, but still deserve more love :)

Veronica Explains: makes video about Linux and old computers. I use neither of those but she's cool   

The Tim Traveller: makes video about interesting places, especially anything related to trains or train stations. He explains things in a fun way. Similar to Tom Scott but has a different vibe (Tim Tom collab when?)

Game Tim: recreates Cookie Mama recipies as closely as possible. unfortunately has been inactive for a while :(

nana825763: the creator of old famous horror vids like user:666. now he plays Minecraft completely blind! (and is also making a horror game)

Pop Culture Detective: I think they make ineresting analysis of pop culture tropes and stuff

Tech4Play (italian): has been playing in the same Minecraft world for years and has build a lot of beautiful stuff! Sometimes he does world tour videos

not a channel but a single video: Remain Seated Please, about two friends who, after finding out that their favorite Disney World attraction was about to be closed forever, decided to get out of their seats and explore it on their own

honorable mention: Junco's Pub, it was a livestream of a bird house decorated to look like a pub. a livestream is still archived and some highlights uploaded