Physics Need some advice! (making a physics YouTube channel)

[Mysticphysicss]

Good evening, folks! I have been anticipating making a physics YouTube channel that involves teaching the subject (classical physics) , but I would like to on how to make my channel stand out and be more effective than others. Should I also provide experiments?

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to PF.

What is your academic background in Physics?

 

[Mysticphysicss]

I'm currently an Undergraduate student at CUNY, majoring in physics (Sophomore), and a math tutor as well in my uni. I know it's not much experience, but that is my goal as I expand my career into becoming a Physics professor. I want to make Physics fun to learn for people in/outstide of STEM.

 

[berkeman]

I want to make Physics fun to learn for people in/outstide of STEM.

If you haven't done so already, have a look through the threads in our Educators and Teachers forum. There are lots of good threads on different ways to present physics material and some good discussions on how to improve things. You can see this long thread started by @TensorCalculus for example:

Thread 'I want to help Physics education. What should I do?'

Jul 23, 2025

Okay, so this is something I have been thinking about for a long time, because it's something I am passionate about and something that has personally affected me - and that's the generally negative attitude that people take towards physics.
I think it's fair to say that the secondary (Middle+ High) school that I go to is one of the most elite in the country - yet I am yet to see another person with a passion for physics. There are countless who have dedicated their life to Chemistry, Computer Science, Maths, Biology... pushing boundaries and achieving genius level things in those subjects...

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[robphy]

Good evening, folks! I have been anticipating making a physics YouTube channel that involves teaching the subject (classical physics) , but I would like to on how to make my channel stand out and be more effective than others. Should I also provide experiments?

I admit that I am also contemplating a YouTube channel.
But, yes, I feel there are lots of things to consider before taking that first step.
(Although I wonder, if I should just dive in and figure it out while in there,
rather than planning from the outside (which could lead to endless planning).)

For your idea, including experiments might be neat... that would be different.
but at what level?
Are you looking to the get the general qualitative idea out of the experiments?
Or are you looking for more quantitative results?
For something more quantitative, do you have access to equipment?
How time-consuming would it be?
Would the experiments be your primary focus of your channel?
Or just an important supplement to other features of your channel?
For comparison, do you have specific channels that may have some similar aspects to your proposed channel?

 

[Choppy]

Success in this area is as much about identifying and catering to a target audience as it is about making cool videos. So you might want to start with what unique take can you provide, and who specifically is going to be interested in that. Videos for undergraduate physics majors will be different than those for middle schoolers. Or maybe you want to target a more general audience and give explanations for how things work.