Who are the Top Math/Physics Content Creators on YouTube and Beyond?

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Engaging educational content is being produced on YouTube, particularly in mathematics and science, with popular channels including Flammable Maths, 3Blue1Brown, and PBS Space Time. Recommendations also highlight Nottingham University's periodic videos and Math Sorcerer for real analysis lectures. Additional notable channels mentioned are Veritasium, minutephysics, and Michael Penn for contest math problems. The discussion encourages sharing more resources beyond YouTube, emphasizing the variety of available educational content. Overall, the thread serves as a valuable resource for discovering quality educational videos across multiple disciplines.
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There is some really quite engaging content being put out on youtube, here are some of my favourites:

1. Flammable Maths (Maths)
2. BlackPenRedPen (Maths)
3. 3Blue1Brown (Maths)
4. Andrew Dotson (Physics)
5. Zach Star (Engineering)

There's also Nottingham University's 60 symbols and periodic videos, in addition to some old warhorses numberphile and computerphile.

Wondered whether anyone would recommend some other notable channels, not necessarily restricted to youtube, though!
 
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I think @jedishrfu has a good list of recommendable video references. You could also check our video section.
 
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If you speak spanish, good videos at unicoos. Low level
 
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Have a look at mathologer. Like 3blue1brown he aims at deeply understanding mathematics but he is focused on more abstract topics and on more rigorous proofs.
 
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I recently ran across Michael Penn. He has some nice videos going through contest math problems.
 
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@Infrared I've also found his (small but growing) real analysis lectures extremely helpful.

The Math Sorcerer a great resource. He has all kinds of lectures on real analysis (among other things) and solutions to problems. He also does a lot of math book reviews.
 
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No list is complete if it doesn't have Fermilab's Don Lincoln's video list.



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in addition to the above...

eigenchris (good descriptions of tensors)
Prof Grist Math (mathematics... including multivariable calculus.. lots of animation and music)

njwildberger (provocative [with some non-standard views], but I think has a very interesting approach to geometry and trigonometry: Rational Trigonometry and Universal Hyperbolic Trigonometry which I am sure can be applied to special relativity and Cayley-Klein geometry)

Gilbert Strang (applied math as part of MIT OCW (huge collection of university-level lectures) )
Michel van Biezen (ilectureonline) (various university-level topics)
Walter Lewin (various university-level topics)

PBS Space Time (topics in relativity and cosmology)
PBS Infinite Series (topics in mathematics)

Bozeman Science (various science topics)
Veritasium (various science topics)
minutephysics (good presentations of difficult science concepts for the general viewer)
physicsgirl (various science topics)MathTheBeautiful (mathematics lectures)
James Cook (mathematics lectures)

Vihart (interesting math, e.g. a unique introduction to vector fields "Green Bean Matherole")
Mathispower4u (mathematics at various levels)
Eddie Woo (high school teacher in Australia)

Two Minute Papers (interesting applications of computer science, AI, and technology,
e.g. on Deep Fakes )

Interesting.. but I haven't watched anything yet
Tensor Calculus - Robert Davie (tensors)
XylyXylyX (mathematical physics topics)
 
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Lots of good suggestions above. I'll add Mark Rober.
 
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I found this series of lectures recently on mathematical physics by Carl Bender:

 
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