Any Nebula recommendations?
November 8, 2024 8:09 PM Subscribe
So, a few people I watch on youtube are on Nebula and have mentioned the streaming service on their videos (Big Joel, FD Signifier, Sarah Z, Maggie Mae Fish). I bought a subscription, and while there are a handful of videos I can watch now from creators I know that aren't otherwise available, and no commercials and so on is nice.... It just seems like a slightly less annoying way to get YouTube content. What am I missing? Is there anyone I should check out?
Nebula is my unsung hero of streaming services. Yes, almost by definition everyone on there is on Youtube, but it's just an amazing way to support the creators you love - creators get way more money from watch hours on Nebula vs youtube, even with sponsorships and the like. Additionally, Nebula is a place where creators can showcase passion project videos and other content without worrying about "the algorithm". Hence, you'll see "Nebula Originals" and "Nebula First" videos quite frequently. For example, the popular JetLag:TheGame series (by Sam Denby and the other folks behind Wendover) episodes are always on Nebula a week before Youtube.
r/Nebula is a decent place to see what else is on the platform - it's pretty heavily moderated to keep on topic, and the Nebula CEO himself is even active there.
I tend to go for "edutainment" type content, so my list of Nebula creators is (checks quickly...) currently Bright Sun Films (abandoned commercial buildings), ChubbyEmu (weird medical stuff), City Beautiful (urbanism), PolyMatter, RealLifeLore, Steven Bridges (blackjack card counter) and the entire Wendover universe (Wendover, Half as Interesting, JetLag, The Getaway)
Also very recently i realized my newest podcast addiction (Thats Absurd, Please Elaborate) was also on Nebula, which surprised me. I knew Nebula did random podcasts because of The Layover (the podcast where the creators discuss JetLag), but other podcasts was a surprise. Doesn't look they've gotten too deep into this world yet though.
posted by cgg at 9:05 PM on November 8, 2024 [1 favorite]
r/Nebula is a decent place to see what else is on the platform - it's pretty heavily moderated to keep on topic, and the Nebula CEO himself is even active there.
I tend to go for "edutainment" type content, so my list of Nebula creators is (checks quickly...) currently Bright Sun Films (abandoned commercial buildings), ChubbyEmu (weird medical stuff), City Beautiful (urbanism), PolyMatter, RealLifeLore, Steven Bridges (blackjack card counter) and the entire Wendover universe (Wendover, Half as Interesting, JetLag, The Getaway)
Also very recently i realized my newest podcast addiction (Thats Absurd, Please Elaborate) was also on Nebula, which surprised me. I knew Nebula did random podcasts because of The Layover (the podcast where the creators discuss JetLag), but other podcasts was a surprise. Doesn't look they've gotten too deep into this world yet though.
posted by cgg at 9:05 PM on November 8, 2024 [1 favorite]
I love Practical Engineering by Grady Hillhouse. His channel is awesome for infrastructure and understanding the built, physical world.
posted by Carillon at 9:59 PM on November 8, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by Carillon at 9:59 PM on November 8, 2024 [1 favorite]
Jacob Gellar.
posted by BeeJiddy at 2:54 AM on November 9, 2024 [1 favorite]
posted by BeeJiddy at 2:54 AM on November 9, 2024 [1 favorite]
I support Nebula because of its business model, and because creators can post content there that they may not be able to post on YouTube (and I am especially not optimistic right now about the direction that YouTube's notoriously shitty content moderation is about to take). We desperately need an independent video publisher like this. Some of the creators I follow also release their videos on Nebula a few days earlier, which is nice.
In addition to Maggie Mae Fish and F.D Signifier, I follow: Tantacrul, Jessie Gender, Todd in the Shadows, Princess Weekes, Hbomberguy, Philosophy Tube, Lindsay Ellis, Medlife Crisis, SarahZ, and T1J. I'll be checking out a lot of these recommendations!
posted by confluency at 3:12 AM on November 9, 2024 [1 favorite]
In addition to Maggie Mae Fish and F.D Signifier, I follow: Tantacrul, Jessie Gender, Todd in the Shadows, Princess Weekes, Hbomberguy, Philosophy Tube, Lindsay Ellis, Medlife Crisis, SarahZ, and T1J. I'll be checking out a lot of these recommendations!
posted by confluency at 3:12 AM on November 9, 2024 [1 favorite]
In addition to many of the ones mentioned above, I enjoy Adam Neely (informative videos about music), Aimee Nolte (also music), CityNerd (urbanism), and Climate Town (current events/politics from an environmental lens).
posted by egregious theorem at 6:46 AM on November 9, 2024
posted by egregious theorem at 6:46 AM on November 9, 2024
I love Stewart Hicks, an architect who explains various architectural concepts and trends and analyzes specific buildings.
And at the total other end of the spectrum, TierZoo is ... edutainment (?) with the silly concept of, "What if nature were a video game where all of the animals were matched up against each other?," explaining their adaptations and stats. It has videos like, "Are parrots OP?" and "When Earth Was In Beta: The Cambrian Tier List."
posted by fire, water, earth, air at 2:42 PM on November 9, 2024
And at the total other end of the spectrum, TierZoo is ... edutainment (?) with the silly concept of, "What if nature were a video game where all of the animals were matched up against each other?," explaining their adaptations and stats. It has videos like, "Are parrots OP?" and "When Earth Was In Beta: The Cambrian Tier List."
posted by fire, water, earth, air at 2:42 PM on November 9, 2024
Bernadette Banner for historical costuming. Lovely to watch.
posted by Enid Lareg at 3:37 PM on November 9, 2024
posted by Enid Lareg at 3:37 PM on November 9, 2024
Adam Neely, 12Tone and other musicians, mostly. I'd watch more if the website was more browsable.
posted by SemiSalt at 6:02 PM on November 9, 2024
posted by SemiSalt at 6:02 PM on November 9, 2024
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Also I like his accent.
posted by otherchaz at 8:53 PM on November 8, 2024