Tens of thousands of videos are uploaded everyday at the World’s favorite web video destination — YouTube. Most of them aren’t professionally produced using costly equipment but the quality of content often surpasses that of a scripted Hollywood movie. After its breakout success, movie studios and professional media houses have embraced YouTube just like the common man.
After the break we’ve put together a list of fabulous YouTube channels that you’ll find entertaining, endearing and enlightening.
VEVO
VEVO
As their description goes, VEVO is the Music Evolution Revolution! Check it out for the latest high quality music videos from the world’s top artists. They also post original interviews with songwriters and band members too.
Category : Entertainment
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Machinima
Machinima
Machinima.com is a famous online entertainment network showing trailers, gameplay, montages & original series created in video games. Genre specific sister YouTube channels are also available. The videos are professionally produced and are fun to watch.
Category : Entertainment
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : Yes
Frequent Updates : Yes
TopGear
TopGear
This You Tube channel is the most comprehensive collection of official clips you’ll find online of the BBC TV Show TopGear. You can relive some of the biggest challenges involving automobiles including amphibious cars and a trip across America. Test drives of new and cool cars by celebrities, explosive stunts are some of the major attractions.
Category : Entertainment
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
NASA
NASA
NASA’s mission to pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research is well known. Now you can get a sneak peek into the awesome things that happen in a space research organization. Their Science on the Road show, interviews with Astronauts who are in the space and crew interviews are a must watch.
Category : Science & Technology
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
NBA
NBA
Fans of the Hoops should not miss this channel. While the clips are not very lengthy, the collection of highlight videos are mind blowing.
Category : Sports
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
The Annoying Orange
The Annoying Orange
Terribly animated but insanely funny! The Annoying Orange is one of the most acclaimed web series and a new episode is added every week. Episodes revolve around the annoying tantrums of an Orange and its group of fruit pals. If you are a fan of slapstick, this is an ideal channel to kill sometime.
Category : Comedy
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
BarelyPolitical
BarelyPolitical
Barely Political is an out and out parody channel and they do make fun of politics and everything else under the sun. Comedy, song parodies and sketches including the Key of Awesome, Obama Girl and Auto-Tune the News are worth a watch.
Category : Comedy
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Smosh
Smosh
Smosh is where the dynmaic duo of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla post their skits and funny videos. They are the 5th most subscribed channel on YouTube and a new Smosh appears every Friday.
Category : Comedy
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : Yes
Frequent Updates : Yes
CollegeHumor
CollegeHumor
If I was in the mood to roll on the floor laughing, I usually stop by College Humor.com. Their YouTube channel carries comic videos where everyone is mercilessly pranked and made fun of. Known for their spot on spoof videos, College Humor gives Hollywood a run for its money with the freshness of the original videos.
Category : Comedy
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : Yes
Frequent Updates : Yes
TED
TED
Rich and famous thinkers come together and host a high priced and uber exclusive “Talk”, where they try to tackle all of the world’s problems. This channel carries videos from the TED talks and talks by other inspirational thinkers.
Category : Inspiration
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Shane Dawson
Shane Dawson
Shane Dawson TV is the showcase of the immensely talented Shane Dawson. In addition to spoof videos, he posts original sketches that are so hilarious. His is the third most subscribed channel on YouTube. Shane Dawson posts new videos every Saturday.
Category : Comedy
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
AP
AP
The Associated Press is a legendary global news network and on any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from AP. If you are looking for professional news coverage, check their channel out!
Category : News
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Trailers
Trailers
Trailers is official channels of VISO blog and as the name suggests, they post trailers of Hollywood movies. They have the reputation of bringing trailers to the masses pretty quickly.
Category : Entertainment
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Howcast
Howcast
Howcast shows how-to videos you’ll actually want to watch. From making gadgets to making sense of life, they make the practical entertaining, the entertaining informative and the informative cutting edge.
Category : Entertainment
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
FAILblog
FAILblog
FAILblog is part of the Cheezburger Network, well known for its flagship blog LOLCats. This YouTube channel brings you the best (or worst) FAILS of the web, all in one place, for your sick enjoyment.
Category : Entertainment / Comedy
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
IGN
IGN
IGN is the leading source for gaming news on the net and this channel brings you the inside scoop on what’s hot in the world of videogames and entertainment.
Category : Technology
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : Yes
Frequent Updates : Yes
UFC
UFC
Ultimate Fighting Championship is the world’s leading mixed martial arts organization. Major fights between world-renowned mixed martial arts superstars have become some of the most popular sporting events of the year and in this channel you get to see highlights, interviews and game analysis.
Category : Sports
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Harvard University
Harvard University
For a change, if you are looking for some serious educational content visit Harvard University’s channel. The channel is updated regularly with fresh and exciting video content exploring life, thought, science, business and art at Harvard University.
Category : Education
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
CNET
CNET
CNET is one of the oldest digital powerhouses in the online review and technology domains. From Gadget reviews to latest technology news everything tech is covered in this channel.
Category : Technology
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
The Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting’s mission promotes in-depth coverage of international affairs, focusing on topics that have been under-reported, mis-reported – or not reported at all. The majority of the videos here are part of larger reporting projects from around the world.
Category : Politics / Journalism
HD Videos? : Yes
Preroll Ads : No
Frequent Updates : Yes
Share Your Thoughts!
Which channel is your favorite? Got any interesting additions to this list?