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Everyone has all the top-tier channels listed already, but here are a few good ones that I haven't seen mentioned yet:

Electronics:

Great Scott! (Electronics projects and components), https://youtube.com/c/greatscottlab

Modern Vintage Gamer (Gaming electronics, gaming history, firmware, and reverse engineering topics), https://youtube.com/c/ModernVintageGamer

Mr. Carson's Lab (Electronics restoration, especially old radios, he has an insane lab), https://youtube.com/c/MrCarlsonsLab

Astronomy:

Cool Worlds (Similar to PBSSpace time, but very good at statistical analysis and modeling, narrator is very calming), https://youtube.com/c/CoolWorldsLab

DeepSkyVideos (Catalog of videos explaining different objects of note in astronomy), https://youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos

SciShowSpace (Bite-sized space videos), https://youtube.com/c/scishowspace

General Science and Engineering:

Undecided with Matt Ferrell (Covers topics that are bleeding edge), https://youtube.com/c/UndecidedMF

Engineer Guy (Random engineering topics with a few much longer detailed lectures and audio book reads), https://youtube.com/c/engineerguyvideo

Casual Navigation (Maritime explanation videos), https://youtube.com/c/CasualNavigation

Microcosmos (Huge selection of microbial life videos) https://youtube.com/c/microcosmos

Curious Droid (General science and engineering explanations), https://youtube.com/c/CuriousDroid

Braniac75 (Amateur science experiments, lasers, and random science topics), https://youtube.com/c/brainiac75

Cody's Lab (Mostly backyard chemistry, but often times has other science experiments), https://youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder

Seeker (Well produced mini science documentaries and science news), https://youtube.com/c/Seeker

Quanta Magazine (similar to Seeker), https://youtube.com/c/QuantaScienceChannel

New Mind (Similar to Seeker and Quanta Magazine), https://youtube.com/c/NewMind

Periodic Videos (Chemistry and elements), https://youtube.com/user/periodicvideos

Fermilab (Easily digestible particle physics), https://youtube.com/c/fermilab

Nils Berglund (Library of particle and wave simulations), https://youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund

Royal Institution (Huge catolog of science speeches at the Royal Institution), https://youtube.com/c/TheRoyalInstitution

Ordanance Lab (Explosives science and explosives testing videos), https://youtube.com/c/OrdnanceLab

Domain of Science (Quantum physics, and he also makes knowldge maps in different science and math disciplines), https://youtube.com/c/DomainofScience

Alpha Phoenix (Science experiments and materials science), https://youtube.com/c/AlphaPhoenixChannel

Breaking Taps (DIY materials science) https://youtube.com/c/BreakingTaps

Mentour Pilot (Aircraft Accident Investigations), https://youtube.com/c/MentourPilotaviation

Music Theory, Music Electronics, and Synthesizers:

Benn Jordan (General music topics, he has a good scientific mind and electronics skills that he shows off sometimes), https://youtube.com/c/BennandGear

Adam Neely (Advanced music theory and random music topics), https://youtube.com/c/AdamNeely

Look Mum No Computer (Music experiments with analog electronics), https://youtube.com/c/LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER

Andrew Huang (Random music tech reviews, basic theory, and music production), https://youtube.com/c/andrewhuang

loopop (The most thorough and comprehensive music electronics feature overviews), https://youtube.com/c/loopop

Rick Beato (Music production and music industry analysis), https://youtube.com/c/RickBeato

Tantacrul (Music Software design, he works on Audacity), https://youtube.com/c/Tantacrul

Math and Computer Science:

Zach Starr (Math and computer science topics), https://youtube.com/c/zachstar

Numberphile (General math concepts), https://youtube.com/c/numberphile

Stand-up Maths (General math topics, but goes into more detail than Numberphile), https://youtube.com/user/standupmaths

Mathologer (General math concepts), https://youtube.com/c/Mathologer

Steve Yegge (Computer science and software industry), https://youtube.com/user/SteveYegge

Low Level Learning (Computer science, but the lower levels), https://youtube.com/c/LowLevelLearning

DEFCONConference (Huge selection of hacking-related talks), https://youtube.com/user/DEFCONConference

Strange Loop Conference (Software conference videos), https://youtube.com/c/StrangeLoopConf

Two-mimute papers (Very fast and exuberant machine learning research summaries, hold on to your papers fellow scholars!), https://youtube.com/c/K%C3%A1rolyZsolnai

Video Editing and Special Effects:

Captain Disillusion (Debunks fake videos with image analysis, and creates walkthroughs of how it's done), https://youtube.com/c/CaptainDisillusion

Edit, I almost forgot Adam Ragusea, he does excellent science-based cooking videos, https://youtube.com/user/aragusea



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