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Best Tech Talks on YouTube, Ranked by Hacker News
Conference talks and lectures that Hacker News keeps recommending — ranked not by view count, but by how many separate months HN commenters kept vouching for them.
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4 mo on HNIs SpaceX's Raptor engine the king of rocket engines?
Everyday Astronaut
4 HN recommender · 2019–2022
4 mo on HNPreface | MIT Calculus Revisited: Single Variable Calculus
MIT OpenCourseWare
4 HN recommender · 2017–2025
5 mo on HNSimon Peyton Jones: Data Parallel Haskell
nuACM
5 HN recommender · 2010–2017
5 mo on HNThe Map of Mathematics
Domain of Science
4 HN recommender · 2018–2022
4 mo on HNThis Is Water by David Foster Wallace Full Speech
Joe Mita
5 HN recommender · 2015–2022
5 mo on HNCivilizations at the End of Time: Iron Stars
Isaac Arthur
4 HN recommender · 2017–2022
4 mo on HNBreaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras
Benn Jordan
6 HN recommender · 2025–2026
5 mo on HNLinus Torvalds on why desktop Linux sucks
gentooman
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
5 mo on HNThe End of Suburbia - 52 minute documentary on peak oil
endofsuburbia
3 HN recommender · 2011–2021
5 mo on HNThe Voting System That Gives You Two Votes
CGP Grey
5 HN recommender · 2012–2026
4 mo on HNJohn Wiegley: Putting Lenses to Work
Bay Area Haskell
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
4 mo on HNIntroduction: The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday (1/6)
engineerguy
4 HN recommender · 2018–2022
5 mo on HNClickbait is Unreasonably Effective
Veritasium
5 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HN4.5 Billion Years in 1 Hour
Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
4 HN recommender · 2023–2025
4 mo on HNDoomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS
Ahoy
4 HN recommender · 2015–2017
4 mo on HNThe Bell Curve
Shaun
6 HN recommender · 2019–2025
4 mo on HNDEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of Authenticity
DEFCONConference
4 HN recommender · 2013–2026
5 mo on HNRenting vs. Buying a Home: The 5% Rule
Ben Felix
6 HN recommender · 2020–2026
4 mo on HNDwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity & Origins | Noclip Interview
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6 HN recommender · 2020–2022
4 mo on HNiPhone 1 - Steve Jobs MacWorld keynote in 2007 - Full Presentation, 80 mins
Protectstar Inc.
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNNetflix JavaScript Talks - Async JavaScript with Reactive Extensions
Matt Marenghi
5 HN recommender · 2014–2016
5 mo on HNBitcoin - Unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto
Barely Sociable
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNElm Europe 2017 - Evan Czaplicki - The life of a file
Elm Europe
4 HN recommender · 2019–2025
4 mo on HNfr-08: .the .product by farbrausch | 64k intro (2000) (720p HQ demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
2 HN recommender · 2016–2020
4 mo on HNA NEW Trace! The FULL MH370 Story, so Far..
Mentour Pilot
5 HN recommender · 2024–2025
5 mo on HNThe Grille Trend that Kills 509 People per Year
FortNine
5 HN recommender · 2024–2026
5 mo on HNImmediate-Mode Graphical User Interfaces - 2005
Casey Muratori
5 HN recommender · 2017–2024
4 mo on HNWorld's Roundest Object!
Veritasium
6 HN recommender · 2013–2018
4 mo on HNRiding through Iran on a small motorcycle as British person.
c90adventures
4 HN recommender · 2016–2021
4 mo on HNGreat Impractical Ideas in Computer Science: PowerPoint Programming
Tom Wildenhain
4 HN recommender · 2020–2026
5 mo on HNInvestigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers
People Make Games
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
5 mo on HNWilliam Shatner - Common People
dsjkhd
6 HN recommender · 2013–2023
4 mo on HN1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)
National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS)
5 HN recommender · 2017–2025
4 mo on HN!!Con 2017: HDR Photography in Microsoft Excel?! by Kevin Chen
Confreaks
4 HN recommender · 2017–2025
5 mo on HNThe Lively & Liveable Neighbourhoods that are Illegal in Most of North America
Not Just Bikes
5 HN recommender · 2021–2024
5 mo on HNHello World - Machine Learning Recipes #1
Google for Developers
6 HN recommender · 2016–2017