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Best Internet culture & memes videos, as recommended on Hacker News

72 videos about internet culture & memes that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2008 and 2026. Mostly commentary, explainer, talk. Channels that come up most: Tom Scott, Innuendo Studios, Folding Ideas, Veritasium. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is This Is Phil Fish: Commenters repeatedly name it the best explanation of how internet fame, mobs and outrage work, and cite it in threads about harassment and public figures.

• commentaryThis Is Phil FishInnuendo Studios · 5 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• explainerYouTube's copyright system isn't broken. The world's is.Tom Scott · 13 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• explainerThe Problem With Facebook2veritasium · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018
• commentaryVidMe or Why Platforms Aren't Your FriendsFolding Ideas · 8 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• documentaryThis is Financial AdviceFolding Ideas · 9 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• commentaryWhy Are You So Angry? Part 1: A Short History of Anita SarkeesianInnuendo Studios · 7 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• commentaryIncels | ContraPointsContraPoints · 7 HN recommenders · 2018–2024
• talkDarius Kazemi, Tiny Subversions - XOXO Festival (2014)XOXO Festival · 7 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• comedyWhat Languages Sound Like To ForeignersSara Forsberg · 6 HN recommenders · 2014–2021
• explainerCan You Watch This Without Getting Angry?CGP Grey · 6 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• commentaryCanceling | ContraPointsContraPoints · 7 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• musicYoutube duet: Miles Davis improvising on LCD SoundsystemAlessandro Grespan · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• commentaryClickbait is Unreasonably EffectiveVeritasium · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• explainerFacebook FraudVeritasium · 7 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• commentaryFlat Earth: A Measured Responsehbomberguy · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• documentaryBBS The Documentary: Episode 1 of 8: BAUD (The Beginning)Jason Scott · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkDEFCON 17: That Awesome Time I Was Sued For Two Billion DollarsChristiaan008 · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• musicWelcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham (from "Inside" -- ALBUM OUT NOW)boburnham · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkARCHIVE TEAM: A Distributed Preservation of Service Attacktextfilesdotcom · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2016
• comedyAngry Voicemail We Got From an Alamo Drafthouse CustomerAlamo Drafthouse · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2026
• talkA real person, a lot like youDerek Sivers · 3 HN recommenders · 2011–2013
• commentaryWhat 40,000 Videos Tell Us About The Trending TabCoffee Break · 3 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
• commentaryVeritasium: A Story of YouTube PropagandaTom Nicholas · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023
• talkEmojli: Behind the Scenes and Why You Should Never Build An AppTom Scott · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• documentaryPOLYBIUS - The Video Game That Doesn't ExistAhoy · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• commentaryGacha Drama and the Korean Gender WarMoon Channel · 1 HN recommender · 2024–2026
• explainerManipulating the YouTube Algorithm - (Part 1/3) Smarter Every Day 213SmarterEveryDay · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2021
• explainerWeb 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing UsMichael Wesch · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• commentaryThe Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says MoopsInnuendo Studios · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• comedyBrain Crack (Explicit Version) :: Best of the Show :: 07-11-06Ze Frank · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• documentaryMaking Sense of VRChat, the "Metaverse" People Actually LikePeople Make Games · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025
• commentaryGame Theory: How PewDiePie Conquered YouTubeThe Game Theorists · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2017
• commentaryThe Really Dark Truth About BotsBenn Jordan · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
• commentaryUpdate on my Brain Injury & the Future of Strange PartsStrange Parts · 4 HN recommenders · 2023–2024
• otherMatsuoka Shuzo [松岡修造 ] - あきらめかけているあなた (NEVER GIVE UP!!) [English]Ryuujin131 · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• commentaryWeird Kids' Videos and Gaming the AlgorithmFolding Ideas · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkWeb 2.0 Expo NY: Clay Shirky (shirky.com) It's Not Information Overload. It's Filter Failure.O'Reilly · 2 HN recommenders · 2010–2024
• comedyHow To Uninstall McAfee AntivirusJohn Mcafee · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• documentaryEverything Is A Remix (Full Film)StarveTheSystem2 · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• commentaryMy Video Went Viral. Here's WhyVeritasium · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• commentarySo...TikTok SucksHank Green · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• documentaryBBS the Documentary [Full HD]L33T GUY · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• otherWhat is a Browser?Ji Lee · 2 HN recommenders · 2009–2025
• demo2Advanced Studios v2 flash website in 2001Web Design Museum · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• otherReddit Place (/r/place) - FULL 72h (90fps) TIMELAPSEGurkengewuerz · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• commentaryCopyright Deadlock (The Jimquisition)Stephanie Sterling · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2021
• commentaryTHE DUMBEST BOY ALIVE. PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE SIX.Jon Bois · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2025
• comedyForklift Driver Klaus English SubtitlesVeso Vey · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2019
• commentaryHow does Linus make money? - 2020 UpdateLinus Tech Tips · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2025
• explainerThis Video Has 77,321,815 ViewsTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• commentary$h!tty Thumbnails on Linus Tech Tips - Honest Answers Ep. 5Linus Tech Tips · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• otherSasquatch music festival 2009 - Guy starts dance partydkellerm · 1 HN recommender · 2009–2022
• comedySteve Ballmer Going Crazy on StageBestTechChannel · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2021
• musicDumb Ways to DieDumb Ways to Die · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2026
• commentaryFacebook Freebooting - Smarter Every Day 128SmarterEveryDay · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2019
• talkFounders@Google Presents: The Cultural Anthropology of Stack ExchangeGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2026
• talkLearning from StackOverflow.comGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2009–2021
• talkWhy April Fools' Day sucks and what we did about it at Reddit - Talk at SF Tech Poetics 01/18/18Josh Wardle · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2022
• news1994: "Today Show": "What is the Internet, Anyway?"Chrissy Miklacic · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2022
• explainerWhy are people mean on Twitter? - Smarter Every Day 214SmarterEveryDay · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2020
• musicInsane Clown Posse - Miracles (Official Music Video)Psychopathic Records · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2024
• commentaryYou Successfully Stalked Us, Please Don't Do It Again.Matt and Tom · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2020
• explainerwhy typing like this is sometimes okay.Tom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• otherNew York City in 1993 in HD - DTheater DVHS Demo TapeYoutube Pedant · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2022
• explainerWill YouTube Ever Run Out Of Video IDs?Tom Scott · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2026
• explainerPaul Otlet, visioning a web in 1934Attila Gárdos · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2022
• interviewWikipedia co-founder: I no longer trust the website I createdUnHerd · 1 HN recommender · 2021–2023
• explainerWhy do YouTube views freeze at 301?Numberphile · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2025
• commentaryThe PewDiePipeline: how racist humor leads to violenceNonCompete · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• talkThe nightmare videos of childrens' YouTube — and what's wrong with the internet today | James BridleTED · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2025
• commentaryCapture the Flag | He Will Not Divide UsInternet Historian · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
• talkxkcd | Randall Munroe | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 1 HN recommender · 2008–2026