YouTube is largely seen as an entertainment website. Well, it is, first and foremost. However, entertainment often seems to be mutually exclusive with educational in the minds of many. Certain YouTube channels have built their brands upon changing this.
Vsauce, a channel with more than 11 million subscribers, has intrigued countless viewers with various interesting topics that are seldom tackled, such as what would happen if everyone jumped at once or determining how high humans would be able to build something on Earth. The creator behind the channel has also recently collaborated with YouTube Red to make Red exclusive content such as a particular show entitled "Mind Field," in which he essentially subjects himself or others to various scientific experiments to discover more about the human mind. The first episode has garnered nearly 4 million views in a matter of weeks.
Vsauce is extraordinarily interesting to many people, despite the videos being fairly long (often around or over 10 minutes) and being purely about educational subjects. Yet, its pursuit of curiosity-inducing topics about an interesting manner
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These channels are certainly not harmful — in fact, despite being sometimes time-consuming and addicting, they teach us, the viewers, quite a bit, entertaining us while presenting us with knowledge. Perhaps we will see more channels with this style gain ground; we can only hope that this kind of material will become more mainstream, to educate us and entertain us simultaneously.
Marco Omta is a sophomore studying music production. Please note that the views and opinions of the columnists do not reflect those of The Post. Do you watch channels like Vsauce? Email Marco at mo183714@ohio.edu.
