Science never quite clicked for me at school. Then I discovered science YouTube | Tom Hawking

I found something I never knew I wanted: fascinating mathematical concepts explained in a way that's entertaining

YouTube has long had a reputation as a hive of conspiracy theories, misinformation, and pseudoscience. All these accusations are, more or less, true - if you're vulnerable to the wooing of Flat Earthers, anti-vaxxers, 9/11 truthers, the alt-right, and every other sort of lunatic fringe flourishing in 2018, they're all there, waiting for you on YouTube.

But as with all the other "platforms" that dominate the internet - Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc - YouTube is more than a morass of anti-scientific nutters. The site is also home to much of the web's best and most compelling popular science content.