Ben Felix YouTube channel
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Recommended for research-based investing videos that cite peer-reviewed papers and give practical financial advice. One critic says he overstates Dimensional's outperformance.
Recommended for research-based investing videos that cite peer-reviewed papers and give practical financial advice. One critic says he overstates Dimensional's outperformance.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Cites research and peer-reviewed papers
“Puts (DOI) links to the peer-reviewed papers he cites.”
Comment from 26 Sep 2026 in “Patrick Boyle: The Copy-Paste Professor” “who provides opinions based on empirical research”
Comment from 31 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Books for someone who is transitioning from FAANG to finance” Solid general investing advice
“Ben Felix is also pretty good.”
Comment from 27 Sep 2026 in “Patrick Boyle: The Copy-Paste Professor” “Tons of good advice for you.”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “Google will pay SpaceX $920M per month for compute”
Other YouTube channels people recommend
The four most recommended other YouTube channels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Blue1Brown | 96 | 4 | 96% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Veritasium | 44 | 12 | 79% | 11 | — | Approved |
| Technology Connections YouTube channel | 40 | 3 | 93% | 12 | — | Approved |
| Asianometry | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Ben Felix YouTube channelThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Ben Felix is also pretty good.”
“Puts (DOI) links to the peer-reviewed papers he cites.”
“Tons of good advice for you.”
“I recommend watching Ben felix's videos about these mega-IPO's”
“who provides opinions based on empirical research”
“he's misleading viewers when he says that Dimensional has outperformed other funds or indexes”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.