# Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Kurzgesagt for well-made explainer videos on science and other topics. Some critics call it corporate propaganda and question its response to a controversy.

## Why people recommend it

- Well-made explainer videos on varied topics (3 comments): "The Kurzgesagt video on teraforming Venus is interesting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46931495)) "Kurzgesagt did a pretty good episode on meat production" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47770119)) "Kurzgesagt makes some of the best explainer videos" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49847759))

## What people warn about

- Accused of corporate propaganda (2 comments): "they push propaganda for large corporations" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48787321)) "That's a bad propaganda channel." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45977477))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Veritasium](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veritasium.md): 44 recommend
- [Technology Connections YouTube channel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/technology-connections.md): 40 recommend
- [Asianometry](https://hackerapproved.com/p/asianometry-youtube-channel.md): 24 recommend
- [Gamers Nexus](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gamers-nexus.md): 22 recommend
- [Patrick Boyle YouTube channel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/patrick-boyle-youtube-channel.md): 17 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kurzgesagt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).