Measured shelves10 categories
Best of YouTube, by how much of it is worth your time
Not a taste ranking. Each shelf is sorted by measured value density — how much of a video's runtime carries information rather than padding — and every entry names the minute it starts paying off.
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Business & Startups
- Measured
- 260
- Median padding
- 43%
- Useful from
- 1:20
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Personal Finance
- Measured
- 235
- Median padding
- 41%
- Useful from
- 0:49
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Productivity
- Measured
- 208
- Median padding
- 47%
- Useful from
- 1:03
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AI & Machine Learning
- Measured
- 207
- Median padding
- 37%
- Useful from
- 1:07
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Design & UX
- Measured
- 199
- Median padding
- 47%
- Useful from
- 0:47
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Languages
- Measured
- 195
- Median padding
- 45%
- Useful from
- 1:06
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Programming & Dev
- Measured
- 191
- Median padding
- 41%
- Useful from
- 1:11
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Psychology & Mind
- Measured
- 184
- Median padding
- 40%
- Useful from
- 0:51
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Health & Fitness
- Measured
- 180
- Median padding
- 40%
- Useful from
- 0:46
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History
- Measured
- 162
- Median padding
- 36%
- Useful from
- 1:05
Why some categories are missing
A shelf appears here only when we have measured enough of it to rank honestly, and only for the kinds of video our scoring is built for — explanatory, instructional and news. Categories we cannot yet judge fairly are stored but not published, which is why you will not find music, comedy, gaming, travel or making here. What the numbers mean →