Today is Ada Lovelace Day, an annual, global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering, and maths.
The gender gap on YouTube is dramatic, and the level of harassment that the few female content creators suffer is quite frankly, shocking.
So, to celebrate Ada Lovelace Day, I wanted to share with you some of the fantastic, female educational YouTubers who continuously inspire me to be a better science communicator and video-maker. I highly recommend that you subscribe to each of these channels, and support the work of these fantastic women.
Maddie Moate has a level of enthusiasm that is so infectious, it's impossible to not get excited about whatever she talks about:
Vihart has the ability to literally craft a story using maths, which always leaves me astounded:
Alex Dainis deserves ten times more subscribers than she already has. You should be the next one:
Sally Le Page injects a wonderful level of humour into her videos about biology. Just brilliant:
Emily Graslie hosts my all-time favourite YouTube channel, hands down. Also home to my favourite YouTube video ever: