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Show HN: I Built a Site That Curates Weird YouTube Rabbit Holes Daily

https://yourabbit.com
23•bas_sen•10h ago
I built Yourabbit.com — a site that curates hand-picked YouTube rabbit holes grouped by themes like quirky psychology, obscure tech, weird facts, and binge-worthy oddities.

It’s not driven by the YouTube algorithm — every collection is themed and curated manually (for now), with a backend I’m automating to fetch and organize new rabbit holes daily.

Built as a hybrid Astro + Next.js project, optimized for static generation and speed.

I’m also pairing videos with custom summaries and commentary (using AI), and would love feedback from the HN crowd on:

Content model (too wide? not specific enough?)

Scaling ideas or features worth adding

Whether it's fun enough to keep people coming back

Open to any critique or ideas. Thanks!

Comments

nancyminusone•4h ago
Don't mean to be rude, but your deep dives could be deeper. I clicked on 'How GPS works' expecting to see a certain Scott Manley video [0] there. Instead, it's 10 shorts I'd put firmly at the 'like n subscribe' end of the scale. Think I'll stick to my own curated list of creators for now.

[0] https://youtube.com/watch?v=qJ7ZAUjsycY

bas_sen•3h ago
Totally fair and not rude at all. I appreciate the honest feedback.

Right now, I'm still tuning the backend and experimenting with different types of videos. I definitely want to strike a better balance between fun/short-form content and deeper, high-quality creators like Scott Manley.

Would love to know what you look for in a great rabbit hole — I'm collecting that feedback to improve the next batch.

1bpp•2h ago
When I think of a 'rabbit hole' it's almost always a series of related, high quality long-form & informative content.
xhkkffbf•3h ago
I encourage you to keep going. Regular TV seems lame to me. A curated selection of YouTube videos is just the ticket. I often find myself browsing it instead of trying to watch some official streaming service.
bas_sen•3h ago
That means a lot, thanks! That’s exactly what I hoped for: making YouTube feel less like an endless scroll and more like flipping open a good magazine or playlist. I’ll keep adding new rabbit holes every day and always open to suggestions for themes you’d love to see!
epiccoleman•2h ago
I really like the idea in principle - the site looks nice too. But overall I can't help but feel like this is something I just wouldn't use.

There is a bit too much pop culture and "fluff" looking content at a first glance. That might be fine as far as "weird YouTube rabbit holes" goes, but I guess what I was hoping to find might be a little more esoteric and not so much "oh, some celebrity I've never heard of did covers on YouTube."

The amount of content here also makes me a bit skeptical, because a proper deep dive into a rabbit hole requires a bit of curation.

Here's a free idea for you: I bet a Substack page where you put together one "weird deep dive" per week could do really well. It would be fun to see "ah, what did he get into this week" and then have an easy way to queue up the videos for an hour or two of chilling on the couch. It would feel a little more deliberate. Like you picked some random topic and started absorbing it, and then return to the community with a few videos that kind of "overview" the thing.

I say Substack for illustrative purposes here - I'm not suggesting you switch to Substack - but rather that maybe your model needs to be a little more curated. Build a reputation that this is a fun place to go for a random Sunday morning Youtube binge, that every "rabbit hole" on the site will be interesting.

Idk, just my thoughts.

omoikane•1h ago
Under "animals being weird"[1] there is a "Cats Playing with WiFi Pet Toys"[2] tag, which contained various videos about toys but no cats[3][4][5].

[1] https://yourabbit.com/categories/weird-animals/page/1

[2] https://yourabbit.com/rabbit-holes/cats-playing-with-wifi-pe...

[3] "7 Craziest 3D Prints I Own" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPQbuArLRU

[4] "The 2-in-1 Miraculous Hero Switch Ladybug doll is giving superhero vibes—available now at @Walmart!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zKU-v6NHig

[5] "Jack Royal 1:8 Scale RC Car Buggy Remote Control Car Off Road Monster Truck with Realistic Sound 4WD" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDFjHLShs3E

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