Blender: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert", hN considers it a fantastic, mind-blowing talk that shows how a single skilled artist can build detailed VFX scenes quickly.
- 4 HN recommenders 5 months 2019–2026talkHN considers it a fantastic, mind-blowing talk that shows how a single skilled artist can build detailed VFX scenes quickly.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2018–2021demoHN points to it as an impressive demo of Blender's open-source 2D/3D hybrid animation and as a comparison for other 2D animation tools.
- 2 HN recommenders 1 months 2013–2017talkCited as an example of how hard it is to reconcile UX views in open source communities, and as the start of a redesign discussion.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2019–2024talkCited as evidence that Blender can power feature animation and for its look at a real production process.
- cited 6× 0 months 2020–2026videoUsed as a freely licensed sample video for demoing multimedia tools, and as a test file in discussions of video downloading and playback.
- cited 3× 0 months 2011–2020videoHN cites it as an example of what open-source tools can produce and as freely licensed footage for demoing multimedia software.
Questions
Which Blender video does Hacker News recommend most?
World Building in Blender - Ian Hubert: recommended in 5 different months by 4 HN users between 2019 and 2026.
Is this every Blender video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.