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

(yourabbit.com)
59 points bas_sen | 2 comments | 20 Jun 25 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.785s | source

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!

1. epiccoleman ◴[20 Jun 25 22:47 UTC] No.44332824[source]▶
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.

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2. bas_sen ◴[22 Jun 25 19:49 UTC] No.44349748[source]▶
Thanks for this, genuinely one of the most helpful comments I've gotten so far.

You totally nailed a few things I’ve been thinking through:

I do want to strike a better balance between fun/pop content and deeper, weirder, more esoteric rabbit holes.

The homepage might be too overwhelming or “shallow” feeling. I’ll experiment with highlighting fewer, deeper themes first.

And I love the Substack-style idea. I’ve actually started writing mini-intros for editor's selected rabbit holes, and I think a “Weekly Deep Dive” feature would be a great way to make the curation feel more personal and deliberate.

Really appreciate the thoughtful feedback, this is exactly the kind of thing that helps me improve.