Top YouTube Channels for Psilocybin Education
Curated YouTube channels worth following — from clinical research (MAPS) to chemistry (Hamilton Morris) to mycology (Paul Stamets) to harm reduction (Psyched Substance) to journalism (DoubleBlind).
MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) is the science and research authority of the psychedelic movement, founded by Rick Doblin in 1986. The MAPS YouTube channel is where the organization's 40+ years of research advoc…
Hamilton Morris is the gold standard for chemical and historical research documentation in the psychedelic space. As the host of 'Hamilton's Pharmacopeia' (originally on VICE, now distributed independently), Morris brought academic-grade ch…
Psyched Substance is the world's largest harm reduction channel for experiential data on drugs of all classes — including psilocybin and other psychedelics. Founded by Adam (a recovery-oriented host with personal experience navigating subst…
Paul Stamets is the king of mycology — author of 'Mycelium Running,' 'Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms,' and the public face of fungi as a planetary force. His company Fungi Perfecti operates one of the most influential mushroom cult…
The Third Wave, founded by Paul Austin, is one of the most established psychedelic education brands online — with a deep focus on microdosing, intentional psychedelic use, and integration. The Third Wave YouTube channel covers microdosing p…
DoubleBlind is the preeminent independent psychedelic publication, co-founded by journalists Madison Margolin and Shelby Hartman. The magazine has built a reputation for nuanced, deeply-reported feature journalism on psychedelics — covering…
Psychedelic Seminars hosts long-form interviews and panel discussions with the people building, regulating, and advocating in the psychedelic space — researchers, attorneys, facilitators, indigenous leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs…
Dakota of Earth is a philosophy-and-travel oriented psychedelic channel, blending personal experience reports with reflective, often poetic commentary on consciousness, nature, and meaning. Where harm-reduction channels focus on safety and …
Your Mate Tom is an experience-report-driven channel focused on personal growth through psychedelics. Tom's content is candid and conversational — long-form retrospectives on specific journeys, integration over time, and the messy reality o…
Forest Stevens is the CEO of Different Media, which produces some of the highest-quality video content in the psychedelic space. The production value, narrative structure, and visual storytelling stand out distinctly from typical YouTube ps…
PhillyGoldenTeacher is the master of what the home-cultivation community calls 'Broke Boy Tek' — low-cost, high-yield home cultivation methods that bring serious mushroom growing within reach of someone with a kitchen, a stockpot, and rough…
Boomer Shroomer specializes in monotub design and full-cycle cultivation, with the polished visual production and process simplification that make the channel a top recommendation for visual learners. Where other cultivation channels lean o…
90 Second Mycology is widely credited as the originator of 'Uncle Ben's Tek' — the technique of using pre-sterilized 90-second microwave rice bags as ready-to-inoculate grain spawn, eliminating the need for a pressure cooker and most of the…
EazyBlueThumb is the home of 'Uncle Ben's Tek Season 1 & 2' — the most-cited beginner playthrough on YouTube for the Uncle Ben's Tek workflow. The channel's strength is troubleshooting at the absolute-beginner level: what does healthy colon…
Mycophilia adapts professional-grade mycology techniques for home use, with a heavy emphasis on technical mastery and equipment sourcing. Where many home-cultivation channels optimize for low cost and simplicity, Mycophilia leans the other …
Psychedelic Alpha is the leading industry and regulatory news publication for psychedelic medicine. Their YouTube channel covers FDA regulatory developments, clinical trial data releases, state legislation updates, and company news for the …
Tim Ferriss, author and investor, became a major philanthropic funder of psychedelic research after the Johns Hopkins team produced results he considered among the most promising in psychiatry. His channel and podcast include extensive long…
The Psychedelics Today YouTube channel is the media arm of the Psychedelics Today education platform — one of the most comprehensive psychedelic education organizations in the world. Content includes podcast episodes, INSIGHT conference rec…
The TRIP Project (Therapeutic Resources and Information on Psychedelics) produces harm reduction-focused educational content aimed at the large population of people using psychedelics outside clinical settings. Content covers set and settin…
Fungi Academy combines mushroom cultivation education with a broader mycological worldview, covering everything from beginner cultivation tutorials to advanced agar work, wild mushroom identification, and the role of fungi in ecosystems. Ba…
A harm reduction-focused channel dedicated specifically to microdosing education — covering protocols (Fadiman, Stamets Stack, intuitive), the research base, harm reduction considerations, and personal experience documentation. The creator …
HighExistence covers psychedelics within a broader context of personal development, consciousness exploration, and alternative epistemologies. The channel features interviews, documentary content, and educational material on psilocybin, LSD…
Oakland Hyphae's YouTube presence documents their Hyphae Cup (potency testing competition), mushroom cultivation workshops, and scientific content on psilocybin potency, strain variation, and cultivation technique. They pioneered accessible…
A harm reduction channel run by a practicing pharmacist who applies pharmaceutical knowledge to psychedelic drug interactions, dosing considerations, and safety concerns. The channel covers SSRI and psilocybin interactions, MAOI combination…
A cultivation-focused channel with particular depth in substrate science, contamination prevention, and intermediate-to-advanced techniques. Known for methodical, well-documented grows with explanations of the why behind each step — less be…
Educational channel from the Psychedelic Passage network — focused on helping people navigate legal psilocybin access in Oregon and Colorado, facilitator selection, and therapy preparation.…
Paul Austin's Third Wave channel covers microdosing protocols, psychedelic education, and therapeutic applications. Known for structured, educational content and a large library of expert interviews.…
Official channel of the Imperial College London Centre for Psychedelic Research. Features lectures, research presentations, and interviews with the scientists behind some of the most influential psilocybin studies.…
Rigorous mushroom identification and mycology education — covering both edible and psychoactive species with an emphasis on safety, look-alike awareness, and field identification skills.…
Candid conversations with people who have undergone psilocybin and MDMA therapy, focusing on the integration process — what changed, what didn't, and what the months after a session actually look like.…
Evidence-based drug education channel focused on harm reduction for all substances, with a significant library of psilocybin-specific content covering set and setting, drug testing, and safe use practices.…
PBS NOVA, America's flagship science documentary series, has produced several high-quality segments and documentaries on psychedelic science and its therapeutic potential. The production quality is top-tier and the journalism is careful and…
Tim Ferriss is one of the most influential advocates for psychedelic therapy in the mainstream. A major donor to psychedelic research through Johns Hopkins and other institutions, Ferriss has used his massive platform to bring credible scie…
The Psychedelic Scientist is a UK-based educational YouTube channel that explains the neuroscience and pharmacology of psychedelic substances with unusual clarity and scientific accuracy. The channel covers topics including serotonin recept…
The Heffter Research Institute YouTube channel archives talks, presentations, and discussions from one of the oldest organizations funding modern psychedelic research. Founded in 1993 when psilocybin research had essentially no institutiona…
Mycology Now is an educational channel focused on mycology, fungi science, and cultivation techniques. While covering gourmet mushroom cultivation broadly, the channel provides technically accurate content on fungal biology that applies dir…
Breaking Convention is Europe's largest psychedelic science conference, and their YouTube channel archives hundreds of conference presentations from some of the most important researchers, practitioners, and cultural thinkers in the psyched…
The Imperial College Centre for Psychedelic Research YouTube channel carries lectures, trial result presentations, and scientific panels from one of the world's leading psychedelic neuroscience research programs. Robin Carhart-Harris's grou…
The Fantastic Fungi channel grows from the acclaimed 2019 documentary of the same name, featuring mycologist Paul Stamets. Content covers fungal ecology, medicinal mushrooms, psilocybin's place in human history, and conversations with Stame…
Official Oregon Health Authority channel for the Psilocybin Services program under Measure 109. Contains licensing information, public meeting recordings, facilitator training resources, and program updates. The most authoritative source fo…
TheraPsil is the Canadian nonprofit that has secured Section 56 exemptions from Health Canada for psilocybin therapy for dozens of patients with serious illness. Their channel documents the advocacy, policy fights, patient stories, and trai…
Andrew Huberman's Huberman Lab podcast and YouTube channel has become one of the most-watched science communication platforms in the world, with over 5 million subscribers. While not a dedicated psychedelics channel, Huberman has devoted mu…
The Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines publishes research, education, and advocacy content focused on the cultural, indigenous, and policy dimensions of psychedelic plant medicines — a distinct lens from the clinical researc…
The Beckley Foundation, founded by Amanda Feilding in 1998, is one of the oldest psychedelic science and drug policy organizations in the world. The Beckley Foundation YouTube channel documents over two decades of work that shaped the curre…
Cultivation Nation is a mycology education channel focused on the practical science of mushroom cultivation — substrate formulation, contamination prevention, environmental controls, and advanced genetics work including agar isolation and l…
NeuroPsychedelic is run by a UK-based neuroscientist who translates peer-reviewed psychedelic research into accessible, rigorously-accurate video explanations for a general educated audience. The channel's approach is hypothesis-driven — ea…
The Zendo Project is MAPS's psychedelic harm reduction and support training arm, operating at festivals, conferences, and events since 2012. Their YouTube channel publishes training material for peer supporters and the general public: how t…
Radical Mycology, founded by Peter McCoy and associated with the influential book of the same name, approaches fungi as a lens for understanding ecology, politics, and cultural transformation. The YouTube channel covers mycology at the inte…
Integration Therapy Collective is a practitioner-led YouTube channel run by a network of licensed therapists with specializations in psychedelic integration. The channel publishes educational content aimed at both prospective clients (under…
The Drug Policy Reform Network YouTube channel covers the broader political and legal landscape of drug policy reform, of which psilocybin and psychedelic legalization are a significant and growing component. Content includes state-by-state…
ShroomScience is a mycology education channel that approaches cultivation through the lens of microbiology and fungal science, explaining the biological mechanisms behind cultivation decisions rather than just providing procedural recipes. …
Psychedelic Science Explained translates peer-reviewed psychedelic research into clear, accurate video explanations for a scientifically literate but non-specialist audience. The channel publishes systematic reviews of newly released clinic…
The Bunk Police YouTube channel is the educational arm of the leading reagent test kit provider in the US harm reduction community. Content covers how to use reagent test kits correctly, interpreting color reactions for specific substances,…
Ancestral Heart is a channel created by and for Indigenous ceremonial practitioners and educators sharing traditional plant medicine knowledge on their own terms and in their own voice. Content covers the history, cosmology, and ceremonial …
The Psychedelic Facilitator Training Network YouTube channel is a professional development resource for current and aspiring psilocybin facilitators, covering the clinical, ethical, and practical dimensions of facilitator work in Oregon's r…
The Fireside Project is the first free, multilingual psychedelic peer support line in the United States, available 24/7 by call or text at 62-FIRESIDE (623-473-7433). Their YouTube channel extends that peer support mission into public educa…
Wavepaths is the company founded by psilocybin music researcher Mendel Kaelen to develop adaptive therapeutic music technology for psychedelic-assisted therapy. Their YouTube channel bridges research and practice: the science of why music m…
The Microdose Institute is a Netherlands-based organization focused on evidence-based microdosing education and research facilitation. Their YouTube channel covers the current scientific literature on microdosing with unusual rigor — distin…
InnerTrek is one of Oregon's first licensed psilocybin facilitator training programs and service center operators, and their YouTube channel documents the practical reality of what legal psilocybin therapy looks like on the ground. Content …
The Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research is the world's leading psilocybin clinical research program and the institution most responsible for the modern therapeutic psilocybin renaissance. The Johns Hopkins Medici…
Gul Dolen is a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist whose research on critical period reopening has become one of the most cited mechanistic frameworks for understanding how psychedelics produce lasting change. Her lab's discovery that MDMA reopens…
The Psychedelic Medicine Association YouTube channel is a professional education resource for clinicians, healthcare providers, and health-interested laypeople on the clinical dimensions of psychedelic medicine. Content covers patient scree…
DanceSafe is the United States' oldest and most established drug checking and harm reduction organization, founded in 1998 to provide drug checking services at raves and electronic music events. Their YouTube channel has expanded beyond the…
Colony is a cultivation science channel that distinguishes itself by going deep on the biology and chemistry behind cultivation decisions rather than presenting procedures as rules to follow. The channel covers the complete advanced cultiva…
The Psychedelic Policy Podcast YouTube channel tracks the rapidly evolving legal and regulatory landscape for psilocybin and other psychedelics across all 50 states, federal agencies, and international jurisdictions. Content covers state ba…