Ben Felix: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Renting vs. Buying a Home: The 5% Rule", hN points to it for a clean first-order framework for the rent versus buy decision.
- 6 HN recommenders 5 months 2020–2026explainerHN points to it for a clean first-order framework for the rent versus buy decision.
- 2 HN recommenders 3 months 2020–2024explainerHN users point to it to correct the 'money printer go brrr' view and as a clear explanation of how banks create money through loans.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2025–2026explainerRecommended as detailed math on rent versus buy, showing the choice is often roughly a wash.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2022–2026explainerCited in housing threads for his rule-of-thumb rent-versus-buy analysis and the view that it is often a financial wash.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2023–2025explainerCited in investing threads as a research-backed argument for diversifying beyond US equities, with sources in the description.
- cited 3× 0 months 2022–2025explainerHN cites it as the source for the argument that safe withdrawal rates should be lower than 4%.
Questions
Which Ben Felix video does Hacker News recommend most?
Renting vs. Buying a Home: The 5% Rule: recommended in 5 different months by 6 HN users between 2020 and 2026.
Is this every Ben Felix 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.