Meet the creators

People who make complicated ideas click

Browse 79 creator profiles and 217 visual explainers across math, science, engineering, computer science, society, and design. Follow a creator, then try their interactive demos, read their visual articles, or watch a video.

• Aalok Patwardhan

  Writes interactive visual introductions to robotics math.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Lie Theory: A Visual Introduction

• AJ (ItsmeAjayKV)

  Makes Manim-style AI explainers of LLM research.

  @ItsmeAjayKV · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How DeepSeek keeps 890 bytes of KV cache per token

• Akshay K

  Made an AI-generated 3Blue1Brown-style explainer of VAEs.

  @ng169onX · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Variational autoencoders, explained

• Alex Bodner

  Makes 3Blue1Brown-style computer-vision explainers with AI.

  @AlexBodner_ · 2 explainers in the collection

  • Object tracking explained in 3Blue1Brown style
  • RF-DETR explained

• Alex Patrascu

  Creates AI-assisted visual stories and motion-graphic explainers.

  @maxescu · 1 explainer in the collection

  • The history of the printing press

• Alexander Bogachev

  Co-built an interactive explainer of 3D Gaussian splatting.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • The Point — 3D Gaussian Splatting

• AMBOSS

  Publishes interactive economics explainers.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • New money is never neutral

• Amit Patel · Red Blob Games

  Explains game-development mathematics and algorithms through interactive diagrams.

  @redblobgames · 9 explainers in the collection

  • Introduction to the A* Algorithm
  • Hexagonal Grids
  • Making Maps with Noise Functions

• Andy Matuschak & Michael Nielsen

  Quantum Country: an essay in a mnemonic medium on quantum computing.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Quantum computing for the very curious

• Bartosz Ciechanowski

  Builds illustrated essays with hands-on models of physics, machinery, and geometry.

  @BCiechanowski · 16 explainers in the collection

  • Moon
  • Airfoil
  • Bicycle

• Brad Mills

  Builds explorables about Bitcoin and quantum computing risk.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • THE CONSTRUCT — Bitcoin vs. The Quantum Machine

• Branch Education

  3D-animated explainers of how technology works.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • How do microSD Cards Store 2 TB in such a TINY space?
  • Zooming Into a CPU

• Bret Kerr

  Builds interactive explainers of AI safety papers at Context Jamming.

  @BretKerr · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Five ways a cleaning robot ruins an office

• Brian Chao

  Researcher making AI-generated 3Blue1Brown-style paper teasers.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Foveated Diffusion paper teaser

• c0deConstructor

  Built an interactive periodic table site with Claude.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • The Periodic Table of Elements

• Deedy Das

  Shares AI-generated 3Blue1Brown-style and documentary explainer video workflows.

  @deedydas · 2 explainers in the collection

  • Regularized Recursive Self Improvement of Agent Harnesses, in 3b1b style
  • The Neocloud business, explained

• Derya Unutmaz, MD

  Immunologist making AI-generated educational videos on T cells and immunology.

  @DeryaTR_ · 1 explainer in the collection

  • T cells, explained

• Dirk Brockmann

  Creates interactive explorables about collective behavior and complex systems.

  @DirkBrockmann · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Horde of the Flies

• Distill

  Research journal of interactive machine-learning articles.

  @distillpub · 5 explainers in the collection

  • Attention and Augmented Recurrent Neural Networks
  • Feature Visualization
  • A Gentle Introduction to Graph Neural Networks

• Doug Devine

  Built an interactive SeedSigner dice-to-seed walkthrough.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • SeedSigner Dice → Seed Phrase Walkthrough

• Emily (the_aiju)

  Makes Claude-made computing-history explainer videos.

  @the_aiju · 1 explainer in the collection

  • The Xerox Alto

• ExplainerTools

  Original visual lessons: change one variable, observe what happens, and understand why. Interactive models and short narrated films for curious minds.

  41 explainers in the collection

  • How does an AI chatbot pick its next word?
  • Why do walking robots fall over so easily?
  • Why does twice the speed need four times the braking distance?

• ExplainerTools Originals

  Short, silent visual lessons with original code-drawn diagrams, made for exploring a question together.

  @explainertools · 0 explainers in the collection

• Gabriel Goh

  Author of Distill's interactive explanation of momentum and optimization.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Why Momentum Really Works

• Gene Kogan

  Makes AI-generated documentary-style explainers.

  @genekogan · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Runway world models, a documentary

• Grant Sanderson · 3Blue1Brown

  Makes visual mathematics videos that turn abstract ideas into pictures, motion, and intuition.

  @3blue1brown · 8 explainers in the collection

  • But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1
  • The essence of calculus
  • Linear transformations and matrices | Chapter 3, Essence of linear algebra

• Higgsfield AI

  AI video platform showcasing AI-generated science explainers.

  @higgsfield_ai · 3 explainers in the collection

  • A 109-minute physics lecture as a 2-minute explainer
  • The physics of flight
  • Racing car aerodynamics

• Jack Schaedler

  Author of Circles Sines and Signals, an interactive DSP primer.

  @JackSchaedler · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Circles Sines and Signals

• Jared Owen

  3D-animated explainers of machines, buildings and spacecraft.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • How does a Spacesuit work? (NASA)
  • How Roller Coasters Actually Work

• Jochen Görtler, Rebecca Kehlbeck & Oliver Deussen

  The authors behind Distill's visual guide to Gaussian processes.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • A Visual Exploration of Gaussian Processes

• Jonny Miller

  Author of the interactive essay How to Unclench.

  @jonnym1ller · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How to Unclench

• Josh W. Comeau

  Writes interactive tutorials on web development and animation.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • A Friendly Introduction to Spring Physics

• Kevin Neal

  Built an interactive explainer of LLM text watermarking.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • The watermark is a relationship

• Kevin Ngo

  Makes explainer animations where AI draws every frame in JavaScript.

  @kevin_t_ngo · 4 explainers in the collection

  • The Hugging Face sandbox incident, explained
  • The history of dinosaurs in under one minute
  • How the Rainbow Got Its Colors

• kobez

  Built an interactive flight and wind-tunnel lab with GPT-6 Astra.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Flight Lab — A study in flight

• Konstantin Saifoulline

  Creates interactive engineering and space simulations through airsup lab.

  @konstantinsaifo · 5 explainers in the collection

  • Roman Space Telescope, simulated
  • Inside the Raptor 3 rocket engine
  • A star in a bottle

• Koshiek Karan

  Built HOME RUN, an interactive home-loan simulation game.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • HOME RUN — The Home Loan Game

• Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

  Animated science explainer videos.

  3 explainers in the collection

  • Can Earth Run Out of Water?
  • How ADHD Medication Works
  • Your Skeleton Is Electric

• Larus Canus

  Makes Vox-style AI history explainers.

  @MrLarus · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How Qin unified China

• Marco Ludovico Perego

  A frontend and creative developer exploring real-time 3D scenes and water simulations.

  @mlperego · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Ocean waves in 3D

• Martin Wattenberg, Fernanda Viégas & Ian Johnson

  The authors behind Distill's interactive guide to interpreting t-SNE.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • How to Use t-SNE Effectively

• Mathelirium

  Math, physics and ML simulation visuals.

  @mathelirium · 2 explainers in the collection

  • Two black holes merge
  • The Permanent Echo of Gravity

• Mathologer (Burkard Polster)

  Visual math explanation videos.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • How to Integrate with an AX? The Surprising Power of Planimeters

• Michael Moor

  Makes AI-generated animated puzzle explainers.

  @Michael_D_Moor · 1 explainer in the collection

  • The jumping frog puzzle

• Mike Bostock

  Creator of D3; wrote the visual essay Visualizing Algorithms.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Visualizing Algorithms

• Mikeysee

  Creates the Convex Explained interactive explainer series.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Convex Explained

• MinuteEarth

  Short animated videos about Earth science and biology.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Why Are Some People Mosquito Magnets?

• minutephysics (Henry Reich)

  Hand-drawn physics explainer videos.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Strings Don't Vibrate The Way You Think

• MLU-Explain (Amazon)

  Amazon Machine Learning University visual essays on core ML concepts.

  4 explainers in the collection

  • Decision Trees
  • Bias Variance Tradeoff
  • Double Descent

• MTS

  Publishes interactive research explainers on the physical AI stack.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • The Physical Stack Behind AI

• Nehal Udyavar · Newt Interactive

  Creates interactive essays about biology and other science topics.

  @nehaludyavar · 1 explainer in the collection

  • The Story of Hemoglobin

• Nicky Case

  Makes playful explanations of mathematics, human behavior, and complex systems.

  9 explainers in the collection

  • The Evolution of Trust
  • The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds
  • To Build a Better Ballot

• onur ozcan

  Builds products and animated stories with code.

  @oozn · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Steve Jobs: an animated life

• PhET Interactive Simulations

  University of Colorado Boulder's free interactive math and science simulations.

  3 explainers in the collection

  • Build an Atom
  • Projectile Motion
  • Circuit Construction Kit: DC

• Primer

  Simulation-driven videos about evolution, probability and decision-making.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • Simulating the Evolution of Aging
  • Simulating the Evolution of Rock, Paper, Scissors

• Reducible

  Animated computer-science algorithm explainers.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • The Unreasonable Effectiveness of JPEG
  • The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT): Most Ingenious Algorithm Ever?

• Ryan Sael

  Creates interactive 3D explanations of science, technology, and everyday systems.

  @RyanSael · 17 explainers in the collection

  • The Plane of Focus
  • Rocket Nozzle Lab
  • River Bend Lab

• S. Triyambak Patro

  Builds hands-on 3D playground labs about computing.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Inside a File

• Sam (Sam_Axiom)

  Makes Manim-animated calculus lessons.

  @Sam_Axiom · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Limits Explained Visually

• Sam Rose

  Writes visual, interactive essays about software and computer science.

  @samwhoo · 7 explainers in the collection

  • Load Balancing
  • Memory Allocation
  • Hashing

• Sebastian Lague

  Coding Adventures: visual videos building simulations and graphics from scratch.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • Coding Adventure: Simulating Smoke
  • Coding Adventure: Rendering Fluids

• Seeing Theory

  Probability and statistics visualizations by Daniel Kunin, Jingru Guo, Tyler Dae Devlin, and Daniel Xiang.

  @SeeingTheory · 4 explainers in the collection

  • Basic Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Bayesian Inference

• Setosa (Explained Visually)

  Explained Visually: interactive explanations of math and statistics concepts.

  5 explainers in the collection

  • Markov Chains explained visually
  • Image Kernels explained visually
  • Eigenvectors and Eigenvalues explained visually

• Shiva

  Renders code-only explainer films with Remotion and three.js.

  @BinaryScriptar · 1 explainer in the collection

  • James Webb launch and unfolding, rendered in code

• six (internetphysics)

  Built a generative video classroom that answers questions with animated explainers.

  @internetphysics · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How nuclear energy works (generative video classroom)

• Steve Mould

  Hands-on physics and engineering explainer videos.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • The "Perpetual Motion" Pump That Actually Works
  • The Anti Trampoline Effect

• Tanay Karnik

  Produced a long-form animated explainer on database performance.

  @tanayvk · 1 explainer in the collection

  • The Physics of Database Speed

• Techartist

  Creates interactive 3D experiments in code, form, light and motion.

  @techartist_ · 2 explainers in the collection

  • How a jet engine works
  • XVI · The X-Engine

• TED-Ed

  Animated educational lessons.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • Why are AI data centers using so much electricity?
  • Why magnets stumped scientists for so long

• The Bugged Dev

  A software developer exploring mechanisms and 3D scenes with code.

  @thebuggeddev · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How a watermill works

• The Pudding

  Digital publication explaining culture with visual essays.

  @puddingviz · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive?

• Tiberiu Mușat

  Shares visual explanations about language models and interpretability.

  @Tiberiu_Musat_ · 1 explainer in the collection

  • Induction heads in language models

• Tibo Maker

  Founder and creator sharing startup stories and growth advice.

  @tibo_maker · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How Shazam Works

• Usama Unais

  Made a 3Blue1Brown-style explainer of how LLMs work.

  @UsamaUnais · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How LLMs work, 3b1b style

• Veritasium

  Videos about science, engineering and interesting things.

  2 explainers in the collection

  • The Insane Real Engineering of the Nazi Enigma Machine
  • The Scariest Chart In Engineering

• Victor Dibia

  Writes interactive explainers on AI systems and calibrated decision models.

  @vykthur · 1 explainer in the collection

  • How Jev works: calibrated decision models

• Vox (Voxyz)

  Builds AI-coded interactive physics labs.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Black Hole Lensing Lab

• Vuk Rosić

  Makes AI-generated 3D medical explainer videos.

  @VukRosic99 · 1 explainer in the collection

  • What happens inside your body when your heart stops

• Waela

  Built Behind the Click, an interactive explainer featured by Netlify.

  1 explainer in the collection

  • Behind the Click — What happens after you press Enter?