Education

YouTube is a big world of its own and most people usually use it to listen to music, watch the latest movie trailers, some videos of great places and events, or simply procrastinating on homework. The platform is for all those things but there is a whole other side of YouTube that many have not considered the hundreds of channels that are based on education. So, you can find thousands of videos on a variety of topics by some great YouTubers. You can find rhymes for kids, life hacks as well as videos on topics like Science, maths, physics, nature, real life events and sociology just to name a few.

So, without any further ado, let’s take a look at the top 100 YouTube channels on Education around the world.

ABCkidTV – Nursery Rhymes currently known as Cocomelon is an American YouTube channel maintained by Treasure Studio Inc. which is based in Irvine, California and was founded back in September, 2005. The channel consists of kids’ songs and nursery rhymes played over 3D animations. Currently, the channel is the fourth most subscribed YouTube channel in the world and the most subscribed channel in the United States with over 52 million subscribers. It is also the second fastest-growing channel in terms of subscribers with an estimate of 3.2 million every month along with nearly 2.8 billion monthly views earned from 435 videos uploaded up till date.

 

BillionSurpriseToys is a kid’s entertainment channel based in Dubai, UAE. The channel was founded in 2013 and is run by WE Bros Media LTD and Animacast International LLC ®, Dubai, UAE. As of June, 2019, BillionSupriseToys is the 59th most subscribed channel on YouTube with over 24 million subscribers. It is famous for their “Johny Johny Yes Papa” video which features a CGI fridge. The video went viral in 2018 before it was taken down in September of that year. Most of the videos are made fun of for their bad grammar, pronunciation as well as the appalling CGI animation.

 

CVS 3D Rhymesis is a YouTube channel formerly known as CyberVillageSolution. The channel targets children especially kindergarteners with nursery rhymes for them. The songs are mostly in English along with various Indian languages, Belgai, and Malaysian. The song videos feature various animals and people that relate to the stories which are shown in 3-d. The videos are popular for teaching children life lessons which important when growing up. However, not everyone is a fan of their videos. Still, the channel has over 20 million subscribers along with nearly 12.3 billion views on 322 videos since the channel’s inception back in 2008.

 

Pinkfong is a South Korea based YouTube channel that is owned by Pinkfong. It is the channel which came up with the famous and infamous children’s song “Baby Shark”. The channel is famous for making animations for children in a variety of different languages that relate to a specific story. Many of their videos are also educational and usually less than 2 minutes in length. They have other sub channels for videos in other languages to cater to a global audience. Today, the channel has over 20.6 million subscribers since its inception back in 2011. It has also garnered over 9 billion total video views from over 1300 videos up till now.

 

Dating back to 2005, Super Simple started in a classroom in Tokyo, Japan, where the teachers started creating their own original and classical songs that were easy for young children to comprehend. In 2006, they started their own YouTube channel as the demand for their videos grew among Japanese teachers. Since then, they have been posting an average of 4 videos each month, focusing on kid’s songs and nursery rhymes that are lyrically not complex, not too fast and teach children new things through gestures in a fun manner. Now they are a complete hit in not just Japan but all over the world, which is why they have also extended their content to Japanese and Spanish languages. Currently, an estimate of 15.6 million subscribe to Super Simple Songs.

TheRichest is an American YouTube channel which is extremely popular for uploading business, sports, expensive lifestyle, wealth and luxury videos along with mind-blowing facts and funny videos. The channel has almost 13.3 million subscribers since its inception back in 2011 and today, it is among the top 100 subscribed channels in the United States. As of 2019, it has been uploaded with 2874 videos which have garnered over 6.3 billion views and counting. They also have a website on which they publish other content of topics such as enterntainment, tech, trending buzz and shocking news. Their website is also among the top 4000 websites in the world according to Alexa.

 

Kids TV – Nursery Rhymes and Baby Songs is a Kids YouTube channel which aims to make children’s learning and education fun with songs and rhymes that have alphabets, numbers, colors, animals and shapes. It is currently one of the most popular kid’s channels in the US and around the world with nearly 13.2 million subscribers since the channel’s inception back in August, 2013. They have uploaded over 2485 videos which have bought about 6.4 billion views making them one of the most popular channels in the this genre.

  

The King of Random is an American YouTube channel which was owned and run by Jonathan Grant Thompson who is a Canadian by birth. His channel is popular for videos of life hacks, experiments and random weekend projected. The channel currently has 11.5 million subscribers since its inception back in 2010. It has been uploaded with 2887 as of June, 2019 which have garnered more than 2.4 billion views ranking it amongst the top 350 YouTube channels in the whole world. The most popular video on his channel is titled “How to Make LEGO Gummy Candy” which was uploaded back in 2015 and has been viewed nearly 26.5 million times with over 300,000 likes. However, since 2018, Jonathon has taken a step back from his channel to spend more time with his family which is why the channel has a new host called Nate while he does more work behind the scenes. In 2018, another co-host was added to his channel named Calli.

ExpCaseros is a Spanish YouTube channel created and run by hosts named Madyen and Nataliya. The channel is popular for uploading home experiments for adults and children, crafts, tricks, cheap inventions, myths revealed, optical illusions and survival tips. All their videos are presented with a touch of humor to entertain their relatively young audience to whom they also advice to either not try their experiments or do them under adult supervision. The channel now has almost 10.4 million subscribers since its inception back in 2012. The duo have uploaded nearly 700 videos which have garnered just over 2 billion views as of June, 2019.

 An American YouTube channel, ToyMonster’s content is based on various educational, DIY, fun videos for children of all ages. They also make use of nursery rhymes and kid’s songs, upload videos on how to make slime, and a majority of their videos are concerned with how to learn different colours especially using M&M’s. 

Although there have been 692 videos posted altogether on ToyMonster since March 2015, there have not been any new uploads. The last video that was posted dates back to a bit farther than 6 months. Regardless, this channel still has a subscriber count of 9.9 million subscribers.

Crash Course is an educational YouTube channel which was started by Hank and John Green, who are one of the most notable YouTubers in this genre. The channel started off with humanities and science courses for viewers and later expanded with courses in the fields of Anatomy, Astronomy, Biology, History, Chemistry, computer science, film studies, games, government, literature, philosophy, sociology and so many more. The channel has around 9.5 million subscribers and has posted 1139 videos since 2011 when the channel was founded and these videos have garnered almost 1.1 billion views. The channel has been renowned as being extremely useful for teachers and students seeking educational content online and has created a community of independent learners that have enhanced their skills and results.

TED-Ed is a YouTube channel owned by TED Conferences LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design), which is a media organization that posts talks online for free distribution. The channel is famous for creating short animated educational videos that are mainly aimed at children and young adults. TED_Ed lessons are created by the team in collaboration with animators and educators that produce amazing and exciting content. The advisors of the channel and TED-Ed lessons include Jackie Bezoz, Salman Khan, John Hunter, Aason Sams, Jonathon Bergmann , Sir Ken Robinson and Melinda French Gates. The channel has 9.73 million subscribers as of 2019 and it has uploaded 1607 videos up to date that have garnered more than 1.4 billion views and counting.

Johny FamilyShow is a family and kids YouTube channel which focuses on producing nursery rhymes which are based on educational content for kids. Many of these rhymes are also sing-along songs that entertain and interact with the audiences from all around the world. The channel has over 9 million subscribers since its inception in 2017 and has posted 283 videos since then. These videos have garnered more than 3.1 billion views worldwide with an average of 5.3 million views per video.

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell is a British YouTube channel which produces educational animated videos that attempt to explain a variety of complex topics in details. However, these detailed videos are presented in such a way that they are accessible to all kind of audiences. The subject matter varies widely and includes topics like scientific concepts, current events and anthropology. The channel was founded in July, 2013 and the first video to be released was titled How Evolution Works. Today, the channel has nearly 9.05 million subscribers and since 2016, all videos have been improved in quality (60fps). There are a total of 100 videos on the channel as of June, 2019 and these 100 videos have been viewed over 653 million times and counting.

Dr. Vivek Bindra: Motivational Speaker is an Indian YouTube channel owned and run by Dr. Vivek Bindra. It was created in December, 2016 and is now incredibly popular for uploading videos of motivation, business consultancy and CEO coaching. Dr. Vivek is known for his energetic and passionate videos that fill people with potency and energy by his words. Today, more than 1500 companies have made him their trusted advisor and thousands of new startups are inspired by his vision. The channel now has nearly 8.74 million subscribers and has been uploaded with 387 videos up till date which have garnered almost half a billion views up till now.

wifistudy is the official YouTube channel of wifistudy, which is an Indian online education and career portal that helps students and job seekers prepare for various competitive exams. The exams are in the field of Railway, Banking, Defense, Engineering, Civil services and Teaching exams. The channel was created back in June, 2014 and now has over 8.76 million subscribers. The channel has been uploaded with more than 12,500 videos which have been viewed more than 980 million times as of 2019.

El Reino a Jugar is an Argentinean YouTube channel which was created back in May, 2015. The channel is regarded as one of the most famous Argentinean YouTube channels and focuses on producing educational content for children. Most of the videos are rhymes, animations, sing alongs and educational tutorials. The channel now has 8.34 million subscribers and has been uploaded with more than 350 videos as of June, 2019. Their videos have been viewed almost 4 billion times in total since the channels inception and are rising every day.

LittleBabyBum ® Español is the Spanish version of the educational channel on YouTube of the same name. It is the 4^th most subscribed channel of all time behind channels like Ed Sheeran, BBC and X Factor. The channel specializes in 3D animation videos of traditional rhymes along with original children’s songs. The original songs mostly focus on learning and growing up activities which cover topics such as letters, numbers, colors, sounds of animals and tasks like brushing teeth, hands and getting dressed. The Spanish version of the channel now caters to a massive audience of 8.28 million subscribers since its creation and has been uploaded with more than 570 videos as of June, 2019. These videos have been watched nearly 4.64 billion times.

FunToysMedia is an educational and toys videos channel for kids which is hosted by a kind names Jason. In his videos, Jason teaches colors, numbers, letters, songs, and how to make fun sketches at home. The channel was created back in 2015 and has been uploaded with over 300 videos as of June, 2019. It now has nearly 8.2 million subscribers from around the world and the videos have been viewed over 2.1 billion times up till now.

infobells – Telugu is an Indian YouTube channel which posts videos that entertain young kids with enthralling music. The purpose of these videos is not only to entertain kids but also to ensure that these kids have various concepts of early learning such as how to do home tasks as well as respect for elders. The rhymes which are based on local cultural and moral values are used to grab children’s attention and ensure that they watch the videos multiple times. The channel was created in March, 2014 and has been uploaded with 241 videos as of June, 2019. The channel now has more than 7.28 million subscribers and the videos on it have been viewed nearly 3.75 billion times making it one of India’s most popular channels on YouTube.

YtCrash is a YouTube channel which posts videos with information in the form of facts behind certain events and collection of feeds and unique events that occur all around the world. The collection of videos on the channel has supposedly gone under various research and data collection usually in the form of videos and photos from many sources which are placed and organized in a specific manner. The channel has more than 1080 videos since the creation of the channel back in March, 2015. As of 2019, the channel now has nearly 7.8 million subscribers with a total view count which has crossed 1.76 billion views.