There are so many awesome language YouTube channels out there, I decided to create this easy and very thorough master list of the best!
Whether you are just looking for some inspiration learning any language, looking for tips and tricks, or looking for a specific language – I’ve got you covered!
So grab a good notebook, your favorite pen, a nice cup of tea and sit back, relax, and learn! 🙂
Be sure to check out my resources page for other great resources, as well!
*Last updated February 16, 2023*
P.S – You might like this YouTube multilingual song playlist! It has 500+ languages!! Wow!
YouTube Channels for General Language Learning:
– Lindie Botes (one of my favorite language YouTube channels. She speaks several languages and talks about each of them, as well as language learning tips, goals, her language notebook, etc.)
– Laoshu50500 (the OG language YouTuber and one of the best language YouTube channels in general. Tragically, he passed away in 2021, but he has a great channel. His goal was to connect with people through language and his videos are sure to bring a smile to your face 🙂 )
– My Langs
– Ikenna
– Lang Focus (very informational videos about languages and linguistics!)
– Days of French ‘n’ Swedish (despite the name, he talks about many languages and general language learning)
– Ruri Ohama (mostly posts about her life, but she does make some great videos on language learning!)
– Easy Languages (nice for not just hearing the language, but also learning about the culture! They also have videos on uncommon languages, making this one of the best language YouTube channels for lesser-spoken languages!)
– Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约 (a bit click-baity now, but he did used to make videos related to language learning and they can still be found on his channel! Mostly Mandarin related, but he posted about several others as well)
– Guresu
– BookBox (children’s books read in various languages. Seems to no longer be active, but there are tons of great videos still!)
– Big Bong
– Babbel
– Sleep Languages (I’m not sure if I believe you can learn while sleeping, however this and the channel below might be language YouTube channels worth checking out! They use binaural beats and play words and phrases on top for several hours so you can listen while you sleep)
– Eko Languages (just like above, only with more unique and lesser spoken languages!)
YouTube Channels for Specific Languages:
Albanian
LISA Learning (might be inactive and has a small collection, but could help a beginner!)
Afrikaans
Afrikaans with Lindie (a sub-channel of Lindie Botes who is mentioned in the general language YouTube channels above! She is not super active here, but I think she is a great teacher!)
Arabic
Misc. / fun channels:
Joe HaTTab (from Jordan. Mostly travel vlogs, documentary type videos, etc. English subtitles)
Our Family Life (from Jordan. Cute animated videos about the family. English subtitles)
Omar Farooq (from Bahrain. Life vlogging, funny videos, travel, etc. English subtitles)
Jana Vlogs (from Saudi Arabia. Lifestyle vlogging. English subtitles)
Kareem Elsayed كريم السيد (from Egypt. Food vlogging, travel, etc. English subtitles)
Qalby Etmaan قلبي اطمأن (from all over. “Social experiment program providing help for the poor in a different way”. English subtitles)
What If? (from Egypt. Answers to short “what if” questions. English subtitles)
Chef Shaheen – شيف شاهين (from Iraq. Chef with great food videos. English subtitles)
احمد شريف Ahmed Sharif (from Bahrain. Funny skits, etc. English subtitles)
AboFlah (from Kuwait. Gaming. English subtitles)
UTD Saudi فيصل السيف (from Saudi Arabia. Technology based. English subtitles)
عن السينما (from Lebanon. Movie reviews, etc. No English subtitles!)
Anas Iskander – انس اسكندر (from Saudi Arabia. Travel related videos. No longer active. Some English subtitles)
Anas Bukhash أنس بوخش (from the UAE. Talks with people of all walks of life. English subtitles)
ASL
ASL Rochelle (no longer active, but lots of past videos!)
Misc. / fun channels:
Chrissy Can’t Hear You (vlogging, funny skits, the occasional ASL learning tip, her life as a Deaf person, etc. English voiceover)
Bengali
Bulgarian
Cantonese
Dope Chinese with Gloria (she occasionally posts about Mandarin as well, but it is largely a Cantonese channel!)
Learn Chinese with Jessie (she posts about Mandarin and Cantonese)
Super Speak Juniors (Mandarin and Chinese teaching)
Misc. / fun channels:
JJ Says (US-American living in China. She posts in Mandarin and Cantonese about her life and language learning)
Catalan
Learn Catalan from Barcelona (no longer active, but still has some good past videos!)
Croatian
Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Montenegrin lessons
Misc. / fun channels:
Royal Croatian Tours (a family living in Croatia and vlogging about it. Mostly in English, but they do have some videos on the language and all videos are great to see the culture!)
Grgo Petrov (makes videos in Croatian with short stories, vlogs, interviews, etc)
Czech
Talk. Learn. Enjoy. Czech with Tereza
Czech with a Praguer (he posts a mix of language tips and lifestyle vlogs)
Misc. / fun channels:
TadyGavin (no longer active, but lots of past videos. He posted about learning Czech and also his life in general)
Dream Prague (some language videos, but mostly about her life as a US-American in Prague – not all videos are in/about Czech though!)
Dutch
Dutchies to be – Learn Dutch with Kim
Learn Dutch Academy (no longer active, but lots of old videos)
Learn Dutch with Videos (no longer active, it seems)
Misc. / fun channels:
Clipphanger (short, animated info videos about all sorts of topics. Not subtitled in English, but in Dutch)
English
Korean Billy (posts mostly about different accents and phrases in various English-speaking countries)
Estonian
Little Miss Squirrel – Let’s Learn Estonian Playlist (no longer active, but a nice little series to help a bit)
The Sound of Estonian (no longer active and not too many videos, but it might help a beginner!)
Filipino / Tagalog
Finnish
Sinä osaat! Suomen kieltä kaikille
LearnFastFinnishDirty (no longer active, but lots of old videos to check out)
FinnishWithAnna (seems to no longer be active, but there are lots of old videos!)
Misc. / fun channels:
eeddspeaks (vlogging, traveling, etc. No subtitles in English)
French
French with LogicLanguageLearning
Misc. / fun videos:
Cyprien (funny skits and more!)
Maintenant tu le sais and Le Tatou (a “now-you-know” type of channel – both from the same man, both now discontinued unfortunately. Still plenty in the past to look through though!)
German
Misc. / fun channels:
Robin Peaches (has 9 German song playlists – all long and all with awesome songs!!)
BodyKiss (fitness channel)
JessysKüche (asian cooking channel with very sweet older woman. No English subtitles)
LeFloid (news reports and reaction videos. No English subtitles)
Greek
Helinika – Greek Language, History & Culture
Learn Greek with Lina (no longer active, but has some great past videos)
Gujarati
Hawaiian (Kulāiwi)
Kamehameha Schools Lessons (a no longer active video series (from 1994) with 24 lessons – all great and thorough videos!)
Hungarian
Hungarian Teacher (no longer active, but lots of old videos to check out!)
Misc. / fun channels:
Eszter Gottschall (lifestyle, travel, and the occasional language post. No English subtitles)
Icelandic
Misc. / fun channels:
Ívar Gunnarsson (lifestyle vlogging with the rare language video. Has English subtitles usually)
Irish
The Irish Exile (no longer active, but good, past videos!)
Italian
Impara l’Italiano con Italiano Automatico
Sgrammaticando (no longer active, but tons of great, old videos)
Misc. / fun channels:
willwoosh (general vlogging about tons of topics. No English subtitles)
Japanese
Tae Kim (no longer active, but has some good beginner videos!)
Organic Japanese with Cure Dolly (no longer active, but tons of videos and playlists about tons of topics!)
Namasensai (no longer active, but 100+ videos on this beginners playlist! Warning: this is a foreigner who gets drunk and teaches Japanese so it can sometimes be a bit wrong and its definitely rated R for language, haha, but is a fun resource for those who are okay with that!)
Misc. / fun channels:
ANNnewsCH (short news broadcasts. No English subtitles)
Korean
Talk To Me In Korean – TTMIK (one of the best learning channels!)
Korean Englishmen (If you know Jolly, this is their Korean channel! They are hilarious. On this channel, they often interview celebrities over Korean meals, do activities and excursions in Korea, and talk about general topics related to Korea, etc)
Natalia Garza (Really amazing resource for all things Korean language learning related – one of my favs!)
Prof Yoon’s Korean Language Class
Korean Culture Series & Quick Korean (no longer active, but many older videos teaching Korean – even in Spanish!)
Misc. / fun channels:
데이브 World of Dave (variety type of channel with food, general vlogging, interviews, travel, etc. English and Korean is spoken and videos are typically subtitled in English and Korean as well)
Korean Unnie (she posts largely about her life in Korea, but she also occasionally posts about the Korean language as well)
Latvian
Learn Latvian (no longer active and only a few videos, but could be helpful to a beginner for a short bit!)
Lithuanian
Talk Like Antanas (might no longer be active, but full of past videos!)
Lithuanian Abroad (also might no longer be active, but full of old videos)
Learn Lithuanian (no longer active, but has many short videos good for beginners!)
Mandarin
Learn Chinese with Jessie (Mandarin and Cantonese)
Super Speak Juniors (Mandarin and Cantonese)
Learn Chinese with Emma (no longer active, but still a lot of old videos to check out!)
Misc. / fun channels:
JJ Says (US-American living in China. She posts in Mandarin and Cantonese about her life and language learning)
Marathi
Easy Indian Language (seems to mostly just post about Marathi, though occasionally some other Indian languages!)
Norwegian
Preben ́s Norwegian community (seems to be inactive, but tons of past videos to check out!)
Norwegian Teacher – Karin (seems to be inactive, but many great, old videos)
Persian
Learn Persian with Chai and Conversation (no longer active, but lots of old videos to check out)
Polish
Learn Polish with Eva Kam (also posts for Spanish speaking learners)
Polish Courses (no longer active, but tons of old videos to check out!)
Course of Polish (no longer active, but lots of great old videos still)
Portuguese
Portuguese With Carla (Portugal/European)
Talk the Streets (Portugal/European)
Learn Portuguese Hello Rusty (Brazilian)
Portugués con Philipe Brazuca (Brazilian)
Sweet Smart Brazil (Brazilian)
Mia Esmeriz Academy (Portugal/European)
Portuguese With Leo (Portugal/European)
Portuguese Lab (Portugal/European)
Practice Portuguese (Portugal/European)
Speaking Brazilian Language School (Brazilian)
Misc. / fun channels:
Porta dos Fundos (Brazilian Portuguese. Funny little skits that are also subtitled in English!)
SEA3P0 (reaction videos, gaming, etc. Not English subtitled)
Russian
Scottish Gaelic
Spanish
Super Holly (I love her. She speaks English and Spanish and makes videos in both languages! Her focus is mostly Mexican Spanish)
Spanish After Hours (Spain Spanish)
Spanishland School (Slight focus on Colombian Spanish)
Dreaming Spanish (Spain)
Español con Juan (Spain)
Spring Spanish (Latin–American Spanish with slight focus on Mexican Spanish)
Misc. / fun channels:
whatdafaqshow (Peru. Variety show, reactions, challenges, etc. No English subtitles)
enchufetv (Ecuador. Variety show with skits. No English subtitles)
Luisito Comunica (Vlogging, travel, food, etc. No English subtitles)
Juanpa Zurita (Mexico. vlogging, travel, adventure, etc. No English subtitles)
Hola Soy German (Chile. Old channel of his. No longer active. Mostly subtitled in English!)
Juega German (Chile. The new channel of Hola Soy German. No English subtitles)
Swahili
Swahili Dar Language School (appears to no longer be active, but still has several good past videos)
Swedish
Alfra.Svenska (with Arabic subtitles as well!)
Slow Swedish with Katrin Berndt (no longer active, but a few, fun past videos)
Tamil
Dr. Deepa Gupta (posts about Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada)
Telugu
Dr. Deepa Gupta (posts about Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada)
Thai
Thai Talk with Paddy (some lifestyle vlogging, but a good bit of language learning as well!)
Turkish
Learn Turkish with Turkish Coffee (geared towards English and Arabic speakers with subtitles in both languages)
Let’s Practice Turkish – تعلم التركية (Turkish language learning in Arabic and a bit of English)
Dillendim (he posts a combo of Turkish language tips, vlogs in Turkish, and other language videos)
Learn Turkish with Muki (seems to no longer be active. Several HQ old videos though!)
Vietnamese
Tieng Viet Oi – Vietnamese Lessons
Vietnamese with V4U – Vietnamese Pho You
Misc. / fun channels:
Khánh Vy (beauty, lifestyle vlogging, etc. No English subtitles)
Welsh
Learn Welsh (no longer active, but lots of good, older videos to check out!)
Zulu
Zulu Lessons with Thando (seems to no longer be active, but great, past videos to look at!)
Did you find some good language YouTube channels for your studies here?
If you have any other language YouTube channels that I missed, please leave a comment below! I am always looking to add to this list 🙂
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I have TWO boxes of those Mildliners, and the fineliners!! Love it. Great Blog ❤️
Thank you! 🙂
Yes, Mildliners are my all-time favs! I have all of the offered colors, haha.
Another great Spanish channel is Spanishland School! Mostly focused on Colombian Spanish/culture, and they have two podcasts as well. A wonderful resource with lots of native speakers in conversation as well as lessons.
Awesome, thank you so much!! I just checked the channel out and it looks great! I think Ill add that to my personal study routine and to this list today too 🙂
Learn Bengali with Baneebee is active again and it is uploading new videos now. Thanks a lot!
Awesome, thank you so much for letting me know!! I will edit it right now 😀
For ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) studies, I recommend ʻŌiwi TV (oiwi.tv/kaleooiwi/) and Kulāiwi with ʻEkela Kanīʻaupiʻo Crozier (youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLb3n-QSZVBPvyTPmPWA2BSREbF8V_tv7)
Awesome, thank you so much, Cris!! Ill add these to the post 🙂