7 Best Finance YouTube Channels

Best channels to learn finance from

Manu Lakshmanan

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Manu Lakshmanan

Expertise: Management Consulting | Strategy & Operations

Updated:

June 6, 2023

YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. Owned by Google, it is the second most visited website after Google itself.

It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Kareem.

7 Best Finance YouTube Channels

YouTube channel where people make videos, upload them and group them on their channel. It has a web address that can be promoted on its website or used to market its material. Those who like their videos or content subscribe to their channel.

Nowadays, in this digital world, we find many people on YouTube who want to help others in many ways, like advising on a different topic, providing free education, e-learning, news update, uploading music, shorts & movies, etc.

All kinds of entertainment/data can be accessed on YouTube. In addition, many video bloggers (Vloggers) are eager to help others. Here in this article, we will discuss the seven best financial YouTube channels and some best finance content to watch.

Why do people prefer using YouTube?

Subscribers

It is a widely used social media platform in today's generation. People love to use it as it is a straightforward use-edit-post application.

Anyone can quickly start making an account and posting videos on different content and start earning if it gets more likes and subscriptions.

As it has around a billion views daily, it is the best way for people to earn money through this application as it is widely accepted for posting videos and spreading awareness about different aspects.

It makes it easy for creators to share their content with a large audience. So, there is a wide range of content we can watch endlessly, like beauty tutorials, gaming, product review, etc.

Around 1 billion people love to watch videos on YouTube every day. It is the 2nd most popular search engine after google. It is available in more than 100 countries and in more than 80 languages.

Importance of Youtube as a knowledge repository

Importance

  • Easy to access as we can watch video anytime, anywhere, and several times free of cost.
  • Easy to connect with people who subscribe to their channel, and there is no restriction to visiting the page and accessing information. Anyone from anywhere can connect with anyone and share their views, education, skills, etc.
  • Help in improving skills as for one content we can check many videos, replay it and visit same content on a different channel.
  • Known for "Digital Library" as it has image and sound
  • Known as a social learning platform, many people get the opportunity to share their knowledge, experience, and thoughts. Nowadays, all schools and coaching centers need an experience certificate, but it doesn't need such a certificate to teach on this electronic platform.
  • Time-efficient, we do not need to visit universities or coaching centers to learn as we can access it anywhere worldwide.
  • It is money efficient to learn something, so we don't need to visit anywhere, need to open YouTube, and we can do advertising, teach, learn dancing, education, watch movies online, listen to music, and watch sports matches free of cost.
  • YouTubers can also earn money if their channels get subscribed & videos get more likes and views.
  • Help improve the educational system as it creates a single virtual education system where all students from all parts of the world can access it together. With the help of YouTube, every field is getting enhanced and popular daily.
  • It helps spread awareness to where we had no access to or understanding about education, sports, and different activities. For example, many news channels provide live options so that we can watch any news channel anywhere in the world.

Why should we watch financial content on YouTube?

Learning finance is a challenging task as even after reading it many times, the concept of finance has hard, tough words and definitions which we cannot understand until and unless we do it practically or watch the video in detail with examples.

Education

YouTube videos allow us to explain even complex information simply and practically with the help of images and videos. In this digital world, it helps in making finance learning easier.

Nowadays, people prefer to watch online movies and series rather than reading books. Unlike our elders, we are blessed with TV and the internet, so reading a book is the most tedious task, and in that reading, a finance book is the most challenging thing to do.

Many YouTubers explain finance concepts in straightforward and creative ways. So, all age groups can learn it. Financial literacy is the knowledge necessary to make critical financial decisions. It can help with decisions about budgets, debt, and investing.

So, if you want to learn finance, it is a master of all information and education sources. E.g., Share market, real estate, budgeting, accounting, investing, insurance, or any other topic.

If you want to learn finance, it is the best platform. In this report, we have mentioned below the top 7 YouTube channels based on their Subscribers and page views.

#1 Graham Stephen (Subscriber-3.74M)

#2 Andrei Jikh (Subscriber-1.96M)

#3 Mark Tilbury (Subscriber-1.2M)

#4 Nate O'Brien (Subscriber-1.23M)  

#5 Brian Jung (Subscriber-1.12M)

#6 The Financial Diet. (Subscriber- 963K)

#7 Financial Education (Subscriber- 715K)

Development

Let's discuss the best finance YouTuber who easily explains finance. We can use their ideas for better investment and savings. They suggest we can also use real life to improve our financial knowledge.

Graham Stephen

Graham Stephen is known as one of the best real estate agents on YouTube. He mostly talks about real estate topics. However, some of his videos are also about personnel finance and lifestyle. Raised in Santa Monica, California.

Joined - December 25, 2016

Total Video - 758

Subscriber- 3.78 Million 

Total View- Around 374 Million

Website 

YouTube Channel

Stephen

As a 30-year-old real estate agent and investor who started working in real estate shortly after turning 18, dove headfirst into the world of Real Estate in 2008. His advice is widely applicable to all investors.

He started his channel to share his personal experience of success and failure in the Real estate business. He loved to support those interested in the Real estate business. He had support from the younger generation as he became a millionaire at 26.

He achieved this growth by quitting his real estate career and focusing on YouTube full-time in early coronavirus lockdown at home. His common topics were financial independence, saving money, and real estate investing. His philosophy is to save money whenever possible.

Stephen's life is now entirely centered around content creation. However, he says reading thousands of comments on his video helped him identify a strong desire from viewers for someone who could explain what was happening in the market.

Stephan is busier and more successful than ever, but he knows his career has taken him to uncharted waters. His growth isn't due to an increase in the working hours he puts into YouTube but also to a change in the type of content he makes.

The most popular videos are : 

How I bought a Tesla for $78 Per Month - 8,000,000 views

Meet the $250,000,000 man - 5,000,000 views

How To Buy Your First Rental Property (Step by Step) - 4,000,000 views

Andrei Jikh         

Born in Russia, Andrei Jikh has risen to the top of the artistry art form while being one of the industry's youngest creators and performers. Andrei's videos have inspired and motivated cardists worldwide - with his signature style, creativity, and knuckle-busting moves.

Joined - March 24, 2017

Total Video - 335

Subscriber-1.99 million 

Total View - Around 183 million

Website

YouTube Channel

Jikh

He is an entrepreneur, YouTuber, Financial advisor & social media influencer. He makes YouTube videos teaching personal finance, investing, cryptocurrency and entrepreneurship.

He began producing regular content on cryptocurrency and NFT (Non-Fungible Token) in 2021. He was born and brought up in Las Vegas, United States, on January 4, 1989. He is 32 years old as of 2022.

His most popular videos include passive income ideas, how to become a millionaire, how much money you should save, and finding jobs or side gigs that don't require a university education.

His channel covers a wide variety of topics. So naturally, he expects plenty of investment videos and a good number of those dealing with more significant financial issues.

For example, he has a video that shows how to save 50% of your income, set goals, retire by 30, protect your assets, calculate the renting versus buying decision on your home, etc.

But one of the most interesting videos deals with when you should sell your stocks (He lays out five rules for selling).

While so many financial analyses and videos tell you what stocks to buy and when, very few give you the other half of the investment equation, which is when to get out.

The most popular videos are:

Now You See Me VS REAL LIFE (CARD SCENE RECREATED) - Around 26 M views.

7 Passive Income Ideas: How I Earn $700 A Day! - Around 3 M views

How I Became a Millionaire In 1 Year - Around 2 M views

Mark Tilbury

Mark Tilbury is a UK-based businessman, TikTok start & social media personality. He discusses everything related to investing and helping others to become financially secure. He teaches business, personnel finance, and investing on his YouTube channel.

Joined - March 15, 2014

Total Video - 225

Subscriber-1.2 million

Total View- Around 87 million

Website Link  

Mark

He thinks anyone can become wealthy by thinking like an investor and entrepreneur. His channel discusses education and entertainment. He shares videos about entrepreneurship, investment, finance, motivation, etc.

The most popular videos are Why are most people poor & You are being set up to fail.

He left school at 16 with no qualifications and no money. No one believed in him, especially his teachers. His first job was making wooden trash cans & it paid less than $2 per hour.

His manager used to insult him and give him all bad jobs. He decided to quit and started his own business with significant risk. Now 30 years later, he runs his own multi-million-dollar business.

Now he has the house of his dreams, and most importantly, he has the freedom to spend quality time with his family. Now he wants to help all to become financially free as well.

The most popular videos are:

Millionaire Tries the Investing $100 Challenge (How to Invest for Beginners - Episode 1) - Around 4 M views.

How to Retire in 7 Years Starting with $0 - Around 2 M views

The 13 BEST Side Hustles to Start (at EVERY AGE) - 2 M views

Nate O'Brien

Nate O'Brien is an American investor, entrepreneur, and internet personality. He is best known for his personal finance YouTube channel and lifestyle. In addition, he is a successful real estate agent and also a social media influencer.

Joined - December 31, 2016                                                                        

Total Video - 178

Subscriber-1.24 million

Total View- Around 64 million 

Website 

YouTube Link

  

Nate

His YouTube channel is very popular mainly because of his real estate videos. His goal was to teach as many people as possible about the inner workings of personnel finance while keeping the content free.

He thinks that he is a huge advocate for free information. Why pay for overpriced online courses and mentors when you can learn anything on the internet at a free cost?

In recent years he has helped many others achieve financial success through his videos on YouTube. He has been provided free content, and no upsells.

He was also recognized among the top nine Millennial YouTube channels (To Grow Your Money) by Forbes to find answers to financial problems. In addition, he is the owner of OBR media.

He shares his lifestyle and traveling experience on other YouTube channels. He has been active in his channel since 2016 when he studied at Penn University. He completed his studies in the year 2019.

The most popular videos are: 

"7 Places Your Money Needs to Go (How to Save Money)."

"Money Saving Tips || How to Save Money (Best Strategy)."

"5 Millionaire Habits That Changed My Life"

Brian Jung

Brian Jung is an American investor. He is a crypto and finance YouTuber, investor, entrepreneur, and influencer. He has set up a journey to help millions of others to achieve financial success. His channel covers content such as personnel finance, credit cards, and cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

Joined - October 1, 2015                                                                      

Total Video - 270

Subscriber-1.14 million

Total View - Around 51 million

Website

YouTube Link

Brian has been featured in many publications such as Documentary Netflix, Korean channel news, Forbes, CNBC, Consumer Affairs, & WWD.

Jung is one of many YouTubers providing their viewers with information on maximizing their travel and cash back credit card rewards.

He specializes in telling his more than 800k subscribers about his 15+ credit cards & the difference between the "Chase Trifecta" and "American Express Trifecta."

As of now, there are his three most popular videos are:

"How To Invest in Crypto Full Beginners Guide in 2022".

"How To Make Money with Coinbase in 2022 (Beginners Guide)".

"Top 10 Cryptocurrency to Invest in for 2022".

The Financial Diet

Chelsea Fagan is an American writer & co-founder of "The Financial Diet." She is currently on the rise from "absolutely terrible with money" to "pretty good with money," and in the meantime, is probably panicking over an overcooked roast.

Joined - June 23, 2015    

Total Video - 669

Subscriber- 968 K

Total View- Around 99 M

Website 

YouTube Link 

Chelsea

She started this channel in late 2014 as a personal blog to track her budget and has since grown into a cross-platform media company & premier digital destination for young women looking to talk about money.

The financial diet YouTube channel talks about Money-personal finance. It helps beginners in guiding them about money and better living. It consists of a group of contributors who talk about money and lifestyle in a way accessible for beginners.

They cover topics not only about investing but also about mindset, lifestyle, and wellness–all to help you increase your productivity and save money. Its mission is to change and improve how we talk about money fundamentally.

The most popular videos are: 

"9 Unnecessary Items You Think You Need to Buy."

"11 Things I Cut from My Budget and Don't Miss at All."

'13 Everyday Things You Should Stop Paying For.

Financial Education

Jeremy Lefebvre is the founder & CEO of Financial Fortress. He is a very experienced stock investor. In 2016 he started his first YouTube channel to share his experience and knowledge of financial education and stock investing.

Joined - January 5, 2016                                                                 

Total Video - 1758

Subscriber - 717 K 

Total View - Around 79 million

Website

YouTube Link 

Jeremy

Jeremy is the creator of the Financial Education Channel, where anyone can learn about personal finance, investing, and entrepreneurship. His most-watched videos include the stock market for beginners, when to buy stocks, how to do drop shipping, bitcoin, and passive income idea.

He is sharing his success on his YouTube channel. If you want to invest in a stock, watch "Stock Market for beginner 2019". He has covered almost all the basics, so you don't need to know any advanced knowledge or experience to start investing in a stock. This video has already got 995,000 views.

He was also recognized among the top nine Millennial YouTube channels (To Grow Your Money) by Forbes to find answers to financial problems.

The most popular videos are: 

Stock Market for Beginners 2019 - Around 995 K views

Stock Market for Beginners 2018 - Around 738 K views

Stock Market for Beginners 2020 - Around 656 K views

Top finance content on YouTube

As we discussed the seven best YouTube channels per their subscribers and views, there are also a few YouTubers who are not very popular. Still, their finance videos are considered to be the best for their financial content.

1. Best for beginners: Pennies, not Perfection

2. Best for banking: Bank of America

3. Best for getting out of debt: Debt Free Millennials (DFM)

4. Best for budgeting: You Need a Budget

5. Best for side hustles: Nick Loper

6. Best for DIY saving: BuzzFeed Nifty

7. Best for stock market advice: The Motley Fool

8. Best for investing strategy: Zacks Investment Research

9. Best for long-term investing: Vanguard

10. Best for real estate: Graham Stephan

11. Best for wealth hacking: Jeff Rose

12. Best for learning actionable insight: WhiteBoard Finance

13. Best for managing wealth: Personal Capital

14. Best for cryptocurrency: Ivan on Tech

15. Best for financial freedom: Our Freedom Years

After considering the endless bones of YouTube in different areas, we can say that it has become the master of all social media for any topic or area.

Whenever you face any financial obstacle, you find a solution on these Finance YouTube channels. Since finance is a broad concept, you will be dealing with multiple issues, and becoming a regular subscriber of these channels could be the best strategy to solve your money problem.

For example, YouTube has it all if you want to start investing in real estate or the stock market. 

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