Best Japanese YouTube Channels for Beginners

Looking for YouTube channels to learn Japanese? Here are the most accessible channels, ranked by JLPT difficulty level. Scoring is based on real subtitle vocabulary from 48 channels analyzed by MiruCheck.

ABEMA Prime

1820 unique words · 7 ep

N4 #2

Hikakin Games

719 unique words · 8 ep

N4 #3

Kodomo Challenge

56 unique words · 4 ep

N4 #4

QuizKnock

1197 unique words · 8 ep

N4 #5

Rachel and Jun

797 unique words · 5 ep

N4 #6

Shimajiro

711 unique words · 5 ep

N4 #7

SUSURU TV

2109 unique words · 7 ep

N4 #8

TBS NEWS DIG

382 unique words · 4 ep

N4 #9

TOLAND VLOG

1707 unique words · 8 ep

N4 #10

Yuko Sensei

175 unique words · 2 ep

N4 #11

Kizuna AI

200 unique words · 5 ep

N3 #12

Ayase

313 unique words · 4 ep

N3 #13

Comprehensible Japanese

640 unique words · 6 ep

N3 #14

DaiGo

765 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #15

Fischer's

1042 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #16

Hajime Shacho

859 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #17

HikakinTV

434 unique words · 4 ep

N3 #18

Hiroyuki

603 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #19

Japanese Ammo with Misa

231 unique words · 2 ep

N3 #20

JapanesePod101

482 unique words · 4 ep

N3 #21

Jun's Kitchen

480 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #22

Kurashiru

1087 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #23

Learn Japanese with Noriko

53 unique words · 1 ep

N3 #24

MasuoTV

500 unique words · 5 ep

N3 #25

Miku Real Japanese

306 unique words · 2 ep

N3 #26

Mizutamari Bond

1389 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #27

kemio

1246 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #28

NHK

217 unique words · 4 ep

N3 #29

NHK World Japan

163 unique words · 1 ep

N3 #30

Nakata University

969 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #31

Onomappu

831 unique words · 4 ep

N3 #32

Pocky

695 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #33

Raphael

853 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #34

Sasaki Asahi

1547 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #35

SeikinTV

464 unique words · 7 ep

N3 #36

Sharla in Japan

219 unique words · 1 ep

N3 #37

Taka and Toshi

749 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #38

Tokai On Air

1472 unique words · 8 ep

N3 #39

YOASOBI

494 unique words · 4 ep

N3 #40

Yobinori

1084 unique words · 6 ep

N3 #41

backspace.fm

495 unique words · 8 ep

N2 #42

Gachapin

344 unique words · 4 ep

N2 #43

KirinMC

9 unique words · 1 ep

N2 #44

Kiyo

473 unique words · 6 ep

N2 #45

2BRO.

508 unique words · 8 ep

N2 #46

Retort

744 unique words · 8 ep

N2 #47

Sambon Juku

586 unique words · 5 ep

N2 #48

ToKini Andy

126 unique words · 3 ep