Best YouTube Channels for Thai Beginners
Twenty-seven YouTube channels in this directory serve the A1 band. These twelve come first, ranked by the de-noised endorsement signal the catalogue computes from r/learnthai — how many DISTINCT people recommended a channel, not how many upvotes one comment collected. Comprehensible Thai and Learn Thai with Mod are pinned because a maintainer checked them by hand; everything below them is the community ordering, untouched.
Ordered by how many distinct learners recommended each one, with editorial picks first. Compiled by pjeide · checked 30 Aug 2026. Every one of them lives on youtube.com.
- Comprehensible ThaiYouTube channel · Free · Almost all ThaiRecommended byA0–B1+1729 in total
29 learners · 174 threads
- Learn Thai with Mod (Thai Lessons by ThaiPod101 affiliate)YouTube channel · Free · Thai and EnglishRecommended byA0–A2
2 learners · 2 threads
- Comprehensible input channel for total beginners using graded Thai…YouTube channel · Free · Almost all ThaiRecommended byA0–B1
6 learners · 9 threads
- @thaiwithgrace9231YouTube channel · Free · Thai and EnglishRecommended byA0–B1
8 learners · 9 threads
- @stuartjayrajYouTube channel · Free · Mostly EnglishRecommended byA0–B2
7 learners · 8 threads
- @riamthai1074YouTube channel · Free · Almost all ThaiRecommended byA0–B1
3 learners · 7 threads
- @thaigrowthexpertYouTube channel · Free · Thai and EnglishRecommended byA0–B1
4 learners · 5 threads
- @learnthaiwithshelbyYouTube channel · Free · Mostly EnglishRecommended byA0–B2
4 learners · 5 threads
- Slow Thai short stories with Thai transcriptsYouTube channel · Free · Almost all ThaiRecommended byA1–B1
4 learners · 4 threads
- @opor-derYouTube channel · Free · Almost all ThaiRecommended byA0–B1
3 learners · 2 threads
- @nicklearnsthai-vlogYouTube channel · Free · Mostly EnglishRecommended byA0–B2
2 learners · 3 threads
- Instructional YouTube channel for Thai learnersYouTube channel · Free · Thai and EnglishRecommended byA0–B1
2 learners · 2 threads