The 10 Best Education Podcasts in 2026

The education podcasts people actually listen to, ranked by audience, with what listeners praise and criticise about each one. All of them play free on The Pods.

Updated 2026-11-06 · 136 education pods on The Pods

  1. 1

    CrashCourse

    17M subscribers · English

    At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free! Subscribe for weekly videos from our current cours…

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  2. 2

    BBC Learning English

    @bbclearningenglish · 11M subscribers · English

    Learn English with the BBC. We publish new videos, shorts, podcasts, tutorials and lessons every week to help you learn and improve your English speaking, li…

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  3. 3

    Khan Academy

    9.5M subscribers · English

    Khan Academy is a nonprofit providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Our interactive practice problems, articles, and videos help studen…

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  4. 4

    Jordan B Peterson

    8.8M subscribers · English

    Jordan B. Peterson is a Canadian professor of psychology, clinical psychologist, YouTube personality, best-selling author and host of the #1 Education Podcas…

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  5. 5

    Think School

    @ThinkSchool · 6.6M subscribers · Hindi

    The Indian education system is broken built to produce workers, not thinkers. At Think School, we’re on a mission to change that. We deliver world-class prac…

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  6. 6

    MIT OpenCourseWare

    6.6M subscribers · English

    A free and open online publication of educational material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum, ranging from introductory to th…

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  7. 7

    E2 IELTS

    2.9M subscribers · English

    Get ready to score IELTS Band 7+ with simple test techniques that actually work. By real ex-examiners and test experts.

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  8. 8

    Learn English with Bob the Canadian

    2.6M subscribers · English

    Do you want to learn English? Then you have come to the right place. Each week I upload 2 to 3 videos to help you learn and improve your English. I upload vi…

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  9. 9

    AccurateEnglish

    2.2M subscribers · English

    I specialize in training corporate professionals and foreign-born actors in Hollywood. For over 25 years I have been director of Accurate English, an accent …

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  10. 10

    THE STANDARD PODCAST

    @TheStandardPodcast · 1.9M subscribers · Thai

    Edutainment show for life long learning.

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How this list is made

How are the best education podcasts ranked?

By audience: The Pods picks first, then the biggest shows by YouTube subscribers. Where the show is also on the Apple Podcasts Education chart, its chart position is shown.

Are these podcasts free?

Yes. Every show here plays from its official YouTube channel, free and with no account, right on The Pods.

Where do the listener summaries come from?

They sum up public reviews and discussions (Reddit, Apple Podcasts, Spotify) in our own words, with links to the sources on each show page.

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