Many of us are constantly looking for the Top 10 YouTube Channels for Kids To Follow In India because in today’s tech savvy world, TV is not the only source of educative entertainment, there is a big, wide world beyond it too. More and more mommies are becoming conscious of the growing need to switch on from the traditional TV sets to the more convenient gadgets and second screens to expose their kids to a whole new world of online educative videos.
Welcome to the preferred digital world, believe me where kids are either becoming couch potatoes with chips & chocolates or are tuned to gaming consoles again with chips & chocolates. This is a shout out to all those parents who’ve had an indecisive combination of the toy, book & gadget & finally decided to settle in with digital version of all probably because you have given in to the demanding needs of your child or probably you've been wanting to grab some sleep while your child is merrily watching his favourite videos online. We do that too.
The traditional mindset of education within the “four walls” of the school is rapidly giving way to the modern day of gadget and e-learning. Youtube sensed the need for this growing market for kids edutainment and has launched kids specific app exclusively for the benefit of the kids.
With millions of channels on Youtube, it is quite a challenge to find channels which are the best for the kids. From crafting to gaming, cooking and baking to fun science experiments, from rhymes to pure comedy for kids, from exercise to devotional videos, Youtube has it all, deep & wide.
Depending on the your kids’ interests, you can choose your channels and download them on the Youtube Kids App (Google Play &iTunes). We are here with the list of the Top 10 YouTube Channels for Kids In India in no particular order. These have been carefully chosen keeping in mind the content, language used, age appropriateness and of course, the fun part too!
Chu Chu Tv
Chu Chu Tv is the third most subscribed TV channel in India with over 10 million subscribers and over 8.5 billion video views. It contains various YouTube videos for children that feature 2D & 3D animation videos of traditional Nursery Rhymes with a modern twist by adding peppy music in the background and a modern aesthetic in them. Undoubtedly one of the Top 10 YouTube Channels for Kids In India.
On 14 November 2014, ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes released the classic "Johny Johny Yes Papa “and many more, which has received over 1.1 billion views as of May 2017, making it the third most viewed YouTube non-music video of all time, and the most viewed kids you-tube channel, after "Wheels on the Bus" by Little Baby Bum, and episode 17 of Masha and the Bear.
HooplaKidz
HooplaKidz welcomes you to a whole new world of fantasy and music where the kids are all smiles and the parents are rest assured that their kids are learning a fair bit too. HooplaKidz features popular nursery rhymes with animated characters that are totally engaging and fun too. The famous characters Annie, Ben and Mango are sure to make their adventures very interesting to watch. The new sensation among kids is Om Nom Series. They also have a series on adventures of Annie, Ben & Mango with cartoon dinosaurs. As on July2017, this channel has 434 videos uploaded, 25,98,915 subscribers , 1,977,561,440 video viewers. Wow, that’s a lot. Isn’t it?
CVS 3D Rhymes
In the field of animation, India has also created a niche for itself. This Bangalore-based CVS 3D Rhymes is one such venture in making animated fun videos for kids with an exhausting list of nursery rhymes. Breaking the universal barrier of English, they also have nursery rhymes in Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi. What makes this channel more popular is that it also features short animated stories, short films and devotional songs. However most of the videos are in English, with the video “Johnny Johnny Yes Papa” rhymes collection touching around 286,861,060 views. With over 5,883,202 subscribers and a whopping 5,038,825,933 video views this channel is sure favourite & among the Best, Top 10 YouTube Channels for Kids In India
Green Gold
Green Gold Animation is a stellar Indian Production house which aims to create original Indian animation content and is by far, one of the most favorite cartoon channels among the young generation in the last decade. The shows produced by Green Gold Animation are aired on many kids TV channels like Discovery Kids, Pogo, Cartoon Network and Hungama. It entered the Indian Animation Industry in 2001, and since then there is no looking back. It’s all-time favorite characters Chhota Bheem, Mighty Raju, Luv Khush and it’s latest 3d version of Chhota Bheem is a craze among the kids.
KidzMix Flix
KidzMix Flix is a total family entertainer, where watching animated cartoons is as much fun for grandparents as it is for kids! It is a new entrant in the Indian market, which is slowly gaining popularity with Indian kids. The most recent video released is a 12 set of videos on Dinosaurs and their evolution. Dinosaurs have always been a topic of fascination for all ages. Kidzmixflix has capitalized on this fascination, and created and released clips on the dinosaurs evolution DINOMIX videos (Welcome to the World of Dinosaurs). The next project in the pipeline is Animal Mix, A Jungle Party. 13 lovely pop songs and 13 great cartoons about a lot of animals in the jungle having a gala time.
Edewcate
Edewcate is a complete package of nursery rhymes, kids songs, stories and toddler games in Kidoland, the award winning kids app. Kidoland is recommended by 385+ mom bloggers and used by over 1 Million happy families worldwide. Kidoland is special as it lets kids interact with the characters onscreen as they play along. It is an ideal App for preschoolers, kids and also babies as they have videos on “first words for baby”, lullabies or baby songs, or animal sounds.
Appu Series
“Appu” the friendly baby elephant greets the kids when we tune in to this series. The character is portrayed as a friendly, fun-loving and cute little friend to the kids. It introduces you to the animated series of nursery rhymes. With Nursery Rhymes Vol 2 having a viewership of over 55M views. It has over 994,00,000 subscribers making it clearly one of the most watched animated cartoon series in India and undeniably among the Top 10 YouTube Channels for Kids In India.
Rajshri Kids
Rajshri Kids channel is the sister concern of Rajshri Productions. They have entered the arena of Kids entertainment and have become popular with families nationwide. Their famous animated characters Motu & Patlu are a huge hit, with their characters displaying pure comedy and innocence. They have animated nursery rhymes, moral stories, fairy tales, mythological stories and edutainment videos in Hindi and English. This makes learning so much easy for the masses. The other popular characters are Akbar Birbal, Vikram Betal, Bal Ganesh animated series. It has a whopping 994.6 lakh subscribers and 946.65 million views.
Turtle Interactive
it is an upcoming channel which features animated cartoons, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories , fairy tales and also edutainment videos. Its latest collection- it’s Halloween Night Nursery Rhymes enjoyed a viewership of over 700,000 views. The Wheels on the Bus rhymes collection has gained over 75 million views.
Infobells
Infobells is one of the Top 10 YouTube kids TV channel in India. The reason being that these videos are completely mesmerizing with catchy music and colorful characters. Infobells has proven to be one of the most watched videos with a total of 169 videos uploads and 632,322 views worldwide. It also has an inspiring collection of moral stories for kids, or just fairy tale stories which you can read to them during bedtime. They upload 3-4 new videos every month - in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu as well.
So what's your child's pick? Have we missed something? Would love to hear from you. Happy Parenting :)
Kanchan is a doting mom to two angels and is passionate about writing. With over 3 years of experience in the content space, she strives to push boundaries and balance her personal & professional life well.