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Genuinely good YouTube videos for kids

Every video individually checked. 1 in 14 makes it in.How we check →

Checked for what it does to your child's energy, not what keeps them hooked. Search it, or start from a name they love.

4,200+ videos · free, no account · try "something calm like Bluey" or "dinosaurs, age 6"

Fresh from the review deskMinecraft Diversity 2 [Ep.13] - Deep In the CavernOne of this week's arrivals. Checked, scored, in the library.

Start with a name they already love

From first shows to big-kid favourites, every video reviewed individually, because even the good names have off days.

Bluey4–7 · 99 reviewed
Hey Duggee4–5 · 94 reviewed
Minecraft6–11 · 307 reviewed
MrBeast8–11 · 90 reviewed
Dude Perfect8–11 · 42 reviewed
Moriah Elizabeth8–11 · 28 reviewed
Pokémon6–9 · 97 reviewed
Aphmau8–11
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Because nobody has ever searched "content" at 5:17pm on a Tuesday.

Calm-down before bedSlow-paced, gently ending. Settle, not spark up.1,278 videosThe after-school wobbleFor the 3:45pm silly o’clock. Steadying, not babyish.1,401 videosTwenty minutes to cook dinnerAbsorbing enough to hold them. (Guilt not included.)1,250 videosRainy afternoon rescueLonger watches with something in them, for day four of drizzle.1,296 videosSick-day sofaGentle, familiar, low-effort comfort viewing.1,008 videosAfter a big meltdownQuiet, predictable, zero demands. Recovery viewing.642 videos
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How a video earns its place

No algorithm guessing what'll keep them glued. A checklist, a high bar, and a review desk that says no a lot.

1 · Channels worth trusting

We start from 300+ channels chosen by hand, the Blueys and BBCs, and brilliant small creators most parents never find.

2 · Every video checked, one by one

40+ checks per video, for the things you'd check yourself: pacing, volume spikes, scary bits, ads in disguise, how it leaves a kid feeling.

3 · The review desk says no a lot

Nothing is published without a final pass, and nearly right isn't in. 1 in 14 makes it.

Read exactly how we review →

Genuinely good channels you've never heard of

The ones the algorithm never shows you. (You're welcome.)

6.5k subs

Racing Marbles

Marble runs, zero dialogue, oddly gripping.

any ageHidden gemSettles
26k subs

Cannon Hall Farm

Real Yorkshire farm, real animals, no theatrics.

4–9Hidden gemSettles
111k subs

Northern Mudlarks

River treasure hunting, gentle voices, history hooks.

8–11Hidden gemSettles
235k subs

Kitten Academy

Live kitten pens. That’s it. It works.

any ageHidden gemSettles

The best of the best, ranked

88 top-10 lists ranked using our pacing, safety and energy checks.

Show × momentTOP 10
Top 10 Minecraft videos for bedtimeyes, it exists · 6–11
The dinner testTOP 10
Videos that hold attention without hypingsituational · all ages
AlternativesTOP 10
10 calmer videos for Paw Patrol fanssame itch, softer scratch · 4–6
SituationalTOP 10
10 videos exactly 20 minutes longfor exactly one dinner · all ages
CurriculumTOP 10
Maths videos that don’t feel like mathsKS1–KS2 · 5–9
AlternativesTOP 10
10 calm shows for Bluey fansfor when 142 episodes runs out · 4–7
InterestsTOP 10
Best how-to-draw videos for beginnerswho rage-quit · 6–9
SituationalTOP 10
Rainy Saturday videos that end in actual playday four of drizzle · all ages
Top 10 Teletubbies Episodes for Calming DownThe 60-Minute Sofa Shift: 10 Long Videos for Poorly DaysTop 10 Octonauts Episodes for the After-School SlumpBest Peppa Pig EpisodesTop 10 Peppa Pig Episodes for BedtimeTop 10 Paw Patrol Videos for Bedtime
Browse all 88 top-10 lists →

The Zones, for people who won't read the book

The Zones of Regulation describe the energy state a child is in: Blue is flat and tired, Red is post-meltdown, Yellow is wound up, and Green is settled and engaged. Piko scores every video by the state it leaves a child in, and the job is always the same: get them back to Green. (Borrowed from the Zones of Regulation, minus the homework.)

Blue · flat & tired

Poorly, drained, low. Needs a gentle lift, not a firework display.

2,536 videos gently lift
Red · post-meltdown

After the storm. Predictable, quiet, zero demands.

398 videos for recovery
The destinationGreen · settled & engaged

The good place. Every video is scored by whether it protects it, or brings a kid back to it.

1,656 videos hold them here
Yellow · wound up

Silly o'clock. Spinning, shouting, ricocheting off the sofa.

2,493 videos wind down
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Why does one video calm them down and another wind them up?The Zones explained properly, for busy parents · 8 minute read →
4,200+videos made it in
300+trusted channels
88top-10 lists
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