Watching Youtube videos is an excellent way to practice listening skills in Italian. It can also be a lot of fun. This list will help you to find the best Italian youtube channels for content about your hobbies and interests, presented in the Italian language.
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Animals
Marty e Yuko
A fun channel following the life of a four year old Siberian Husky and its friends.
Michele e i Rettili
Translates to ‘Michele and the reptiles’. Michele has a reptile sanctuary and shows you how to keep reptiles at home. Snakes, lizards, spiders and more exotic pets.
Vite Selvagge
Documentaries in Italian about nature and wildlife. Exploring ecosystems in oceans, deserts, mountains and valleys.
Cars
Motor1 Italia
Car reviews from Lamborghinis to electric cars. Each car is reviewed by an expert with test drives shown from multiple camera angles.
Macchina Gialla
Well presented videos test-driving classic cars, 90’s cars, modern cars and more.
Automobile.it
Discussions about the latest trends in cars and analysing new model releases.
Cooking and food
Chef Max Mariola
A well-known Italian chef and TV personality. He has a fun personality and is passionate about the recipes he shows on his channel.
Giuliacrossbow
If you love to eat Italian food, this is the perfect channel for discovering local dishes in Italy. Giulia travels all over Italy to find the best pizzas, street foods and more.
Federico Fusca Chef
Hundreds of videos of Italian cooking tutorials. Recipes for classic Italian dishes and regional dishes.
Entertainment and comedy
theShow
A popular comedy channel in Italy with videos pranking the public.
Dibattitini
Structured, timed debates on a huge range of issues facing society.
Marta Daddato
An internet personality with a huge following. Her videos are a lot of fun including challenges, vlogs and the latest trends.
Fitness
GianzCoach
Gym advice for building muscle. Topics include the best ways to work out each body part, how long to spend in the gym, the ideal diet and more.
V Athlete
A great resource for anyone who trains with weights. Their content includes training plans, correct form and how to increase muscle mass.
Fitgreta
A doctor of sports presenting pilates routines and toning workouts to do at home.
Learning Italian
These resources are excellent for a language learner at any level. The best Italian Youtube channels for language learners teach Italian in a fun method with engaging videos and helpful content.
This list is based on the channels I have used to help with my Italian learning journey.
LearnAmo
Grammar lessons, vlogs in slowly spoken Italian and more. Graziana speaks clearly and slowly so the videos are perfect for a language learner to watch.
Italiano tales
Learn Italian through simple and beautiful stories. This channel is excellent Italian listening practice for language learning. Each short story is spoken clearly and slowly for listening comprehension. The vocabulary is generally A1 – B1 level.
Learn Italian with Francesca
Practice listening comprehension with interesting vlogs designed for language learners. Francesca’s videos are fun and varied, covering topics like travel, Italian songs and quizzes.
Learn Italian with Lucrezia
A huge number of videos to learn Italian grammar, vocabulary, practice listening skills and learn to speak Italian like an Italian.
Easy Italian
Videos cover a range of topics including grammar, vocabulary and vlogs in slowly spoken Italian. It is a well-known channel for street interview videos, helping you to practice Italian listening skills whilst learning about Italian culture.
Elisa’s Italian School
Videos in slowly spoken Italian to help you learn new vocabulary. Most of the videos have subtitles in both Italian and English.
Italiano con Valeria – Learn Italian
Detailed advice on how to express yourself naturally, using verb tenses correctly and fun vlogs to learn about Italian culture.
Ileania Vitolo
Videos to perfect your Italian grammar, vlogs to practice listening comprehension and more topics such as common mistakes to avoid when you speak Italian.
Italiano con Amore
For intermediate to advanced learners, this channel has podcast style content. Eleonora talks about fascinating topics in Italian culture including the food, the cities, the countryside, history, literature and art.
Personal finance
Mr. RIP
Since 2016 Mr. RIP has been writing a blog about financial independence and following its success, he began this youtube channel in 2021. Topics include personal finance, early retirement, investing and more. His youtube channel is in Italian but his blog is in English.
Chiara Anzuino
Videos about money, personal finance and investing.
Cristina Nolli
An economist gives advice on personal finance, investing and how to start an online business.
Pietro Michelangeli
Advising how to save more and make your money grow. Pietro offers investment advice and his opinions on the world economy.
Podcasts
Pro o Contro Podcast
Two friends discuss social issues and discuss these issues deeply. They aim to focus on the things that really matter in life.
Virginia Gambardella
A wellness and personal development channel, with a podcast style format. Virginia interviews Italian experts in topics such as health, psychology, relationship and life-work balance.
Politics
Starting Finance
A channel about the economy, investing and finance. It has a focus on macro economics and world politics.
Matteo Saudino – BarbaSophia
Deep discussions on philosophy and politics. Matteo Saudino is an author and a high-school teacher of Philosophy and History.
Vlogs
A Criative Life
‘Day in my life’ style vlogs, travel vlogs and fashion. Cristina enjoys living a creative life as an interior designer and illustrator.
Rebecca Parziale
Rebecca vlogs her daily life and adventures including travel, trying new things and socialising.
Alice Perego
Creating content about makeup, mental health, fashion, travel and partying.
Conclusion
There are a lot of great Italian youtube channels, whether you are a language learner or a native Italian speaker.
If you have suggestions of more channels that would complement this list, we would love you to comment on this post or email us at [email protected]
If you are learning Italian and YouTube has inspired you to take your Italian further, you’ll find graded readers, textbooks and grammar books in our Italian language learning collection.
