Google system design interview: Design Spotify (with ex-Google EM) IGotAnOffer: Engineering
1.6M views · 34.6K likes · 3 years ago
Best System Design Tutorial Videos
200 System Design videos from top YouTube educators, ranked by views and engagement. YouTube channels teaching system design for software engineers. Learn scalability patterns, distributed systems, database design, and how to ace system design interviews.
See System Design Channels →As of July 2026, the best System Design tutorials on YouTube come from 49 verified creators across 200 indexed videos. Ranked by total views, the top picks are "Google system design interview: Design Spotify (with ex-Google EM)" by IGotAnOffer: Engineering (1,617,677 views) , "System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts" by Ashish Pratap Singh , and "Spring Boot Microservice Project Full Course in 6 Hours 🔥🔥🔥" by Programming Techie. Full ranked list below, updated weekly from the YouTube Data API.
Explore System Design
We indexed 200 System Design videos from 49 YouTube channels to find the tutorials worth your time. The average System Design tutorial gets 154,009 views, but the top videos below far exceed that — these are the ones developers keep coming back to.
The most-watched System Design tutorial has 1,617,677 views from IGotAnOffer: Engineering. Other top educators include Ashish Pratap Singh and Programming Techie.
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Top System Design Videos
System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts Ashish Pratap Singh
1.5M views · 61.1K likes · 1 year ago
Spring Boot Microservice Project Full Course in 6 Hours 🔥🔥🔥 Programming Techie
940.6K views · 18K likes · 3 years ago
1:23:31 System Design Interview – Step By Step Guide System Design Interview
890.4K views · 17.6K likes · 6 years ago
16:18 Basic System Design for Uber or Lyft | System Design Interview Prep Interview Pen
887.3K views · 26.1K likes · 3 years ago
36:56 UBER System design | OLA system design | uber architecture | amazon interview question Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
843.8K views · 14.4K likes · 8 years ago
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31:40 Design a Payment System - System Design Interview Code with Lucian
681K views · 14.6K likes · 3 years ago
23:28 Database Design Tips | Choosing the Best Database in a System Design Interview codeKarle
599.1K views · 15.8K likes · 6 years ago
27:23 System Design Introduction For Interview. Tushar Roy - Coding Made Simple
591.3K views · 11.3K likes · 8 years ago
24:10 System Design : Design a service like TinyUrl Tushar Roy - Coding Made Simple
587.8K views · 6.9K likes · 9 years ago
34:39 URL shortener system design | tinyurl system design | bitly system design Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
516.2K views · 13.7K likes · 7 years ago
1:49:49 System Design Explained: APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra Hayk Simonyan
501.5K views · 19.4K likes · 8 months ago
51:26 NETFLIX System design | software architecture for netflix Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
468.7K views · 6.7K likes · 7 years ago
19:46 Design a Basic Search Engine (Google or Bing) | System Design Interview Prep Interview Pen
460.7K views · 15.4K likes · 3 years ago
6:05 8 Most Important System Design Concepts You Should Know ByteByteGo
441.5K views · 11.7K likes · 1 year ago
34:34 System Design Interview - Distributed Cache System Design Interview
427.3K views · 11.2K likes · 7 years ago
36:18 System Design Interview - Top K Problem (Heavy Hitters) System Design Interview
425.2K views · 8.3K likes · 7 years ago
10:22 How I Mastered System Design Interviews Ashish Pratap Singh
393.8K views · 13.3K likes · 2 years ago
36:56 Twitter system design | twitter Software architecture | twitter interview questions Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
363.7K views · 7.7K likes · 7 years ago
Best for Beginners
20:44 System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts Ashish Pratap Singh
1.5M views · 61.1K likes · 1 year ago
1:40:25 27:23 System Design Introduction For Interview. Tushar Roy - Coding Made Simple
591.3K views · 11.3K likes · 8 years ago
28:50 Distributed Locks | System design basics Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
144.6K views · 2.2K likes · 7 years ago
24:07 Bloom filter for System Design | Bloom filter applications | learn bloom filter easily Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
115.1K views · 3.3K likes · 7 years ago
4:22 What Are API Keys, And Why Are They So Important? | System Design Interview Basics Big Tech Coach
111K views · 1.5K likes · 4 years ago
21:08 Learn System design : Distributed datastores | RDBMS scaling problems | CAP theorem Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
99.1K views · 1.5K likes · 7 years ago
11:57 System design basics: Real-time data processing Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
87.9K views · 1.2K likes · 7 years ago
17:20 Learn System design : Distributed Systems Introduction | Horizontal scaling vertical scaling Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
85.1K views · 1K likes · 7 years ago
18:58 Introduction to Payment Gateway System Design | Design Payment System | Stripe Product Design Think Software
76.5K views · 1.3K likes · 4 years ago
Recent & Trending
1:26 UUID - Universally Unique Identifier - System Design Greg Hogg
193.7K views · 3.4K likes · 2 months ago
2:05:22 System Design Course – APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra freeCodeCamp.org
166.2K views · 8.4K likes · 2 months ago
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26:46 Message Queues in System Design Interviews w/ Meta Staff Engineer Hello Interview
93.9K views · 3K likes · 4 months ago
52:25 Design Batch Inference System - Anthropic & OpenAI System Design Question ShowOffer - Tech Interview Coaching Platform
74.7K views · 0 likes · 3 months ago
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What are the best System Design tutorial videos?
The best System Design tutorials are ranked by view count and engagement from 200 videos across top YouTube educators. Top videos include tutorials from channels specializing in System Design development.
Which System Design videos are best for beginners?
Check the "Best for Beginners" section above — it filters for introductory System Design content like crash courses, tutorials, and getting-started guides, ranked by views.
How many System Design educators are on YouTube?
Developer Educators tracks YouTube channels covering System Design tutorials and courses. Visit the All System Design Channels page for the full list of educators.