System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts Ashish Pratap Singh
1.7M views · 68.8K likes · 1 year 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 October 2026, the best System Design tutorials on YouTube come from 57 verified creators across 200 indexed videos. Ranked by total views, the top picks are "System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts" by Ashish Pratap Singh (1,740,976 views) , "Google system design interview: Design Spotify (with ex-Google EM)" by IGotAnOffer: Engineering , and "System Design Course – APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra" by freeCodeCamp.org. Full ranked list below, updated weekly from the YouTube Data API.
Explore System Design
We indexed 200 System Design videos from 57 YouTube channels to find the tutorials worth your time. The average System Design tutorial gets 186,864 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 1,740,976 views from Ashish Pratap Singh. Other top educators include IGotAnOffer: Engineering and freeCodeCamp.org.
System Design Channels on the Move
Ranked by subscribers, with movement vs ~30 days ago. See fastest-rising by view velocity → This week in dev YouTube →
- #1 freeCodeCamp.org 11.9M subs —
- #2 Telusko 3M subs —
- #3 Gate Smashers 2.9M subs —
- #4 AWS Developers 1.7M subs —
- #5 ByteByteGo 1.4M subs —
- #6 JavaScript Mastery 1.3M subs —
- #7 GeeksforGeeks 1.2M subs new
- #8 Hitesh Choudhary 1M subs ▼1 (was #7)
- #9 Chai aur Code 943K subs ▼1 (was #8)
- #10 5 Minutes Engineering 871K subs ▼1 (was #9)
Top System Design Videos
Google system design interview: Design Spotify (with ex-Google EM) IGotAnOffer: Engineering
1.7M views · 35.7K likes · 3 years ago
System Design Course – APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra freeCodeCamp.org
1M views · 21.6K likes · 5 months ago
6:06:44 Spring Boot Microservice Project Full Course in 6 Hours 🔥🔥🔥 Programming Techie
958.6K views · 18.2K likes · 3 years ago
1:23:31 System Design Interview – Step By Step Guide System Design Interview
901.2K views · 17.7K likes · 6 years ago
16:18 Basic System Design for Uber or Lyft | System Design Interview Prep Interview Pen
894.9K views · 26.3K likes · 3 years ago
36:56 UBER System design | OLA system design | uber architecture | amazon interview question Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
847.8K views · 14.4K likes · 8 years ago
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31:40 Design a Payment System - System Design Interview Code with Lucian
711.9K views · 15K likes · 3 years ago
1:49:49 System Design Explained: APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra Hayk Simonyan
657K views · 23K likes · 11 months ago
23:28 Database Design Tips | Choosing the Best Database in a System Design Interview codeKarle
609.2K views · 15.9K likes · 6 years ago
27:23 System Design Introduction For Interview. Tushar Roy - Coding Made Simple
594.7K views · 11.3K likes · 8 years ago
24:10 System Design : Design a service like TinyUrl Tushar Roy - Coding Made Simple
589.4K views · 6.9K likes · 9 years ago
6:05 8 Most Important System Design Concepts You Should Know ByteByteGo
521.2K views · 13.3K likes · 1 year ago
34:39 URL shortener system design | tinyurl system design | bitly system design Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
520.6K views · 13.7K likes · 8 years ago
2:04:07 System Design 101: APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra Hayk Simonyan
512.2K views · 17.5K likes · 4 months ago
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51:26 NETFLIX System design | software architecture for netflix Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
473.1K views · 6.8K likes · 8 years ago
19:46 Design a Basic Search Engine (Google or Bing) | System Design Interview Prep Interview Pen
466.9K views · 15.5K likes · 3 years ago
34:34 System Design Interview - Distributed Cache System Design Interview
434.9K views · 11.4K likes · 7 years ago
Best for Beginners
20:44 System Design was HARD until I Learned these 30 Concepts Ashish Pratap Singh
1.7M views · 68.8K likes · 1 year ago
1:40:25 27:23 System Design Introduction For Interview. Tushar Roy - Coding Made Simple
594.7K views · 11.3K likes · 8 years ago
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2:46 Consistent Hashing Explained (System Design Basics) KodeKloud
214.6K views · 9.7K likes · 2 months ago
37:50 Front End System Design Fundamentals (All In One Comprehensive Guide) Shivam Bhalla
148.4K views · 5.5K likes · 3 years ago
28:50 Distributed Locks | System design basics Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
145.9K views · 2.2K likes · 7 years ago
4:22 What Are API Keys, And Why Are They So Important? | System Design Interview Basics Big Tech Coach
120.5K views · 1.6K likes · 4 years ago
24:07 Bloom filter for System Design | Bloom filter applications | learn bloom filter easily Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
115.7K views · 3.3K likes · 8 years ago
21:08 Learn System design : Distributed datastores | RDBMS scaling problems | CAP theorem Tech Dummies - Narendra Lakshmana Gowda
99.3K views · 1.5K likes · 7 years ago
Recent & Trending
2:05:22 System Design Course – APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra freeCodeCamp.org
1M views · 21.6K likes · 5 months ago
2:04:07 System Design 101: APIs, Databases, Caching, CDNs, Load Balancing & Production Infra Hayk Simonyan
512.2K views · 17.5K likes · 4 months ago
5:05:49 1:25:37 2:46 Consistent Hashing Explained (System Design Basics) KodeKloud
214.6K views · 9.7K likes · 2 months ago
2:41 System Design: Notifying 50 Million Users in One Shot 🔔 KodeKloud
201K views · 8.9K likes · 2 months ago
1:26 UUID - Universally Unique Identifier - System Design Greg Hogg
200.1K views · 3.5K likes · 5 months ago
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26:56 Agent AI System Design Explained in 27 Minutes Aishwarya Srinivasan
155.1K views · 3.6K likes · 2 months ago
Frequently Asked Questions
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?
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