With the explosion of retail investing over the past couple of years, YouTube has fast become one of the go-to channels for those looking to pick up easily digestible advice on various investing strategies, breakdowns of ASX stocks and companies, and more.
As a result, the number of Australian YouTubers has also ballooned, and now you’ve got plenty of choice for potential places to soak in videos on all aspects of Aussie investing.Â
Here’s our picks for the best Australian investing YouTubers who are currently active at the moment.
Our criteria for what makes one of the ‘best’ Aussie investing YouTubers includes:
Criteria –
- Main or substantial focus on the ASX / domestic companies
- No cringe, ALL CAPS HEADINGS or clickbait thumbnails
- Information actually based on stats/numbers & fundamental or technical analysis
- No veering off into ‘general life advice’ or ‘wannabe life coach’ type content
- Does not YELL INTO THE CAMERA like a child after too much red cordial
- No or minimal focus on Crypto/Bitcoin/Shitcoin/Whatevercoin
- Minimal advertising / shilling of their own courses or coaching, etc.
- Produces new content fairly regularly
1. INVEST for the Future
The reason why:Â John, who runs the INVEST for the FUTURE YouTube channel, is the oldest (in terms of actual age) of any on this list, but also objectively one of the best.
He provides in-depth videos that take a look at a wide array of ASX stocks from large to small caps, as well as a comparison breakdown of multiple potential investing strategies and how they are faring vs. the rest of the Aussie market index.
His weekly ASX recaps are a also a great cross-section of ‘key’ news on what events transpired on the ASX the previous week, while his breakdowns dive into solid fundamental analysis of the financials and ratios that make for solid investments.
There’s zero dodgy or slimy feel behind any of it, it’s all presented in a calm and logical way, and he’s transparent about his portfolio and how it is performing from week to week.
He’s also dealing with a more sizeable portfolio than many of the younger YouTubers on this list, which provides different perspective in terms of risk appetite and portfolio returns in later life stages.
Proof that you don’t need flashy visual effects, stupid gimmicks, or an over-the-top investing style in order to be both interesting & informative.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLyH4gxQ2rGgSCR_MzD5KgA/
2. David Quan
The reason why: Featuring a very solid blend of general investing theory and learnings with deeper dives into individual ASX stocks both large and small cap, David makes efforts to showcase the gradual growth of his portfolio over time while going into the statistical backings and evidence in order to explain his decisions.
He’s honest about his goals and journey to FIRE at a young age, providing full portfolio and holding transparency as well.
While he does augment his stock-specific information with some auxiliary ‘general moneymaking advice’, it never goes too far off the rails into ‘life coach’ territory and is always immediately related how to obtain additional sources of revenue to reinvest directly back into the stock market.
He has covered fairly diverse topics around stock discovery, portfolio balancing and valuations in a calm and rational way, while also providing videos on how to analyse specific company announcements & their potential effect on the company.
While there’s a little focus on crypto and some of the thumbnails can be slightly cringey (gotta get those views, we get it), within his channel lies a treasure-trove of all-round ASX info that can suit investors of all portfolio sizes.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWyf26ZwMJXrRxc3Yw4iZmw
3. Investing with Frank / Frank Taber
The reason why:Â Still a relatively small / new YouTuber to the Australian investing scene, Frank’s combination of calm, chill voice combined with a proper in-depth look behind the numbers of non-meme companies (no TELSA!! NIO!! PALANTIR!! or other foreign stocks that are just pumped for clicks/views) sum up everything that’s positive about younger ‘stocks YouTubers’ without all the extra BS.
While he does venture into overseas stocks a fair bit, each of the explanations still provide principles and core aspects of businesses to look at which can be adapted to ASX companies, and a bulk of his portfolio is still domestically-based.
Frank is also transparent about his portfolio, providing continual updates about his performance vs. the main Australian go-to diversified ETF (VDHG) that is the minimum-effort go-to of platforms such as Reddit’s /r/AusFinance and the acknowledgement that if you can’t beat the index, you’re likely wasting your time.
He’s a Buffet-influenced, fundamental analysis-based investor who looks for growth based on solid proof rather than speculation, so for the “rocket chasers” out there it may not be your cup of tea.
His channel has continued to grow fairly quickly; if you want an ASX YouTuber to watch that’s more soothing vs. annoying, then he’s a solid choice.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DSlY4iWJrLb2ShSOpBHbw
4. Sanjee Sen
The reason why: One content creator more for the ETF / index investors out there, Sanjee is a Melbourne-based YouTuber who provides a solid blend of videos that are largely oriented around the direct investing space, augmented with just enough general monetary content to not detract from the overall ‘investing’ theme.
He provides concise breakdowns with simple and easy-to-understand visual examples included, with some basic data modelling that even the new and beginning investor can easily understand.
While these are again largely ETF-centric – including performance comparisons, pros and cons of each, and other valuable information – he also provides several summaries of other topics within the same realm.
These include individual managed funds, investing in specific commodities, and a number of solid “how-to’s” on topics such as managing dividends, explainers of Aussie brokers, and other miscelleanous subjects relevant to Australian investing.
As befits our trend here, he’s another who takes a calm, clear and logical presentation style with clean/minimal visuals – and without any annoying jump-cuts, spam, or clickbait. He also makes a concerted effort to field & answer questions within his video comment section, and uses those to form the subjects of additional subsequent videos.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/c/SanjeeSen
5. Tracey Edwards
The reason why:Â The sole Aussie female YouTuber on our list, Tracey walks a balanced line between the risk tolerance of both ETF investing and individual stock picking, with stock discussion largely oriented around more mature companies which pay dividends.
As a result, her content is a good mix for those who are looking to dabble into both aspects of investing, with profiles on the performance of specific ETFs and their long-term compounding growth effect.
This sits alongside topics like the effectiveness of Dividend Reinvestment Plans, analysis of company dividend yields, the goal of living off dividends, and less focus on “risk-on” growth-type companies in general.
It’s a stream of content with a far more Warren Buffet-esque investing strategic influences, all presented in a simple, clean presentation style that’s easy to understand even for newer investors.
Tracey is another YouTuber who provides transparency – not only into her share portfolio and its holdings, but also into her revenue made via her YouTube channel and other general financial position aspects – all in a friendly and honest way.
As a card-carrier for the Aussie female investing community, it’s great to see YouTubers like Tracey carving out their path in what is still a largely male-dominated space. Perhaps her only downside is that she could do with some slightly better audio recording equipment.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/c/TraceyEdwards
6. ASX Investor
The reason why:Â ASX Investor is a creator that stands alone on this list for a couple of reasons – both his duo of more unique content formats, and the sheer volume at which he continues to pump them out.
It’s a pace of content that’s admirable, and while most of it is less ‘produced’ than some of the others here, the insight into individual companies that some of them provide can be invaluable.
ASX Investor’s videos consist largely of a mixture of both pre-recorded YouTube videos on current market trends and notable events, along with a series of livestreams for interacting with his community in Q&A style.
With the key focus of many of his pre-recorded offerings being interviews, he does a truly great job at securing some insightful one-on-ones with various higher-ups at a wide range of both small and mid-cap ASX listed companies.
Many of these go for a substantial length of time, and add additional layers of context to what is currently happening at these companies that mere announcement PDFs released to the ASX newsfeed don’t cover.
His presentation style can be a little frenetic vs. laid-back, however his cheerful, positive and overall “happy” attitude helps with getting many of the businesspeople featured on his channel to open up and provide some great info that can’t be found anywhere else.
Channel link:Â https://www.youtube.com/c/ASXInvestor
7. ASX Analytics
The reason why:Â Rob, who runs the ASX Analytics channel, is another excellent niche Aussie YouTuber who cranks out a solid volume of content that fills a lot of the missing gaps for some of Australia’s small cap companies.
While he also covers larger, ASX200 and below businesses as well, the wealth of info on how smaller companies are faring assessed through both fundamental and technical analysis (and an analytical mind in general) makes for an impressive library content that is often lacking elsewhere.
While many other YouTubers concentrate on broader investing strategies, funds, and ETFs, ASX Analytics conducts deep dives into the regular market-sensitive announcements released by listed Aussie companies for a more detailed breakdown on their latest revenue or production figures, and what this might mean for the stock going forward.
While some of the info is a little dry, it’s a far more thorough look at updated EBITDA, profit, management changes and other juicy tidbits that more directly affect the performance of stocks.
He pulls out and highlights specific standout figures that might have otherwised gone unnoticed within each report and presents them in an easily digestible way.
Rob also makes a point of providing disclaimers for any individual stocks he already holds personally in each video, for an extra transparent layer to the proceedings.
If you’ve ever seen one of the 🔔 icons come through on your Aussie brokerage app and not been sure how to digest it, hop on over to the ASX Analytics channel and you’ll likely be able to come away with an extra level of understanding afterwards.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1sgVYbGQ7uT5KemeBwFhhg
8. Michael Ko
The reason why:Â As with many of the other YouTubers on this list, Michaek provides content with a balance between both ETF investing and individual stocks.
However what sets Michael aside is his slather of ‘reviews’ of individual aspects of investing – be it specific investing apps, investment funds, or individual investment types and classes.
He’s covered topics ranging from the best brokerage apps to comparing Fund A vs. Fund B, along with a number of useful “How To’s” which are ideal for beginning investors as well.
As a result, his channel serves more of a “static library” of helpful Aussie-centric starter content covering some of the most frequently asked questions Australians typically have when beginning their investing journey – all delivered in a clear and easy to understand way.
This makes for an easy to grasp breakdown of key market terms and factors that are all important to know before branching out into some of the more granular stuff other Aussie YouTubers dive into, making Michael’s channel a good starting point or tutorial before you die too deep down the ASX rabbit hole.
Michael doesn’t have the extensive volume library of some of the others on this list, but has recently upped his content production for slightly more frequent updates, and so definitely remainds one to watch more going forward.
Channel link:Â https://www.youtube.com/c/ko
9. Demonaico ASX
The reason why:Â Unlike the rest of the more fundamentally-oriented or passive investing-focused YouTubers elsewhere on this list, Demonaico ASX provides content that focuses on a largely different niche.
He’s definitely one for more of the Technical Analysis (TA) aficionados out there, with a larger focus on charting and intra-day trading as opposed to the more commonly talked about “buy and hold” approach.
More of an emphasis on the more volatile – and often more interesting – smallcap space and the potential for profitable swing trades that it provides, which also helps to shine the spotlight on a number of under-discussed smaller companies our exchange has to offer.
If you’re wanting to learn more about the “tea leaves” of the ASX and familiarise yourself with the art/science behind candlesticks, support levels, shorting, breaks and all those other goodies of the TA universe, he’s one of your best bets for the local market.
Also, all of this is still conducted with a chilled and soothing presentation style that earns bonus points from us, although not for those who are touchy about a bit of profanity.
Channel link:Â https://www.youtube.com/c/DemoniacoASX
10. The Healthy Investor
The reason why: Another solid all-around investing YouTuber, The Healthy Investor has a channel which covers a range of Aussie investing content that couples together individual stock assessements, broker and fund reviews, and ETF news and breakdowns for a pretty handy cross-section of ASX content.
His robust single-subject summary “in 10 minutes” videos in particular are an excellent bite-sized way to absorb a lot of information to take away in a short amount of time, while he also offers several helpful guides on essential Australian investing topics.
Some of these include things like how to work out tax on your share investing, the difference between brokerage fees in certain apps, and a smidgeon of real estate investing vs. stocks (but not too much) sprinkled in.
His individual stocks covered are likewise varied and range from profiles on ‘growth stocks’ such as AfterPay and other BNPL companies, through to dividend payers, biotech sector breakdowns, and plenty more.
The guides that highlight individual brokers’ pros and cons are particularly helpful – add it all up and it’s another cross-section of investing content to cover pretty much every base outside of smallcap profiles that new ASX investors will likely find useful.
Channel link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7DSlY4iWJrLb2ShSOpBHbw
