Best System Design YouTube Channels

System design expert who breaks down Netflix, Uber, and WhatsApp architectures with engaging whiteboard sessions. His competitive programming background brings unique problem-solving approaches to distributed systems. Community favorite for clear explanations and interview-focused content that actually helps land FAANG jobs.

System Design Interview by Mikhail Smarshchok

Teaches system design and architecture patterns with focus on scalability and real-world applications. Channel with 111.0 thousand subscribers providing valuable content on distributed systems. Helps engineers understand how large-scale systems are built and maintained.

Get Saged

Hello Everyone! This is Umang Chauhan, an engineer who loves exploring, doing weird stuff, and trying out new things. Basically putting challenges in front and making the most out of every situation. Come join my journey on this channel called Get Saged and maybe you might learn a few things or two. In short, I make vlogs, Travel, Coding, Placements, New Products, and much more related videos. For invite/talks/collaboration/commercial contact at Email: theumang.yt@gmail.com Subscribe now, and join #GetSaged! I am here to keep you entertained and make you Saged. 🙏 Milestones: 🎉 First Video: 20th March 2020 500 Subs: 14th May 2020 (B'Day) 1,000 Subs: 15th June 2020 5,000 Subs: 11th August 2020 10,000 Subs: 22nd August 2020 20,000 Subs: 12th December 2020 50,000 Subs: 24th June 2022 1,00,000 Subs: Next Goal ❤️️ Subscribe now to get this updated Soon! 😇

Backend

Nishant Chahar

I am a Software Engineer at Microsoft, graduated from NSIT in 2021. I have interned at Samsung Research Institue Banglore as a software developer intern and I have also Won Smart India Hackathon. I love to try different things. I love to paint, cook, and code. For collaboration/commercial contact at Email : nishant.chahar@oneclub.io Milestones 0 subs - 6 sep 100 Subs - 13 sep 500 Subs - 19 oct 1000 Subs - 14 Nov 5000 Subs - 22 Dec 10000 Subs - 10 Feb 25000 Subs - 15 June 50000 Subs - 28 Aug 100k Subs - 21 March 2022 150k Subs - 28th June 2022 200k Subs - 12 Aug 2022 250k Subs - 10 Nov 2022 350k Subs - 18 Nov 2023 500k Subs - Jaldi Karte hai! Smash the subscribe button to help me reach my goal ❤️ **All the views on the channel are of my own, I do not represent any organization or company.

Backend

ByteByteGo

Alex Xu visualizes system design with clean diagrams and real-world examples. His newsletter and videos are essential for understanding large-scale architectures. Engineers preparing for senior roles study his content religiously.

Dan Gitschooldude

Teaches system design and architecture patterns with focus on scalability and real-world applications. Channel with 7.2 thousand subscribers providing valuable content on distributed systems. Helps engineers understand how large-scale systems are built and maintained.

Hussein Nasser

Backend engineering with genuine passion for databases and networking. His excitement about TCP/IP and load balancers is contagious. Makes infrastructure fascinating rather than boring.

DevOps

Arpit Bhayani

Goes deeper than anyone into database internals, showing how Redis, PostgreSQL actually work under the hood. Building his startup Duggup while teaching advanced concepts like consistent hashing and B-trees. Engineers love his content on topics nobody else covers like language design and compiler optimizations.

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Exponent

Teaches system design and architecture patterns with focus on scalability and real-world applications. Channel with 438.0 thousand subscribers providing valuable content on distributed systems. Helps engineers understand how large-scale systems are built and maintained.

Jordan Has No Life

Teaches system design and architecture patterns with focus on scalability and real-world applications. Channel with 1 subscribers providing valuable content on distributed systems. Helps engineers understand how large-scale systems are built and maintained.

SDFC (System Design Fight Club)

Teaches system design and architecture patterns with focus on scalability and real-world applications. Channel with 94.3 thousand subscribers providing valuable content on distributed systems. Helps engineers understand how large-scale systems are built and maintained.

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Teaches system design and architecture patterns with focus on scalability and real-world applications. Channel with 83.2 thousand subscribers providing valuable content on distributed systems. Helps engineers understand how large-scale systems are built and maintained.