Class, let’s watch a short video – more than 75% of teachers say they use YouTube in the classroom

New research shows that YouTube is used not just as an occasional supplement, but as a staple of classroom instruction.

By: Cody Pritchard, University of Tennessee; Jeff Carpenter, Elon University, and Joshua Rosenberg, University of Tennessee, The Conversation

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Published: August 10, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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By Cody Pritchard, University of Tennessee; Jeff Carpenter, Elon University, and Joshua Rosenberg, University of Tennessee

Approximately three-quarters of 393 preschool and K-12 teachers in the U.S. say they use YouTube for instructional purposes, with roughly half using it on a daily or weekly basis, according to our new nationally representative survey.

Those findings come from our new research, published in June 2026 in Educational Researcher, an academic journal.

Our sample included teachers …

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