Best free Excel courses on YouTube, ranked by total hours
Updated 2026-09-22 · 10 courses · totals are live
Excel is taught better on YouTube than almost anywhere else, mostly by a handful of people who have been doing it for fifteen years. The playlists below cover the full range — a first spreadsheet, formulas and lookups, charts, dynamic arrays, Power Query and a full data-analysis class — and every one is complete and free.
The hours are live totals from each playlist. Excel videos are short, so a 60-video series is often only a few hours; check before you assume you don't have time.
From 2h 10m (Excel for Beginners) to 1d 5h 45m (Full Advanced Data Analysis & BI Class (MSPTDA). Power Query, Power Pivot, DAX, M Code, Power BI & Excel (30+ Videos)).
| # | Course | Videos | Total | At 1.5× |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full Advanced Data Analysis & BI Class (MSPTDA). Power Query, Power Pivot, DAX, M Code, Power BI & Excel (30+ Videos) · Full Advanced Data Analysis & BI Class (MSPTDA) — excelisfun Power Query, Power Pivot, DAX and Power BI, taught as a complete data-analysis course. The most advanced entry here. |
83 | 1d 5h 45m | 19h 50m |
| 2 | ❎ How to use Excel · How to use Excel — Kevin Stratvert The bigger series from the same teacher: formulas, pivot tables, charts, macros. A full course in disguise. |
120 | 23h 7m | 15h 25m |
| 3 | Highline Complete Excel 2013 Class: Comprehensive Excel (Basics To Advanced) · Highline Complete Excel 2013 Class — excelisfun A full college class (Mike Girvin's Highline course): basics to advanced, with homework files. Older version, still correct. |
50 | 17h 6m | 11h 24m |
| 4 | Excel 2016 Basics Free Course - Learn to Efficiently Use Excel at Work and to Get a Job. · Excel 2016 Basics Free Course — excelisfun The shorter, more recent basics course from the same instructor, aimed at getting job-ready. |
26 | 12h 16m | 8h 10m |
| 5 | Excel Functions and Formulas · Excel Functions and Formulas — TeachExcel A long reference series on individual functions. Not a course to watch in order — a course to search. |
51 | 10h 37m | 7h 5m |
| 6 | Excel for Office 365 & Dynamic Arrays · Excel for Office 365 & Dynamic Arrays — Leila Gharani Modern Excel: FILTER, UNIQUE, LET, LAMBDA and the functions that changed how spreadsheets are built. |
50 | 8h 23m | 5h 36m |
| 7 | Excel Advanced Formulas & Features · Excel Advanced Formulas & Features — Leila Gharani The intermediate-to-advanced series: INDEX/MATCH, XLOOKUP, dynamic arrays, error handling. |
46 | 7h 49m | 5h 13m |
| 8 | Excel Introduction - Learn Excel Basics · Excel Introduction – Learn Excel Basics — Leila Gharani A structured beginner course from a top Excel trainer; assumes nothing, moves briskly. |
36 | 5h 52m | 3h 55m |
| 9 | Excel for Beginners Series · Excel for Beginners Series — MyOnlineTrainingHub Mynda Treacy's beginner series: short, practical, business-flavoured. |
21 | 2h 30m | 1h 40m |
| 10 | Excel for Beginners · Excel for Beginners — Kevin Stratvert Start here if you've never used Excel: clear, friendly, one task per video. |
60 | 2h 10m | 1h 27m |
Totals count available videos only and update as the playlists change. Private or deleted videos are excluded. Compare the top 5 side by side →
How to choose
- Never opened Excel? Kevin Stratvert's beginner series, then his full "How to use Excel" playlist.
- Use Excel daily but "not properly"? Leila Gharani's advanced formulas, then dynamic arrays.
- Want a real class with homework? excelisfun's Highline course. Download the workbooks and do the exercises.
- Heading into analytics or BI? MSPTDA. It's long because it's the whole subject.
Learn it in sessions
Excel sticks when you use it right after watching. Set the planner on a course page to 20–30 minutes a day and do that day's lesson in a real workbook; tick videos off as you go. The plan exports to your calendar, or you can subscribe so it follows the playlist.