6 Best Places to Watch Music Videos Online

These are your best bets to stream the latest music videos

Your TV might have been the old way to watch music videos, but now, it's no question that the internet holds all the best places to watch free music videos.

There are many websites to pick from, but these sites stand out to me for several reasons: They have a bunch of videos, let you make playlists, and offer great recommendations. Definitely check them out, whether you're looking for the latest chart-toppers or timeless classics.

If you like these sites, you'll also love to find out where the best places are to listen to music for free online and where you can download free music. There are also free music apps to take your songs on the road.

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YouTube Music

YouTube Music top songs and moods and genres
What We Like
  • Tons of content.

  • Includes well-known and up-and-coming artists.

  • Lots of ways to find videos.

  • Updates often with new videos.

  • Build and share playlists.

What We Don't Like
  • Ad-supported.

It's probably not surprising to see YouTube Music make this list. It's one of the only places I've found where I can watch the latest free music videos from all my favorite artists. Another reason it's my first choice is because it does a wonderful job helping me discover up-and-coming musicians.

There are lots of ways to find music videos here, like via a keyword search, genre categories, and even by mood. I recommend using the New releases and Charts pages if you're looking for trending music videos.

YouTube Music works from your phone, tablet, or TV.

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Vimeo

Vimeo music videos
What We Like
  • Lots of filters to help narrow down the results.

  • Lets you subscribe to updates.

  • The interface is clean and simple to navigate.

  • Has videos you might not find elsewhere.

What We Don't Like
  • Not nearly as much content as similar sites.

  • Some videos aren't free.

Vimeo has tens of thousands of music videos to look through. You can make an account and follow the channel for upload notifications.

Otherwise, you can watch music videos on Vimeo for free without a user account. The site is fairly easy to navigate and there are tons of music videos you've probably never seen anywhere else, which provides a fun way to find some new things to watch.

You can view these music videos by date uploaded, alphabetically, popularity, or duration. There are also filters for specific duration and upload date, resolution, HDR, license, and a mature content toggle.

Vimeo is available for computers, smart TVs, and mobile devices.

The link below takes you to the Music Videos channel, a subcategory of the Music channel. Some other subcategories I recommend you check out are Live Music and Music Documentary.

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Reddit

Top music videos on Reddit
What We Like
  • Unique videos from many sources.

  • Engage with other users.

  • See all the top-rated music videos.

  • An active community updates the page often.

What We Don't Like
  • The comment section isn't always kid-friendly.

  • Frequent sponsored posts.

The /r/MusicVideos subreddit is another great place to find music videos online. There are tens of thousands of members here, so you're bound to see some new videos posted often.

What makes Reddit unique for watching music videos is that you'll find submissions from a variety of websites, so even if you've already used the other music video streaming websites in this list, Reddit is the next best place to see videos from elsewhere.

You can sort submissions by what's hot right now, the newly added ones, and today's or this year's top-rated music videos. The extremely popular Music subreddit also sometimes includes videos.

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Internet Archive

Music Video Bin at Internet Archive
What We Like
  • Lots of older content you might not find elsewhere.

  • You can download the music videos.

What We Don't Like
  • Not the best place for anything modern.

  • Website is often slow.

  • Subject filtering is a mess.

Internet Archive is known for its archive of all sorts of internet content, and the Music Video Bin is one example of its music video collection.

Videos span from the mid-1900s to the present year. You can filter by year, but also creator, language (nearly all of it is in English), collection, and subject.

There are several thousand results through the link below, but Internet Archive also has the more general, and much larger (millions of items) Audio Archive that surely has other videos sprinkled within its subcategories for you to uncover.

The biggest issue I have with this site, and why I've ranked it where I have in this list, is the difficultly in finding something good to watch. The inconsistent subject filters make them almost useless to use. And if you venture outside the link below, you'll have a hard time finding music videos among the trove of information available on this site (movies, books, software, etc.).

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IMVDb

IMVDb's best new music videos
What We Like
  • View music videos by country.

  • Open a random music video.

What We Don't Like
  • Doesn't seem to update much anymore.

Most if not all of the music videos at The Internet Music Video Database are sourced from YouTube, but I include it in this list because I like the different ways it lets me find music videos.

The website curates a list of the best new music videos on the home page and it maintains a list of the top music videos of all time. You can also see IMVDb's best videos by year through their Year in Review lists for 2015 to 2018.

When I'm not sure what I'm in the mood for, I like to open IMVDb's random music video link — it's always something I haven't seen, which is really cool.

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Yahoo Music

Yahoo Music videos
What We Like
  • Includes unique content.

  • No user account required.

What We Don't Like
  • Focuses mainly on music news.

  • Not as much content as similar sites.

  • Lots of clips and narrated videos.

Yahoo provides free music videos throughout their coverage of music-related news. They have videos of performances and live feeds from music festivals and events. There's also the occasional interview with artists.

In addition to the link I've provided below, I also recommend browsing Yahoo's video page for more.

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