Financial education on YouTube runs from "how to budget your first salary" to "how to trade options intraday." Those are not the same subject and the second one loses most people money.
The list below is split into three groups in that order. Start at the top. The order is the advice.
Money you already have. Nothing here requires a demat account.
How companies and markets work. Longer horizon, slower decisions.
Read the warning below before opening any of these.
SEBI's own published studies on individual traders in the equity derivatives segment have repeatedly found that the large majority lose money, and that average losses run into significant amounts per trader per year. Check SEBI's latest study directly before you decide those figures do not apply to you.
Trading content is the most watched financial content in India because it promises the fastest outcome. That is exactly why it is listed last here.
Learning how markets work is worth doing. Learning it in order, starting with your own salary and savings, is the difference between education and an expensive hobby.
Nothing in this article is investment advice. These are learning resources, not recommendations to buy, sell, or trade anything.