25 Websites That Will Make You Incredibly Smarter

Learning is a lifelong journey that doesn’t end when you leave school. Pursuing knowledge is the only way to get better, smarter, and understand the world around you. We start off as kids with an empty toolbox (brain) and fill it with tools that aid us as adults. To learn is to understand, and to understand is to improve. We should strive every day to learn something new. There are several resources and wonderful sources that can help us grow every day. It’s time we take into control what we learn.

1. TED Ideas — Like Ted Talks but written blogs and articles.
2. Scribd — All the audiobooks and books at your fingertips.
3. University of the People — Tuition-free online university that offers higher education in multiple course streams.
4. LearnTrain — A lifelong learning and upskilling platform.
5. Italki — Learn any language online 1:1 with language teachers and tutors.
6. Psychology Today— All about you — seriously learn everything you want about yourself.
7. The School of Life: Possibly the best Youtube videos on culture, the world, and how to be your best self.
8. Highbrow — Learn 5 minutes a day.
9. Medium — A source of insights meant to challenge your thinking and share new ways of thinking.
10. Udacity — Online course on programming, data science, artificial intelligence, and digital marketing.
11. Google Scholar — Scholarly literature written by global experts about several disciplines and streams. A wonderful place to find vetted research for your own learning.
12. DataCamp — Learn data science online.
13. Nautilus — A magazine on science, culture, and philosophy for curious people.
14. edX — Take courses online from the world’s best universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Yale.
15. Memrise — Learning new languages is finally fun!
16. BBC — Future — All things science, health, and technology.
17. Flowkey — The easiest way to learn piano.
18. Scientific American — Science and technology magazine that covers research and discovery of new ideas and concepts.
19. Investopedia — The first place to start if you want to learn about investing, personal finance, economics, and global markets.
20. Futurelearn — Learn online with world-class universities and industry experts.
21. Greatist — Quick lifestyle tips that help you get your sh*t together.
22. Youtube EDU — Learn from some of the best educational videos online.
23. CreativeLive — Helping the world become creative through interactive classes taught by the world’s top experts.
24. Digital Photography School — Improve your photography skills through the best photographers in the world.
25. Wikiwand — Wikipedia 2.0. Slicker. Better. Easier to read.

Which ones did we miss? What is your favorite website or app that is not on the list?

SJ is a female tech founder of a lifelong learning and upskilling platform focused on impacting a million learners globally, for free. In her spare time, she goes on bike rides with her dog Aloo, does gardening, and tries to make good recipes into bad food.