# The USMLE YouTube Channels Tier List

> USMLE YouTube channels tier list: Mehlman Medical and Neil Randy (S), Dirty Medicine, AJmonics and Divine Intervention (A), Dr. High Yield, Dr. Najeeb, Rahul Damania and Action Potential (B), Ninja Nerd and Dr. Nandan Joshi (C).

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## Questions this guide answers

- **Which YouTube channels are best for the USMLE?** Mehlman Medical and Neil Randy are S tier: the only 2 video resources that earn their hours. Dirty Medicine, AJmonics and Divine Intervention are A. Dr. High Yield, Dr. Najeeb, Rahul Damania and Action Potential Mentoring are B. Ninja Nerd and Dr. Nandan Joshi are C.

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USMLE Vault · Step 1 & Step 2 CK · Tier list 2 of 6
The USMLE YouTube channels tier list
Free, and still where most IMGs lose a month. Which channel to open, and when.
By Dr. Marish Asudani · Published 26 October 2026
Which YouTube channels are best for the USMLE?
Mehlman Medical and Neil Randy are S tier : the only 2 video resources that earn their hours. Dirty Medicine, AJmonics and Divine Intervention are A. Dr. High Yield, Dr. Najeeb, Rahul Damania and Action Potential Mentoring are B. Ninja Nerd and Dr. Nandan Joshi are C.
Read this first Every channel I've ever mentioned to you, ranked. The problem was never the videos. It's knowing which one, and when.
Same filter as every list: a video earns its hour only if your UWorld moves after it. Every channel name below opens the channel. Here is how to read the tiers:
S In my stack. Use it fully.
A The best for a specific job.
B Useful in one situation.
C Good in places, but the wrong anchor, or a slot that's already filled.
D A bad trade for your hours.
F Skip it.
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Tier list 2 of 6 YouTube channels
11 channels, 4 tiers. Tap any name to open the channel.
S
Mehlman Medical Neil Randy
A
Dirty Medicine AJmonics Divine Intervention
B
Dr. High Yield Dr. Najeeb Rahul Damania Action Potential
C
Ninja Nerd Dr. Nandan Joshi
S
The top Mehlman Medical and Neil Randy
S Mehlman. Short, dense videos, system by system, free, and the best, not even close . He teaches how the examiner thinks, builds the trap in your mind, and shows you how to eliminate the options. Watch the videos, not the PDFs.
▶ How to watch Mehlman Medical videos Start here, then open your system's playlist
▶ Mehlman · Renal playlist The first system on the schedule
Mehlman Medical on YouTube ↗
S Neil Randy. S too, right next to Mehlman. "The most slept-on channel on YouTube", for every system, not just biostats. With Mehlman, the only 2 video resources that earn their hours . Run him before an NBME.
PDF The Neil Randy PDF His whole library, system by system. Free in the Vault University.
▶ Neil Randy · Behavioral Health Start here, not with biostats
Watch with the First Aid page open The First Aid Guide teaches every First Aid page, with the best video for the topic on the pages that need one. Renal is free.
Open the First Aid Guide →
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Top to bottom The other channels, and why
Foundation A Dirty Medicine
Why: "When a concept just won't click — this is the channel." Best for psychiatry, ethics, biochemistry.
▶ Dirty Medicine · Ethics playlist Start here
Step 2 CK and Step 3 A AJmonics
Why: about 3 weeks of AJmonics and Divine for high-yield consolidation, screenshotting every unknown concept by system.
▶ AJmonics · COMPLETE Step 2 Review Start here
▶ AJmonics · Complete Step 3 Review For Step 3
Podcast A Divine Intervention
Why: "The podcast is enormous and most of it isn't your priority." Use the episode lists by system.
▶ Divine Intervention · USMLE Step 1 Playlist
Divine Intervention on YouTube ↗
Step 2 CK B Dr. High Yield
Why: "Pair with Dr. High Yield for fast morning recall."
▶ Dr. High Yield · All videos Start here
First year B Dr. Najeeb
Why: "Nobody explains mechanism at that level of patience." Neuroanatomy from Najeeb in first year is "the single best thing you will do all year."
B because his job is first year: neuroanatomy and the physiology that resists. What to watch in first year →
NBME concepts B Rahul Damania
Why: his Top NBME Concepts playlist is a very good one, system by system. Below it: his 2-hour walkthrough of the High Yield Arrows.
▶ Rahul Damania · Top NBME Shelf Concepts (Step 2 CK) Playlist
▶ Rahul Damania · High Yield Arrows for the USMLE 2 hours
The NBME concepts, as cards The NBME Booster Anki: every question from NBME 20 to 34 and the Free 120, sorted by system. Revise the forms you've taken before the next one.
Open the Booster →
Step 2 CK refreshers B Action Potential Mentoring
Why: direct questions and advice from the CMS forms. Good as refreshers once you've done the forms yourself.
▶ Action Potential · Internal Medicine Shelf / Step 2 CK Start here
Long-form C Ninja Nerd
Why: long videos. Use the single ones that earn their time, like the 31-minute autonomic nervous system video.
▶ Ninja Nerd · Autonomic Nervous System 31 min
Read-along C Dr. Nandan Joshi
Why: he reads the entire First Aid line by line with you ("Read With Me"). Good if you want someone to read First Aid with you. Check which First Aid edition it reads. Want the page taught, not read? That's the First Aid Guide .
How to use them without rabbit-holing: YouTube for Step 1 → · 5 channels = 0 paid courses → · The Step 1 playlists → · Step 2 CK YouTube →
Free PDFs, 1 tap away The Neil Randy PDF, the Mehlman HY Arrows, the HY Pharm and HY Biostats PDFs, in the Vault University.
Open the PDFs →
The top of every list, on a schedule
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Read next
5 channels = 0 paid courses — how to use each one.
The Step 1 playlists — every system, the right playlist.
How to use Mehlman — videos, not PDFs.
The micro tier list — Sketchy, Mehlman and the rest.
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Author: Dr. Marish Asudani

Updated: 2026-10-26