The Wiggles
Full review English
SongsAnimalsAnimationsPreschool LearningPretend Play
Covers MusicMathsNature and animalsLanguages
ScreenMyYouTuber — analysis performed by AI, published by us.
At a glance for parents
Worth a look first. This is an AI assessment of the sample, not a safety guarantee.
- Age guidance
- Toddler. Read the age guidance and reasoning before choosing for your child.
- Concerns found
- Commercial pressure (Low), Stimulation (Moderate).
- Sample size
- 10 videos reviewed for age suitability and risk areas; 100 of 100 collected videos screened for harmful or misleading content. See coverage.
- Review date
- · Full review. Channels can change after a review.
- What could not be checked
- Spoken content was available for 0 of 10 reviewed videos. The model reads text and still images; it does not watch video or listen to audio. Read this review’s limitations.
How to check a channel before your child watches · Understanding Elsagate screening
Channel analysis summary
The Wiggles is a high-energy children's entertainment channel focusing on music, dance, and nursery rhymes. The content features a recurring cast of performers and costumed characters (like Dorothy the Dinosaur and Wags the Dog) performing sing-alongs, educational songs about shapes and animals, and full episodes of their series. The presentation is bright, colorful, and designed for very young children.
What this channel covers
Covers Reading and phonics, Maths, Art and drawing, Health and the body, Feelings and social skills, Languages, Nature and animals, Music, and Space — mostly by showing things and saying what they are, more often than saying how or why they work.
In the sample we reviewed closely, some topics were explained or practised, not only named. We have not heard the videos to confirm how far that goes.
- animal sounds Galumph Went the Little Green Frog 🐸 Nursery Rhyme about Animals 🎶 The Wiggles Kids Songs (on YouTube, new tab)
- crocodiles The Crocodile Way 🐊 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 1 🎶 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- insects Evie’s Insect Adventure 🐝🐛🦋🐞 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 20 🎶 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- meerkats John the Hairdresser 💇♂️ Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 3 🎶 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- sea creatures John Wiggle and Henry the Octopus Sea Creature Adventure 🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 12 (on YouTube, new tab)
- counting 1 to 5 practises Hickory Dickory Dock 🐁 Children's Nursery Rhyme 🕰️ Learn to Count with The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- counting 1 to 9 practises Crossword Puzzle 🧩 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 13 🎶The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- opposites practises Learn About Opposites with The Wiggles! ☍🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 38 📺 (on YouTube, new tab)
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shapes
Easel-y Done! 🎨 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 27 📺 The Wiggles +1
- dentist visits Dorothy the Dinosaur's Wobbly Tooth 🦖🦷 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! S6E25 📺 Kids Learning and Dentist Fun (on YouTube, new tab)
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doctor visits
Say Aah at the Doctors 🩺🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! S6E22 📺 Helping Children Feel Brave +1
- sun safety The Tree of Wisdom’s Hat 🌳🎩 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 16 🎶 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- classical music Carnival of the Animals 🎪 Classical Music for Children with The Wiggles 🐘 (on YouTube, new tab)
- music genres Lullabies or Techno Music? 🎶🤔 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! S7E20 📺 Music Day at Wiggle House (on YouTube, new tab)
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musical instruments
Doing the Dishes Is Fun! 🫧 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 30 📺 The Wiggles +2
- Doing the Dishes Is Fun! 🫧 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 30 📺 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- Anthony Learns the Theremin! 🌀🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series8, Ep. 33 📺 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- Evie and Lucia’s "Sound Song" Adventure 🎵😊 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! S7E23 📺 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
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kindness
Exercise with The Tree of Wisdom 🌳 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 35 📺🎶 The Wiggles +1
- sharing Learning to Share Lemonade 🍹😮 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! S7E26 📺 Sharing & Friendship (on YouTube, new tab)
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rhyming
practises
Exercise with The Tree of Wisdom 🌳 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 35 📺🎶 The Wiggles +1
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letters and sounds
Dance, Dance, Dance! 🕺💃 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 42 📺🎶 The Wiggles +2
- Dance, Dance, Dance! 🕺💃 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 42 📺🎶 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- I Spy: Letters And Sounds 🔤🔊 The Wiggles 🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 11 (on YouTube, new tab)
- The Crocodile Way 🐊 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 1 🎶 The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
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drawing
practises
Buddy's Wiggly Medley 🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 52 📺 The Wiggles +2
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Italian words
Crossword Puzzle 🧩 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 13 🎶The Wiggles +2
- Crossword Puzzle 🧩 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 13 🎶The Wiggles (on YouTube, new tab)
- I Spy: Letters And Sounds 🔤🔊 The Wiggles 🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 11 (on YouTube, new tab)
- The Wiggles + Sooshi Mango 🎶 Italian Medley 🇮🇹 C'è la luna mezzo mare / Funiculì, Funiculà (on YouTube, new tab)
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names of the planets
The Wiggly Garage Sale 💵 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 39 📺🎶 The Wiggles +1
What YouTube reports
YouTube's own figures for this channel, as collected when we looked. Nothing here is a finding of ours.
- Channel created
- 11,000,000
- Subscribers
- 1,486
- Videos published
- 6,262,569,488
- Total views
- English
- Audio language the uploader declared
- Marked as made for children
- Audience the uploader declared
A made-for-children marking is the uploader's own answer to a question about advertising and data collection — not a judgement by anyone that the content suits a child, and nobody checks it against the videos.
Categories YouTube lists Performing artsMusicPop musicEntertainmentTelevision program
What the recent uploads show
Counted from the 100 most recent uploads we fetched when we looked. Where YouTube does not report a figure for a video, that video is left out of the count rather than assumed — so some totals below are smaller than 100.
- Most recent upload
- 100
- Published in the last 90 days
- 87/97
- Run 180 seconds or less
- 2:04
- Typical length
Uploads marked made for children 99 of the 100 uploads that carry the label.
About the channel
What kind of channel this is. These describe it rather than warn about it, so they carry no severity colour.
- Consistency High The channel maintains a very consistent brand, visual style, and target audience across all sampled videos.
- Synthetic media None found The content appears to be filmed live-action performances with physical costumes and sets.
Does well Introduction to classical music through the 'Carnival of the Animals' Multicultural education including Greek language and culture Emphasis on physical movement and coordination through dance
What YouTube's own labels say
10/10 marked made for children
The uploader has marked 10 of the 10 videos we looked at as made for children. Our review of those same videos found stimulation worth a parent's attention.
Age guidance
toddler
The content is explicitly designed for toddlers and preschoolers, featuring simple nursery rhymes, basic educational concepts (shapes, animals), and high-contrast, colorful visuals tailored for early childhood development.
Age guidance is our reading of the sample, not a rating and not a certification.
What we found
2 of 11 risk areas were assessed, worst first. A finding is an observation with evidence behind it, not an accusation.
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Stimulation
ModeratePace, loudness, and sensory intensity. High is not unsafe, but it is worth knowing before bedtime viewing.
The content is characterized by high energy, bright colors, and fast-paced musical numbers designed to engage toddlers.
bright colors, high-energy songs, dancing
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Commercial pressure
LowSelling, undisclosed promotion, gambling mechanics, and scams.
Descriptions contain links to social media and music streaming platforms, but no direct aggressive sales pitches for merchandise within the metadata.
Spotify, Apple Music, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok links
What this review covers
Harmful or misleading content · every video
- 100
- Videos screened
- 0
- Flagged
- 0
- Of those, presentation mismatches
Age suitability and risk areas · a sample
- 10
- Videos reviewed
- 0
- Spoken content examined
What this review could not see
- We could not access what is said in 10 of 10 videos we looked at; findings for those rest on titles, descriptions, and thumbnail images.
The model reads text and still images. It does not watch video or listen to audio. Full methodology.
What we looked at
Automated screening checked all 100 of this channel's videos for harmful content and for videos presenting themselves as something they are not, and flagged none. The age band and risk areas above are a separate reading of 10 of those videos. We do not have what is said in any of those, so every finding rests on how a video presents itself rather than on what it contains.
Flag reasons are AI observations, published as produced — read them alongside the video, not instead of it. How screening and sampling work
The videos behind the findings
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She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain ⛰️ The Wiggles & Dorothy the Dinosaur 🎶 Fun Singalong for Kids
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The Wheels on the Bus 🚌 Farm Animals 🐔 The Wiggles Nursery Rhyme for Kids
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Little Peter Rabbit 🐇 The Wiggles Nursery Rhyme for Toddlers
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Non-Stop The Wiggles! 🎶 Kids Music and Fun Nursery Rhymes for Toddlers 🎈24/7 Live Stream
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Nursery Rhymes and Toddler Songs 🎶 24/7 Kids Music Live Stream 📺 The Wiggles
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Celebrate Greek Language and Culture with Lucia and The Wiggles 🎶 Hellenic Studies Foundation
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Mary Had a Little Lamb 🐑 Animal Nursery Rhyme Adventure for Kids 🎶 The Wiggles
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Simon’s Pickup Truck 🛻 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! Series 8, Ep. 51 📺 The Wiggles
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Carnival of the Animals 🎪 Classical Music for Children with The Wiggles 🐘
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Playing Catch with Wags the Dog & Capt. Feathersword ⚽ The Wiggles 🎶 Ready, Steady, Wiggle! S8 Ep.50
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