About Frugalab
Understand money first. Then decide what to do with it.
We explain everyday money with drawings: short videos and interactive essays, free to watch and read.
Not a get-rich-quick channel
We won't tell you how to get rich, or how to 10× your money in two hours.
We're here so personal finance makes sense to you, even if nobody taught it at school. Give us five minutes of your day, with a video or an essay, and we're confident you'll understand money a little better each time: how it works, and how the everyday things built on it work, like loans, savings accounts and bills.
The basics first, then your choices
We started Frugalab because we think people should understand their own money before they go after more of it.
Once you know how interest, loans and bills really work, the bigger decisions are yours to make with your eyes open: whether to build wealth at all, whether to start a business, or whether to keep things simple. The basics don't make those choices for you. They help you make them well.
Why doodles?
Money gets explained with tables and fine print. We'd rather draw it.
A car with a price tag, a staircase of what you still owe, a guy in a beret testing rates until the last coin lands on £0. Every number is worked out in front of you, and every rule is linked to its source, so you can check it yourself.
Every video and every interactive essay is free.
Work with us
Want to work with us? We'd love to hear from you.