Top 10 Best Cartoon Channels

The best cartoon channel is the one that makes you want to grab the remote, find your favorite show, and stay glued to the screen for another episode. You might love hilarious characters and goofy adventures, action-packed stories and anime, or classic cartoons that bring back memories from when you were younger. Some channels stick mostly to animation, while others mix cartoons with live-action shows, movies, educational programs, and entertainment for different age groups.

With so many choices from around the world, you can judge a cartoon channel by the shows it airs, the variety in its schedule, and how often you actually want to keep watching instead of changing the channel.

The Top Ten

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network is an American cable television channel that was launched in 1992 by the Turner Broadcasting System. It is now operated by Warner Bros. Discovery and is known for airing animated programming targeted primarily at children. The network has been home to many iconic shows, including Dexter's... read more

Starting from my childhood, I had been watching this channel for a long, long time. I saw the classics such as Ed, Edd and Eddy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Tom and Jerry, Bob the Builder, and more.
This channel gained a lot of popularity in the 2000s. It was one of the best cartoon channels, with awesome cartoons. But recently, it lost its touch. The shows started to collapse like a damaged building and struggled a lot. However, after shows like Adventure Time, Regular Show, and The Amazing World of Gumball were released, Cartoon Network started to gain back its popularity.
Still, it has terrible shows like Uncle Grandpa and Horrid Henry. These types of shows are utter nonsense. If it continues like this, then I would rather watch something terrible like a ruined version of SpongeBob SquarePants. Come on, Cartoon Network, bring back shows like Camp Lazlo, Chowder, and many more. Try to bring back the great shows, and you will be unstoppable!
Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon is an American pay television channel that began as a test broadcast on December 1, 1977, before launching nationally under its current name on April 1, 1979. It is owned by Paramount Skydance and is based in New York City. The network is widely known for its original children's programming... read more

Nick should be at number one. Cartoon Network doesn't have those noises when something surprising, funny, or similar happens, but Nickelodeon does. Not only that, but Cartoon Network only has cartoons where people talk for them. Nickelodeon has that and actual shows featuring people - for instance, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn and School of Rock.

Help Nickelodeon reach the top, Nickelodeon fans, or SpongeBob will get sad! Help him. If you want to help me, vote for this channel. Nickelodeon is one of my favorites. I hope this one is the best. Best of all, SpongeBob is reaching number one.
Disney Channel

The official home of 80s/90s, vintage, and 2000s/2010s TV shows, cartoons, and feature films - The Baby-sitters Club, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Princess Diaries, Jetsons the Movie, Teen Witch, Shelley DuVall's Mother Goose Rock & Rhyme, Phineas and Ferb, Kim Possible, The Proud Family, Recess, Boy Meets World, That's So Raven, Lizzie McGuire, Girl Meets World, Teen Win Lose or Draw, Win Lose or Draw (the reboot with Leo Howard), Braceface, Wizards of Waverly Place, The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, Darkwing Duck, Ocean Girl, and Mad Libs (a production of Dick Clark Productions based on the extremely popular fill-in-the-blank, board game-based book series created by Grosset and Dunlap).
Disney XD

Disney XD is an American pay television channel owned by the Disney Kids and Family and Disney Entertainment units of The Walt Disney Company.
The channel primarily targets older children with a mix of animated and live-action programming. It has featured popular shows such as Phineas and Ferb... read more

Disney Channel is full of crappy sitcoms. Nick's only good shows are SpongeBob and Loud House (currently), and Cartoon Network would be my #1 pick if it weren't for the cancerous amount of Teen Titans Go! episodes aired every day. Don't get me wrong, CN is awesome, but TTGO needs to go.
Disney XD, however, is full of great cartoons, such as Gravity Falls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Phineas and Ferb, Yo-Kai Watch, Pokemon (which recently moved here), and Kid vs. Kat, just to name a few. It is my personal favorite right now, though CN comes close.

I think Disney XD is not going downhill in quality, unlike Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. So that's why I'm voting for Disney, even though I don't have that channel on my TV cable.
Boomerang

Boomerang is an American cable television network. It is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its Global Linear Networks division. The channel primarily airs animated programming from the Warner Bros. Animation library.

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful little channel called Boomerang. It was awesome for classics. That was until one day the new president of Cartoon Network decided to ruin millions of vintage cartoon fans' childhoods.
It was no longer a nostalgic channel. It became a dumping ground for random shows from across the globe. We don't want My Knight and Me, Grizzy and the Lemmings, or LazyTown, and certainly not Teen Titans Go!. All they care about is money and hurting our feelings.

Bring back all the old cartoons like Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Winx Club, Powerpuff Girls - all the old ones. The only new ones should be Adventure Time, Regular Show, The Amazing World of Gumball, Teen Titans Go, and Clarence.
Nicktoons

Nicktoons is a brand name used by Nickelodeon for its original animated television series. The shows feature original characters and are produced at least partly by Nickelodeon Animation Studio rather than simply being acquired from outside sources. The first Nicktoons, Rugrats, Doug, and The Ren & Stimpy... read more

Nicktoons has better shows than Nick because they have better TV shows and great action shows we deserve to watch! For right now, my favorites are Voltron Force and Huntik: Secrets and Seekers.

I love them so much. Keep making more great movies. Thank you very much.

The Nicktoons charge in battle versus the famous Cartoon Network.
Hungama TV

Pokemon is a superb anime series shown on Hungama. The Pokemon XY series is also awesome. Beyblade is also a famous anime show. So, Hungama is the best cartoon channel. But we also can't forget Doraemon.

Pokemon and Beyblade are the best cartoons. I want to see the new seasons, but I love Pokemon and Beyblade.

Hungama is the best because it has awesome cartoons like Doraemon and Shin Chan.
Adult Swim
Jetix

Jetix was a children's television programming brand that replaced Fox Kids in Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America. It was owned by The Walt Disney Company and operated through regional television channels and programming blocks. Launched in 2004, Jetix aired animated and live-action adventure... read more

Though Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon get the gold, with Disney and Paramount or Warner Brothers and Time Warner, Jetix, Cartoonito, and these other offshoots still find a good place, which is fine too.
Good stuff. I wrote another review here but forgot to log in, so it has no tag. It's an okay summary though. Good idea to note some standout points.

JimJam and Minimax compete with this, along with Animax. Good stuff, plus Cartoonito and Pogo, with Zee Q and Sprout, make for a lot of great cartoons to discover.
I'm listing 7 channels. With Jetix, that makes 8. Thanks for the good times.
Animax

This is not really a cartoon channel as it aired anime, the Japanese equivalent of American cartoons as we know it. Falling into the animated genre, I can understand why it was put here. I first started watching the channel when it came on TV in South Africa. It introduced me to more mature storylines, extensive character development, and complex plot development. Being 19 at the time, I definitely wanted something that could challenge my growing mind and something I could relate to more.

Yes, of course. Anime cartoons are just worth not forgetting. The supernatural plots just rock. My favorite cartoons are K-ON!, Fairy Tail, Shangri-La, and Nodame Cantabile.

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The Contenders

The Hub Network

The Hub was an American digital cable and satellite television channel that targeted a family audience. Co-owned by Discovery Communications and Hasbro, the channel featured a mix of animated series, game shows, and reruns of classic family entertainment. It was rebranded as Discovery Family in 2014... read more

Littlest Pet Shop should be renamed Littlest Human Shop. Also, what was once a toy line with a red Welsh Corgi as its icon is now a television series.

We need you guys. My childhood was fueled by yours and Boomerang's cartoons and the old Cartoon Network cartoons.

Cartoon Network has We Bare Bears. Boomerang has Bunnicula, and Hub has My Little Pony. Other channels' original programming only sucks.
PBS Kids

PBS Kids is the brand for most children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. Its educational shows include Sesame Street, which premiered in 1969, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which began airing nationally in 1968. PBS Kids aims to provide curriculum-based... read more

Arthur is the best little kids' show ever! How could that Pogo with its stupid "Chhota Bheem" get in the way? All he does is punch, punch, and punch again! Arthur has humor, characters you can empathize with, and best of all, it appeals to older viewers.

I love Arthur, too. PBS is educational in many ways, funny, and you never grow out of it. My mom loves to watch Arthur and Wild Kratts with me, and I'm 12.

Don't forget Curious George! It's one of the best PBS Kids animated shows ever.
Pogo TV

How can we forget programs like Chhota Bheem, Pokemon, and Shinchan? Hey, Pokemon rocks on television! And Beyblade is awesome. I like Beyblade the most.

Pogo should be in at least the top 5 because it has such awesome cartoons with something new.

Pogo is the biggest cartoon entertainment channel in India. In Pogo, Chhota Bheem is the most popular program in India. East or west, Pogo and Chhota Bheem are the best.
Sprout

Universal Kids was an American children's television network owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Before closing in 2025, the network aired preschool programming during the daytime and shows targeting older children and preteens during the evening.... read more

Well, I do watch Dot (since none of my other shows I like are running at the time).

It has so much to learn from shows like Caillou, Kipper, and Super Why. It also has The Good Night Show, The Sunny Side Up Show, and lots more.
Discovery Kids

These TV shows are all-time greats because Maya the Bee is my favorite show and is the world's best cartoon. Other shows like Sally Bollywood are great, too. All of the shows are great.
TeenNick

TeenNick is an American digital cable and satellite television channel that is owned by Paramount Media Networks, a division of Paramount Global. It targets a teenage audience and features a mix of original programming and reruns of classic Nickelodeon series. TeenNick originated as a programming block... read more

I didn't vote for this, though the things I like about it are Drake & Josh and the Splat.
Disney Junior

Disney Junior is an American pay television network. It is owned by Disney Branded Television, a unit of Disney Entertainment and a division of The Walt Disney Company. The channel features programming aimed primarily at children between the ages of 2 and 7.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse was the best cartoon I ever watched on Disney Junior.

Playhouse Disney was so good and will be missed. The new shows are horrible.
CBBC

CBBC is a BBC children's television channel and brand aimed at children aged 6 to 12. It features a mix of entertainment, drama, and educational programming. For children aged six and under, the BBC offers dedicated content through the CBeebies channel.
Toonami

I love Dragon Ball Z and Super Inazuma 11. I love to watch Toonami.

It has Dragon Ball Z and many more action shows.
Teletoon Retro

Teletoon Retro was a Canadian English-language specialty television channel owned by Corus Entertainment. It focused on broadcasting classic animated television programs. The channel ceased operations in 2015.

At least watching the French dress up as old cartoon characters you will want to forget is better than watching the worst PBS Kids shows.
ZeeQ

Bandbudh Aur Budbak is the best cartoon in the world. This is my favorite cartoon. Please support this show and create unlimited episodes of it.

Bandbudh Aur Budbak is so amazing. I could watch all the episodes.
Maa Junior
Nickelodeon Sonic
Hit Channel
Chutti TV

I like this channel because every week or every month there will be new cartoons and programs.

Chutti TV can win second place.