The Best Ring Lights of 2024
Say goodbye to unflattering overhead light with these ring lights for Zoom calls, vlogging, social media and more.

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Ring lights are the secret to perfect lighting in your favorite viral TikToks, YouTube videos, Twitch streams and even Zoom conference calls. These (often) circular lighting apparatuses are composed of many LEDs arranged to disperse light in a way that reduces shadows on the subject that other directional lights might produce. The ring construction is one of the ways these devices reduce shadows, allowing the photographer or videographer to place their recording device in or behind the ring such that it doesn't cast a shadow on the subject.
Many ring lights come equipped with phone mounts for easy DIY video creation, or are clip-on so that you can mount them to a laptop for easy use in video conferencing. Some even allow for express control over the brightness and light warmth and color to achieve different effects. When shopping for a ring light it's important to consider the application, ambient filming lighting conditions (e.g. if you film in a bright room you may need a brighter ring light to counteract the lighting) and power supply.
To choose the best ring lights, we combined both hands-on testing with our expertise and research to find the best ones available on the market.
Our top picks:
For more on how we test and evaluate ring lights, as well as a guide of the top things to look for when shopping for ring lights, keep scrolling after our picks.
As a data engineer in the Good Housekeeping Institute, Nik (he/him) works with all of our Labs to develop testing protocols and manage data collection and analysis. Before joining Good Housekeeping in 2022, Nik worked in the labs of MIT and Regeneron, working on projects ranging from chemical inventory and reporting to the development of bioassays. He holds a degree in chemical engineering from Northeastern University.


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