This research was to find out whether using audiovisual materials, such as YouTube videos, improved students' speaking abilities and to identify the areas of speaking that improved the most. The sample consisted of eighth-grade students at Darul 'Ulum Islamic Boarding School in the academic year 2023–2024. The study applied a quasi-experimental design, with two groups: experimental and control. There were 32 students in each group, for a total of 64 students. I collected data using oral pre-test and post-test; the experimental group used audiovisual media, such just like YouTube videos, in learning activities, while the control group utilized classroom discussion and lectures. Pre-test experimental group mean score was 63.06, and post-test experimental group mean score was 86.90, according to the test. The mean score for the control group before the test was 48.81, whereas the mean score for the control group after the test was 61.28. Thus, with df = n – 1 = 64 – 1, the T-test result in this study was 36.39 and the T-table was 2.00 at significant level 0.05. The null hypothesis (Ho) has been rejected and the alternative hypothesis (Ha) accepted. Furthermore, speaking ability improved from 114 to 183 points. This finding suggests that consuming audiovisual media has a considerable effect on students' speaking abilities.