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1,777 videos from 17 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.
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1,435 h
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The number on each thumbnail is its difficulty score out of 100: mostly speaking pace, partly vocabulary load. How it is measured →
ContentAnyMade for learnersReal-world contentScience & ideas (501)Podcasts (378)Entertainment (182)Talk shows (126)
72/10034:25Exploring Europe’s Most Isolated Village (dangerous & impossible journey)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
73/10038:04AUTO72 Hours With Strangers Who Have Seen AliensB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
74/10024:43100 Hours with the World's Most Hardcore Monk (Shi Heng-Yi)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
74/10027:59AUTOAt The Ukrainian BorderB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory
74/10020:10AUTOEating the World’s Worst Diet for 7 DaysB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory
75/10012:09Extreme $1,000,000 Hide And SeekB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastMrBeast
75/10031:33I Moved Into A Retirement Home For 48 hrsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
75/10040:02Ages 1 - 100 Decide Who Wins $250,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastMrBeast
75/10029:3950 Hours in Europe's Last DictatorshipB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
77/1001:07:14I Tried to Join Finland's Elite Arctic Military Unit (impossible)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
77/10033:03going back home after 7 yearsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
77/10046:37I Paid a Taxi $10,000 to See How Far it Takes Me!B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastYes Theory
77/10032:10Finding the World's Loneliest PersonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
77/10024:442,000 People Fight For $5,000,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastMrBeast
77/10032:37Exploring America’s Most Isolated Town (extreme conditions, eating whale..)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
77/10021:43Giving Our Taxi Driver $200,000 To Free Him From DebtB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
78/10025:41$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast
78/10028:46This Place Re-Writes Human History: Göbekli TepeB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory
78/10020:44Exploring $30,000,000 Abandoned Soviet ResortB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory
79/10031:57100 Hours in America's Strange "Cult City"B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory
79/10027:57Exploring the Secret US Government Town with No Internet & Phone Service (100% Disconnected?)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
79/10023:1750 Hours in African Country that Doesn't Exist on a MapB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory
80/10034:24Overnight in the Loneliest Hotel on Earth (4,554 meters/15,000ft)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastYes Theory
80/10028:0024hrs in the Highest City on Earth with No Laws (my scariest travel experience)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastYes TheoryWhich English channel to start with
Ranked by median difficulty, easiest first. The bar is a range, not a label — a channel typically spans a wide stretch of the scale, so one level would be false for its own hardest videos.
| # | Channel | Level range (0–100) | Median | Typical band | Pace | Videos | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easy English | 6–48 | 31 | B1-B2 | medium | 138 | 37 h |
| 2 | BBC Learning English | 0–75 | 54 | B2-C2 | medium | 191 | 30 h |
| 3 | Speak English With Vanessa | 28–85 | 56 | B1-B2 | fast | 174 | 85 h |
| 4 | Learn English with Bob the Canadian | 43–86 | 66 | B1-B2 | fast | 88 | 34 h |
3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. That gap is pace: what separates the easiest of these channels from the hardest is how fast people talk, not which words they use. How that is measured →
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