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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 →

58/10018:26How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastTED58/10013:49How Common Knowledge Shapes the World | Steven Pinker | TEDC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED58/10011:07Can we actually control superintelligent AI? | Ada, Ep. 4B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTED-Ed58/10013:59There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky WayB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell58/1005:07Why was this kung fu masterpiece banned? - Gladys MacC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed58/1008:02How to Become a K-pop Superstar — in 7 Minutes | Charlene Kaye | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastTED58/10032:52The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumVeritasium58/10013:11AUTOHow to Use Your Muscles — or Risk Losing Them (W/ Bonnie Tsui) | How to Be a Better Human | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastTED58/10011:19Is AI Ruining Music? | Dustin Ballard | TEDB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastTED58/10037:43Biomedical Scientist Answers New Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumWIRED58/10032:22Biomedical Scientist Answers More Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~16,000 words · mediumWIRED58/1005:00Why you feel stuck — and how to get motivated - Shannon OdellB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumTED-Ed58/10021:40Volcanologist Answers Volcano Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumWIRED58/10012:38A Pastry Chef Works His Chocolatier Magic — Live | Amaury Guichon | TEDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastTED58/10013:14Why You Should Spend Less Time with Your Kids | Lenore Skenazy | TEDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastTED59/1005:07Kiranmala: The tale of the princess who conquered Magic Mountain - Malay BeraB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumTED-Ed59/1001:03:22All Of Human History In One HourB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell59/1005:20Are there really dead wasps in figs? - Carolyn BeansC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed59/1007:18The Award for Best Comedy Wildlife Photo Goes to… | Tom Sullam | TEDB1-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastTED59/1004:56Are you more likely to explode or freeze in space? - Tejal GalaC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed59/1002:59:22Examining History of a Dictatorship | Inside North Korea MEGA Episode | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastNational Geographic60/1005:13What are warts — and how do you get rid of them? - Cella WrightC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed60/1004:18Why does hitting your funny bone feel so horrible? - Cella WrightC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · mediumTED-Ed60/1005:11Can humans be trusted with control over genetics? - Michael Vazquez and Raye PloegerB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · fastTED-Ed

Which 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.

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 →