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5,210 videos from 45 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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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 (1,812)Entertainment (1,121)Podcasts (848)Talk shows (442)
77/10010:36Why Apple, Samsung and Google Need Each OtherB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee
77/10019:35Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering
77/10013:55AUTOWhy Apple’s Vision Pro is the Next iPhone (Analysis)C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion
77/10024:42How Governments Spy On Protestors—And How To Avoid It | Incognito Mode | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED
77/1008:08Hegseth's holy warB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastVox
77/10013:23The Weird Reason Giraffes Have The Same Number of Neck Bones As YouC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow
77/1004:49How smart are crows? - Katharina BrechtC1-C2 · ~16,000 words · fastTED-Ed
77/10013:42What Happens When a Reservoir Goes Dry?B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering
77/1007:06The Physics of a Perfect WaveC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow
77/10015:53Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion JointsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering
78/10022:10AUTOOpenAI is Suddenly in TroubleB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion
78/1007:05AUTOThe Evolutionary Basis of AutismC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow
78/10014:364 Myths About Construction DebunkedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering
78/10015:54In Defense of the Switched OutletB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastTechnology Connections
78/10025:52Too Many People are Going OutsideB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions
78/10017:21Every Construction Machine Explained in 15 MinutesB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering
78/10024:34AUTOThe Broken Economics of the OceansC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions
78/10011:30Wait... Smart Glasses are Suddenly Good?B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee
78/10020:51Why Japanese Railways WinB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions
78/10013:41What's In Those Gas Station Drugs?C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow
78/10040:28A Backwards Camera in a Dark Room - Photographic PrintingB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTechnology Connections
78/10012:26The Priest Who Stole China's Biggest SecretC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow
78/10032:07Nuclear Historian Answers Nuclear War Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED
78/10021:55How to Control a CrowdB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover ProductionsWhich 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 | English with Lucy | 8–81 | 41 | B1-B2 | medium | 150 | 49 h |
| 3 | Learn English with Papa Teach Me | 10–71 | 42 | B1-B2 | medium | 106 | 20 h |
| 4 | Rachel's English | 5–88 | 49 | B1-B2 | medium | 140 | 68 h |
| 5 | BBC Learning English | 0–75 | 54 | B2-C2 | medium | 191 | 30 h |
| 6 | Speak English With Vanessa | 28–85 | 56 | B1-B2 | fast | 174 | 85 h |
| 7 | Learn English with Bob the Canadian | 43–86 | 66 | B1-B2 | fast | 88 | 34 h |
6 of these 7 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 88. 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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