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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 →

55/1006:03Why is getting bitten by a rabid animal so dangerous? - Charles RupprechtC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed56/1005:29Why are scientists shooting mushrooms into space? - Shannon OdellC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed56/1003:03We Made A New Channel!B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell56/10012:53Your Time Machine Broke - At The Worst Time In HistoryC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell56/1009:213 Things I Wish I Knew When I Was Broke | Vivian Tu | TEDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · mediumTED56/1001:28:03Kim Jong Un: The Psychology of a Tyrant | North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator MEGA EpisodeB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumNational Geographic56/1005:22What toys have kids played with throughout history?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed56/1006:27Was Alexander the Great really that great? - Stephanie Honchell SmithB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumTED-Ed56/10016:43A.I. ‐ Humanity's Final Invention?B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell56/10010:02Which species would you get rid of? | Ada, Ep. 5B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED-Ed56/10044:24Surviving Super Typhoon Terror (Full Episode) | Gathering Storm | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumNational Geographic56/1002:12:20Devastating Hurricanes & Cold Ocean Killers | Gathering Storm MEGA Episode | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumNational Geographic57/1005:01Can saunas make you live longer? - Max G. LevyC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/10044:09Dark Web & Liquid Drugs (Full Episode) | To Catch a SmugglerB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastNational Geographic57/10018:11300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes | Joshua Bell | TEDB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · fastTED57/10044:18Tsunami: Breaking News (Full Episode) | Tsunami: Race Against Time | National GeographicB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic57/1005:37What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna RothschildC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1005:05Why are there so many different kinds of dogs? - Kathleen Morrill PirovichC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1005:00Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles WallaceC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1008:52Gordon Ramsay Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastWIRED57/10044:21Inside the Dangerous World of Illegal Gambling (Full Episode) | Trafficked | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic57/10033:49History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumWIRED58/1004:58How hat fashion has evolved throughout history - Alison L. GoodrumC1-C2 · ~19,000 words · mediumTED-Ed58/10037:34Harvard Professor Answers Middle East Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED

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 →