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5,229 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 →

76/10012:13What Really Happened with the Substation Attack in North Carolina?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/10011:035 Ways Space Is Actually Good for YouB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow76/10022:38AUTOThe 2026 Nissan Armada Nismo Is Weird and HilariousB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro76/10010:31AUTO7 Tools I'll Never Have to ReplaceB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman76/10053:47Pompeii Changed How I Think About The Roman Empire - Smarter Every Day 310B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay76/10032:17What Qatar Doesn't Want the World to See | WORLD CUP 2022B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris76/1002:12:22Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #393B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman76/10020:37Rebuilding the Oroville Dam SpillwaysC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/10055:01AUTOStop Killing Your Plants + Carl Radke’s Story of Home + Flooring Mistakes to AvoidB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House76/10014:11AUTORuPaul on His Amazing Prom Photo, Whether He'd Ever Run for President & New Movie Stop! That! Train!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live76/10019:56Engineering The Largest Nuclear Fusion ReactorC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/1004:12What happens when you break a bone? - Gurpreet Baht and Natalie PangC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastTED-Ed76/10018:13The US Military’s Massive Global Transportation SystemB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions76/1002:48:38AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2522 - Tony HinchcliffeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE76/10019:39The Incredibly Unique Triple Barreled Pistol... - Smarter Every Day 304B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay76/10027:37AUTOThe 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Was a Crazy Luxury Muscle CarB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro76/10013:41AUTOI Went To India's Temple Of 20,000 RatsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastDrew Binsky76/1001:34:51AUTOHoward Marks & Andrew Marks: Something of ValueB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired76/10017:40How the USA Colonized the USA, MappedB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris76/10026:12AUTOThe Jaguar E-Type V12 Is an Icon With a Monster EngineB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro76/1008:24How Finland defeated fascismB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVox76/10024:30Linguist Answers Word Origin Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWIRED76/10029:04Ethan Hawke Breaks Down His Career, From 'Training Day' to 'Boyhood' | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastVanity Fair76/10034:49AUTOEssentials: Build a Healthy Gut Microbiome | Dr. Justin SonnenburgB2-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

English channels, ranked

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.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianVocabulary rangePaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-C2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-C1medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-C2medium14068 h
5TED-Ed279150B2-C2medium19219 h
6BBC Learning English07554B1-C2medium19130 h
7Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17585 h
8National Geographic278957B2-C2medium6581 h
9TED228758B1-C2fast6916 h
10Essential Craftsman338763B1-C2fast13739 h
11Real Engineering478664C1-C2fast7630 h
12Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h
13Technology Connections569067B2-C2fast8947 h
14Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell138868B2-C2fast6013 h
15Veritasium489269B2-C2fast11856 h
16Lex Fridman278970B1-C1fast127377 h
17StarTalk409170B2-C2fast10998 h
18Acquired339171B2-C2fast86221 h
19Yes Theory288772B1-B2fast9048 h
20ColdFusion558672B2-C2fast11838 h
21Vox439072B2-C2fast9351 h
22First We Feast399772B1-C1fast12241 h
23Andrew Huberman459574B2-C2fast145238 h
24Practical Engineering598975B2-C2fast14241 h
25Johnny Harris499075B2-C2fast11762 h
26Wendover Productions529176B2-C2fast12947 h
27SciShow559676B2-C2fast19748 h
28Jimmy Kimmel Live368776B1-C1fast19642 h
29WIRED269177B1-C2fast7328 h
30Vanity Fair389178B1-C1fast9628 h
31The Diary Of A CEO389279B1-C2fast152316 h
32All-In Podcast459081B2-C2fast132143 h
33PowerfulJRE409081B1-C1very fast99269 h
34Matt Risinger559283B2-C2very fast14054 h
35Doug DeMuro659083B1-C2very fast141100 h
36The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon408984B1-C1very fast326 h
37Drew Binsky409785B1-C1very fast13272 h
38SmarterEveryDay599186B1-C2very fast5432 h
39Adam Ragusea249687B2-C2very fast18654 h
40Marques Brownlee539287B2-C2very fast12728 h
41MrBeast759487B1-B2very fast9234 h
42This Old House589488B1-C2very fast9046 h
43Mark Rober729589B2-C2very fast4315 h
44Joshua Weissman649690B2-C2very fast11745 h
453Blue1Brown809491B2-C2very fast5824 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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