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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 →

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LengthAny Under 10 min 10–30 min Over 30 min

PaceAny Slow Medium Fast Very fast

ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,820)Entertainment (1,125)Podcasts (850)Talk shows (446)

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77/10025:26AUTOThe Hyundai Crater Is a Crazy Futuristic Off-Road SUVB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

77/10013:23The Weird Reason Giraffes Have The Same Number of Neck Bones As YouC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow

77/10019:31Hugh Grant Rewatches Love Actually, Notting Hill, Heretic & More | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastVanity Fair

77/1002:27:50AUTOTSMCB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired

77/1001:58:57AUTOBenchmark Part II: The DinnerB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired

77/10023:32AUTOThe Porsche 914 Is Cooler Than You ThinkB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

77/10021:35Every Stranger Things Fan Theory | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastVanity Fair

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

77/1008:46Tell Me About Yourself - An Excellent Answer to this Interview QuestionB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastEnglish with Lucy

77/1002:15:22AUTONvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAcquired

77/1007:06The Physics of a Perfect WaveC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow

77/10011:30How to Carve a Whole TunaB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJoshua Weissman

77/10021:43Giving Our Taxi Driver $200,000 To Free Him From DebtB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory

77/1003:38:10Contracts of Love & Money That Make or Break Relationships | James SextonB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

77/10015:53Why Railroads Don't Need Expansion JointsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

78/1001:37:39AUTOFour CEOs on the Future of AI: CoreWeave, Perplexity, Mistral, and IRENB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

78/10022:10AUTOOpenAI is Suddenly in TroubleB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion

78/10025:41$456,000 Squid Game In Real Life!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

78/1007:05AUTOThe Evolutionary Basis of AutismC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow

78/10014:18AUTOThe Suspenders I Never Knew I Needed.B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman

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

English channels, ranked

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

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	Vocabulary range	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	Easy English	6–48	31	B1-B2	medium	138	37 h
2	English with Lucy	8–81	41	B1-C2	medium	150	49 h
3	Learn English with Papa Teach Me	10–71	42	B1-C1	medium	106	20 h
4	Rachel's English	5–88	49	B1-C2	medium	140	68 h
5	TED-Ed	27–91	50	B2-C2	medium	192	19 h
6	BBC Learning English	0–75	54	B1-C2	medium	191	30 h
7	Speak English With Vanessa	28–85	56	B1-B2	fast	175	85 h
8	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
9	TED	22–87	58	B1-C2	fast	69	16 h
10	Essential Craftsman	33–87	63	B1-C2	fast	137	39 h
11	Real Engineering	47–86	64	C1-C2	fast	76	30 h
12	Learn English with Bob the Canadian	43–86	66	B1-B2	fast	88	34 h
13	Technology Connections	56–90	67	B2-C2	fast	89	47 h
14	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	13–88	68	B2-C2	fast	60	13 h
15	Veritasium	48–92	69	B2-C2	fast	118	56 h
16	Lex Fridman	27–89	70	B1-C1	fast	127	377 h
17	StarTalk	40–91	70	B2-C2	fast	109	98 h
18	Acquired	33–91	71	B2-C2	fast	86	221 h
19	Yes Theory	28–87	72	B1-B2	fast	90	48 h
20	ColdFusion	55–86	72	B2-C2	fast	118	38 h
21	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	93	51 h
22	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-C1	fast	122	41 h
23	Andrew Huberman	45–95	74	B2-C2	fast	145	238 h
24	Practical Engineering	59–89	75	B2-C2	fast	142	41 h
25	Johnny Harris	49–90	75	B2-C2	fast	117	62 h
26	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	B2-C2	fast	129	47 h
27	SciShow	55–96	76	B2-C2	fast	197	48 h
28	Jimmy Kimmel Live	36–87	76	B1-C1	fast	196	42 h
29	WIRED	26–91	77	B1-C2	fast	73	28 h
30	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-C1	fast	96	28 h
31	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-C2	fast	152	316 h
32	All-In Podcast	45–90	81	B2-C2	fast	132	143 h
33	PowerfulJRE	40–90	81	B1-C1	very fast	99	269 h
34	Matt Risinger	55–92	83	B2-C2	very fast	140	54 h
35	Doug DeMuro	65–90	83	B1-C2	very fast	141	100 h
36	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-C1	very fast	32	6 h
37	Drew Binsky	40–97	85	B1-C1	very fast	132	72 h
38	SmarterEveryDay	59–91	86	B1-C2	very fast	54	32 h
39	Adam Ragusea	24–96	87	B2-C2	very fast	186	54 h
40	Marques Brownlee	53–92	87	B2-C2	very fast	127	28 h
41	MrBeast	75–94	87	B1-B2	very fast	92	34 h
42	This Old House	58–94	88	B1-C2	very fast	90	46 h
43	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C2	very fast	43	15 h
44	Joshua Weissman	64–96	90	B2-C2	very fast	117	45 h
45	3Blue1Brown	80–94	91	B2-C2	very fast	58	24 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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