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

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80/10039:20AUTOBenefits of Sauna & Deliberate Heat Exposure | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

80/10046:22AUTOBuild Podcast | Episode 197: The Origin Series with Jesse HayreB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

80/1001:16:30AUTOTrump-Xi Summit, Benioff: "Not My First SaaSpocalypse," OpenAI vs Apple, Multi-Sensory AI, El NiñoB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

80/1003:22:58AUTOHow to Find & Be a Great Romantic Partner | Lori GottliebB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

80/10017:10AUTOI Gave India a Second Chance (After 7 Years)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastDrew Binsky

80/10028:0024hrs in the Highest City on Earth with No Laws (my scariest travel experience)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastYes Theory

80/1001:53:10AUTOAltimeter (with Brad Gerstner)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired

80/10029:55Arctic Explorer Answers Polar Expedition Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastWIRED

80/1009:52The Weirdest New Battery is... RustC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow

80/1001:04:53AUTOSuper Pumped (with Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastAcquired

80/10024:50AUTOThe Gov Agency That Manages America's Worst LandB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions

80/1008:37What The Media Got Wrong About Octopus CitiesC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow

80/10056:49AUTOMatt O’Dowd’s Favorite Object in the UniverseB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk

80/1008:15AI the Product vs AI the FeatureB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

80/10035:53AUTOI'm Happy Hermeus Let Me Upload ThisB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastReal Engineering

80/10011:14Geology Created Madagascar's Weird AnimalsC1-C2 · ~15,000 words · fastSciShow

80/10013:18What Sewage Treatment and Brewing Have in CommonC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

80/1009:00AUTOJack Whitehall on Tiffany Haddish Being His Dad’s Hall Pass, Saddest Bday Ever & Nation’s DumbestB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

80/10035:32Why does every mammal get 1 billion heartbeats in their life?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium

80/1008:01AUTOJimmy Kimmel Interviews the NCAA Champion UCLA Women’s Basketball TeamB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

80/10020:37HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 2B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

80/1002:53:34AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2526 - JD VanceB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

80/10012:04World's Biggest YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

80/1009:35AUTOThis "Phone" is Bad... Which Makes it Better?B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

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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