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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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83/10034:35Traveling to the Angriest Country in the WorldB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastYes Theory

83/10012:52Why We Still Don't Have Hypersonic FlightsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow

83/10022:25AUTOThe New 2026 Mazda CX-5 Is More of a Good ThingB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

83/1007:34Your Coffee Mug is a Physics DisasterB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow

83/10023:07AUTOEven Trump voters are mad | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastVox

83/10044:24Gordon Ramsay Eats Tasmanian Cuisine (Full Episode) | Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted | National GeographicB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastNational Geographic

83/10029:03I Found A Tunnel Where 100 Families Live (Philippines)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

83/10025:03The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For NowB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

83/10049:13The News You Missed in 2021, From Every Country in the World (Part 1)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions

83/10037:08AUTOThe College Crisis: Heads of Dartmouth & Berkeley Debate the Decline of US UniversitiesB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

83/1006:34Fluffy snickerdoodle cookiesB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

83/10015:01How the World’s Wealthiest People TravelB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions

83/10033:59Essentials: The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging | Dr. David SinclairB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

83/10024:08AUTOThe Subaru Forester Wilderness Is a Tough, Capable Small SUVB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

83/10031:33Entering Europe's Last DictatorshipB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

83/1008:00The Weird Connection Between Antidepressants and CancerC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow

83/10059:57How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 2 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 275B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

83/1001:38:31AUTOTucker Carlson: Rise of Nick Fuentes, Paramount vs Netflix, Anti-AI Sentiment, Hottest TakesB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

83/1003:28:47Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

83/1001:29:30AUTOBiggest LBO Ever, SPAC 2.0, Open Source AI Models, State AI Regulation FrenzyB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

83/10010:35French-style scrambled eggs (do I like them?)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

83/10054:28AUTOAnswering Questions About Alien Exoplanets, with Anjali TripathiB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastStarTalk

83/1003:34:58Paul Rosolie: Amazon Jungle, Uncontacted Tribes, Anacondas, and Ayahuasca | Lex Fridman Podcast #369B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

83/1001:30:02AUTOICE Chaos in Minneapolis, Clawdbot Takeover, Why the Dollar is DroppingB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

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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