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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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86/10017:23Christopher Nolan Reveals What Almost Destroyed The Odyssey, Explains Why He Wouldn't Do a Rom-ComB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

86/10010:29I Built 100 Wells In AfricaB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/10016:22AUTOOnions 101: The different kinds, how to cut them, what 'translucent' even meansB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

86/1002:43:47AUTODivorce Expert: Slippage Is Tearing Marriages Apart! If Kids Are Your Priority You’ll Divorce!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

86/10027:20100 Kids Vs World's Strongest Man!B1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/1002:48:42AUTOHikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness | Lex Fridman Podcast #330B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

86/10029:27The Amazing Engineering of Rescue Helicopters - Smarter Every Day 289B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

86/1008:19We Have Spent Millions of Dollars on Blue RosesB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastSciShow

86/10010:59Oppo Find X8 Ultra: The Bar's Been Raised!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

86/10036:49Lose 100 LBs, Win $250,000!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/1008:48AUTO“Weird Al” Yankovic on Big Artists Wanting Him to Parody Their Songs, Playing Accordion & New TourB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

86/10021:36Keira Knightley & Rosamund Pike Reunite 20 Years After 'Pride & Prejudice' | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

86/1008:03AUTOGoulash: the reddest of all stewsC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

86/10032:1850 Hours in the World's Happiest Country For Young PeopleB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastYes Theory

86/1007:47AUTOJack Quaid on His Wedding in Australia, The Boys Series Finale & Kicking His Own AssB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

86/10047:31I Got Access To The World's Most Secretive JewsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

86/1002:21:28Daniel Negreanu: Poker | Lex Fridman Podcast #324B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

86/1002:11:19AUTODiscipline Expert: The Habit That Will Make Or Break Your Entire 2026!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

86/10034:46Every Minute One Person Is EliminatedB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

86/1002:11:18AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2423 - John CenaB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

86/10023:32AUTOYouTube is Already 20% AI SlopB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastColdFusion

86/10012:21Why Things Fall Off CranesB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastPractical Engineering

86/1003:27:01AUTOHow to Overcome Addiction to Substances or Behaviors | Dr. Keith HumphreysB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

86/10048:41How Firefly is Revolutionizing the Logistics of Spaceflight | Full DocumentaryB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastReal Engineering

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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