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5,230 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 (447)

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90/10029:49I Tried The Best Pizza In The WorldB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10029:59AUTOBill Ackman: Here's What the Market is MISSINGB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

90/10015:18iOS 27 Hands-On: Top 5 New Features!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

90/1009:06AUTOInsulation and Soundproofing | Colorado Rehab - Episode 5B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

90/10019:06I Cooked For The World’s Best ChefB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/1005:52Pasta rotolo — herb & cheese, hot sausage flavorsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

90/10013:17So This is Peak SmartphoneB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

90/10023:12This Old House | A Ho-Hum House on The Charles River (S32 E1) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/10024:45Why π is in the normal distribution (beyond integral tricks)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

90/10023:13This Old House | It Never Rains In California? (S32 E21) | FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/10027:53I Tried The World's Spiciest SnacksB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10043:37AUTOWhy public opinion turned on AI | The Gray AreaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastVox

90/10023:41AUTOMost Bomber Stucco House Ever Fire & Hurricane Resistance 10B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

90/10029:58I Tried Every Food at DisneylandB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10023:12Simulating an epidemicB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

90/10023:12ASK This Old House | Attic Door, Faucet Wrench, Doorbell Repair (S9 E3) FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/10017:16My Secret Warehouse TourB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober

90/10025:35Terence Tao continuing history’s cleverest cosmological measurementsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

90/10022:18AUTOI Tried Every Viral Fast Food Menu Item In AmericaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10010:31CMF Phone 2 Pro: Budget Phone of the Year!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

90/10031:21AUTOPalo Alto Networks CEO: "AI Found 5 Years of Bugs in 6 Weeks"B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

90/10017:44AUTOI Tried Every Fast Food Pizza In AmericaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10015:57AUTO5 Coastal Details You're Gonna Want To StealB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

90/10020:26Car Thief Gets Instant Karma (the FINAL Glitterbomb 6.0)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober

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	197	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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