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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 →

90/10023:03I Tried China’s Best Street FoodB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman90/10018:33I 3D-Printed Luigi Mangione’s ‘Ghost Gun’ | Hacklab | WIREDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastWIRED90/10010:53If you brine turkey, try overcooking it!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea90/10022:54Testing The World's Smartest CrowB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober90/10013:44AUTOEvery Mistake I Made in 2025B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee90/10019:19AUTOI Tried Every Fast Food Chicken Tender In AmericaB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman90/10023:12ASK This Old House | Lawn Mowing, Deck Building (S9 E15) FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House90/10023:12ASK This Old House | Antique Hardware, Geothermal HVAC (S9 E22) FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House90/10028:58LegalEagle's Devin Stone Answers Criminal Law Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastWIRED90/10020:37AUTOI Made The Perfect BurgerB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman90/10012:01The pastry and marble counter mythB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea90/1008:31The Problem with these Smartphone BatteriesB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee90/10031:14But what is the Central Limit Theorem?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10026:05Newton’s fractal (which Newton knew nothing about)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10023:12This Old House | Spanish Plaster, Soapstone, and a Star (S32 E24) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThis Old House91/10016:58No, Fungus Didn’t Cause The Salem Witch TrialsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastSciShow91/10023:46Bed Bugs- What You've Been Told is Totally FalseB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMark Rober91/10021:44AUTOI Tried 1,000,000 Years Of FoodB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/1006:29AUTOTok-sel lima beans — roasty, limey, satisfying vegB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/10013:11'The Last of Us' Cast Tests How Well They Know Each Other | Vanity FairB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastVanity Fair91/1009:25Mushroom ragu with potato gnocchiB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/1006:04Egg and cheese bao buns from scratchB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/1008:50AUTO'School cake’ with custard!!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/1009:49AUTORoofing Insulation is getting RIDICULOUS! IRE did not disappointB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

English channels, ranked

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.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianVocabulary rangePaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-C2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-C1medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-C2medium14068 h
5TED-Ed279150B2-C2medium19219 h
6BBC Learning English07554B1-C2medium19130 h
7Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17585 h
8National Geographic278957B2-C2medium6581 h
9TED228758B1-C2fast6916 h
10Essential Craftsman338763B1-C2fast13739 h
11Real Engineering478664C1-C2fast7630 h
12Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h
13Technology Connections569067B2-C2fast8947 h
14Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell138868B2-C2fast6013 h
15Veritasium489269B2-C2fast11856 h
16Lex Fridman278970B1-C1fast127377 h
17StarTalk409170B2-C2fast10998 h
18Acquired339171B2-C2fast86221 h
19Yes Theory288772B1-B2fast9048 h
20ColdFusion558672B2-C2fast11838 h
21Vox439072B2-C2fast9351 h
22First We Feast399772B1-C1fast12241 h
23Andrew Huberman459574B2-C2fast145238 h
24Practical Engineering598975B2-C2fast14241 h
25Johnny Harris499075B2-C2fast11762 h
26Wendover Productions529176B2-C2fast12947 h
27SciShow559676B2-C2fast19748 h
28Jimmy Kimmel Live368776B1-C1fast19742 h
29WIRED269177B1-C2fast7328 h
30Vanity Fair389178B1-C1fast9628 h
31The Diary Of A CEO389279B1-C2fast152316 h
32All-In Podcast459081B2-C2fast132143 h
33PowerfulJRE409081B1-C1very fast99269 h
34Matt Risinger559283B2-C2very fast14054 h
35Doug DeMuro659083B1-C2very fast141100 h
36The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon408984B1-C1very fast326 h
37Drew Binsky409785B1-C1very fast13272 h
38SmarterEveryDay599186B1-C2very fast5432 h
39Adam Ragusea249687B2-C2very fast18654 h
40Marques Brownlee539287B2-C2very fast12728 h
41MrBeast759487B1-B2very fast9234 h
42This Old House589488B1-C2very fast9046 h
43Mark Rober729589B2-C2very fast4315 h
44Joshua Weissman649690B2-C2very fast11745 h
453Blue1Brown809491B2-C2very fast5824 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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