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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 →

93/10020:50AUTOHow To Fry Anything Like A ChefC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman93/1007:50Polish-American pickle soup — not as weird as it sounds!C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea93/1007:15How Soviet Smugglers Fought Censorship With X-RaysC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow94/10020:44AUTOI Made Every Thanksgiving Side BetterC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman94/1002:16:16AUTOHow to Control Your Cortisol & Overcome BurnoutC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman94/10010:29How to Landscape a Steep Front Yard | Ask This Old HouseC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastThis Old House94/10033:42AUTOI Made Fast Food Healthy (10 Ways)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman94/10032:0750 YouTube Legends Fight For $1,000,000C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastMrBeast94/10041:03Simulating and understanding phase change | Guest video by Vilas WinsteinC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown94/10045:59I Ranked Every Country in AsiaC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky94/10017:53AUTOWhich Country Has The Best Sandwich?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman95/1001:39:47Improve Your Lymphatic System for Overall Health & AppearanceC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman95/10015:036 Times Scientists Were Wrong About the Periodic TableC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastSciShow95/10019:00Mark Rober vs Dude Perfect- Ultimate Robot BattleC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastMark Rober95/1002:48:23AUTOPeptides: The Science, Uses & Safety | Dr. Abud BakriC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman95/10021:51I Cooked a Whole Wagyu CowC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman96/10013:11Why Your Gluten Intolerance Gets Better on VacationC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · very fastSciShow96/10014:04Learning beef cuts through human musclesC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea96/10025:29Every Way To Use MSG Feat. Uncle Roger & GugaC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman96/10022:36AUTOWhich Country Has The Best Fried Chicken?C1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman96/10010:56AUTOI Made The Easiest Ramen EverC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman96/1006:26Tylenol Is Made From Crude Oil. Can We Change That?C1-C2 · ~16,000 words · very fastSciShow97/10015:23KPop Demon Hunters | Hot Ones VersusC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast97/10032:49AUTOI Traveled ALL 197 Countries! Here's What It's Like!C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

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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