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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 →

LevelAny Beginner Intermediate Advanced

LengthAny Under 10 min 10–30 min Over 30 min

PaceAny Slow Medium Fast Very fast

ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,820)Entertainment (1,125)Podcasts (850)Talk shows (446)

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76/10018:04The Weird Physics of Turning a Bubble Into a LaserB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow

76/10017:34The Future of VeritasiumB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVeritasium

76/10020:58Why the US is Militarizing the PacificB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

76/10013:31Is the iPhone "Illegal?"B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

76/10044:54Answering Questions About Time Travel, Solar Sailing & Galaxy CollisionsB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk

76/1002:47:24AUTOBuild Muscle & Strength & Forge Your Life Path | Dorian YatesB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

76/10016:11AUTOJohnny Knoxville on Kidnapping Brad Pitt, Having a Matching Perm with His Mom & Last Jackass MovieB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

76/1002:56:09Smuggling Illegal Drugs Across America | To Catch a Smuggler MEGA EpisodeB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastNational Geographic

76/10047:59AUTOAnswering Questions About Time Travel, Aliens & Negative GravityB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk

76/10024:24The Best Present Ever┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB1-C2 · ~4,000 words · fastRachel's English

76/10017:06What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

76/1006:38AUTOThe only dish she ever refusedB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

76/10018:58AUTOAI Deception: How Tech Companies Are Fooling UsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion

76/10013:18The Stickiest *Non-Sticky* SubstanceB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium

76/10013:48So You Want To Build a Dyson SphereB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow

76/10026:53I was TERRIFIED…but it’s a great English lesson!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastRachel's English

76/1002:39:03AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2518 - Tim DillonB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE

76/10017:29AUTOWhat Happened to Dropbox?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion

76/10022:23AUTOGoogle Could Change ForeverC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastColdFusion

76/1002:21:57AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2425 - Ethan HawkeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE

76/10013:18Trash Batteries & 4 Other Weird Ways to Store EnergyB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow

76/1009:31John Travolta on Performing with The Beatles and Winning Cannes Festival Honor for Directorial DebutB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

76/10013:48AUTOJimmy Kimmel on Melania & Donald Trump Demanding His Firing & The White House Correspondents’ DinnerB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/1007:54Don't Drink The Ancient Forbidden Mineral WaterC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · fastSciShow

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	TED-Ed	27–91	50	B2-C2	medium	192	19 h
2	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
3	TED	22–87	58	B1-C2	fast	69	16 h
4	Essential Craftsman	33–87	63	B1-C2	fast	137	39 h
5	Real Engineering	47–86	64	C1-C2	fast	76	30 h
6	Technology Connections	56–90	67	B2-C2	fast	89	47 h
7	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	13–88	68	B2-C2	fast	60	13 h
8	Veritasium	48–92	69	B2-C2	fast	118	56 h
9	Lex Fridman	27–89	70	B1-C1	fast	127	377 h
10	StarTalk	40–91	70	B2-C2	fast	109	98 h
11	Acquired	33–91	71	B2-C2	fast	86	221 h
12	Yes Theory	28–87	72	B1-B2	fast	90	48 h
13	ColdFusion	55–86	72	B2-C2	fast	118	38 h
14	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	93	51 h
15	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-C1	fast	122	41 h
16	Andrew Huberman	45–95	74	B2-C2	fast	145	238 h
17	Practical Engineering	59–89	75	B2-C2	fast	142	41 h
18	Johnny Harris	49–90	75	B2-C2	fast	117	62 h
19	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	B2-C2	fast	129	47 h
20	SciShow	55–96	76	B2-C2	fast	197	48 h
21	Jimmy Kimmel Live	36–87	76	B1-C1	fast	196	42 h
22	WIRED	26–91	77	B1-C2	fast	73	28 h
23	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-C1	fast	96	28 h
24	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-C2	fast	152	316 h
25	All-In Podcast	45–90	81	B2-C2	fast	132	143 h
26	PowerfulJRE	40–90	81	B1-C1	very fast	99	269 h
27	Matt Risinger	55–92	83	B2-C2	very fast	140	54 h
28	Doug DeMuro	65–90	83	B1-C2	very fast	141	100 h
29	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-C1	very fast	32	6 h
30	Drew Binsky	40–97	85	B1-C1	very fast	132	72 h
31	SmarterEveryDay	59–91	86	B1-C2	very fast	54	32 h
32	Adam Ragusea	24–96	87	B2-C2	very fast	186	54 h
33	Marques Brownlee	53–92	87	B2-C2	very fast	127	28 h
34	MrBeast	75–94	87	B1-B2	very fast	92	34 h
35	This Old House	58–94	88	B1-C2	very fast	90	46 h
36	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C2	very fast	43	15 h
37	Joshua Weissman	64–96	90	B2-C2	very fast	117	45 h
38	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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