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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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77/1001:22:21AUTOCharlie Kirk Murder, Assassination Culture in America, Jimmy Kimmel Suspended, Ellison Media EmpireB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

77/10028:03NASA Scientist Answers Alien Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastWIRED

77/1008:07What’s the best way to give a presentation?B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastTED-Ed

77/10017:48AUTOHow American Cars Got So BadC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10021:13AUTOWhat Went Wrong With California High Speed RailB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10023:20AUTOHow AI is Ruining the Electric GridB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10014:46AUTOTrump Distracts from Epstein Files with War in Iran, MAGA Tries to Spin & Donny's Big Red RashB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/10022:11This Bridge Should Have Been Closed Years Before It CollapsedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

77/10016:27AUTOMagic Johnson on Jimmy’s Yacht Vacation Invite, Idolizing Muhammad Ali & the Time He Got SuspendedB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/10011:18How Do Flood Control Structures Work?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

77/10017:14AUTOHow the Iran War Spiked Oil PricesC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10022:32AMERICAN vs BRITISH ENGLISH Vocabulary DifferencesB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

77/10027:41AUTOThe New 2026 Honda Passport Is a CompromiseB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

77/10026:15AUTOHow Old Nokias Are Helping Solve PovertyB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion

77/10010:42Jack Black Sings a Bowser Revenge Song, Reveals Ryan Gosling Is His Archenemy After "Peaches" SnubB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

77/10047:12The Unsolved Mystery of Impact Flashes - Smarter Every Day 307B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay

77/1001:49:37AUTOEarly Retirement Expert: A House Vs Stocks... (Here Is The Truth)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO

77/1001:07:14I Tried to Join Finland's Elite Arctic Military Unit (impossible)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory

77/10033:03going back home after 7 yearsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory

77/1009:33AUTOBen Marshall on Kissing Harry Styles on SNL, Meeting Steven Spielberg & Working with Kevin HartA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/10053:13AUTOUnpacking Einstein’s Greatest Papers, with Janna LevinB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk

77/10022:23AUTOWhy Gas Got So Expensive (It’s Not the War)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10031:48AUTOUsing Play to Rewire & Improve Your Brain | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

77/10025:20AUTOKristen Bell Gets Festive on the Hot Ones Holiday Extravaganza | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast

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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