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

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77/1001:13:10AUTODebt Spiral or NEW Golden Age? Super Bowl Insider Trading, Booming Token Budgets, Ferrari's New EVB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

77/10014:08Why Humanity Will Never Leave The Solar SystemB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

77/1007:33AUTOA missing link between 🇬🇧 biscuits and 🇺🇸 biscuitsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

77/10050:29AUTOWhat it feels like to die | The Gray AreaB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVox

77/1001:10:55AUTOArena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired

77/1002:27:38AUTOHow to Better Regulate Your Emotions | Dr. Marc BrackettB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

77/10017:46AUTOSpaceX Went Public - A Disaster Waiting to HappenB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion

77/10020:53AUTOHow Smartphones Shrink Our BrainsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastColdFusion

77/1002:59:53Jeremi Suri: Civil War, Slavery, Freedom, and Democracy | Lex Fridman Podcast #354B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman

77/10014:45$20K vs $2,000,000 Hybrid Car!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

77/10011:57AUTOWhat Makes Crap Lumber (It's not Always Obvious)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman

77/1002:58:49AUTOAnti-Aging Expert: Missing This Vitamin Is Like Smoking! The Truth About Creatine! - Rhonda PatrickB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO

77/10024:34Hawaii's Logistics ProblemC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10024:04AUTOThe Mercedes-AMG E53 Wagon Is a Perfect CompromiseB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

77/10020:12How The Channel Tunnel WorksB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

77/10010:22Why it's called gluten, glutamate, gelatin, gelato, etcC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

77/1001:11:18AUTOCapital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired

77/10020:48The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist AttractionB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

77/1003:40:53Michael Malice: Christmas Special | Lex Fridman Podcast #347B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman

77/10016:03Nintendo Switch 2 Unboxing & First Gameplay!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

77/1001:05:19I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay

77/1007:48The World's Deadliest Mushroom is Getting DeadlierC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow

77/10043:08In Defense of AlchemyC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow

77/10015:14We Forgot How to Cure Scurvy 7ish TimesC1-C2 · ~13,000 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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