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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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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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77/10013:27Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies?B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

77/10024:38Visiting the Tribe that EATS HUMANS (Papua Island)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastDrew Binsky

77/1008:40AUTOMaude Apatow on New Season of Euphoria and Growing Up with Her Parents Judd Apatow & Leslie MannA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/10055:49Busting Nutrition Myths with Dr. Jessica KnurickB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastStarTalk

77/10012:27How Sewers Work (feat. Fake Poop)C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

77/10021:50The Incredible Logistics Behind Weather ForecastingC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/1009:52AUTOPatton Oswalt on His Love of Movies, New Comedy Special & Binge-Watching Mundane VideosB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/10016:27'Critical Role' Cast Answer The Most Searched Vox Machina Questions | WIREDB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastWIRED

77/10016:28Why everyone’s mad about China’s new mapB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

77/1009:52AUTOAuli’i Cravalho on New Live-Action Moana Movie, Being from Hawaii & Fear of Stand-Up ComedyB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

77/1008:25What Red and Black Tattoos Do to Your Immune SystemC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow

77/1002:53:21AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2459 - Jim BreuerB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE

77/10046:37I Paid a Taxi $10,000 to See How Far it Takes Me!B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastYes Theory

77/1002:54:46AUTOHow to Improve Your Teeth & Oral Microbiome for Brain & Body Health | Dr. Staci WhitmanB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

77/10021:09AUTOHow the Vatican's Embassies WorkC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10032:10Finding the World's Loneliest PersonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory

77/10012:44AUTOHow North Carolina Escaped Nuclear Disaster… TwiceB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastColdFusion

77/10016:41How French Drains WorkB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

77/10014:15AUTOThe Apple Car - A $10 Billion FailureB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion

77/10053:00The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One KnewB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium

77/10012:27AUTOShipping Container Office Gets Spray Foam Insulation!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman

77/10013:295 Things That Shouldn't Be Able to Solve a MazeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow

77/10024:28AUTOThe World's Fastest Growing EconomyC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions

77/10056:17AUTOIs Space Expanding Faster Than Light? | Cosmic Queries #110B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk

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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