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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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79/10047:04Nukes are way scarier than you thinkB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

79/10019:46AUTOConan O’Brien on Hosting the Oscars Again & the Letterman Bit That Would Have Ended His CareerA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

79/10030:45AUTOEssentials: Timing Light for Better Sleep, Energy & Mood | Dr. Samer HattarB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

79/1004:26:33AUTOImproving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay BhattacharyaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

79/1007:21AUTOAntony Starr on Final Season of The Boys, Homelander’s Breast Milk Obsession & Surfing in LAB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

79/10017:39AUTOMike Tyson on Doing Psychedelics, Going to Mar-a-Lago, Celebs Visiting Him in Prison & Turning 60B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

79/10036:06AUTOHow Science Can Fix the Media LandscapeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk

79/10051:28AUTOHow We’re Trying to Detect Dark Matter Particles, with Katherine FreeseB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk

79/10020:21AUTOFloor Framing & Foundation | Episode 6 - Build Science 401™B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger

79/10027:05AUTOJohn Bolton says Trump has lost the Iran war hawks | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVox

79/10014:21AUTOAdam Richman Eats Brooklyn’s Most Legendary Sandwich | Pro MovesB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast

79/10022:59AUTOIf you do THIS, you're fluent in EnglishB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastSpeak English With Vanessa

79/10014:14We’re Heading Into a New Cold WarB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

79/10029:32Professor Answers Neurodiversity Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWIRED

79/10022:37AUTOHow Modern Treasure Hunting WorksC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions

79/1001:29:54AUTOCan the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans DatacentersB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

79/10017:30Electric Vehicles' Battery ProblemC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions

79/10025:12AUTOThe 2026 Dodge Charger Sixpack Is Better Than You ThinkB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

79/10013:37She Lives in a $46/Day Micro Apartment in JapanB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

79/1001:03:13AUTOWhat Gravitational Waves Reveal About the Universe, with Michelle ThallerB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk

79/10039:54The REAL Story of Donald TrumpB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

79/1001:39:42AUTOGlobal Forecaster: The Brutal 2026 Shift (And The Crisis They Can’t Stop)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO

79/10010:52I say this EVERY day! Daily British English (through story!)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastEnglish with Lucy

79/10059:12The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288B2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay

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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