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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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79/10021:30AUTONothing Phones and Their "Impossible Mission"B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion

79/10020:27AUTOA 4K view inside Ragusea's happy placeB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

79/10012:56Jennifer Aniston Rewatches Friends, Along Came Polly, The Morning Show & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

79/10013:43AUTOBuilding in the #1 Wildfire Zone in UtahB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger

79/1001:17:12AUTOHow Matt Mahan Thinks He Can Save CaliforniaB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

79/10021:32Paleontologist Answers Extinction Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWIRED

79/10013:15World's Highest Jumping RobotB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium

79/10038:28AUTO7 New Building Products & Big Reactions : Break TimeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger

79/10019:15AUTOWhy Texas Won’t Stop GrowingC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions

79/10024:05AUTOThe Mazda Miata 35th Anniversary Is as Good as EverB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

79/10018:32The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheapB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium

79/10055:44AUTOClean Smarter, Not Harder + Chris Hayes’ Dream Cabin + Vintage Toilet ShowdownB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House

79/10021:52How the Korean DMZ WorksC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions

79/1001:42:00AUTOAnthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken ElectionsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

79/10048:48AUTOWe Solved the Protein Folding Problem… Now What?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk

79/10013:47Why SpaceX Cares About DirtB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

79/10015:52AUTOWhy We Insulate | The Builders Insulation Playbook - Ep. 1B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastMatt Risinger

79/10012:38The 500-Year-Long ExperimentC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow

79/10023:32AUTOThe Logistics of FirefightingB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions

79/1009:24What the Heck is a FODMAP?B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow

79/1002:03:06AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2524 - Rupert LoweB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE

79/1002:26:44AUTOMale vs. Female Brain Differences & How They Arise From Genes & Hormones | Dr. Nirao ShahC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

79/10019:29AUTOCaulk - Are you sure you're using the right one?B2-C2 · ~4,000 words · fastMatt Risinger

79/10022:22AUTOThe New 2026 Subaru Outback Is Boxy and Bigger Than EverB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

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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