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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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82/1005:46Cacio e pepe beans and broccoliB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

82/1002:32:30AUTOFormer CIA Spies (NEW): Leave the USA Before 2030! The CIA Tried To Ban This Story!B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

82/10018:25Do These Supplements Work? (Your Questions Answered)C1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow

82/1001:00:38Bill Nye Takes Over the Show!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastStarTalk

82/10011:23This TED Talk Is Full of Bad Ideas | Gabe Whaley | TEDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastTED

82/10022:55John Cena Rewatches WWE, Barbie, Peacemaker & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

82/1005:32Kylian Mbappé Answers Questions Without Dropping the Ball | Vanity FairA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

82/1001:00:42AUTONate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading, President AOC?!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

82/10016:11The Problem with this Humanoid RobotB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

82/10016:03AUTOEmily Blunt on Meryl Streep Dancing at Her Wedding & Working with Steven Spielberg on Disclosure DayB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

82/1001:09:19Proof Of Aliens On Earth // 72 hrs With UFO Whistleblower David Grusch Under Oath (Documentary)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastYes Theory

82/10010:38Do Pumps Create Pressure or Flow?B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastPractical Engineering

82/10014:57Why Does Fentanyl Feel So Good?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

82/10012:19The Most Important Invention Ever Is... GlueC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow

82/10013:31What’s the Deal with Base Plates?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

82/10017:21AUTOBig Tech is Being Kind of Dodgy At the MomentB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion

82/10019:00AUTOHow to Design a Theme Park (To Take Tons of Your Money)C1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastWendover Productions

82/10024:30How Electricity Actually WorksB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium

82/10031:26AUTOClimate Control and Exterior Progress | Altitude Adjustment Ep. 11B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

82/10012:137 Times Invasive Species Actually HelpedC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow

82/10010:02Maluma Invited Shakira to Ride Horses on His Ranch, Talks Loco X Volver Album | The Tonight ShowA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

82/10047:41AUTOHard truths about (some) U.S. farmersB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

82/10028:56We made a Video Game (FISH GAME) - Smarter Every Day 291B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

82/10024:35AUTOThis HVAC System Does What Most New Systems Can'tB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

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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