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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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85/10010:16The business of independent movie theaters, explainedB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastVox

85/10048:45It's Amazing Anyone Survived the 1925 Nome Serum RunB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastSciShow

85/10015:22100 Kids Fight Parents For $500,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

85/10014:27An English Lesson about Outdoor Places!B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian

85/1008:04Classic chicken Marsala with Italian mashB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/1001:30:41AUTOSpaceX-Cursor Deal, SaaS Debt Bomb, New Apple CEO, SPLC Indictment, Colon Cancer SpikeB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

85/10058:59I Asked An Actual Apollo Engineer to Explain the Saturn 5 Rocket - Smarter Every Day 280B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

85/10014:25AUTOJames Marsden on Lying About Avengers: Doomsday, Dying in "Paradise" & New Film with Vince VaughnB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10051:41Entering America's Only Polygamist TownB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

85/10010:20Why we put breadcrumbs in meatloaf, meatballs, etcB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/10051:18We Took Our Taxi Driver to His Dream Destination (Full Movie)B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastYes Theory

85/10031:45Timothée Chalamet & Adam Sandler Rewatch 'Dune,' 'Uncut Gems,' 'Marty Supreme' & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

85/10014:23AUTOAdam Richman Eats 126-Year-Old Texas BBQ! | Pro MovesB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

85/10010:00Galaxy S25 Edge and the Thin Phone ProblemB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

85/1008:54AUTOBuilding Envelope Upgrade | Colorado Rehab Episode 3B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

85/1003:09:22AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2349 - Danny JonesB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

85/10021:13I Met A Woman Who Hasn't Eaten in 16 YearsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

85/10027:08Survive 100 Days Trapped, Win $500,000B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastMrBeast

85/1001:04:39AUTOWinning the AI Race Part 3: Jensen Huang, Lisa Su, James Litinsky, Chase LochmillerB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

85/10013:58I built a fish trough in my greenhouse!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/1003:35:06Saagar Enjeti: Trump, MAGA, DOGE, Obama, FDR, JFK, History & Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #454B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

85/10011:16Nothing Headphone 1 Review: As Good as They Look?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

85/10010:32AUTODesi Lydic on Hosting The Daily Show, Having Conservative Parents & Puppy Getting High AccidentallyB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10010:20Toys and Colors | Build It | Ask This Old HouseB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThis Old House

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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