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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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85/10021:56Charlie Puth Beats Himself Up While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

85/10014:13AUTOSean Evans & Breanna Stewart Talk Dunking, Her Iconic Wins, and Overcoming Failure | One More RoundB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

85/10014:13Two common foods that are ALWAYS radioactiveB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/10025:42Farmer Answers Farming Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastWIRED

85/10020:38AUTOFasting in America's ONLY Muslim Town (For Ramadan)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

85/10048:06Inside the Wettest City on the Planet (Rains Every Day)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

85/10025:35Ages 1 - 100 Fight For $500,000B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastMrBeast

85/10012:09AUTORobert Pattinson on Telling People He’s a Pathological Liar & Working with Zendaya on Three FilmsB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/1002:38:57AUTOTrevor Noah: My Depression Was Linked To ADHD! Why I Left The Daily Show!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

85/10011:17AUTOCheapest Home Back-up Solution Plus More!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

85/1001:58:45AUTOThe Anti-Woke Expert: “We Are Witnessing The Fall Of The UK & The USA!” - Konstantin KisinB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

85/1008:42The Importance of ThumbnailsC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow

85/1007:28AUTOLamorne Morris on Meeting Eddie Murphy, Spider-Noir with Nicholas Cage & Hating RollercoastersB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10016:52About that study on toxic black plasticsB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/10022:40AUTOWhat do you get with a 6 Figure Lighting Package?! | Altitude Adjustment Ep. 10B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

85/10020:42AUTOHow to Build a RoadC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastWendover Productions

85/10026:36AUTOColin Jost Fights Fire With Fire While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

85/10021:48AUTOHigh-Performance Windows: The Details Everyone Misses - Forever Home - Ep. 8B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

85/1009:33AUTOHow to Become A Master Builder with Brent Hull | Best of Build ShowB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

85/1008:55Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli Do an Off Campus-Inspired Sexy Little Dance with Jimmy | Tonight ShowB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

85/10034:29200 Important English Expressions: English vocabulary lessonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastSpeak English With Vanessa

85/10014:02AUTOJon Favreau Shows EXCLUSIVE Clip of The Mandalorian & Grogu and Talks Scorsese & Robert Downey JrB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/1005:49Grilled baked potatoes w/ sirloin, roasted garlic, fried sageB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/10011:38Tom Holland Got Ghosted by Erling Haaland, Had a Jason Bourne Moment with Matt Damon on The OdysseyB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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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