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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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85/1008:08AUTOBuilding Stronger Roofs with FORTIFIED: Simple Upgrades That Make a DifferenceB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

85/1001:23:29AUTONBA Gambling Scandal, Billionaire Tax, Tesla's Future, Amazon Robots, AWS Outage, Dangerous AI BiasB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

85/1001:58:21AUTOLouis Tomlinson: When The Police Knocked... I Just Knew! "The Room Was Cold That Day".B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

85/10059:56This Thing is Crazy Fast - Kodak Part 3- Smarter Every Day 286B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

85/10017:43AUTOOlivia Munn on Husband John Mulaney’s Relationship with Her Mom & Making the Worst Smelling StewB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10018:05The Top 5 Problems of the Standard ModelC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow

85/10012:16Picnic Table | Build It | Ask This Old HouseB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThis Old House

85/10045:11AUTOThe 2025 Doug Awards: Best, Worst, Quirkiest!B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

85/1001:34:43AUTOBruno Fernandes: Roy Keane Twisted My Words. They Offered Me £200M, I Said No.B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

85/10012:05AUTOChelsea Handler on Traveling with Her "Current Lover” & Finding Out She Bought RFK Jr.'s HouseB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10021:15I Spent $5,000,000 So You Can Go To Space For FREEB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastMark Rober

85/10029:58Why 'Got Milk' was a LieB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris

85/10011:44AUTOAmazing Experiments with Science Bob Pflugfelder, Jimmy Kimmel & Walton GogginsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10014:18AUTOOctavia Spencer on Working with Tiffany Haddish, Going to Fashion Week & New Show Ride or DieB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10012:25AUTOCarey Mulligan on Being Honored by King Charles, Touring with Mumford & Sons & Season 2 of BeefB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/1002:35:46AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2435 - Bradley CooperB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

85/1001:44:14AUTOYour Top Health Questions AnsweredB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

85/10020:01Anna Cathcart vs. Sang Heon Lee | Hot Ones VersusB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

85/1007:09Crêpes SuzetteB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

85/10037:18I Went To Eastern Kentucky (America's Poorest Region)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

85/10013:42Superman Cast Answer The 50 Most Searched Superman Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastWIRED

85/10013:46AUTOSterling K. Brown on the Biggest Turning Point in His Life, His Son’s Hilarious Drawing & ParadiseB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

85/10010:28Phrases English Speakers Use Every DayB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian

85/10013:22How My School Teachers Influenced Me - Smarter Every Day 284B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very 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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