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5,230 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

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ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,820)Entertainment (1,125)Podcasts (850)Talk shows (447)

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87/10022:11AUTOMy 7 Favorite Cars I've Ever ReviewedB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

87/10010:04Raising BIG fish in a home cistern (with @CowTurtle, the Eel Pit guy)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

87/1001:12:13AUTOThere Is No AI, Really (It’s Just People), with Jaron LanierB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastStarTalk

87/10010:58AUTOSean Evans & Lionel Boyce on The Bear, Tyler, The Creator, and Dragon Ball Z | One More RoundB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

87/10045:28AUTOWhat Happens When You MASTER Guitar Building | [Fender's Custom Shop Founder, John Page]B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastEssential Craftsman

87/10016:28AUTOMindy Kaling on Watching The Office, Meeting Ike Barinholtz & New Hulu ShowB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

87/10010:28AUTOGovernor Tim Walz on Trump Targeting Minnesota, Not Running for Re-Election & Talking to KamalaB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live

87/10022:27CNN White House Correspondent Reviews News Scenes in Movies & TV | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

87/10023:23I Got Lost in Rural China (No English & Off The Grid)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

87/1002:43:35AUTOBody Language Expert: Stop Using This, It’s Making People Dislike You, So Are These Subtle Mistakes!B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

87/10012:07Ben Stiller & Adam Scott Break Down 'Severance' Season 2 Opening Scene | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

87/10030:44Entering The World’s Most Dangerous Island (Socotra)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

87/10024:50AUTOJasmine Crockett isn’t backing down | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastVox

87/10017:31I Tested Wilderness Cooking HacksB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

87/10016:54AUTOThese 5 Cool Cars Are Too Unreliable For Me to BuyB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

87/10038:41I Spent A Day With Kim Jong's Actual BodyguardB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

87/10015:39$1 vs $10,000,000 Job!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

87/10029:10What Everyone Sees... But I Don't (The Johari Window) - Smarter Every Day 314B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

87/1003:42:36How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ ShipleyB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

87/10011:25AirPods 4 Review: Which Ones To Get?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

87/10023:00AUTOJesse Eisenberg Defies Doctor's Orders While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

87/10017:40$1 vs $500,000 Experiences!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

87/10028:04Entering Mogadishu | World's Most Dangerous CityB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

87/1001:59:42I Explored America’s Most Bizarre CultsB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

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	197	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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