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

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88/10048:47AUTOAmerica is losing big on sports betting | The Gray AreaB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastVox

88/1002:26:15AUTOEMERGENCY DEBATE: They Lied About The Economy Recovering! Is A Financial Apocalypse Coming?B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

88/10023:13This Old House | Regulations and Challenges (S32 E2) | FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

88/1009:58The Unreleased Rollable Smartphone!B1-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

88/1001:47:44AUTOVice President JD Vance: They Tricked Me About Trump, I Was Wrong!B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

88/10022:1225 Math explainers you may enjoy | SoME3 resultsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

88/10026:57Scammer Payback Answers Scam Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED

88/10014:52Starting a pizza place, Part 1: Dough recipeB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/10012:34Binomial distributions | Probabilities of probabilities, part 1B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

88/10026:00AUTOWinning the AI Race Part 2: Vice President JD VanceB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

88/10010:51I Visited Apple's Secret iPhone Testing Labs!B1-C2 · ~4,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

88/10015:07Roto-chicken salad and broiler nachos (sorry it's dinner II)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/10014:41Ragusea method for pizza dough — no scale (plus month-old dough?)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/10034:51AUTOEssentials: Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Jeff CavaliereB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

88/10015:27AUTOWill Tesla Cybertruck Values Ever Stop Falling?B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/10025:00Colman Domingo Escapes the Jaws of Darkness While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

88/10037:03AUTOThe Tubing, Fittings and Right-Sizing Pipes | The Perfect Plumbing Plan - Episode 1B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

88/10023:09AUTOHow this Tiny factory makes some of the best Windows in the WorldB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

88/10016:13AUTOiPhone 16/Pro Impressions: The Great Separation!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

88/10020:36AUTO50 Food Mistakes You Need To AvoidB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

88/1002:31:25Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War | Lex Fridman Podcast #336B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

88/1001:06:01AUTOThe Jamie Dimon Interview: How JP Morgan Became an $800 Billion BankB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAcquired

88/10039:09Survive 30 Days On An Island With Your Ex, Win $250,000B1-C2 · ~4,000 words · very fastMrBeast

88/10026:43Submarines Are WAY Scarier Than You Think...Here's WhyB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris

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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