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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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88/10010:202,000,000 People Get Clean Water For The First Time!B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast

88/10010:00Why “probability of 0” does not mean “impossible” | Probabilities of probabilities, part 2B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

88/10023:12ASK This Old House | Vinyl Floor, Plumbing Vent (S9 E25) FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

88/10020:06Glia Are Your Brain's Most Mysterious CellsC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow

88/10023:12ASK This Old House | Narrow Garden, Fireplace Insert (S9 E19) FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

88/1002:00:50AUTOHe Risked Everything To Warn You: No One Is Ready For What's Coming, And The AI Companies Know It!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

88/1001:29:12AUTOLamborghini Kills Its EV Plans! Miata Goes Electric! Doug Predicts the Future! THISCARPOD! EP100B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/1009:36The Android Tablet ProblemB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

88/10026:54Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius - Smarter Every Day 268B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

88/10023:33What does a Gong Sound Like when Hit with a 1189mph Baseball? - Smarter Every Day 267B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

88/10023:12This Old House | Only in LA (S32 E18) | FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

88/1007:39AUTOTiny tomatoes = instant sauce packetsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/10018:39AUTOWhy More Builders are Switching to SIP ConstructionB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

88/1003:57:49Aella: Sex Work, OnlyFans, Porn, Escorting, Dating, and Human Sexuality | Lex Fridman Podcast #358B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

88/10021:24I Tested Every Tik Tok Shop Cooking GadgetB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

88/10042:21I Went Into a Nuclear Plant and It Changed How I Think About Radiation - Smarter Every Day 309B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

88/1001:07:29AUTOThe Science of Gardening, with Epic GardeningB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastStarTalk

88/1002:27:49AUTOMaster Self Control & Overcome Procrastination | Dr. Kentaro FujitaB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

88/1001:24:10AUTOThe AI Car Auction Drama, Ugliest Ferrari Collection, and Repairing a Bugatti?! THIS CAR POD! EP95B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/1007:03Apple Lost the AI RaceB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

88/10011:20The Discovery of Bacteria Should Have Been ImpossibleB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastSciShow

88/1002:15:58AUTOJeff Cavaliere: The TRUTH about Creatine! Melt Belly Fat With 1 Change!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

88/10025:10AUTOI Tested Viral Cooking GadgetsB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

88/10010:52Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”…B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

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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