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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 →

LevelAny Beginner Intermediate Advanced

LengthAny Under 10 min 10–30 min Over 30 min

PaceAny Slow Medium Fast Very fast

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

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88/1002:24:12AUTOScience & Tools of Learning & Memory | Dr. David EaglemanB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

88/1001:25:01AUTOToyota Reveals New Sports Car! New G-Wagon Looks Good? Buying Rare Concept Cars! THISCARPOD! Ep89B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/10023:14Backyard Squirrelympics 3.0- The Summer GamesB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober

88/1002:41:42AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2457 - Michael MaliceB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

88/1006:28AUTOChicken broccoli pasta AlfredoB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/1001:33:18AUTOStanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

88/10015:28Brittany Broski Takes a Lie Detector Test | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastVanity Fair

88/10054:45Oil pressure is the only thing keeping an engine aliveB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastTechnology Connections

88/1001:34:56AUTOFerrari’s Big Reveal, Doug’s Real Opinion on the Rivian R2 & Ford in Trouble! This Car Pod! EP98B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/1003:05:50AUTONot Boring (with Packy McCormick) - Extended CutB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastAcquired

88/10023:13This Old House | Roof Tiles & Richard’s Water Story (S32 E19) | FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House

88/1003:43:34Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

88/1008:12Spaghetti con broccoli aglio e olioB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/10024:20Make math videos! | Summer of Math Exposition announcementB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

88/1003:00:21AUTOMichael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots | Lex Fridman Podcast #325B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

88/10017:48The truth about cooking on a budgetB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/1001:38:00AUTOManual McLaren Supercar Coming! Strange New Range Rover & the Ford GT Doug Needs! THISCARPOD! EP121B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/10014:08Tasting ultra-aged eggnogB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

88/10011:44This Robot Eats Trash #TeamSeasB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastMark Rober

88/1003:34:03Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #381B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman

88/1001:26:13AUTOUltimate Bugatti is Here, Volvo Brings Back Wagons, WhistlinDiesel Arrested… Again! THISCARPOD! EP96B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

88/10023:12This Old House | Landscape Decisions, Duck Tour (S32 E10) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

88/10020:46Uncovering America's Underwater CityB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMark Rober

88/1001:16:10AUTOBMW M3 Goes Electric?! The Corvette ZR1X! Why is Doug Disappointed? THISCARPOD! EP94B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

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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