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

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89/1009:12Panera copycat pumpkin muffinsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10023:12This Old House | Front Yard Transformation (S32 E14) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

89/10015:11Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

89/10027:42AUTOI Tried Every Fast Food Fried Chicken in AmericaB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10027:18I Entered America's Most Feared Satanic CultB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

89/10014:15AUTOI Found The Perfect French FriesB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10042:58I Explored the World's First Nuclear Power Plant (and How It Works) - Smarter Every Day 306B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

89/10019:32AUTOEvery Way To Cook Chicken Breast (30 Ways)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10014:45Nintendo Switch 2 Impressions: One Big Asterisk!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10012:12The Coolest Fossils of 2025C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastSciShow

89/10037:46AUTOHigh Rise Windows in Residential Building - Amazing ResultsB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10031:47AUTOInside Google DeepMind: AGI, Robotics, & World Models Explained - Demis HassabisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

89/10019:57AUTOWhy Most Texas Homes Get Stucco, Attics, and HVAC WrongB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10021:56AUTOI Tried The Best Chinese Food In AmericaB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10028:43Supply Chain Expert Answers Chinese Manufacturing Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastWIRED

89/1002:34:30AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2434 - Kurt MetzgerB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

89/1001:49:54AUTOBrian Keating: I’m Spending $200 Million To Explore Existence! How God Fits Into Science Explained!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

89/10017:24Driving Xiaomi's Electric Car: Are we Cooked?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10021:42I Spent 100 Hours Inside The Pyramids!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast

89/10016:41AUTOI Tried Every Fast Food Chicken Nugget In AmericaB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/1001:58:11AUTOScott Galloway: The Rich Are Quietly Preparing For The AI CollapseB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

89/10019:02AUTOI Tested Viral Tik Tok Food HacksB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10015:08AUTOI Tried Every Chain Restaurant Burger In AmericaB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10017:35I Saved 1,000 Animals From DyingB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMrBeast

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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