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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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89/10024:11Learn How To Cook in Under 25 MinutesB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/1001:58:54How A Doctor Cured His Own Terminal Disease | Dr. David FajgenbaumB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

89/10015:13AUTOJacob Batalon Taste Tests Spicy Fried Chicken | Heat EatersB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

89/10025:48AUTOI Tried Every Fast Food Breakfast In AmericaB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10029:51I Tried The Weirdest Restaurants in AmericaB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/1001:13:20AUTOHow is AI Different Than Other Technology Waves? (With Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor) [ACQ2]B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAcquired

89/10023:13This Old House | Fixes, Framing, and Floods (S32 E4) | FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

89/10019:04I Tested The Laziest Kitchen GadgetsB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10015:15How Different Spillway Gates WorkC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastPractical Engineering

89/1009:23Samsung Galaxy S25/Ultra Impressions: What Happened?B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10013:20AUTOProgress Report on Mechanicals | Colorado Rehab - Episode 6B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10010:56How your water affects your cookingC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10024:53This TRANSPARENT ENGINE is Fascinating (How Engines Work) - Smarter Every Day 292B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

89/1001:08:35AUTOThe Robot Episode: Four Leaders on What's ComingB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

89/10019:16My Rock, Paper, Scissors Robot Never Loses (+9 Other Inventions)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober

89/1002:01:16AUTOFrom NFL to Startup COO to Congressman Regulating Crypto (with Rep. Anthony Gonzalez)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAcquired

89/10014:07AUTOWhy American Houses Are So FlimsyB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastWendover Productions

89/10029:44AUTODems are in the middle of a civil war. He’s at the heart of it | America, ActuallyB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastVox

89/10023:01AUTOI Tried Every Fast Food Fried Chicken Sandwich In AmericaB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10045:08AUTOThe college dream is falling apart | The Gray AreaB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastVox

89/10038:22I Tried The #1 BBQ In TexasB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/1001:07:53AUTOSenator Rand Paul: Tariffs, Debt, China, and a Warning for AmericaB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

89/10018:52Engineers vs Junkyard RC Car Death MatchB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober

89/1009:00EXTREMELY BRITISH cod in parsley sauceB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

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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