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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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89/10025:11AUTOI Made The Best Fried Chicken Bucket Meal EverB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10026:40AUTORaleigh Jobsite Tours - You Need to See This (BFS)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10023:12ASK This Old House | Baluster Install, Stone Footpath (S9 E2) FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House

89/10024:50AUTORanking the Most Important Cars of the Last 30 YearsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

89/10011:18The Tri Folding Phone Impressions!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10015:43How ideology affects food wasteB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10027:02AUTOEvery Cooking Gadget You'll Ever NeedB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

89/10023:12ASK This Old House | Energy-Efficiency, Oak-Floor (S9 E12) FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

89/10030:27AUTOWhat comes after Donald Trump? | America, ActuallyB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastVox

89/10010:09Antigravity A1: A New Take on Drones!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10017:17$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Nuclear Bunker!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast

89/10018:52AUTOPro Guide to Rheem's Hybrid Heat Pump Water HeaterB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10016:28WWDC 2026 Impressions: Yeah, That's About RightB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

89/10033:39AUTOForever Home | Bonus Episode: Matt and Steve Tour Through the Forever Home Mid-PointB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

89/10016:50A novel method for boiling eggs (and a talk about egg prices & public science)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10023:48This Old House | A New Approach to the House (S32 E5) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

89/1001:05:42AUTODr. Mehmet Oz on Fixing American Healthcare + Fraud | Live from DavosB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

89/1006:10AUTOPurple cabbage risottoB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10014:01The Bizarre Paths of Groundwater Around StructuresC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

89/10011:33AUTOHoliday roast chicken with all-in-one sideB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10010:42Exaggerated reports of Adam's retirementB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

89/10029:46ROBOFORMING: The Future of Metalworking? (I Had NO IDEA This Was Possible) - Smarter Every Day 290B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

89/10023:12ASK This Old House | Bathroom Sink, Concrete Wall (S9 E14) FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House

89/10026:46Cybersecurity Expert Answers Hacking History Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED

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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