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

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90/10036:50100 Food Hacks I Learned In RestaurantsB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10017:03AUTOMonopoly Framing? The tails poke through!B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

90/10011:28AUTOThe 350 Hour PizzaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10059:07AUTOACQ2: From Almost Sold to Market Leader | Plaid & Zach PerretB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAcquired

90/1006:45Birds Get Divorced TooB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastSciShow

90/10027:25This open problem taught me what topology isB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

90/10027:25Convolutions | Why X+Y in probability is a beautiful messB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

90/10023:20I Cheated At Poker By Hacking A Casino Card Shuffling Machine | Hacklab | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED

90/1006:35AUTOChicken à la crème (w/ Claudine Pépin)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

90/10017:55AUTOI Made The Spiciest Burger EverB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/1002:59:42AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2374 - Ben van KerkwykB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

90/10023:12This Old House | Absolute Curb Appeal (S32 E13) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/10017:06Testing If You Can Blow Your Own SailB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober

90/10029:17AUTOEvery Way to Cook Steak (34 Ways)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

90/10047:55AUTOInside America’s AI Strategy: Infrastructure, Regulation, and Global CompetitionB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast

90/1009:04Smoked meatloaf with smoked potatoes and greensC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

90/10023:12ASK This Old House | Windowsill Replacement (S9 E4) FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/10023:13This Old House | Spanish Style (S32 E22) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/10019:17AUTOWhat's the Quirkiest Car For $25,000?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro

90/1001:59:57AUTOSex Expert: What Women Actually Need To Enjoy SexB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

90/10023:12This Old House | Transformation Complete! (S32 E16) | FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThis Old House

90/1009:57This tests your understanding of light | The barber pole effectB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

90/1009:23Top 5 Android 17 Features: I Swear It's New!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

90/10034:24Every Way To Cook A Potato (43 Ways)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

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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