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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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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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91/10023:12ASK This Old House | Rainwater, Pliers (S9 E17) FULL EPISODEB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastThis Old House

91/1006:54Griddle fried rice, Southeast Asian flavorsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

91/10026:07Why colliding blocks compute piB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

91/10016:30The Best Car I've Ever Driven: McLaren W1B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

91/10017:25Researchers thought this was a bug (Borwein integrals)B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

91/10027:09AUTOEvery Way to Cook Fried Chicken (32 Ways)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/10017:04AUTOI Cooked Viral Vintage RecipesB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/1006:32Leg of lamb with challah stuffing and orange sauceB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

91/10021:50World’s Smallest Nerf Gun Shoots an AntB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMark Rober

91/10012:15Chicken parm bitesB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

91/10022:50I Tried Every Viral Street Food in JapanB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/10012:46iOS 18 Hands-On: Top 5 Features!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

91/1008:27Chicken chasseur (with WHAT juice??)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

91/1003:31:07AUTOThe Best Vitality & Health Protocols | Dr. Rhonda PatrickB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

91/10021:00Which Country Has The Best Burger?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/10010:34AUTOBattery powered generators!? - Coolest finds at WOC 2026B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger

91/10033:51But what is cross-entropy? | Compression is Intelligence Part 2B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

91/10034:13Every Way To Make Instant RamenB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/10010:58AUTOMaking The Chick-fil-A Spicy Deluxe At Home | But BetterB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/10034:57I Ate Around The World In 24 HoursB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

91/10028:33But why would light "slow down"? | Visualizing Feynman's lecture on the refractive indexB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

91/10013:10What's on my Phone 2026!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee

91/1008:56Exponential growth and epidemicsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

91/10023:01But what is a convolution?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

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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