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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 →

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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93/10020:50AUTOHow To Fry Anything Like A ChefC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

93/1007:50Polish-American pickle soup — not as weird as it sounds!C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

93/1007:15How Soviet Smugglers Fought Censorship With X-RaysC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow

94/10020:44AUTOI Made Every Thanksgiving Side BetterC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

94/1002:16:16AUTOHow to Control Your Cortisol & Overcome BurnoutC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

94/10010:29How to Landscape a Steep Front Yard | Ask This Old HouseC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastThis Old House

94/10033:42AUTOI Made Fast Food Healthy (10 Ways)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

94/10032:0750 YouTube Legends Fight For $1,000,000C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastMrBeast

94/10041:03Simulating and understanding phase change | Guest video by Vilas WinsteinC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

94/10045:59I Ranked Every Country in AsiaC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

94/10017:53AUTOWhich Country Has The Best Sandwich?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

95/1001:39:47Improve Your Lymphatic System for Overall Health & AppearanceC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

95/10015:036 Times Scientists Were Wrong About the Periodic TableC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastSciShow

95/10019:00Mark Rober vs Dude Perfect- Ultimate Robot BattleC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastMark Rober

95/1002:48:23AUTOPeptides: The Science, Uses & Safety | Dr. Abud BakriC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman

95/10021:51I Cooked a Whole Wagyu CowC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

96/10013:11Why Your Gluten Intolerance Gets Better on VacationC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · very fastSciShow

96/10014:04Learning beef cuts through human musclesC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea

96/10025:29Every Way To Use MSG Feat. Uncle Roger & GugaC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

96/10022:36AUTOWhich Country Has The Best Fried Chicken?C1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

96/10010:56AUTOI Made The Easiest Ramen EverC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

96/1006:26Tylenol Is Made From Crude Oil. Can We Change That?C1-C2 · ~16,000 words · very fastSciShow

97/10015:23KPop Demon Hunters | Hot Ones VersusC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast

97/10032:49AUTOI Traveled ALL 197 Countries! Here's What It's Like!C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky

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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