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5,210 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 (1,812)Entertainment (1,121)Podcasts (848)Talk shows (442)

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61/10045:18AUTODid I Pass the Woodworker test?! Making Drawers & Door | Workbench Build Part 8B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman

61/10027:20AUTOJapan's Lost Decade - An Economic Disaster [Documentary]B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion

61/1007:22AUTOWho Knows Niall Horan?B1-C1 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

61/10017:45AUTOCity Boy: Learn These Skills Before Moving to the CountryB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman

61/1005:16Upstairs, downstairs: The life of a British maid - Stephanie Honchell SmithC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastTED-Ed

61/10011:48Our 2023, Wrapped.B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

61/10031:49AUTOThe Meteoric Rise of Nvidia [Fastest Growing Stock]C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastColdFusion

61/10032:36What Jumping Spiders Teach Us About ColorB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium

61/10020:43Let's Learn English! Topic: Home Remedies! 🍯🧖🍵 (Lesson Only)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian

61/10019:43AUTOHow to Tackle Vapor Control with Jake Bruton | Best of Build ShowB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMatt Risinger

61/10033:00The Strangest Implication of Quantum MechanicsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium

61/10021:41AUTOTraveling to a Country that was Closed for 40 YearsB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory

61/10022:56AUTOTHINK and SPEAK in English: Your Weekend PlansB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

61/10021:00AUTOReal English Conversation: Advanced English LessonB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

61/10025:33Climbing Kilimanjaro - Smarter Every Day 302B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay

61/10028:20Conversation Lesson: Speaking English in REAL LIFE | Let’s Bake Bread Together!B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastRachel's English

61/1008:302025: The year’s big news stories: BBC Learning English from the NewsB1-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English

61/10017:51BOX SET: English vocabulary mega-class! 🤩 Learn 8 'sporting' words!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastBBC Learning English

61/10035:12I built a QR code with my bare hands to see how it worksB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium

61/10011:56Don't say this at your job! [Advanced English Vocabulary Lesson]B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

61/10010:39AUTOSpeak With Me: English Speaking PracticeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

62/10059:40AUTOThe Universe is Stranger Than We Could’ve Imagined, with Mordecai-Mark Mac LowB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk

62/10051:11Why we use plain water to clean produce, weirdest restaurant meals, etc (PODCAST E79)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea

62/1004:57:15Israel-Palestine Debate: Finkelstein, Destiny, M. Rabbani & Benny Morris | Lex Fridman Podcast #418B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastLex Fridman

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	Typical band	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	TED-Ed	27–91	50	C1-C2	medium	191	19 h
2	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
3	TED	22–87	58	B2-C2	fast	69	16 h
4	Essential Craftsman	33–87	63	B2-C1	fast	136	38 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	B2-C1	fast	127	377 h
10	StarTalk	40–91	70	B2-C2	fast	108	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	117	38 h
14	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	91	51 h
15	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-B2	fast	120	41 h
16	Andrew Huberman	45–95	75	B2-C2	fast	144	237 h
17	Practical Engineering	59–89	75	B2-C2	fast	142	41 h
18	Johnny Harris	49–90	75	B2-C2	fast	116	62 h
19	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	C1-C2	fast	129	47 h
20	SciShow	55–96	76	C1-C2	fast	194	48 h
21	Jimmy Kimmel Live	36–87	76	B1-B2	fast	196	42 h
22	WIRED	26–91	77	B2-C2	fast	73	28 h
23	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-B2	fast	96	28 h
24	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-B2	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	B2-C1	very fast	139	99 h
29	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-B2	very fast	30	6 h
30	Drew Binsky	40–97	85	B1-B2	very fast	132	72 h
31	SmarterEveryDay	59–91	86	B2-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	B2-C2	very fast	89	46 h
36	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C1	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

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