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5,228 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 (1,814)Entertainment (1,122)Podcasts (848)Talk shows (443)

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69/10016:14No, You Can’t Make Your Own SunscreenC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · fastSciShow

69/10017:39AUTOMotorola - The Greatest Comeback of All TimeB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion

69/10013:07Why Airport Security Suddenly Got BetterB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastReal Engineering

69/10034:52English Conversation Lesson: Work, Jobs, and Daily LifeB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

69/10044:24Surviving Largest Tornado Outbreak Ever Recorded (Full Episode) | Witness to Disaster | Nat GeoB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastNational Geographic

69/10023:03AUTOHow This Man Pulled Off a Billion-Dollar Solar ScamB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion

69/10036:22Using Your Nervous System to Enhance Your Immune System | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

69/10011:52Trump Blames Vandals for Slashing Reflecting Pool, Negotiations Continue for U.S. and Iran DealB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

69/10027:31THINK and SPEAK in EnglishB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa

69/10011:14This Is the Oldest, Weirdest Instrument On EarthC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastVeritasium

69/10027:57AUTOThe Lotus 340R Is a Crazy Road-Legal Go KartB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

69/1001:33:38AUTOArena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC ContinuityB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAcquired

69/1002:35:24Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastLex Fridman

69/10034:17Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we foundB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium

69/10036:13Inside Putin's Censorship War: How These YouTubers Are Fighting BackB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

69/10014:35AUTOTrump's Concert Turns Into Total Disaster, He Brags About Health Exam & Spencer Pratt's Mayoral AdsB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

69/10018:16AUTOMeta Just Achieved Mind-Reading Using AIC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastColdFusion

69/10025:34How NASA Made The Indestructible WheelC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastVeritasium

69/10058:36AUTOWhy Did the Universe Create Life? With David KrakauerB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk

69/10014:00AUTOTrump Fires Kristi Noem, Missing Epstein Files Published & Republicans Play Both Sides of Iran WarB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

69/10019:06The Only State Capital Where You Can’t Drink the WaterB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

69/10014:41AUTOTrump Says He’s “Glad” Robert Mueller Died, Deploys ICE to Airports & Iran War Has No End in SightB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

70/10025:04Let's Learn English! Topic: Saturday Chores! 🧹🚽🛒 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian

70/10011:54Bugs Use ToolsB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow

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	192	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	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	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	118	38 h
14	Vox	43–90	72	B2-C2	fast	92	51 h
15	First We Feast	39–97	72	B1-B2	fast	121	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	117	62 h
19	Wendover Productions	52–91	76	C1-C2	fast	129	47 h
20	SciShow	55–96	76	C1-C2	fast	196	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	140	99 h
29	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-B2	very fast	32	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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