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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 →

65/10015:11The Questionable Engineering of OceangateC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastReal Engineering65/10037:02Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's MathB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium65/10016:32The Absurd Search For Dark MatterB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium65/10025:18AUTOEmily Blunt Is Up to the Challenge While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast65/10015:32The Truth about Deep Sea MiningC1-C2 · ~18,000 words · fastReal Engineering65/10037:26How to Build Endurance | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman65/1001:18:18AUTOAll-In x Kill Tony: A Hilarious Holiday SpecialB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast65/10031:49AUTOForever Home | Episode 4- Floor FramingB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMatt Risinger65/10023:20AUTOThe Age of Laser Warfare Has BegunC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastReal Engineering65/10019:17AUTOHow Ocean Shipping Works (And Why It's Broken)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions65/10014:34AUTORingo Starr on Watching Paul McCartney Perform, New Beatles Movies & Abbey Road Album CoverA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live65/10044:00AUTOExploring The Origins of Life, with Kerstin GöpfrichB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastStarTalk65/1003:00:50Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman65/10041:46Catalytic converters are simple, but getting them to work is notC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastTechnology Connections65/10012:14The voting rights case that could set us back 60 yearsB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastVox65/10022:51A simple water heater is more clever than it seemsB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastTechnology Connections65/10046:58Exposing Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own SeedsB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastVeritasium65/10022:23Fixing the Most Dangerous Dam in the WorldC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering65/10014:55White House Begs for $200 Billion for Iran War, JD Vance Admits Gas Prices Will Continue to SpikeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon65/10013:08Let's Learn English at the Strip Mall / Shopping PlazaB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian65/10013:48The Rise of Hezbollah, MappedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastJohnny Harris65/10016:05AUTOWhy Science Doesn’t Make Laws AnymoreB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk65/1002:14:55AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2401 - Avi LoebB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE65/1001:59:13AUTORestore Youthfulness & Vitality to the Aging Brain & Body | Dr. Tony Wyss-CorayB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

Which English channel to start with

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.

6 of these 7 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 88. That gap is pace: what separates the easiest of these channels from the hardest is how fast people talk, not which words they use. How that is measured →