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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.

5,210
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45
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3,265 h
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987
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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 →

72/1001:57:22AUTOExploring Hidden Dimensions with Brian GreeneB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk72/1009:45The Disappearing Star and The Oldest Story Ever ToldB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastSciShow72/1002:10:07The Real Story Behind the Mormon ChurchB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris72/10024:20AUTOThe 2026 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring Is the Ultimate Sleeper 911B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro72/10019:20'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Cast Take Lie Detector Tests | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastVanity Fair72/10024:18AUTOMarcello Hernández Goes Into Fight or Flight While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast72/10013:36AUTOTrump Claims Iran War Will End Soon, Suggests School Bombing Wasn’t U.S. & Hegseth Blows BillionsB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live72/10032:44The Closest We’ve Come to a Theory of EverythingB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium72/1001:31:26AUTOThe Sugar Doctor: The Simple Diet That Prevents 80% of Disease!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO72/10020:19Why are Smokestacks So Tall?C1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastPractical Engineering72/10028:24AUTOHow We Built the ISS - Part 2C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastReal Engineering72/10031:13AUTOThe Science & Treatment of Bipolar Disorder | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman72/1009:06Scientists Can't Explain Why Bird Nests Are So DifferentB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow72/10019:42AUTOThis is the Upper Echelon of FramingB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman72/10021:26AUTOThe Race For AI Robots Just Got Real (OpenAI, NVIDIA and more)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion72/1002:01:03AUTOTop Psychologist, Donald Hoffman: Seeing True Reality Would Kill Us! I Can Prove It To You!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO72/10022:23How Private Equity Consumed AmericaB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions72/10035:52Do we know how magnets work yet?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium72/10017:05The Human Cell Is Wildly Complex. Can AI Decode It? | Silvana Konermann | TEDB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastTED72/1001:56:40AUTOArchaeology Warning: They May Have Secretly Found Antarctica 300 Years Before Us! - Graham HancockB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO72/10029:45AUTOWhy is Gen Z so Poor?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion72/10011:39AUTOCountries Are Racing To The Moon AgainB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion72/10029:06Letting Go of Inhibitions┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB1-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastRachel's English72/10018:35Candy Thieves vs Rigged Candy BowlB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMark Rober

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.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-B2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-B2medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-B2medium14068 h
5BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
6Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
7Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

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 →

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