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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
of material
987
made for learners

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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 →

75/1002:26:04AUTOAcquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastAcquired75/10018:38Regina Hall Rewatches Scary Movie, Girls Trip, Honk For Jesus & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastVanity Fair75/10037:01AUTOEssentials: Using Meditation to Focus, View Consciousness & Expand Your Mind | Dr. Sam HarrisB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman75/10013:04We Were Totally Wrong About Zebra StripesC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow75/1008:41AUTOChris Robinson on The Black Crowes Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nom, Early Days on the Road & New AlbumB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live75/10027:46AUTOThe Original Nissan Pathfinder Is What SUVs Used To BeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro75/10012:41Menopause Starts Way Earlier Than You ThinkC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow75/10016:03AUTODanhausen Curses Hot Ones Wing Pong (feat. The Miz & Kit Wilson vs. R-Truth & Damian Priest)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastFirst We Feast75/1002:27:47AUTOQualcommB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired75/1002:32:01AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2515 - Chase HughesB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE75/10012:29AUTOSwapping Wood for Tile - the New Deck AlternativeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMatt Risinger75/1002:22:29AUTODating Doctor: "Start Dating Like It's Your Job!" Dating Apps Are Impacting Us More Than We Realise!B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO75/1003:32:44Bill Ackman: Investing, Financial Battles, Harvard, DEI, X & Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #413B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman75/10023:04AUTOHow the Sports Betting Industry Quietly Consumed AmericaC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10039:34The Ridiculous Engineering Of Jet EnginesB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium75/10040:21AUTOWhat we lose when we become adults | The Gray AreaB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVox75/10013:35Giancarlo Esposito Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastWIRED75/10018:40The Best Birthstone (According to Science)C1-C2 · ~15,000 words · fastSciShow75/1002:47:20AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2456 - Michael Jai WhiteB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE75/10020:26Europe’s Experiment: Treating Trains Like PlanesB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10015:32AUTOI Spent A Day With India's Tattoo TribeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastDrew Binsky75/10015:07When Infrastructure Gets HackedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering75/1008:26AUTOWagner Moura on Oscar Nomination for The Secret Agent & Growing Up in a DictatorshipB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live75/10042:46The Problem With Elon MuskB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

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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