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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 →

57/1006:20Solar and wind beat coal for first time: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English57/1005:01Can saunas make you live longer? - Max G. LevyC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1002:40:18Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #350B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumLex Fridman57/10026:09I Went to Georgia to See Russia’s Silent InvasionB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumJohnny Harris57/10034:57Why People Think the FBI Killed MLKB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumJohnny Harris57/1002:07:04Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication | Lex Fridman Podcast #380B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumLex Fridman57/1001:50:48AUTONo. 1 Sugar Expert: You've Been Sold A Lie About "Healthy" Food!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumThe Diary Of A CEO57/1005:37What staying up all night does to your brain - Anna RothschildC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1005:05Why are there so many different kinds of dogs? - Kathleen Morrill PirovichC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/1005:00Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles WallaceC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed57/10033:49History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumWIRED57/1006:53Thailand-Cambodia conflict: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English57/1006:35English Rewind - 6 Minute English: SlangB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English57/1007:47Octopuses and fish work together: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English58/1004:58How hat fashion has evolved throughout history - Alison L. GoodrumC1-C2 · ~19,000 words · mediumTED-Ed58/10031:17Vowels! (Part Two)┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB2-C2 · ~16,000 words · mediumRachel's English58/10028:49AUTOThe Unlikely Rise of the Indian Space ProgramC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10017:45Will Boom Bring Supersonic Back?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10013:49How Common Knowledge Shapes the World | Steven Pinker | TEDC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED58/10020:03The Uncertain Future of Nuclear PowerC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/1005:07Why was this kung fu masterpiece banned? - Gladys MacC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed58/10017:53The Insane Engineering of MRI MachinesC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10032:52The Man Who Gave us the Power To Destroy Ourselves (Oppenheimer)C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumVeritasium58/10037:43Biomedical Scientist Answers New Pseudoscience Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumWIRED

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.

3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. 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 →