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5,230 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.

5,230
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45
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3,271 h
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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 →

91/10010:17AUTOI Made McDonald's French Fries BetterB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/1005:54Chocolate meringue cookies — no flourB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/10027:36Beyond the Mandelbrot set, an intro to holomorphic dynamicsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/1006:20Steak frites from scratch in 'air fryer,' with next-day quesadillaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/10011:14Green vegetable sides 101B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/10015:16The Absurd Logistics of Concert ToursB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastWendover Productions91/10010:02AUTORoast beef rib with Yorkshire puddings and mushroom gravyB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/10011:39AUTOMaking IHOP Pancakes at Home | But BetterB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/1002:39:50AUTOAnti-Aging Expert: Stop Touching Receipts Immediately! The Fast Way To Shrink Visceral Fat!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO91/10022:47AUTOI Made The Cheapest Noodle Dish Ever (8 Ways)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10031:23I Tried $1 Street Food Around The WorldB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10036:54But what is quantum computing? (Grover's Algorithm)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10021:55Meals So Easy A College Student Could Make ItB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10020:44Vortex Cannon vs DroneB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober91/10014:41AUTO5 Fiber Cement best practicesB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger91/10017:00AUTOTile Deck Over Flat Roof or Framing - Lets torture test!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger91/10017:57Why Fuel Injectors are AWESOME (28,000 fps Slow Mo) Part 1 - Smarter Every Day 281B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay91/1009:08Tequila is asparagus juice! (kinda)C1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea91/10011:25How to Replace Battery Smoke Detectors | Ask This Old HouseB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastThis Old House91/10015:57The Most Interesting Displays In The World!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee91/10028:23I Tested Viral Celebrity RecipesB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10012:42I Tried the World’s Most Poisonous Fish (in Japan)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky91/10035:03The 50 Easiest 3-Ingredient RecipesB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10034:55I Tried The Best Street Food In AmericaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman

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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)MedianVocabulary rangePaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-C2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-C1medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-C2medium14068 h
5BBC Learning English07554B1-C2medium19130 h
6Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17585 h
7Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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