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1,777 videos from 17 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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1,435 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 →

22/10017:50Are We Heading Toward World War III? | Heni Ozi Cukier | TEDB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · slowTED28/10020:05AUTOFree Child (Short Film)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · slowYes Theory33/10025:22Exploring Japan's Remote Border with Russia (no one comes here)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumYes Theory36/10021:37AUTOI Moved In With Ice Man For 24 Hours... (Wim Hof)B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumYes Theory37/10014:47AI’s Next Frontier Isn’t Where You Might Expect | Hardy Pemhiwa | TEDB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED39/10017:36How I Created OpenClaw, the Breakthrough AI Agent | Peter Steinberger | TEDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED40/10015:55BTS Reveals What They Really Missed About Each Other During Break, Talks ARIRANG World TourB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon40/10011:43What I Got Wrong About Changing the World | Malala Yousafzai | TEDB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumTED43/10012:49The Best Thing That Could Happen to the Energy Industry | Matt Tilleard | TEDC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED44/10021:56AUTOWhy does Italy have 6000 Ghost Towns? (hidden Italy)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumYes Theory45/10018:12What Really Won the Trillion-Dollar Supreme Court Case | Neal Kumar Katyal | TEDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumTED46/10024:21AUTO50 Hours Inside Chernobyl - The World's Most Radioactive Place (surreal experience)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumYes Theory47/10013:01LISA Takes a Lie Detector Test | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumVanity Fair47/10010:41How to Unlock Your Flirting Superpowers | Francesca Hogi | TEDB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED48/10010:52This Disease is Deadlier Than The PlagueB2-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell48/10011:33What It’s Really Like to Win the Lottery | Matt Pitcher | TEDB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED48/10013:18Meryl Streep Rewatches The Devil Wears Prada, Mamma Mia! & More | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumVanity Fair49/10024:25AUTOAbandoned Alone in an African TribeB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumYes Theory49/10014:26You Know This Song (but the Orchestra Doesn’t) | Jacob Collier & VSO School of Music Orchestra | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumTED49/10017:33David Guetta Answers DJ Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumWIRED50/10011:00Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumTED50/10020:03Neuroscientist Answers Emotion Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumWIRED50/10012:18The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TEDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED51/10022:47Lisa Kudrow Rewatches Friends, Romy & Michele's High School Reunion & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · mediumVanity Fair

English channels, ranked

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 Lucy85734B1-B2medium4515 h
3TED-Ed279150C1-C2medium19119 h
4BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
5Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
6National Geographic278957B2-C2medium6581 h
7TED228758B2-C2fast6916 h
8Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h
9Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell138868B2-C2fast6013 h
10Lex Fridman278970B2-C1fast127377 h
11Yes Theory288772B1-B2fast9048 h
12WIRED269177B2-C2fast7328 h
13Vanity Fair389178B1-B2fast9628 h
14The Diary Of A CEO389279B1-B2fast152316 h
15PowerfulJRE409081B1-C1very fast99269 h
16The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon408984B1-B2very fast306 h
17MrBeast759487B1-B2very fast9234 h
18Mark Rober729589B2-C1very fast4315 h
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