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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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The number on each thumbnail is its difficulty score out of 100: mostly speaking pace, partly vocabulary load. How it is measured →

LevelAny Beginner Intermediate Advanced

LengthAny Under 10 min 10–30 min Over 30 min

PaceAny Slow Medium Fast Very fast

ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (501)Podcasts (378)Entertainment (182)Talk shows (126)

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13/1001:00We Are Making a VIDEO GAMEC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · slowKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell

English channels, ranked

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

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.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Typical band	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	Easy English	6–48	31	B1-B2	medium	138	37 h
2	English with Lucy	8–57	34	B1-B2	medium	45	15 h
3	TED-Ed	27–91	50	C1-C2	medium	191	19 h
4	BBC Learning English	0–75	54	B2-C2	medium	191	30 h
5	Speak English With Vanessa	28–85	56	B1-B2	fast	174	85 h
6	National Geographic	27–89	57	B2-C2	medium	65	81 h
7	TED	22–87	58	B2-C2	fast	69	16 h
8	Learn English with Bob the Canadian	43–86	66	B1-B2	fast	88	34 h
9	Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell	13–88	68	B2-C2	fast	60	13 h
10	Lex Fridman	27–89	70	B2-C1	fast	127	377 h
11	Yes Theory	28–87	72	B1-B2	fast	90	48 h
12	WIRED	26–91	77	B2-C2	fast	73	28 h
13	Vanity Fair	38–91	78	B1-B2	fast	96	28 h
14	The Diary Of A CEO	38–92	79	B1-B2	fast	152	316 h
15	PowerfulJRE	40–90	81	B1-C1	very fast	99	269 h
16	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	40–89	84	B1-B2	very fast	30	6 h
17	MrBeast	75–94	87	B1-B2	very fast	92	34 h
18	Mark Rober	72–95	89	B2-C1	very fast	43	15 h

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