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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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53/10017:40Billie Eilish: Same Interview, The Eighth Year | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastVanity Fair
54/1002:31:52Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastLex Fridman
55/10025:53AUTOWe Surprised 30 Strangers with a $12,000,000 CastleB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory
56/1003:28:51Ed Barnhart: Maya, Aztec, Inca, and Lost Civilizations of South America | Lex Fridman Podcast #446B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman
56/10011:45AUTOMiss Piggy & Kermit Take a Lie Detector Test | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastVanity Fair
56/10024:40Inside Japan’s Most Luxurious $100,000,000 Abandoned HotelB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
56/1001:46:06AUTOMohnish Pabrai: FASTEST Way To Financial Freedom! Proven Playbook For Quitting Your 9-5 In 9 Months!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO
56/10022:30AUTOInside the World's Most Luxurious Abandoned City (never seen before)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
57/10044:09Dark Web & Liquid Drugs (Full Episode) | To Catch a SmugglerB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastNational Geographic
57/10015:51Rosé Takes a Lie Detector Test | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastVanity Fair
57/10018:11300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes | Joshua Bell | TEDB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · fastTED
57/1001:11:11Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #389B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman
57/1002:07:49Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin | Lex Fridman Podcast #395B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman
57/10044:18Tsunami: Breaking News (Full Episode) | Tsunami: Race Against Time | National GeographicB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic
57/1002:16:47AUTODr. Martha Beck (Oprah's Life Coach): This Weird Trick Reduces Anxiety & Fixed My Childhood Trauma!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO
57/1008:52Gordon Ramsay Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastWIRED
57/10044:21Inside the Dangerous World of Illegal Gambling (Full Episode) | Trafficked | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic
58/10037:34Harvard Professor Answers Middle East Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED
58/10037:48Inside Pakistan’s Most Dangerous City (surreal)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory
58/10018:26How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastTED
58/10011:07Can we actually control superintelligent AI? | Ada, Ep. 4B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTED-Ed
58/10013:59There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky WayB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
58/10016:31CORTIS Reveal Uncomfortable Truths in the Hot Seat | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastVanity Fair
58/1008:02How to Become a K-pop Superstar — in 7 Minutes | Charlene Kaye | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastTEDEnglish 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.
| # | Channel | Level range (0–100) | Median | Typical band | Pace | Videos | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TED-Ed | 27–91 | 50 | C1-C2 | medium | 191 | 19 h |
| 2 | National Geographic | 27–89 | 57 | B2-C2 | medium | 65 | 81 h |
| 3 | TED | 22–87 | 58 | B2-C2 | fast | 69 | 16 h |
| 4 | Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell | 13–88 | 68 | B2-C2 | fast | 60 | 13 h |
| 5 | Lex Fridman | 27–89 | 70 | B2-C1 | fast | 127 | 377 h |
| 6 | Yes Theory | 28–87 | 72 | B1-B2 | fast | 90 | 48 h |
| 7 | WIRED | 26–91 | 77 | B2-C2 | fast | 73 | 28 h |
| 8 | Vanity Fair | 38–91 | 78 | B1-B2 | fast | 96 | 28 h |
| 9 | The Diary Of A CEO | 38–92 | 79 | B1-B2 | fast | 152 | 316 h |
| 10 | PowerfulJRE | 40–90 | 81 | B1-C1 | very fast | 99 | 269 h |
| 11 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 40–89 | 84 | B1-B2 | very fast | 30 | 6 h |
| 12 | MrBeast | 75–94 | 87 | B1-B2 | very fast | 92 | 34 h |
| 13 | Mark Rober | 72–95 | 89 | B2-C1 | very fast | 43 | 15 h |
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