# English YouTube Channels for CEFR A1, Ranked by Speaking Speed

> Among 6 channels with CEFR A1 videos measured by LingoDew, the slowest median speaking speeds belong to Smile and Learn - English (89 words per minute), PAW Patrol Official & Friends (133) and Blippi Wonders - Educational Cartoons for Kids (137). The median A1 video runs at 144 words per minute.

Source: https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/a1/
Published: 2026-10-25 · Data as of: 2026-10-16 · License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), credit "LingoDew" with a link

## Key findings

- 6 channels have at least 5 measured CEFR A1 videos; 3 of them speak slower than the A1 median of 144 words per minute.
- Slowest: Smile and Learn - English at 89 words per minute. Fastest: Leo English Podcast at 166.
- Most A1 videos: Smile and Learn - English, with 12 (71% of its videos).

## A1 channels by speaking speed

Sorted by the median speaking speed of each channel's A1 videos, slowest first. A channel is listed once it has at least 5 A1 videos with a minute or more of speech; the share column is how much of the channel's measured catalog is A1.

English channels with CEFR A1 videos, slowest first:

| Channel | A1 videos | Share at A1 | Words per minute | Main topics |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [Smile and Learn - English](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/UCxoDMG0tvaYO5Xobvtqw5nw/) | 12 | 71% | 89 | Education, Daily Life |
| [PAW Patrol Official & Friends](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/UCSVSJ1OCSv5ClFgKFTHIDew/) | 7 | 78% | 133 | – |
| [Blippi Wonders - Educational Cartoons for Kids](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/UC_dpB5SImaseMZpLu8s-r7w/) | 8 | 38% | 137 | – |
| [Sesame Street](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/UCoookXUzPciGrEZEXmh4Jjg/) | 11 | 92% | 148 | Daily Life, Food |
| [Family Story English](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/UCfLPChiHFfunpcR1B47Ibwg/) | 9 | 28% | 149 | Food |
| [Leo English Podcast](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/UCZpeX5P_erCBvaetX3j_wtA/) | 6 | 16% | 166 | – |

## More levels

- [CEFR A2 channels](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/a2/), median 161 words per minute
- [CEFR B1 channels](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/b1/), median 187 words per minute
- [CEFR B2 channels](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/b2/), median 198 words per minute
- [All A1 videos](https://www.lingodew.com/english/listening/a1/) with transcripts and translations
- [Every English channel](https://www.lingodew.com/english/channels/)

## Method

- Measured by LingoDew (this site's app) from English videos it has processed up to 2026-10-16.
- Speed is subtitle words per minute of speaking time; speaking time is the sum of sentence durations from word-level audio alignment, so silence between sentences is left out.
- Only videos with at least 60 seconds of speech are timed. Each video gets one rate, and each channel's figure is the median of its A1 videos.
- Levels are the CEFR labels LingoDew shows on every video, estimated from vocabulary, grammar and speed; some are reviewed by hand.
- Levels get a ranking only when at least 5 channels qualify. [How fast people speak on YouTube](https://www.lingodew.com/research/youtube-speaking-speed-japanese-english/) has the level medians and the full method.

## Data

- [Rankings for every level (CSV)](https://www.lingodew.com/research/channel-rankings-by-level.csv)