Among 27 channels with CEFR B1 videos measured by LingoDew, the slowest median speaking speeds belong to Spotlight English (130 words per minute), English Unleashed: The Podcast (139) and English Coach Chad (144). The median B1 video runs at 187 words per minute.
Key findings
- 27 channels have at least 5 measured CEFR B1 videos; 13 of them speak slower than the B1 median of 187 words per minute.
- Slowest: Spotlight English at 130 words per minute. Fastest: This Old House at 220.
- Most B1 videos: The Dodo, with 129 (72% of its videos).
B1 channels by speaking speed
Sorted by the median speaking speed of each channel's B1 videos, slowest first. A channel is listed once it has at least 5 B1 videos with a minute or more of speech; the share column is how much of the channel's measured catalog is B1.
| Channel | B1 videos | Share at B1 | Words per minute | Main topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotlight English | 7 | 58% | 130 | Entertainment |
| English Unleashed: The Podcast | 12 | 67% | 139 | Language Learning, Personal Stories |
| English Coach Chad | 14 | 61% | 144 | Language Learning, Business |
| English Speaking Success | 12 | 67% | 149 | Language Learning |
| English with Jennifer | 12 | 50% | 160 | Language Learning, Daily Life |
| Vogue | 7 | 25% | 163 | Entertainment, Home |
| Rachel's English | 12 | 55% | 164 | Language Learning, Finance |
| Nat Geo Kids | 14 | 28% | 171 | Nature, Pets & Animals |
| Leo English Podcast | 5 | 13% | 173 | Language Learning |
| Learn English With TV Series | 17 | 53% | 174 | Language Learning |
| BBC Learning English | 13 | 38% | 174 | Work, Education |
| emmymade | 14 | 67% | 176 | Food, Cooking |
| The Dodo | 129 | 72% | 184 | Pets & Animals, Home |
| The Graham Norton Show | 20 | 49% | 191 | Entertainment, Comedy |
| Learn English with EnglishClass101.com | 12 | 57% | 193 | Language Learning |
| Good Mythical Morning | 20 | 41% | 194 | Food, Personal Stories |
| Go Natural English - Real Life English with Gabby | 24 | 77% | 195 | Language Learning, Daily Life |
| Preppy Kitchen | 16 | 57% | 196 | Cooking |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | 20 | 40% | 197 | Entertainment, Books |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live | 15 | 32% | 197 | Health |
| iJustine | 19 | 42% | 204 | Technology, Product Reviews |
| First We Feast | 27 | 33% | 206 | Cooking, Food |
| TED | 11 | 23% | 208 | Music, Politics & Society |
| Learn English with Bob the Canadian | 6 | 32% | 208 | Language Learning, Hobbies |
| America's Test Kitchen | 45 | 70% | 210 | Cooking, Food |
| All Ears English | 15 | 50% | 215 | Language Learning |
| This Old House | 19 | 45% | 220 | Home, Environment |
More levels
- CEFR A1 channels, median 144 words per minute
- CEFR A2 channels, median 161 words per minute
- CEFR B2 channels, median 198 words per minute
- All B1 videos with transcripts and translations
- Every English channel
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 B1 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 has the level medians and the full method.
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