Comprehensible input · English
Comprehensible input in English
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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591
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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 →
ContentAnyMade for learnersReal-world contentScience & ideas (501)Podcasts (378)Entertainment (182)Talk shows (126)
27/10047:12Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War | Lex Fridman Podcast #316B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · slowLex Fridman
35/1003:20:00Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumLex Fridman
38/1002:18:10AUTOThe No.1 Brain Doctor: This Parenting Mistake Ruins Your Kids Brain & Alcohol Will Ruin Yours!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumThe Diary Of A CEO
39/1001:36:11AUTORay Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality | Lex Fridman Podcast #321B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumLex Fridman
40/1002:28:57AUTOShaolin Warrior Master: Hidden Epidemic Nobody Talks About! This Modern Habit Is Killing Millions!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumThe Diary Of A CEO
40/1002:20:44AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2343 - Joe PistoneB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · mediumPowerfulJRE
42/1004:34:10Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumLex Fridman
42/1003:31:57Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler | Lex Fridman Podcast #444B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumLex FridmanWhich English channel to start with
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 | BBC Learning English | 0–75 | 54 | B2-C2 | medium | 191 | 30 h |
| 3 | Speak English With Vanessa | 28–85 | 56 | B1-B2 | fast | 174 | 85 h |
| 4 | Learn English with Bob the Canadian | 43–86 | 66 | B1-B2 | fast | 88 | 34 h |
3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. That gap is pace: what separates the easiest of these channels from the hardest is how fast people talk, not which words they use. How that is measured →
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