Comprehensible input · English

Comprehensible input in English

5,210 videos from 45 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

5,210
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45
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3,265 h
of material
987
made for learners

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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 →

75/10015:07When Infrastructure Gets HackedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering75/10042:46The Problem With Elon MuskB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris75/10035:23Why is there antimatter?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastVeritasium75/10027:41Why are politicians so DAMN RICH?!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris75/10022:06The Most Confusing Part of the Power GridC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastPractical Engineering75/10015:33AUTOThe Entire OpenAI Chaos ExplainedB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion75/10020:37AUTOHow ICE's Surveillance System WorksB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10026:04The REAL Story of Kamala HarrisB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris75/10015:49AUTOSORA AI’s Problems [And Solutions]B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion75/10018:47The Native American State That Never WasB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris75/10017:07AUTOWhy the US Government Plans to Buy 1 Million BitcoinB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion75/1007:38Yes, It Really Does Rain More on WeekendsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow75/10011:04The Dumbest Animal AliveC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell75/10038:43The REAL Story of the Mormon ChurchB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris75/10019:50DIY Drones: War Will Never be the SameB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris75/10027:46Your dishwasher is better than you think (tips, tricks, and how they work)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastTechnology Connections75/10022:17AUTOSubscriptions Are Getting Out of ControlC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastColdFusion75/10020:32Why Is Desalination So Difficult?C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering75/10026:30The Most Dangerous Subway in AmericaC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10021:05Samsung’s Dangerous Dominance over South KoreaC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10015:34How To Measure The Tiniest Forces In The UniverseB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastVeritasium75/10013:10AUTOThis Chip Could Change Computing ForeverC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastColdFusion75/10014:39iPhone 16e Review: Who Are You?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee75/10010:37What's Going on with Apple Vision Pro?B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee

Which 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.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-B2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-B2medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-B2medium14068 h
5BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
6Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
7Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

6 of these 7 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 88. 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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