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
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987
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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 →

76/10020:13AUTOThe AI Device Nobody Asked ForB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10036:35AUTOWhy are we at war with Iran? | The Gray AreaB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVox76/10016:25AUTOTwitter vs Threads is More Interesting Than You ThinkC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10023:30AUTOOpenAI Kills Sora then Descends into ChaosB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10048:36AUTOWhy we’re bad at being social | The Gray AreaB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastVox76/10023:08The Insane Engineering of the V-22 OspreyC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastReal Engineering76/10022:21How Fish Survive Hydro TurbinesC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/10019:07The Logistics of Natural GasC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions76/10029:37AUTOWhat Does Palantir Actually Want? (Re-upload)B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10011:49Why People Thought "Aliens" Made These RocksC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow76/10011:40Could You Kiss a T. rex?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow76/10048:24I messed up. You're using too much detergent.B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastTechnology Connections76/10055:00The World's Most Important MachineB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium76/10016:17Why Fish Ladders (Mostly) WorkB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/10023:08AUTOThe Six-Country Fight Over These Tiny, Terrible IslandsC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastWendover Productions76/10016:40This Video is AI Generated! SORA ReviewB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee76/10025:40This Paradox Splits Smart People 50/50B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastVeritasium76/1008:42We Tracked Every Visitor to Epstein Island | WIREDB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastWIRED76/10017:49AUTO2024 Is The Year of Realistic Robots (Tesla, NVidia, Figure and more)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10018:09The Incredible Logistics Behind Corn FarmingB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions76/1009:25DnD Really Is TherapyB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastSciShow76/10017:48Why Rivers MoveB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/10011:43Reviewing a Bionic Hand!B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee76/10023:00Why the US Sells Weapons to 103 CountriesB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

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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