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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
videos scored
45
channels
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 →

81/1008:10Google Pixel Pro Fold Review: Not Compatible!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee81/1009:11When Companies Copy Each Other...B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee81/10028:57AUTOWho wants Kamala Harris to run again? | America, ActuallyB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastVox81/10029:36Nature's Incredible ROTATING MOTOR (It’s Electric!) - Smarter Every Day 300B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay81/1009:17Sony WH-1000XM6 Review: Back on the Throne!B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee81/10013:14The ONE Disease That Smoking Can Help TreatC1-C2 · ~16,000 words · fastSciShow81/10018:56How the YouTube Creator Economy WorksB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions81/10020:43The Growing Revolt Against the US DollarB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions81/10019:21AUTOWhy Fast Food Got So ExpensiveB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions81/10016:52Apple's AI Crisis: Explained!B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee81/10011:52Stranger Things Cast Answer The 50 Most Searched Stranger Things Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastWIRED81/10032:03AUTOThe Secret Trick to Improve Your Social Connections | Kasley Killam | How to Be a Better Human | TEDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastTED81/10029:40AUTOHow The Internet’s Favourite AI Employee Went RogueB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion81/1008:54AUTOThe Most Important Picture in the History of ScienceB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastSciShow81/10016:04The Time a Pickup Pulled the Space ShuttleB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering81/10019:48Why Are Cooling Towers Shaped Like That?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering81/10026:22Your Rich BFF Vivian Tu Answers Personal Finance Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED82/10015:05OnePlus 13 Review: The Bar Has Been Set!!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee82/10010:28Salvaging the Cold War's Sunken Nuclear SubsB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastSciShow82/10018:40AUTOOkinawa vs the US Military: The Decades-Long FeudB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions82/10017:47AUTOThe Cruise Industry's Arms RaceB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions82/1007:59This Is Where We’re Gonna Bury The ISSB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow82/10036:43Touring the Vulcan Rocket on the Launch Pad - Smarter Every Day 297B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay82/10027:58Jamaica's Incredible Caribbean Food in 24 Hours | Epic Food Journeys with Mark Wiens | Nat GeoB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastNational Geographic

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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