Comprehensible input in English

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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 →

48/1005:14Do imaginary friends make you smarter?B2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed48/1005:48The myth of Dionysus’ drunken revenge - Iseult GillespieC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed49/1009:58What Sex, Soap and Alcohol Taught Me About Making an Impact | Myriam Sidibe | TEDB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED49/1005:46The myth of MedusaC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed49/1005:34How to find hidden clues at crime scenes - Theodore E. YeshionB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumTED-Ed49/1005:19The surprising way we can cool the planet - Elise CuttsC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed49/1005:33What’s the best way to treat the common cold?C1-C2 · ~18,000 words · mediumTED-Ed49/10014:26You Know This Song (but the Orchestra Doesn’t) | Jacob Collier & VSO School of Music Orchestra | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumTED49/1002:12:25Christmas Special! | Lost Treasures of the Bible MEGA Episode | National GeographicB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumNational Geographic49/10017:33David Guetta Answers DJ Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumWIRED50/1005:18How a broken heart affects your body - Roni ShanoadaC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/10046:02Narco Bling: Chapo Guzman End Game (Full Episode) | SPECIALB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumNational Geographic50/10044:24Secret Sunken Cities (Full Episode) | Drain the Oceans Compilations | National GeographicB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumNational Geographic50/1006:51A Spicy Take On Parenting, Happiness and Sex | Negin Farsad | TEDB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED50/10011:00Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumTED50/10020:03Neuroscientist Answers Emotion Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumWIRED50/1005:29How to make your stress work for you - Shannon OdellC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1005:20Would you eat a ghost pepper for a prize? - Dan KwartlerB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1005:21Why are there two tides a day? - Elise CuttsC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/10012:18The Roots of Resilience | Misty Copeland | TEDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED50/1005:30How much does it cost to fly private? - Rachel YangC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1009:13This Is the Scariest Place in The UniverseC1-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell51/1005:15What to do if you live in the path of a volcano - Arianna SoldatiB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1005:22What are those spots you see after you rub your eyes? - Paul CJ TaylorC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed

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.

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 →