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 →

83/1005:33How Onions ACTUALLY Make You Cry (And How to Stop Them)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow83/10027:17The Biggest Misconception in Football (ft. Tom Brady)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium83/10012:52Why We Still Don't Have Hypersonic FlightsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow83/1007:34Your Coffee Mug is a Physics DisasterB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow83/10023:07AUTOEven Trump voters are mad | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastVox83/10044:24Gordon Ramsay Eats Tasmanian Cuisine (Full Episode) | Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted | National GeographicB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastNational Geographic83/10025:03The Worst Product I've Ever Reviewed... For NowB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee83/10049:13The News You Missed in 2021, From Every Country in the World (Part 1)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/10015:01How the World’s Wealthiest People TravelB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/1008:00The Weird Connection Between Antidepressants and CancerC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow83/10059:57How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 2 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 275B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay83/10018:48This Is How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of WarB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris83/10043:28AUTOWhy everything on the internet is getting worse | The Gray AreaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVox83/10013:47Apple Vision Pro is Missing Something...B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee83/10016:58Every Type of Railcar Explained in 15 MinutesB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering83/1002:12:01AUTOThe Biggest Mysteries Science Still Hasn't Solved | CompilationB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow83/1004:18Why animals help each other - Ashley WardC1-C2 · ~15,000 words · fastTED-Ed83/10015:53Why Some Roads Are Made of StyrofoamC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastPractical Engineering83/10018:10Which Is Easier To Pull? (Railcars vs. Road Cars)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastPractical Engineering83/10017:56AUTONew Zealand's Australia ProblemB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/10011:45The M4 Mac Mini is Incredible!B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee84/10013:17My Nintendo Switch 2 Review (Doesn't Matter?)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee84/10020:18Money’s Mostly Digital, So Why Is Moving It So Hard?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastWendover Productions84/10012:31M4 Max MacBook Pro: I'm Convinced!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very 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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