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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
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45
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3,265 h
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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 →

85/10013:22How My School Teachers Influenced Me - Smarter Every Day 284B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay85/10020:11AUTOHow the Trucking Industry Got So TerribleB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastWendover Productions86/1001:32:09Everything About Disc Golf Aerodynamics - Smarter Every Day 313B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10013:02The Internet Didn't Fail. It Was Taken.B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris86/10014:32Mercedes CEO Answers F1 Team Principal Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED86/10029:59How Carburetors are Made (Basically Magic) - Holley Factory Tour | Smarter Every Day 261B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10043:29Mob Betrayals from New York to Chicago (Full Episode) | Inside the American Mob CompilationB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastNational Geographic86/10015:37Nothing Phone 3 Review: They Lied!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee86/10038:37Why Nothing Feels Exciting AnymoreB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris86/10014:29Alan Ritchson Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastWIRED86/10029:47MOLTEN GLASS VS Prince Rupert's Drop - Smarter Every Day 285B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10032:37AUTOHow to Unlock Your Communication Superpower (W/ Charles Duhigg) | How to Be a Better Human | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastTED86/10012:08Is Your Privacy An Illusion? (Taking on Big Tech) - Smarter Every Day 263B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/1008:07AUTONick DiGiovanni Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-C2 · ~4,000 words · very fastWIRED86/10053:04Why Are there Holes in the James Webb Sunshield? (Explained by My Dad) - Smarter Every Day 270B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10013:41Your Extinct Cousin LOVED Eating GrassC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow86/10019:32You Had A Cell That Was Larger Than A BedsheetB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow86/1008:43Why children get so many vaccinesB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastVox86/10029:09American-Backed Coups, MappedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris86/10012:14How Do We Pump Sewage?C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering86/10043:49AUTOReviewing EVERY Samsung Galaxy S Ever!B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee86/10011:21iPhone 16/16 Pro Unboxing: End of an Era!B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee86/1008:13Andrew Garfield & Florence Pugh Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastWIRED86/10031:45USA vs China: The Microchip WarB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very 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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