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Comprehensible input in English

1,777 videos from 17 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

1,777
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17
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1,435 h
of material
591
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 →

65/10044:24Inside North Korea: The Kim Dynasty (Full Episode) | SPECIAL | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastNational Geographic65/10037:02Something Strange Happens When You Follow Einstein's MathB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium65/1003:00:50Janna Levin: Black Holes, Wormholes, Aliens, Paradoxes & Extra Dimensions | Lex Fridman Podcast #468B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman65/10046:58Exposing Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own SeedsB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastVeritasium65/1002:14:55AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2401 - Avi LoebB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE65/1001:21:18AUTOEssential Travel English: Phrases You NEED to KnowB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa65/10030:17BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Culture and customs' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastBBC Learning English65/1002:59:38AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2479 - Bob Lazar & Luigi VendittelliB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE65/10048:39Advanced English Conversation LessonB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa65/10037:07Who is Rachel of Rachel's English?┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · fastRachel's English65/1003:15:52OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet - Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman65/10031:32The Oldest Unsolved Problem in MathB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVeritasium65/1003:08:03AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2408 - Bret WeinsteinB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE65/1002:23:05Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering & Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #448B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastLex Fridman65/10031:54Exposing The Flaw In Our Phone SystemB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVeritasium65/10033:39The Man Who Took LSD and Changed The WorldB2-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastVeritasium66/1001:46:18AUTODopamine Expert: How TikTok Is Physically Rewiring Your Brain (Permanent Damage?)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO66/1002:19:00Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love | Lex Fridman Podcast #384B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastLex Fridman66/10033:44Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LEDC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastVeritasium66/1003:02:52Omar Suleiman: Islam | Lex Fridman Podcast #352B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman66/10041:09Buying a 1 euro House in Italy - is it a scam?B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory66/1003:18:26AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2404 - Elon MuskB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE66/1003:54:13Jennifer Burns: Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Economics, Capitalism, Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #457B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastLex Fridman66/1003:53:09Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy | Lex Fridman Podcast #310B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman

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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
2BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
3Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
4Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

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 →

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