Comprehensible input · English

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
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591
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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 →

69/10031:07Let's Learn English! Topic: Words with Two Meanings! 🤴🏾📏🔦 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian69/1001:36:351.5 Years of Heavy Construction in 1.5 HoursB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering69/10030:22Great Things about Philadelphia┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB1-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastRachel's English69/1002:41:56AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2391 - Duncan TrussellB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE69/10052:55AUTOReal English Conversation: Speak With Us About GardensB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa69/10034:52English Conversation Lesson: Work, Jobs, and Daily LifeB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa69/10044:24Surviving Largest Tornado Outbreak Ever Recorded (Full Episode) | Witness to Disaster | Nat GeoB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastNational Geographic69/1002:35:24Sean Carroll: General Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Black Holes & Aliens | Lex Fridman Podcast #428B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastLex Fridman69/10034:17Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we foundB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium70/10044:09Fear Factor Detroit (Full Episode) | Drugs, Inc: The FixB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic70/1003:31:03David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism | Lex Fridman Podcast #375B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/10030:22We Took a 102-Year-Old to Her Last ContinentB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory70/1003:10:49Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories | Lex Fridman Podcast #430B1-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/1004:11:06AUTOClimate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/10039:44Paradise Island in the World’s Most Dangerous CountryB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory70/1001:28:02Advanced English Conversation: Vocabulary, Phrasal Verb, PronunciationB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa70/1001:42:45AUTOThe No.1 Eye Doctor: They’re Lying To You About Blue Light! The Truth About Floaters!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO70/1002:42:50AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2510 - Devon LarrattB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE70/10034:48People said this experiment was impossible, so we tested itB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium70/1002:43:31AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2347 - Paul StametsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE70/1002:03:23Vikings, Ragnar, Berserkers, Valhalla & the Warriors of the Viking Age | Lex Fridman Podcast #495B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/1003:01:21AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2369 - Ed CalderonB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE70/10031:11How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden UniversesC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastVeritasium70/10046:09Alfred Nobel: The Man Who Fooled The WorldB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium

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
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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