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Comprehensible input in English

3,654 videos from 34 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

3,654
videos scored
34
channels
2,338 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 →

65/10031:32The Oldest Unsolved Problem in MathB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVeritasium65/10034:28AUTOHow Smell, Taste & Pheromones Shape Behavior | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman65/1003:08:03AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2408 - Bret WeinsteinB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE65/1002:36:41AUTOStandard Oil Part 1B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired65/10031:15AUTODan Loeb: The Lost Art of Short Selling, and Why Stock Picking is BackB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast65/10036:05AUTOHow We Built The ISSC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastReal Engineering65/10039:32AUTOHealthy Eating & Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binging | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman65/10034:40Video projectors used to be ridiculously coolB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTechnology Connections65/1002:23:05Jordan Peterson: Nietzsche, Hitler, God, Psychopathy, Suffering & Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #448B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastLex Fridman65/10031:37India vs China, ExplainedB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastJohnny Harris65/10050:10AUTOUnclog Any Drain + David Sedaris’ N.C. Retreat + Contractor Installation Red FlagsB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House65/10030:52The “Deep State” ExplainedB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris65/10035:04AUTOErasing Fears & Traumas Using Modern Neuroscience | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman65/10053:45AUTOThe Black Hole Detection Project That Just Got Defunded, with Kelly Holley-BockelmannB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk65/10031:54Exposing 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 · fastVeritasium66/10039:30The REAL reason the US can’t beat IranB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastJohnny Harris66/1001:46:18AUTODopamine Expert: How TikTok Is Physically Rewiring Your Brain (Permanent Damage?)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO66/10037:15Why it's not possible to synchronize turn signals (but also absolutely is)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTechnology Connections66/1002:19:00Matthew 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 · fastVeritasium66/1003:22:27AUTOIKEA (Audio)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired66/10054:31AUTOWhat if there were no billionaires? | The Gray AreaB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVox66/1003:02:52Omar Suleiman: Islam | Lex Fridman Podcast #352B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman

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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