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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
videos scored
45
channels
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 →

71/10033:45AUTOThe 2003 Aston Martin Vanquish Is Beautiful and UnderratedB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro71/10032:16AUTOImprove Flexibility with Research-Supported Stretching Protocols | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman71/10033:05What happens if you just keep squaring?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium71/1004:24:20AUTOAmazon.comB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired71/1002:40:34AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2375 - Tim DillonB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE71/1003:39:30AUTOGoogle Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired71/1001:50:55AUTOSecret Buddhist Practice To Stop Self Hate & Overthinking!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO71/10030:55AUTOTime Perception, Memory & Focus | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman71/10042:51AUTOIs Trump winning? | The Gray AreaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVox71/1002:25:58Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastLex Fridman71/1001:00:50AUTOGoing Deep on the Vera Rubin Observatory, with Željko IvezićB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk71/10037:29Truth vs Lies: The Science of Why We Believe MisinformationB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris71/1004:23:45AUTOMicrosoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAcquired71/10040:50Plug-n-play solutions for home electrification, and options for power outages (Part 2)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTechnology Connections72/10031:43Traveling to the Americas’ Most Successful "Dictatorship"B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory72/1001:07:38What Social Media Is Doing To Gen Alpha, with Jonathan HaidtB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastStarTalk72/10052:43AUTOFreeze-Proof Your Pipes + Fix a Flawed Shower + Make Your Bedroom a Sleep SanctuaryB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House72/10034:23AUTOThe end of world order as we know itB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVox72/1002:11:18AUTOHow Hormones Shape Sexual Orientation & Behavior | Dr. Marc BreedloveB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman72/10030:17Why Cold Drinks Were Deadly Before 1914B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium72/10034:45The Science of Gratitude & How to Build a Gratitude Practice | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman72/10031:38AUTOThe Science & Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) | Huberman Lab EssentialsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman72/10043:20AUTOHow capitalism ate the cultureB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastVox72/10049:19AUTOThe Philosophy of Physics, with Elise CrullB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk

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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