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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
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 →

77/10032:37Exploring America’s Most Isolated Town (extreme conditions, eating whale..)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory77/1002:04:05AUTOHow To Catch a Criminal (with Science!) | CompilationB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow77/10050:55AUTOWhy We’re Going Back to Venus, with David GrinspoonB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk77/1001:52:40AUTOKevin O'Leary: Every Time You Get Paid, Do This! It 10xs Your Income Without Having To Work Harder!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO77/1002:00:23AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2483 - Spencer PrattB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE77/1001:00:12AUTOLive Poker Match!: The Besties Vs. Phil Hellmuth, Alan Keating, and Jason KoonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast77/1002:27:50AUTOTSMCB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired77/1001:58:57AUTOBenchmark Part II: The DinnerB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired77/1002:15:22AUTONvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAcquired77/1003:38:10Contracts of Love & Money That Make or Break Relationships | James SextonB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman78/1001:37:39AUTOFour CEOs on the Future of AI: CoreWeave, Perplexity, Mistral, and IRENB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast78/10031:59AUTOSatya Nadella on AI’s Business Revolution: What Happens to SaaS, OpenAI, and Microsoft?B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast78/10040:28A Backwards Camera in a Dark Room - Photographic PrintingB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTechnology Connections78/10032:07Nuclear Historian Answers Nuclear War Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED78/1001:47:23AUTOEpstein Files Special: Prince Andrew Arrested, Global Network, Mythology, Reid Hoffman FilesC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast78/10055:16AUTOGarage Door 101 + Supreme Court Justice Kennedy’s Home + Smarter Sofa CareB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House78/1001:04:38Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman78/1001:34:10AUTOCorrupt Cop: I Had Sex With Girls In My Police Car, Arrested Drug Dealers, Then Sold Their Drugs!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO78/10030:09What Happens If You Keep Slowing Down?B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastVeritasium78/10054:57The $16 TRILLION Race to Mine the OceanB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris78/10044:24California Mudslide: Shocking Eyewitness Footage (Full Episode) | Witness to Disaster | Nat GeoB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastNational Geographic78/10045:52What’s ACTUALLY Happening in North KoreaB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris78/10052:54AUTOThe Truth About House Burping + Nick Offerman’s FarmhouseB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House78/1002:24:18AUTOScience & Health Benefits of Belief in God & Religion | Dr. David DeStenoB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman

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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