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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
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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 →

91/1003:31:07AUTOThe Best Vitality & Health Protocols | Dr. Rhonda PatrickB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman91/10033:51But what is cross-entropy? | Compression is Intelligence Part 2B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10034:13Every Way To Make Instant RamenB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10034:57I Ate Around The World In 24 HoursB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/1002:39:50AUTOAnti-Aging Expert: Stop Touching Receipts Immediately! The Fast Way To Shrink Visceral Fat!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO91/10031:23I Tried $1 Street Food Around The WorldB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10036:54But what is quantum computing? (Grover's Algorithm)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10035:03The 50 Easiest 3-Ingredient RecipesB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10034:55I Tried The Best Street Food In AmericaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10044:59The News You Missed in 2021, From Every Country in the World (Part 2)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · very fastWendover Productions91/10052:11Exploration & Epiphany | Guest video by Paul DancstepB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10045:59100 Best Food HacksB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10034:35Olympiad level counting (Generating functions)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/10033:52I Tried Food From Every State In AmericaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10034:40But what is a Laplace Transform?B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/1001:29:49AUTOPeptide Expert: What Do Peptides Actually Do? (EXPLAINED) - Dr Alex TatemB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO91/10040:05A tale of two problem solvers | Average cube shadow areaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown91/1001:43:40AUTOThe Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave)C1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastAcquired91/10053:47AUTOBrian Keating on Losing the Nobel Prize & Origins of the UniverseB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastStarTalk91/10032:26Entomologist Answers Insect Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastWIRED92/10037:01AUTOI Tried Breakfast From Every State In AmericaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/10030:38I Tried The Best Taco In The WorldB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/1001:51:15Control Your Vagus Nerve to Improve Mood, Alertness & NeuroplasticityC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman92/10046:23How are holograms possible?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

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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