Comprehensible input · English

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 →

88/10010:27I Got Hunted By The MilitaryB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast88/10016:48You've Never Seen A Wheelchair Like ThisB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/10027:31I Engineered The Perfect First DateB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/10027:30I Tried Every Spicy Fast Food In AmericaB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman88/10023:43I Made The Spiciest Chicken Sandwich EverB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman88/10027:57AUTOSequoia’s Roelof Botha: Why Venture Capital is Broken & How Great Companies Are BuiltB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast88/10023:14How Do Cicadas Make Noise? (In Slow Motion) - Smarter Every Day 299B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay88/10023:13This Old House | Making the Most of Green Products (S32 E12) | FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House88/10023:12ASK This Old House | Storage Cabinet, Flood Protection (S9 E24) FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastThis Old House88/10015:30What "Follow Your Dreams" Misses | Harvey Mudd Commencement Speech 2024B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/10010:53AUTOHow Adam really cooks steak (usually)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea88/10024:1950 Home Cooks Try to Make The Perfect BurgerB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman88/10024:36AUTOThe 2026 Cadillac Vistiq Is an $80,000 Baby EscaladeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastDoug DeMuro88/10023:12ASK This Old House | Outdoor Outlet, Graceland (S9 E20) FULL EPISODEB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House88/10010:37Himalayan-style dried cheese for dogsB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea88/10016:13This pattern breaks, but for a good reason | Moser's circle problemB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/10023:12This Old House | The Artistry of TOH and Jules Aarons (S32 E6) | FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House88/10010:202,000,000 People Get Clean Water For The First Time!B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast88/10010:00Why “probability of 0” does not mean “impossible” | Probabilities of probabilities, part 2B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/10023:12ASK This Old House | Vinyl Floor, Plumbing Vent (S9 E25) FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House88/10020:06Glia Are Your Brain's Most Mysterious CellsC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow88/10023:12ASK This Old House | Narrow Garden, Fireplace Insert (S9 E19) FULL EPISODEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThis Old House88/10026:54Why This Zig-Zag Coast Guard Search Pattern is Actually Genius - Smarter Every Day 268B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay88/10023:33What does a Gong Sound Like when Hit with a 1189mph Baseball? - Smarter Every Day 267B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay

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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