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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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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 →

49/10010:02AUTOHow Pros Use Speed Squares vs. BeginnersB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumEssential Craftsman49/10023:10If you master this ONE word, you will speak English with EASE! | 20-minute HAVE MasterclassB1-B2 · ~7,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy49/10025:2650 Vocabulary Phrases: Taking Care of BabyB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa49/10011:02AUTOTo fight authoritarianism, America should look to BrazilB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumVox49/10015:22AUTOUnderstand FAST English: Advanced Listening PracticeA2-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa49/10023:42Do you know these EVERYDAY ITEMS? + bonus idioms!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa49/10012:04Speaking English: How to WIN Your Job Interview | 7 Critical QuestionsB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumRachel's English49/10012:03AUTONOBODY needs C2. Here is why:B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy49/10014:26You Know This Song (but the Orchestra Doesn’t) | Jacob Collier & VSO School of Music Orchestra | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumTED49/10017:33David Guetta Answers DJ Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumWIRED50/10010:46AUTO16 British Slang Insults (WITHOUT swearing!)B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy50/10012:49The 10 Easy English words with ADVANCED meanings:B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy50/10012:17Avoid EMBARRASSING Mistakes in English - STOP Confusing These Words!B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy50/10014:33AUTOLili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, and Alexandra Shipp Play Hot Ones Wing PongB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumFirst We Feast50/10011:54British Dialect Coach Breaks down BAD British Accents!B1-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumLearn English with Papa Teach Me50/10013:24AUTODamar Hamlin vs. Taylor Rapp | Hot Ones VersusB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumFirst We Feast50/10025:10AUTO40 Yr Contractor Learns CONCRETE Korean House ConstructionB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumEssential Craftsman50/10011:16AUTODads, Feeling Not Enough? Watch This... [Father's Day 2025]B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEssential Craftsman50/10026:11AUTOSpeak With Me: Real Life English ConversationB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa50/10012:35AUTONo Partner? No Problem! (3 Ways to Practice Speaking Alone)B1-B2 · ~6,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa50/10020:49AUTOSTOP Sounding Like a Beginner: Advanced English Vocabulary LessonB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa50/10023:16AUTOThis Dating Show TEACHES YOU ENGLISH!A2-B1 · ~2,000 words · mediumLearn English with Papa Teach Me50/10011:00Silence, the Universal Medicine | Pico Iyer | TEDB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumTED50/10020:03Neuroscientist Answers Emotion Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumWIRED

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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