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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
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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 →

57/10018:05My Morning Routine: English Vocabulary LessonB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa57/10026:09I Went to Georgia to See Russia’s Silent InvasionB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumJohnny Harris57/10018:11300 Years of Classical Music in 18 Minutes | Joshua Bell | TEDB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · fastTED57/10018:52AUTOTouring the Mill That Nobody Can Keep Up WithB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumEssential Craftsman57/10014:31Understand FAST English Conversations [Advanced Listening Lesson]B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa57/10024:4615 Important *Real* English Vocabulary PhrasesB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa57/10014:49I'll teach YOU American English! ❤️B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastRachel's English57/10026:22Rural Juror?! (Your Questions Answered)┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastRachel's English57/10013:45Why Did These Ancient People Abandon Copper?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumSciShow57/10023:22AUTOPenélope Cruz Laughs With Abandon While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastFirst We Feast57/10012:53AUTOTrump Blamed for World Cup Loss, Tiffany Haddish Loves Hot Soccer Players & Gets Emails from PrisonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live57/10015:35AUTOAll the Trailer Tie Down Mistakes I was Making....B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman57/10020:50AUTOEnglish SPEAKING Practice: 10 Conversations for Daily LifeA2-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa58/10022:10Let's Learn English! Topic: Imaginary Creatures and Animals! 🐉🦄👻 (Lesson Only)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian58/10028:49AUTOThe Unlikely Rise of the Indian Space ProgramC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10018:26How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastTED58/10017:45Will Boom Bring Supersonic Back?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10010:39How to order coffee in English ☕️ (C1 C2 Super Advanced Level!)B1-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastEnglish with Lucy58/10013:49How Common Knowledge Shapes the World | Steven Pinker | TEDC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED58/10020:03The Uncertain Future of Nuclear PowerC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10010:50I use these words every day: English Vocabulary LessonA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa58/10011:07Can we actually control superintelligent AI? | Ada, Ep. 4B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTED-Ed58/10013:59There Are Thousands of Alien Empires in The Milky WayB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell58/10010:02I'm quitting. I give up. And this is how you can too. (@UNITED24media )A2-B1 · ~2,000 words · fastLearn English with Papa Teach Me

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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