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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 →

74/10025:05AUTOThis Maserati GranTurismo Has a Gated 6-Speed Manual ConversionB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro74/10015:30AUTOTrump Now Wants Americans to Pay for His Ballroom & Says Crazy Stuff to Kids in the Oval OfficeB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live74/10016:44The Truth about Drone Deliveries!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee74/10015:39AUTOJey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso | Hot Ones VersusB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastFirst We Feast74/10012:42You Need To Quit Weed.B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell74/10021:52What Really Happened at the New Harbor Bridge Project?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering74/10022:41AUTOThe Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII Is Way Better Than You RememberB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro74/10013:31AUTOCrushed Rock: Everything You Need to KnowB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman74/10017:35Every Kind of Bridge Explained in 15 MinutesC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering74/10013:59We Didn’t Evolve Color Vision to See ColorC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow74/10019:54Why the US is Struggling to Land on the MoonC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastReal Engineering74/10022:10Let's Learn English! Topic: English Phrases with "in the..." 🏃😉❌ (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian74/10024:43100 Hours with the World's Most Hardcore Monk (Shi Heng-Yi)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory74/10015:22AUTOSaving a Friend from a $5,000+ Concrete MistakeB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman74/10024:44Why Utah is So WeirdC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions74/10016:57How the Germans Measured Milliseconds MECHANICALLY - Smarter Every Day 283B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay74/10029:03AUTOThe Wildest Take-Off of My LifeB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastReal Engineering74/10016:35AUTOMarshawn Lynch Goes Beast Mode on a $1500 Caviar Burger | The Burger ShowB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastFirst We Feast74/10010:13The Terrifying Physics of Shaking Hands With an AlienB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow74/10015:32How To Install a Pipeline Under a RailroadB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering74/10018:43You (likely) don't understand how a sewing machine worksB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastVeritasium74/10017:42Hilary Duff Rewatches The Lizzie McGuire Movie, A Cinderella Story & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastVanity Fair74/10028:19Ho'omau: Joey's Journey | National GeographicB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic74/10014:41Ranking the Strongest & Weakest Submarine FleetsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris

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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