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
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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 →

78/10020:40I Deep Faked Myself, Here's Why It MattersB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris78/10028:46This Place Re-Writes Human History: Göbekli TepeB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory78/10019:50How US Companies Get Away with Fueling Russia’s MilitaryB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris78/10013:09AUTOWhy Apple Just Gave Up on AIB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion78/10022:03How Inland Waterways WorkB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions78/10010:43Why Engineers Invent FloodsC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastPractical Engineering78/10016:11AUTO5 Cool Used Luxury SUVs That Are Cheap to OwnB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro78/10016:29All Dams Are TemporaryC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering78/10017:30Why Bridges Don't SinkB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering78/10017:46AUTOI Met 500 Wild Hyenas in Ethiopia (Dangerous)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastDrew Binsky78/10023:01AUTOWhy Britain Cares So Much About the FalklandsC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions78/10020:15AUTOThe Failed Logistics of Hurricane KatrinaC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions78/10023:33The Surprising Success of Private Passenger RailB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions78/10012:47The Quantum Quest for a Perfectly Random d20B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow78/10016:54AUTOHow Red Bull Built Its EmpireB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions78/10014:40Inside a Dark Web Kill List | Carl Miller | TEDB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastTED78/10016:54Philadelphia I-95 Bridge Collapse ExplainedB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering78/10012:13How This Bridge Was Rebuilt in 15 Days After Hurricane IanC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering78/10020:44Exploring $30,000,000 Abandoned Soviet ResortB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory78/10017:54AUTOHow Flappy Bird Ruined The Life of its CreatorB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion78/10010:31Why Nevada has so many ghost townsB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastVox78/10024:50AUTOPinkPantheress Needs Ice While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast78/10027:05Family Relationships & Idioms┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB1-C2 · ~4,000 words · fastRachel's English78/10010:51There’s Fresh Water Under the Ocean. Can You Drink It?C1-C2 · ~15,000 words · fastSciShow

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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