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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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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 →

79/10022:22AUTOThe New 2026 Subaru Outback Is Boxy and Bigger Than EverB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro79/10016:17Why Locomotives Don't Have TiresC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering79/10020:25Inside The Navy's Indoor OceanB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVeritasium79/10022:02AUTOAdam Brody Surfs Through the Pain While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast79/10013:21Why Spillway Gates Don't Rust OutC1-C2 · ~15,000 words · fastPractical Engineering79/10013:54How Flood Tunnels WorkB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering79/10017:26AUTOWhat Every Tool Belt Setup NeedsB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman79/10023:1750 Hours in African Country that Doesn't Exist on a MapB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastYes Theory79/10011:16AUTOJaafar Jackson on Playing His Uncle Michael Jackson & Working with Colman DomingoB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live79/10025:16AUTOHank Green Asks A Physicist AnythingB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastSciShow79/10022:20SNL Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other | Vanity FairB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVanity Fair79/10011:56Buttermilk is not (necessarily) butter milkC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea79/10017:50AUTOI Met Real Cannibals in IndiaB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastDrew Binsky79/10011:23AUTOWhy Boats and Planes Are Also Going ElectricB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion80/10011:32I Tried a Disney Secret Project!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee80/10013:09What’s Inside a Manhole?C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering80/10019:41AUTOSo... What Was the Point of Artemis II?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion80/10013:29Why Can't Everyone Be Tall?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow80/10025:58AUTOThe 2026 Volvo XC90 Is Old But Still GreatB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro80/10012:44How Rare Are Extra Organs?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow80/10013:11Recreating an Ancient Pump (with no moving parts)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering80/10016:06How Horses Save Humans From SnakebitesC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium80/10018:36I Made a U-Haul go HYPERSONICB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastReal Engineering80/10014:10World Record Domino Robot (100k dominoes in 24hrs)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastMark Rober

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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