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
videos scored
45
channels
3,265 h
of material
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 →

86/10014:29Alan Ritchson Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastWIRED86/10024:21I Spent a Day in Brazil's Most Dangerous SlumB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky86/10029:47MOLTEN GLASS VS Prince Rupert's Drop - Smarter Every Day 285B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10021:57Entering the North Korea / China Border TownB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky86/10026:00Entering Bangladesh | World's Deadliest TrafficB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky86/10011:23Let's Learn English at the Food Court! 🥐🍪🍩B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian86/10021:08Nicholas Hoult & David Corenswet vs. Lie Detector | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair86/10010:28Emily Blunt Almost Got the Ick from John Krasinski; Talks The Devil Wears Prada 2 (Extended)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon86/10011:47A Day On The Set of Bridgerton Season 4 | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair86/10024:48AUTOMatt’s Pro Builder Trip—See What They LearnB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger86/10016:11I Built Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10015:45AUTOJelly Roll on Losing Almost 300 Pounds, Guest Hosting Kimmel & Doing Stand-Up ComedyB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/10012:08Is Your Privacy An Illusion? (Taking on Big Tech) - Smarter Every Day 263B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10022:03Face Your Biggest Fear To Win $800,000B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10011:36AUTOKeke Palmer on Being a Pilates Instructor, Her Three-Year-Old Son Leo & Buying an Airstream TrailerB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/10019:00Elijah Wood Rewatches The Lord of the Rings, Flipper, Sin City & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastVanity Fair86/10015:26AUTOJason Segel on His Surprise Marriage Proposal & Harrison Ford Telling Him He Has a Nice PenisB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/10025:20'Dad Rock' and how we keep computers from ruining stuffB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea86/10028:25World’s Deadliest Obstacle Course!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10010:00In 10 Minutes This Room Will Explode!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10013:41Your Extinct Cousin LOVED Eating GrassC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow86/10028:57AUTOInside Orlando Bravo’s Private Equity Playbook: How to Build a Top FirmB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastAll-In Podcast86/10019:32You Had A Cell That Was Larger Than A BedsheetB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastSciShow86/10015:30I Helped 2,000 People Walk AgainB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

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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