Comprehensible input in English

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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 →

43/1005:40The trillion dollar paradox - George ZaidanB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed43/1005:58What your poop can tell you about your health - Hannibal PersonC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · mediumTED-Ed43/1005:36This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening - Michael BeugC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed43/1005:41The Greek tragedy of Oedipus' daughter - Stephen EspositoC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed43/1005:17Talking about the office 💻👨‍💼🖇 Real Easy EnglishB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English43/1006:19How are influencers affecting politics? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English43/1005:42Talking about your year 🗓️🥳❤️ Real Easy EnglishB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English43/1005:35How scientists are creating real-life invisibility cloaks - Max G. LevyC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed43/1005:30This could save lives— but are you willing to do it? - Michael Vazquez and Sarah StroudB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED-Ed43/1005:50What should you do if you accidentally cut off your finger? - Jason HoellwarthC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed44/1007:27Taliban cut off internet: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English44/1005:59Meet the slow loris, the only venomous primate in existence - Stephanie A. PoindexterC1-C2 · ~18,000 words · mediumTED-Ed44/1005:40If you had the chance to be immortal, would you take it? - Sarah Stroud and Michael VazquezB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed44/1009:35How to Power the World 24/7 — Without Oil | Cindy Taff | TEDB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED44/1005:49What is hysteria, and why were so many women diagnosed with it? - Mark S. MicaleC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed44/1008:12Lip Sync Battle with Melissa McCarthy | Fallon FlashbackB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon44/1005:49The missing ingredient in how we learnB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed44/1009:48Are YOU Saying it WRONG? 5 Highly Common Mistakes in EnglishA2-B1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy45/1008:02Earthquakes hit Afghanistan: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English45/1005:05What's your dream job? 🤩🧑‍🚒🧑‍🚀 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English45/1006:36What is degrowth? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C2 · ~6,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English45/1008:15Deadly fires in Hong Kong investigated: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English45/1006:15Artistic swimming ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English45/1005:36Is this the most valuable thing in the ocean? - David BielloC1-C2 · ~16,000 words · mediumTED-Ed

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.

3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. 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 →