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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 →

22/1005:58Learn to talk about the time! Easy English Conversations 💬 Episode 11C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowBBC Learning English24/1005:41Talking about routines: 🍽️🛌🚶 Real Easy EnglishA2-B2 · ~3,000 words · slowBBC Learning English26/1008:45TXT Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · slowWIRED27/1007:09The biggest myths about Neanderthals - Bruce HardyC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · slowTED-Ed27/1005:47Talking about jobs 📈 👩‍🔬 💷 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English29/1007:40Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide - Ümit KurtC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · slowTED-Ed30/1005:26Talking about school 📚 📕 ✏️ Real Easy EnglishB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · slowBBC Learning English30/1006:45What the oil industry doesn’t want you to know - Stephanie Honchell SmithC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowTED-Ed31/1006:41What if your president was chosen via lottery? - Michael VazquezB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowTED-Ed31/1005:02Talking about travel: 🚴🚗🚆 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English31/1005:57Talking about the news: 📰📱 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English32/1005:44Talking about films 🎬🍿 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English32/1006:23Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs? - Gale E. RidgeC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · slowTED-Ed32/1005:21Talking about exercise: 💪⚽️🏊‍♂️ Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~4,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English32/1006:49The incredible engineering of Venice - Stephanie H. SmithC1-C2 · ~15,000 words · slowTED-Ed32/1005:50Talking about 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦❤️ family: Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English33/1005:43Talking about food 🍔🥒🍫 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English33/1006:29What are truffles, and why are they so expensive? - Carolyn BeansC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · slowTED-Ed33/1007:05Edgar Allan Poe's story of the Red Death - Iseult GillespieC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · slowTED-Ed33/1006:33Why was bloodletting so popular? - Stephanie Honchell SmithC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowTED-Ed33/1006:09When did we start using passports? - Kristin SurakB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowTED-Ed33/1006:47How do snakes swallow animals so much bigger than they are? - Niko ZlotnikC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · slowTED-Ed34/1006:12Psychedelics, mind control, radiation-eating: The secret superpowers of fungi - Max G. LevyC1-C2 · ~19,000 words · slowTED-Ed34/1005:51Talking about meetings 🗓️🤝👔 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~4,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English

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 →