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 →

50/1005:29How to make your stress work for you - Shannon OdellC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1005:20Would you eat a ghost pepper for a prize? - Dan KwartlerB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1009:49The 5 Business English Mistakes to AVOID! (Seriously!)B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy50/1005:42How to talk about your brain 🧠🤓💆 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English50/1008:52English Conversation Practice: How to Speak American English Like a Native SpeakerB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumRachel's English50/1005:21Why are there two tides a day? - Elise CuttsC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1007:59Greenland: Trump clashes with allies: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English50/1005:30How much does it cost to fly private? - Rachel YangC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed50/1009:13This Is the Scariest Place in The UniverseC1-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell50/1005:54Talking about your childhood 🧒🧸👶 Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1005:15What to do if you live in the path of a volcano - Arianna SoldatiB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1005:22What are those spots you see after you rub your eyes? - Paul CJ TaylorC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1006:14Rage bait: How online anger makes money ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1005:37What is sumo, and why is it so popular? - Lee ThompsonC1-C2 · ~15,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1008:38Is vaping as bad as smoking cigarettes? BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1006:02Talking about days out 🏞️🌞🧺 Real Easy EnglishB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1005:00Lady Meng Jiang: The legend of the woman who outwitted an evil emperor - Juwen ZhangB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1006:15Why are some animals black and white? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1005:34How to attack (and defend) a medieval castle - Connor C. WilsonC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1005:40Why did people wear powdered wigs? - Stephanie Honchell SmithC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1006:15Is social media dead? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1005:38You'll travel 1 trillion kilometers through space - Fabio Pacucci and Lindsay DeMarchiC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed51/1006:16Dreaming of being a chef ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English51/1005:38Talking about games 🎲♟️🃏 Real Easy EnglishB1-B2 · ~3,000 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 →