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 →

51/1006:14Can climate change affect our mental health? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1006:09Should we eat less rice? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1005:14What Earth in 2125 could look like - Iseult GillespieC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1008:43Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn’t!] Respond to “What’s Up?”A2-B1 · ~2,000 words · fastRachel's English52/1004:59Why does catnip make cats go crazy? - Jaap de RoodeC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1006:15Do you like garlic? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1005:293 things that can cause painful periods - Chen X. ChenC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1006:17A vaccine for cancer ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1006:34The curse of the monkey's paw - Iseult GillespieC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1006:59Myanmar mourns earthquake dead: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1005:35Why did it take so long to find giant squids? - Anna RothschildC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1007:47Fastest glacier melt in modern history: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1005:10What’s the best position to sleep in? - Rachel Marie E. SalasB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1005:17How does kidney transplant surgery work? - Alexander H. ToledoB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1007:06Heatwaves speed up ageing process: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1007:03Air India crash report doubts: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/1004:59How some friendships last — and others don’t - Iseult GillespieB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1005:27The birth of the galaxy in 60 seconds - Scott HershbergerC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1005:28The fascinating reason you loved peek-a-booB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1006:31History vs. Russia’s most infamous empress - Carolyn HarrisB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed52/1005:31This is what happens in your brain when you can’t recall a word - Cella WrightB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumTED-Ed53/1006:15What's your favourite snack? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English53/1009:42A Multigenerational Musical Journey | Yijia Tu | TEDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumTED53/1008:23Global impact of US-Israel war with Iran: BBC Learning English from the NewsB1-C2 · ~5,000 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 →