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 →

61/1006:15Are we too fixated on protein? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/1006:44What lack of sleep does to the teenage brain - Wendy TroxelB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTED-Ed61/1006:15Do you have good dining etiquette? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/1006:15Should animals be kept in zoos? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/1005:58Should we pay more for chocolate? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/1004:495 signs you’re a good driver - Iseult GillespieB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastTED-Ed61/1007:22AUTOWho Knows Niall Horan?B1-C1 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live61/1005:16Upstairs, downstairs: The life of a British maid - Stephanie Honchell SmithC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastTED-Ed61/1008:302025: The year’s big news stories: BBC Learning English from the NewsB1-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English62/1007:06Global warming increases risk of cancer in women: Study: BBC Learning English from the NewsB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastBBC Learning English62/1009:14Zoom Calls Are So Much Worse For Us Than You ThinkB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow62/1008:29AUTOPulling MASSIVE Stumps with a Mini KubotaB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman62/1006:14Why are we all so stressed? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastBBC Learning English62/1009:21The end of birthright citizenship as we know it?B2-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastVox62/1001:47Your Hidden SuperpowerB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell62/1009:05AUTOWhy LA will never get a Mayor Zohran MamdaniB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVox62/1004:00How to uncover your best ideasA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · fastTED-Ed62/1007:35Australia teen social media ban: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastBBC Learning English63/1008:16You Stop Glowing When You DieC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow63/1006:14Can we boost the immune system? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastBBC Learning English63/1005:04How the lead industry lied to the public for decades - Gerald Markowitz and David RosnerC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastTED-Ed63/1008:14Gaza ceasefire at risk: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastBBC Learning English63/1008:41This Island Might Help Us Understand The Origins of LifeC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow63/1005:29How to use emergency contraception effectively - Alison EdelmanC1-C2 · ~20,000 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.

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 →