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Comprehensible input in English

5,210 videos from 45 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

5,210
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45
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3,265 h
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987
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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 →

85/1008:55Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli Do an Off Campus-Inspired Sexy Little Dance with Jimmy | Tonight ShowB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon85/1005:49Grilled baked potatoes w/ sirloin, roasted garlic, fried sageB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea85/1008:09AUTOKareem Rahma on SubwayTakes, the Dumbest Opinion He’s Heard & Riding Around with Cab DriversB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live85/1008:22Cameron Diaz Made a Little Girl Cry After Finding Out She Voices Princess Fiona in Shrek (Extended)B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon85/1008:57The Most Mindblowing Infrastructure in My CityB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastPractical Engineering85/1005:12Why Are People Starting to Sound Like ChatGPT? | Adam Aleksic | TEDC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastTED85/1007:59AUTOKal Penn on Making Another Harold & Kumar Movie & New Pot Themed Mini Documentaries on HuluB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live85/1008:08AUTOBuilding Stronger Roofs with FORTIFIED: Simple Upgrades That Make a DifferenceB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger85/1007:09Crêpes SuzetteB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea85/1009:46The town aluminum comes fromC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea86/1006:26Steak and potato gratin/pieB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea86/1005:37British bubble & squeak with spicy Latin beansB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea86/1008:27AUTOBunnie Xo on Her Bestselling Memoir, Overcoming Her Difficult Life & Meeting Her Husband Jelly RollB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/1008:07AUTOScott Speedman on His Hit ABC Show R.J. Decker, Getting Pulled Over & Being a Competitive SwimmerB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/1009:46AUTOWhich Fire-Rated Assembly Handles Everything Better?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger86/1008:07AUTONick DiGiovanni Answers The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-C2 · ~4,000 words · very fastWIRED86/1009:49AUTOWhy I Wear This Shirt More Than Anything ElseB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastEssential Craftsman86/1008:27A bad reason YouTube demonetizes contentB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea86/1008:58AUTOJessica Williams on Being Very Tall, Going on Michelle Obama’s Podcast & Making Miniature FurnitureB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/1008:43Why children get so many vaccinesB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastVox86/1008:07AUTOSean Evans and Speedy Morman Debate New York vs. Chicago Pizza | Slice JointB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastFirst We Feast86/1009:48AUTOAlison Brie on Masters of the Universe, Her First Action Figure & Husband Dave Franco in The StudioB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live86/1008:13Andrew Garfield & Florence Pugh Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIREDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastWIRED86/1008:19We Have Spent Millions of Dollars on Blue RosesB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastSciShow

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.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-B2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-B2medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-B2medium14068 h
5BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
6Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
7Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

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 →

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