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Comprehensible input in English

5,228 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.

5,228
videos scored
45
channels
3,270 h
of material
988
made for learners

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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 →

77/10016:41How French Drains WorkB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering77/10014:15AUTOThe Apple Car - A $10 Billion FailureB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion77/10053:00The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One KnewB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium77/10012:27AUTOShipping Container Office Gets Spray Foam Insulation!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman77/10013:295 Things That Shouldn't Be Able to Solve a MazeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow77/10024:28AUTOThe World's Fastest Growing EconomyC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions77/10056:17AUTOIs Space Expanding Faster Than Light? | Cosmic Queries #110B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk77/10035:54AUTOInsulation and Tesla Roof Update | Altitude Adjustment Ep. 12B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger77/1003:35:40AUTOLiv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk | Lex Fridman Podcast #314B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman77/10011:35AUTONew Artificial Heart Saved a LifeB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion77/10010:57The First Human Bladder Transplant Just HappenedB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastSciShow77/1001:30:07AUTOGodfather of AI: They Keep Silencing Me But I’m Trying to Warn Them!B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO77/10024:442,000 People Fight For $5,000,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastMrBeast77/10053:52AUTOHard Water Woes + Ann Patchett’s Wild Childhood Home + Heat Pump AdvantagesB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House77/10014:32AUTOHow A Chinese Villager Shook Silicon Valley [DeepSeek Founder]B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion77/1008:42Small Phones are Dead and We Killed ThemB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee77/10032:37Exploring America’s Most Isolated Town (extreme conditions, eating whale..)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory77/1002:04:05AUTOHow To Catch a Criminal (with Science!) | CompilationB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow77/10010:36Why Apple, Samsung and Google Need Each OtherB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee77/10019:35Where Does Grounded Electricity Actually Go?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering77/10013:55AUTOWhy Apple’s Vision Pro is the Next iPhone (Analysis)C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion77/10024:42How Governments Spy On Protestors—And How To Avoid It | Incognito Mode | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED77/10013:09AUTO3 Spicy Sandwiches You NEED to Make at Home | Hot KitchenB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastFirst We Feast77/10050:55AUTOWhy We’re Going Back to Venus, with David GrinspoonB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk

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-B2fast17585 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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