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 →

51/1006:15Why 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 English51/10027:05Real Vacation English: Cooking Mussels in Maine + Finding Pearls – American English ConversationB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumRachel's English51/10031:00AUTOSpeak English in 30 Minutes: Advanced English LessonA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa51/1002:06:31AUTONo.1 Neuroscientist: you can change who you are in 30 daysB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumThe Diary Of A CEO51/1003:06:39Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #456B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumLex Fridman51/10022:48ADVANCED Vocabulary—Quiz Included! (High Level Words You Need) | Learn English for FreeC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · mediumRachel's English51/10014:03Subconscious fluency in English (by Learning at Home)B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy51/1006:14Can climate change affect our mental health? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English52/10014:32AUTOCan YOU pass the HARDEST English listening test? (Only 5 questions!)B1-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy52/10030:40Psychologist Answers Couples Therapy Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumWIRED52/1006:09Should 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-Ed52/1003:08:31AUTO600 English Words for Everyday Life | English Vocabulary MasterclassB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy52/10029:13AUTO24 Hour Pakistani Street Food Tour | Epic Food Journeys with Mark Wiens | National GeographicC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumNational Geographic52/10015:02Will ChatGPT Replace Language Teachers?B1-B2 · ~6,000 words · mediumRachel's English52/1002:11:09AUTOProfessor Jiang: World War 3 Is About To Begin, Let Me Explain!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumThe Diary Of A CEO52/1008:43Speaking English: How You SHOULD [and Shouldn’t!] Respond to “What’s Up?”A2-B1 · ~2,000 words · fastRachel's English52/10011:43How AI Could Generate New Life-Forms | Eric Nguyen | TEDB2-C1 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED

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 →