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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
of material
987
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 →

61/10017:24AUTOHow Microplastics Slowly Make Their Way Inside UsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastColdFusion61/10017:15The Boys' Antony Starr Answers The Internet's Best QuestionsB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastWIRED61/1004:54How we got hooked on credit cards - Nidhi UpadhyayaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTED-Ed61/10016:41What Actually Happened to the ConcordeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastReal Engineering61/10014:52Why Earth Sucks Compared to the Planet HestiaB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell61/10013:36AUTONail Tricks Your Grandpa Never Showed YouB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman61/10011:28AUTOFTX Founder Faces 115 Years in PrisonB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion61/10029:22Why Switzerland Has 374,142 Bunkers (and likely more)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris61/1003:15:41AUTOStarbucks (with Howard Schultz)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired61/10047:15AUTOWould You Really Want to Know if You’re in a Simulation? | Cosmic Queries #113B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk61/10022:53AUTOLiving 5 DAYS in Complete DarknessB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory61/10028:50Let's Learn English! Topic: NO! 🚷🚯🚳 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian61/1001:35:27AUTOHow We Grew Koch Inc. to $150 Billion Without Going Public: Charles & Chase KochB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast61/1002:12:20Global Disasters | Witness to Disaster MEGA Episode | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastNational Geographic61/10030:26BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Animals 3' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/1001:01:47Is Fascism Back?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastJohnny Harris61/1006:15Can cows prevent wildfires? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/10017:17AUTOThe Worst Oil Disaster EverB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastReal Engineering61/1001:03:45AUTOAre We Creating Objective Reality or Finding it? With Charles Liu | Cosmic Queries #107B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk61/10030:00BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Health 2' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastBBC Learning English61/1008:39AUTOHow to Cut Straight Lines (Without a Track Saw)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman61/1004:28:32AUTOFormula 1: Fast cars, celebrities, and B2B software (Audio)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired61/1001:22:51AUTOCelebrating 100 Years of Quantum Physics with Brian Greene, Hasan Minhaj & Janna LevinB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk61/10022:35AUTOHow This Man Vanished With $4.5 BillionB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastColdFusion

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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