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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
videos scored
45
channels
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 →

68/10026:49AUTOBuild Science 401™- Foundation | Episode 3B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMatt Risinger68/10022:46AUTOBuild Science 401™- Flat Roof Assembly | Episode 12B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastMatt Risinger68/10013:06AUTOTrump Fed Daily Sizzle Reel of Stuff Blowing Up in Iran & Melania Has a Robot in the White HouseB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live68/1002:13:05AUTOThe Investing & Crypto Expert: "We Only Have 6 Years Until Everything Changes!" - Raoul PalB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO68/10012:46AUTO17 Funny Things About Persian Culture (I Love Iran!)B1-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastDrew Binsky68/10014:34AUTOThe Basement Yard Plays Hot Ones Wing PongB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastFirst We Feast68/10025:03The Terrifying Real Science Of AvalanchesC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium68/10030:45AUTOTraveling to the “Worst” Country in EuropeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory68/1003:04:06AUTOSONY (75 years of electronics history in 3 hours)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired68/10011:45Smoking is AwesomeB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell68/10030:19AUTOThe Pontiac Firebird Trans Am WS6 Was a Rockin’ 1990s Muscle CarB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro68/10010:03THINK and SPEAK in English: your vacationB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa68/10013:08We Fell For The Oldest Lie On The InternetB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell68/10020:36AUTOHow to Be The 2nd Fastest Framer on The JobB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman68/10053:52AUTOTornado Shelter Truths + Renovation Red Flags + Tracy Sierra’s 300-Year-Old ColonialB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House68/10015:52What Actual Aliens Might Look LikeC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell68/1004:48When should you break a promise? - Sarah Stroud and Michael VazquezB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastTED-Ed68/10026:32AUTOThe Ferrari 575M Is the Most Underrated Modern FerrariB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro68/10023:05Reneé Rapp Takes a Lie Detector Test | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastVanity Fair68/1004:03:29AUTONike (Audio)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired68/10013:45AUTOFrom LIDAR Scan to Full CAD Plans in Under an Hour?!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger68/10020:49AUTOHow BP's Negligence KillsB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion68/1004:11:10AUTOHermès (Audio)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired68/10033:02Historian Answers Renaissance Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastWIRED

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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