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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 →

73/10012:30The Real Reason Why You Have AllergiesB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell73/10022:12AUTOPlumbing layouts, Electrical Strategies and High-Performance Mechanicals - Forever Home - Ep. 9B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger73/10021:27AUTOHow F1 ExplodedB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/1001:29:47AUTOSupercharging a New FDA: Marty Makary on Science, Power & PatientsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast73/1003:42:21Gregory Aldrete: The Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome | Lex Fridman Podcast #443B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman73/10021:15AUTOThe Logistics of German ReunificationC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/10029:58AUTOThe New 2026 Honda Prelude Tries, But FailsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro73/1003:57:02AUTOEpic Systems (MyChart)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAcquired73/10014:07Millie Bobby Brown Creates a Sculpture of Herself | Vanity FairA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastVanity Fair73/10017:15How Would a Nuclear EMP Affect the Power Grid?C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering73/10032:02The 20 Most Important Flights of 2024B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/10015:06AUTOCharlotte Flair vs. Alexa Bliss | Hot Ones VersusB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · fastFirst We Feast73/10029:29AUTOThe 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Is the Ultimate American SupercarB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro73/10016:37How Humans Did the ImpossibleB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris73/1001:37:40AUTOUber CEO Dara KhosrowshahiB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired73/10020:55AUTORachel Brosnahan Flies Through The Air While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast73/10017:30AUTOTrump’s War on Voting Rights & Windmills, Markwayne Mullin Grilled by Senate & No Pay for TSA AgentsB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live73/1001:49:58Speak English With Us: 2 Hour English Listening PracticeB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa73/10012:326 Ways Aliens Could Find UsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastSciShow73/10012:464 Ways Fractals Changed Tech ForeverC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow73/10025:10Let's Learn English! Topic: What is That Thing? 📢📼🧲 (Lesson Only)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian73/1001:07:34AUTOThe Science of Sleep, with Matt WalkerB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk73/1008:03AUTOThe House of Representatives is too small. Here is one way to fix it.B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVox73/1001:30:49AUTOGrok 4 Wows, The Bitter Lesson, Third Party, AI Browsers, SCOTUS backs POTUS on RIFsB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast

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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