Comprehensible input · English

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 →

82/10012:137 Times Invasive Species Actually HelpedC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow82/10023:41AUTOThe Design of Airline Route NetworksB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions82/10016:12AUTOAdam Richman's ULTIMATE Dim Sum Guide with Lucas Sin and Eric Sze | Pro MovesB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastFirst We Feast82/10011:47Where Does Stormwater Go?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering82/1001:31:10AUTOAll-In's 2026 PredictionsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast82/10012:53Wooden Cutting Boards Are the BestB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow82/1002:05:16AUTOEverything You Didn't Want to Know About Viruses | CompilationB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow83/10018:41AUTOChina’s DeepSeek - A Balanced OverviewB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion83/10022:18The Airline Industry’s Problem with Absolutely Ancient ITC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/10029:07How this helicopter survived 1004 days on Mars, then disappeared...B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium83/10017:55AUTOHow Car Dealerships Scam AmericaC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/10017:04The Hidden Engineering of LandfillsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering83/1008:37How I make my signature bread (lately)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea83/1005:33How Onions ACTUALLY Make You Cry (And How to Stop Them)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow83/10027:17The Biggest Misconception in Football (ft. Tom Brady)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium83/10012:52Why We Still Don't Have Hypersonic FlightsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow83/1007:34Your Coffee Mug is a Physics DisasterB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow83/10049:13The News You Missed in 2021, From Every Country in the World (Part 1)C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/1006:34Fluffy snickerdoodle cookiesB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea83/10015:01How the World’s Wealthiest People TravelB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions83/10033:59Essentials: The Biology of Slowing & Reversing Aging | Dr. David SinclairB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman83/10024:08AUTOThe Subaru Forester Wilderness Is a Tough, Capable Small SUVB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro83/1008:00The Weird Connection Between Antidepressants and CancerC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow83/10043:28AUTOWhy everything on the internet is getting worse | The Gray AreaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVox

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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