Comprehensible input · English

Comprehensible input in English

1,777 videos from 17 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

1,777
videos scored
17
channels
1,435 h
of material
591
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 →

64/10011:01Paleontologist Reviews Jurassic Park Scenes | Vanity FairB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVanity Fair64/1007:03Learning multiple languages ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastBBC Learning English64/10030:11The Equation That Beat Wall StreetB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium64/1006:16Weight loss drugs ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastBBC Learning English64/1001:30:37AUTOThe Foot Expert: Your Toes Can Predict If You’ll Die Early! This Will Fix Plantar Fasciitis!B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO64/1002:11:32Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman64/1002:59:33AUTORoger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #343B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLex Fridman64/10022:55AUTOI Lived with Wolves for 72 hours (terrifying experience)B2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory64/1005:07How one of the world’s richest companies rose to power - Shantel GeorgeC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · fastTED-Ed64/10019:22The Wild Story of the Teton Dam FailureC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering64/1002:16:46Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #400B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman64/10025:20AUTODaily Life Vocabulary You NEED to KnowB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa64/1005:46How to improve your singing | Think Like A MusicianB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTED-Ed64/10054:08How One Company Secretly Poisoned The PlanetB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium64/10024:54These Illusions Fool Almost EveryoneB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium64/10030:33BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'The human body 2' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English64/10021:05AUTOSTRANGERS FIND LOVE USING OUR BILLBOARDB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory64/1009:52AI Slop Is Destroying The InternetB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell64/10014:12Alcohol is AMAZINGB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell64/10012:34Phrasal Verbs: Use These 7 To Sound AMAZING!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastRachel's English64/1009:08You are absolutely fluent in English if you can understand theseB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastEnglish with Lucy64/10010:23The Wonder of Weightlifting | Jaime Seeman | TEDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastTED64/10014:17How to FLIRT in English (at a C1-C2 ADVANCED level) - British English Slang Vocabulary Lesson!B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastEnglish with Lucy64/1009:40Trump Headlines America250 After All Artists Drop Out, Musk Loses Trillionaire Status | Tonight ShowB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

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
2BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
3Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
4Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

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 →

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