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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 →

69/10014:41AUTOTrump Says He’s “Glad” Robert Mueller Died, Deploys ICE to Airports & Iran War Has No End in SightB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live70/10025:04Let's Learn English! Topic: Saturday Chores! 🧹🚽🛒 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian70/10011:54Bugs Use ToolsB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow70/10010:02AUTOGroundwater, EXPLAINED with Wade Paquin | Best of Build ShowB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastMatt Risinger70/10015:03The Problem with the Next Moon MissionC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastReal Engineering70/10022:40How Dangerous is a Penny Dropped From a Skyscraper?B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium70/10034:32AUTOBuild Science 401™- Passive House Wall Assembly | Episode 9B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastMatt Risinger70/10028:24Let's Learn English! Topic: Compound Nouns! 🎂🛒🚏 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian70/10044:09Fear Factor Detroit (Full Episode) | Drugs, Inc: The FixB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastNational Geographic70/10025:15Why California Has So Many ProblemsC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions70/10055:30AUTOSteven Spielberg Believes in AliensB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk70/1003:10:44AUTORenaissance Technologies (Audio)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired70/10035:21AUTOImproving Health With Stronger Brain-Body Connection | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman70/1003:31:03David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism | Lex Fridman Podcast #375B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/10030:22We Took a 102-Year-Old to Her Last ContinentB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory70/10013:21AUTOSteve Carell on His First Date Ever, Realizing He Can't Dance at a Paul McCartney Concert & RoosterB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live70/10054:16AUTOAging in Place + Buying the Right Generator + Roseanne Cash’s BrownstoneB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House70/10026:19Let's Learn English! Topic: When Things Go Wrong Part 2 💥⚠️🔧 (Lesson Only)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian70/1003:10:49Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories | Lex Fridman Podcast #430B1-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/1004:11:06AUTOClimate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin | Lex Fridman Podcast #339B1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLex Fridman70/1001:38:06AUTOSpotify CEO Daniel EkB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired70/10016:56The Hidden Engineering of Wildlife CrossingsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering70/10014:50AUTOTrump’s Unnecessary War Drags On, He Wants to Gift Himself Medal of Honor & Kash Patel BombshellB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live70/10014:15AUTOHow New Cars Are Spying on DriversB2-C2 · ~9,000 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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