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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 →

70/10028:18Let's Learn English! Topic: Buying and Selling! 💷🛍️💳 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian70/10021:53AUTODavid Duchovny Lives the Technicolor Universe While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast70/10011:49Let's Kill You a Billion Times to Make You ImmortalB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell70/10053:23AUTOHow to Remove Smoke Smells + Gas Fireplace Safety + Lewis Black’s BasementB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House70/10021:03AUTOThings To Notice On Your Next FlightB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastStarTalk70/10049:59AUTOAnswering Questions About Grabby Aliens, Qubits & Free Will, with Charles LiuB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk70/10034:39AUTOBuild Science 401™- Vented Roof Assembly | Episode: 11B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger70/10010:05AUTOFireproofing My Shop [Cheap Peace of Mind]B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman70/10031:54Home Electrification: There's not a lot to do, and it doesn't have to be hard (Part 1)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTechnology Connections70/10013:09AUTO1 Square Isn't Enough. Here's Why.B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman70/10022:36Let's Learn English! Topic: Bigger and Smaller! 🧱🍞🍩 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian70/10010:59AUTODavid Cross on Why He Doesn’t Like LA, Machu Picchu Hike with Bob Odenkirk & New Comedy SpecialA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live70/10016:53AUTOThe Terrible Design of Newark AirportC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions70/10024:26AUTOForget AI, The Robots Are Coming!B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastColdFusion70/10044:33Adam and Kenji talk about pumpkin spice (PODCAST E80)B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea70/10018:55Why The First Computers Were Made Out Of Light BulbsB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastVeritasium70/10022:56AUTORick Caruso on California’s Collapse: Broken Leadership, LA Wildfire Failures & the FixB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast70/10013:42You’ll Be Glad EVERY Day That You MASTERED These Questions!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastRachel's English70/10011:46AUTOThe truth about WRBs and MoldB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastMatt Risinger70/10019:12AUTOHow Scamming Consumers Became NormalisedB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion70/10013:54The Plague Will Probably ReturnB2-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow70/10057:49A Complete Beginner's Guide to Electric VehiclesB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTechnology Connections70/1001:53:32AUTOFTX with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele (Extended Cut)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAcquired70/10024:38The US Military's Worst IdeaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium

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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