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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 →

73/10010:20This Gray Rock May Explain the Beginning of LifeB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastSciShow73/10022:08If You Can Understand These Jokes Your English Level Is Very High! 🌼 🚲👖📘 (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian73/1002:11:39AUTODopamine Expert: Doing This Once A Day Fixes Your Dopamine! What Alcohol Is Doing To Your Brain!B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO73/10013:12AUTOBoeing Embarrassed as ‘Stuck’ Astronauts to Return with SpaceXC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion73/1002:05:17AUTOThe Behaviour Expert: Instantly Read Any Room & How To Hack Your Discipline! Chase HughesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO73/10025:51How Corporate Consolidation is Killing Ski TownsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/10023:32HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 5B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastPractical Engineering73/10017:027 Deadly Epidemics You Didn’t Know ExistedC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow73/10017:41AUTOBuild Podcast | Episode 194: Building Science OverviewB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastMatt Risinger73/1008:20'Fuzzy teeth' feeling from spinach EXPLAINEDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea73/10029:16AUTOInside Saudi Arabia’s AI Ambition: Tareq Amin on Building a New Tech SuperpowerB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast73/10019:04This Spillway Failed On PurposeC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering73/10023:19How Boeing Lost Its WayB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/10020:09Why Everywhere in the US is Starting to Look the SameC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/10026:52HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 4C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering73/1006:22Spaghetti pomodoro vs Italian FascistsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea73/1002:41:25AUTOHow Dopamine & Serotonin Shape Decisions, Motivation & Learning | Dr. Read MontagueB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman73/10021:40Why The Military Plays Games to Prepare for WarB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris73/10025:50Contactors: how we power the big stuffC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastTechnology Connections73/1003:48:56AUTOBenchmark Part IB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAcquired73/10016:28AUTOTrump Preps for 80th Birthday, Threatens to Hit Iran, Knicks Historic Win & Elon Musk Trillionaire!?B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live73/10013:15Pregnancy is InsaneC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell73/10023:02AUTOKai Cenat Calls Sean a Liar While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast73/10013:28AUTOTrump Gets Booed & Falls Asleep During NBA Finals, Claims War is Almost Over & Goodbye Spencer PrattB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live

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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