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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
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987
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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 →

73/10017:28AUTOSamsung is in CrisisC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastColdFusion73/10056:13AUTOEasy Weekend Home Upgrades + Contractor Secrets + John Grisham’s FarmhouseB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House73/1004:28How are these fires burning underground? - Emma BryceC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastTED-Ed73/10010:10Why we love crustaceans and fear insects (which are crustaceans)C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea73/10011:20We Traveled Back in Time. Now Physicists Are Angry.B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell73/1002:12:16UFO Truths Exposed | UFOs: Investigating the Unknown MEGA Episode | National GeographicB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastNational Geographic73/10012:54What Really Happened at the Hernando de Soto Bridge?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering73/1001:27:20The Real Reason Robots Shouldn’t Look Like Humans | SupercutB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium73/10027:15AUTOWhy Building AI Data Centres Isn’t Working AnymoreB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion73/10028:33Let's Learn English! Topic: Animal Inspired Words & Phrases! 🐿️🐀🐈B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian73/10028:58How Qatar Bought the World CupB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris73/1001:54:27AUTOInsulin Doctor: The Fastest Way To Burn Dangerous Visceral Fat! I'm Finding Mould In My Patients!C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO73/10017:36AUTOShaun White vs. Tony Hawk | Hot Ones VersusB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastFirst We Feast73/1003:46:18Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power | Lex Fridman Podcast #345B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman73/10011:32AUTOWhy your Grandpa’s shop smells like magicB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman73/1001:57:05AUTOEating for Better Sleep & Foods that Improve Metabolic Health | Dr. Marie-Pierre St-OngeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman73/1001:55:10Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman73/10018:27What Really Happened at the Oroville Dam Spillway?C1-C2 · ~15,000 words · fastPractical Engineering73/10038:04AUTO72 Hours With Strangers Who Have Seen AliensB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory73/10023:18AUTOSaudi Arabia’s Plan to Conquer Global GolfB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions73/10027:40AUTOWhy is Trump obsessed with Minneapolis? | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastVox73/10021:20AUTOThe 2005 Acura TL Was Peak AcuraB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro73/10052:21AUTOGrow Better Tomatoes + Tom Papa’s Jersey Shore Chaos + The Shed ShowdownB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThis Old House73/10016:27When Natural Gas Had No SmellB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering

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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