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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 →

75/10019:20Timothy Olyphant Rewatches Deadwood, Justified, Alien: Earth & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastVanity Fair75/10022:49AUTOThe Problem With Spirit Airlines’ Business ModelC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10020:58How Florida Got So WeirdC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/10022:56AUTOThe Carbon Offset ProblemC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · fastWendover Productions75/1008:53AUTOZlatan Ibrahimović on Messi vs Ronaldo, Becoming the Charles Barkley of Soccer & Hazing BeckhamB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live75/10010:32We’re Doing AI All Wrong. Here’s How to Get It Right | Sasha Luccioni | TEDB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTED75/10016:39Do Droughts Make Floods Worse?B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering75/1002:29:07AUTODr David Sinclair: Can Aging Be Reversed? After 8 Weeks, Cells Appeared 75% Younger In Tests!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO75/1009:11Antarctica Has An Accent and It's Weirder Than You ThinkB1-B2 · ~7,000 words · fastSciShow75/10014:31The Tragedy of the Cystic Fibrosis CureC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · fastSciShow75/10017:18AUTOTrump Lashes Out at the Pope AGAIN, Posts an A.I. Jesus Pic AGAIN & Distracts from Iran AGAIN!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live75/10010:14How Does Permeable Pavement Work?C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastPractical Engineering75/10028:58AUTOEric Schmidt on AI, the Battle with China, and the Future of AmericaB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast75/10031:37AUTOReal English Conversation: Vocabulary for Daily LifeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa75/10031:33I Moved Into A Retirement Home For 48 hrsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory75/1002:15:02AUTOPassive Income Expert: Buying A House Makes You Poorer Than Renting!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO75/10025:22How EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick Created Oscar-Winning Song "Golden" | Vanity FairB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVanity Fair75/10044:05Hidden Cargo & Apartment Raid (Full Episode) | To Catch a SmugglerB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastNational Geographic75/1004:27A day in the life of a martial artist in medieval China - Peter LorgeC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastTED-Ed75/1001:42:00AUTOSpaceX’s $2T Case, Nvidia’s Shock Selloff, America Turns on AI, Trump Pulls AI Order, Bond Crisis?B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast75/10051:32AUTOThe Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable HourB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast75/10034:18Live From Space - Smarter Every Day 303B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay75/1002:32:10AUTOAI AGENTS DEBATE: These Jobs Won't Exist In 24 Months!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO75/10013:48The Weirdest Adoptions in the Animal KingdomB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow

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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