Comprehensible input · English

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 →

76/1002:47:24AUTOBuild Muscle & Strength & Forge Your Life Path | Dorian YatesB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman76/10016:11AUTOJohnny Knoxville on Kidnapping Brad Pitt, Having a Matching Perm with His Mom & Last Jackass MovieB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live76/1002:56:09Smuggling Illegal Drugs Across America | To Catch a Smuggler MEGA EpisodeB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastNational Geographic76/10047:59AUTOAnswering Questions About Time Travel, Aliens & Negative GravityB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk76/10024:24The Best Present Ever┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB1-C2 · ~4,000 words · fastRachel's English76/10017:06What Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering76/1006:38AUTOThe only dish she ever refusedB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea76/10018:58AUTOAI Deception: How Tech Companies Are Fooling UsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10013:18The Stickiest *Non-Sticky* SubstanceB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium76/10013:48So You Want To Build a Dyson SphereB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow76/10026:53I was TERRIFIED…but it’s a great English lesson!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastRachel's English76/1002:39:03AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2518 - Tim DillonB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE76/10017:29AUTOWhat Happened to Dropbox?B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion76/10022:23AUTOGoogle Could Change ForeverC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastColdFusion76/1002:21:57AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2425 - Ethan HawkeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE76/10013:18Trash Batteries & 4 Other Weird Ways to Store EnergyB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastSciShow76/1009:31John Travolta on Performing with The Beatles and Winning Cannes Festival Honor for Directorial DebutB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon76/10013:48AUTOJimmy Kimmel on Melania & Donald Trump Demanding His Firing & The White House Correspondents’ DinnerB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live77/1007:54Don't Drink The Ancient Forbidden Mineral WaterC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · fastSciShow77/1001:22:21AUTOCharlie Kirk Murder, Assassination Culture in America, Jimmy Kimmel Suspended, Ellison Media EmpireB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast77/10028:03NASA Scientist Answers Alien Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastWIRED77/1008:07What’s the best way to give a presentation?B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastTED-Ed77/10017:48AUTOHow American Cars Got So BadC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions77/10021:13AUTOWhat Went Wrong With California High Speed RailB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastWendover Productions

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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