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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
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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 →

78/10025:46AUTODid AI Just End Human Made Music? Ft. Rick BeatoB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion78/10042:34The Obviously True Theorem No One Can ProveB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium78/10037:22AUTO2026 Rivian R2 First Review: Affordable, Practical, Awesome!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro78/1001:10:44AUTOIran's Breaking Point, Trump's Greenland Acquisition, and Solving Energy CostsB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast78/10015:20AUTODan Levy on Failing Driving Test 12 Times, Growing Up with the Funniest People Ever & Big MistakesB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live78/10023:14Why China Will Never Surrender the South China SeaB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastJohnny Harris78/1003:53:54AUTOTransform Pain & Trauma Into Creative Expression | David ChoeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman79/10013:17Why Are Texas Interchanges So Tall?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering79/10016:47What Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering79/1002:13:15Mark Cuban: Shark Tank, DEI & Wokeism Debate, Elon Musk, Politics & Drugs | Lex Fridman Podcast #422B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman79/10047:04Nukes are way scarier than you thinkB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris79/10030:45AUTOEssentials: Timing Light for Better Sleep, Energy & Mood | Dr. Samer HattarB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman79/1004:26:33AUTOImproving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay BhattacharyaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman79/10036:06AUTOHow Science Can Fix the Media LandscapeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk79/10051:28AUTOHow We’re Trying to Detect Dark Matter Particles, with Katherine FreeseB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk79/10020:21AUTOFloor Framing & Foundation | Episode 6 - Build Science 401™B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger79/10027:05AUTOJohn Bolton says Trump has lost the Iran war hawks | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVox79/10014:21AUTOAdam Richman Eats Brooklyn’s Most Legendary Sandwich | Pro MovesB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast79/10014:14We’re Heading Into a New Cold WarB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris79/10029:32Professor Answers Neurodiversity Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWIRED79/10022:37AUTOHow Modern Treasure Hunting WorksC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/1001:29:54AUTOCan the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans DatacentersB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast79/10017:30Electric Vehicles' Battery ProblemC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/10025:12AUTOThe 2026 Dodge Charger Sixpack Is Better Than You ThinkB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

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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