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Comprehensible input in English

1,777 videos from 17 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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1,435 h
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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 →

35/10017:36AUTOEnglish for TravelB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10016:52English Pronunciation Level Test: What is your score out of 15?B1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy35/1006:11Scientists still don't know the answer to this infamous question - Charles Wallace & Dan KwartlerB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumTED-Ed35/10012:09AUTOSharing an ApartmentB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10019:45English Pronunciation Class: Master 30 difficult wordsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa35/10026:13Want Real Conversation Practice? Come Shopping With My Husband and Me!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumRachel's English35/10020:39AUTOLearn English with short dialogues with explanationsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10014:25AUTOFamily Life- English ConversationsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10014:24AUTOAn Englishman in New YorkB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10044:24Chilling Mystery of the Silver Mask (Full Episode) | Kingdom of Mummies | National GeographicB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumNational Geographic35/10016:58AUTOEveryday Life English ConversationB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10015:22AUTOAt Home - English ConversationB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10020:49AUTOEnglish Conversation for TravelB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEasy English35/10016:02Pronunciation Training: 3 Ways to speak English MUCH more clearly!B1-C1 · ~12,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy35/10011:41Are YOU Saying it WRONG? 5 Common Mistakes in EnglishA2-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy35/1003:20:00Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumLex Fridman35/10016:50AUTOEnglish Listening ComprehensionB1-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumEasy English35/1007:35AUTOAchieve the C2 (Proficiency) Level of English in 3 MonthsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy36/1005:11Talking about friends 👩‍🦳🧑‍🦰👱‍♀️ Real Easy EnglishA2-B1 · ~2,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English36/10018:51MODAL VERBS: All you need to know about CAN, COULD, MAY, MIGHT, MUST, SHOULD, SHALL, WILL and WOULDB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy36/1007:47The Accidental Brilliance of Makeshift Signs | Kate Canales | TEDB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumTED36/10028:5325 Advanced English Grammar Test Practice Questions With Answers & ExplanationsB1-B2 · ~7,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy36/10017:41AUTOPlaces Around Town - English Conversation PracticeB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumEasy English36/1005:57The infamous JoJo thought experiment - Michael Vazquez and Sarah StroudB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumTED-Ed

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
2BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
3Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
4Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. 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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