Comprehensible input · English

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.

1,777
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17
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1,435 h
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591
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 →

88/10010:00Why “probability of 0” does not mean “impossible” | Probabilities of probabilities, part 2B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/1002:00:50AUTOHe Risked Everything To Warn You: No One Is Ready For What's Coming, And The AI Companies Know It!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO88/1003:57:49Aella: Sex Work, OnlyFans, Porn, Escorting, Dating, and Human Sexuality | Lex Fridman Podcast #358B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLex Fridman88/1002:15:58AUTOJeff Cavaliere: The TRUTH about Creatine! Melt Belly Fat With 1 Change!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO88/10010:52Oh, wait, actually the best Wordle opener is not “crane”…B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/10025:19I Outsmarted Pro Car ThievesB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/10010:24Real Life Spider-Man Vs SkyscraperB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastMrBeast88/10013:59$10,000 Every Day You Survive PrisonB1-C1 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast88/10026:41Polite Phrases in English┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastRachel's English88/1001:40:49AUTOStock Expert: Becoming Rich Is Simple, But You Won’t Do It!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO88/10026:33Ronaldo vs My Unbeatable Goalie RobotB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/1002:43:37AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2437 - Rand PaulB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE88/10023:14Backyard Squirrelympics 3.0- The Summer GamesB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/1002:41:42AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2457 - Michael MaliceB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE88/1001:33:18AUTOStanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO88/10015:28Brittany Broski Takes a Lie Detector Test | Vanity FairB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastVanity Fair88/1003:43:34Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLex Fridman88/10024:20Make math videos! | Summer of Math Exposition announcementB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/1003:00:21AUTOMichael Levin: Biology, Life, Aliens, Evolution, Embryogenesis & Xenobots | Lex Fridman Podcast #325B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman88/10011:44This Robot Eats Trash #TeamSeasB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/1003:34:03Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #381B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman88/10020:46Uncovering America's Underwater CityB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/10053:40How I animate 3Blue1Brown | A Manim demo with Ben SparksB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown88/1002:12:32AUTOThe Money Making Expert: The 7,11,4 Hack That Turns $1 Into $10K Per Month! Daniel PriestleyB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO

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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