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Comprehensible input in English

3,654 videos from 34 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

3,654
videos scored
34
channels
2,338 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 →

88/10020:46Uncovering 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 CEO88/10025:46Would You Risk Drowning for $500,000?B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast88/1002:28:43AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2365 - Rep. Anna Paulina LunaB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE88/1003:19:25Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump | Lex Fridman Podcast #335B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLex Fridman88/10012:33Why Your Brain Blinds You For 2 Hours Every DayB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell88/10026:40Pranks Destroy Scam Callers- GlitterBomb PaybackB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober88/10020:32Alex Honnold Answers Rock Climbing Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED88/10018:057 Days Stranded At SeaB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10023:06This mechanism shrinks when pulledB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastVeritasium89/1003:11:35Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #386B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman89/10025:38Lava vs Lasers - Which Is More Destructive?B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10014:47$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Yacht!B2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10024:59I Tried Building My Own Space SatelliteB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10037:00I Stranded 100 People In The Wilderness For $250,000B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10017:13Octopus vs Underwater MazeB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10019:06Q&A with Grant, windy walk editionB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown89/10026:56Egg Drop From SpaceB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10015:07Protect The Yacht, Keep It!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10015:11Bayes theorem, the geometry of changing beliefsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown89/10028:43Supply Chain Expert Answers Chinese Manufacturing Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastWIRED89/1002:34:30AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2434 - Kurt MetzgerB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE89/1001:49:54AUTOBrian Keating: I’m Spending $200 Million To Explore Existence! How God Fits Into Science Explained!B2-C1 · ~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
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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