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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
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45
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3,265 h
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987
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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 →

91/10025:04I Tried Every Viral Restaurant in AmericaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/10029:45I Tried The #1 Restaurant in AmericaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman91/1006:26One-pan orange chicken, no deep-fryingB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea92/1005:24AUTOExtra crunchy croque madameB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea92/10013:30The AI that solved IMO Geometry Problems | Guest video by @Aleph0B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown92/1008:40Belgian waffles cross-bred with Waffle HouseB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea92/10027:40AUTOPerfect Plumbing Plan | Ep.6: The Testing One! Water Quality Testing, FiltrationB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMatt Risinger92/1007:20Chocolate custard marshmallow swirl 'ice cream'B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea92/10013:55AUTOSecret Food Hacks I Learned In RestaurantsC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/10037:01AUTOI Tried Breakfast From Every State In AmericaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/10030:38I Tried The Best Taco In The WorldB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/10012:16Why charcoal is the first great cooking fuelB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea92/1001:51:15Control Your Vagus Nerve to Improve Mood, Alertness & NeuroplasticityC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman92/10016:23Where my explanation of Grover’s algorithm failedB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown92/10022:20Why do prime numbers make these spirals? | Dirichlet’s theorem and pi approximationsB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown92/10046:23How are holograms possible?B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown92/10023:05Why Laplace transforms are so usefulB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown92/10039:44The Scariest Chart in Electrical EngineeringB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastVeritasium92/10032:157 Days Stranded in The ArcticB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMrBeast92/10015:54AUTOCooking For The World’s Strongest Man (10,000 Calories)C1-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/1006:04AUTOToad in the hole (personal pan puddings)C1-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea92/1001:15:32AUTOAnti-Aging Expert: Creatine Is The Fat Loss Secret Doctors Don’t Tell You - Dr. Darren CandowB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO92/10030:15Making Celebrity Chefs' Best Recipes But BetterB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastJoshua Weissman92/10027:07How (and why) to raise e to the power of a matrix | DE6B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fast3Blue1Brown

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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