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Comprehensible input in English

5,229 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.

5,229
videos scored
45
channels
3,271 h
of material
988
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 →

77/10013:27Do Bad Reviews Kill Companies?B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastMarques Brownlee77/10024:38Visiting the Tribe that EATS HUMANS (Papua Island)B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastDrew Binsky77/1008:40AUTOMaude Apatow on New Season of Euphoria and Growing Up with Her Parents Judd Apatow & Leslie MannA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live77/10055:49Busting Nutrition Myths with Dr. Jessica KnurickB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastStarTalk77/10012:27How Sewers Work (feat. Fake Poop)C1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering77/10021:50The Incredible Logistics Behind Weather ForecastingC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions77/1009:52AUTOPatton Oswalt on His Love of Movies, New Comedy Special & Binge-Watching Mundane VideosB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live77/10016:27'Critical Role' Cast Answer The Most Searched Vox Machina Questions | WIREDB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastWIRED77/10016:28Why everyone’s mad about China’s new mapB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris77/1009:52AUTOAuli’i Cravalho on New Live-Action Moana Movie, Being from Hawaii & Fear of Stand-Up ComedyB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastJimmy Kimmel Live77/1008:25What Red and Black Tattoos Do to Your Immune SystemC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastSciShow77/1002:53:21AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2459 - Jim BreuerB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE77/10046:37I Paid a Taxi $10,000 to See How Far it Takes Me!B1-B2 · ~2,000 words · fastYes Theory77/1002:54:46AUTOHow to Improve Your Teeth & Oral Microbiome for Brain & Body Health | Dr. Staci WhitmanB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman77/10021:09AUTOHow the Vatican's Embassies WorkC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions77/10032:10Finding the World's Loneliest PersonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastYes Theory77/10012:44AUTOHow North Carolina Escaped Nuclear Disaster… TwiceB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastColdFusion77/10016:41How French Drains WorkB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastPractical Engineering77/10014:15AUTOThe Apple Car - A $10 Billion FailureB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion77/10053:00The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One KnewB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium77/10012:27AUTOShipping Container Office Gets Spray Foam Insulation!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman77/10013:295 Things That Shouldn't Be Able to Solve a MazeB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastSciShow77/10024:28AUTOThe World's Fastest Growing EconomyC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions77/10056:17AUTOIs Space Expanding Faster Than Light? | Cosmic Queries #110B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk

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)MedianVocabulary rangePaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2English with Lucy88141B1-C2medium15049 h
3Learn English with Papa Teach Me107142B1-C1medium10620 h
4Rachel's English58849B1-C2medium14068 h
5BBC Learning English07554B1-C2medium19130 h
6Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17585 h
7Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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