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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 →

79/10047:04Nukes are way scarier than you thinkB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris79/10019:46AUTOConan O’Brien on Hosting the Oscars Again & the Letterman Bit That Would Have Ended His CareerA2-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live79/10030:45AUTOEssentials: Timing Light for Better Sleep, Energy & Mood | Dr. Samer HattarB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman79/1004:26:33AUTOImproving Science & Restoring Trust in Public Health | Dr. Jay BhattacharyaB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman79/1007:21AUTOAntony Starr on Final Season of The Boys, Homelander’s Breast Milk Obsession & Surfing in LAB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live79/10017:39AUTOMike Tyson on Doing Psychedelics, Going to Mar-a-Lago, Celebs Visiting Him in Prison & Turning 60B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastJimmy Kimmel Live79/10036:06AUTOHow Science Can Fix the Media LandscapeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk79/10051:28AUTOHow We’re Trying to Detect Dark Matter Particles, with Katherine FreeseB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk79/10020:21AUTOFloor Framing & Foundation | Episode 6 - Build Science 401™B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger79/10027:05AUTOJohn Bolton says Trump has lost the Iran war hawks | Today, ExplainedB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastVox79/10014:21AUTOAdam Richman Eats Brooklyn’s Most Legendary Sandwich | Pro MovesB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastFirst We Feast79/10022:59AUTOIf you do THIS, you're fluent in EnglishB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastSpeak English With Vanessa79/10014:14We’re Heading Into a New Cold WarB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastJohnny Harris79/10029:32Professor Answers Neurodiversity Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWIRED79/10022:37AUTOHow Modern Treasure Hunting WorksC1-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/1001:29:54AUTOCan the AI Industry Regulate Itself? Stripe Wants PayPal, China Catches Up, NY Bans DatacentersB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast79/10017:30Electric Vehicles' Battery ProblemC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/10025:12AUTOThe 2026 Dodge Charger Sixpack Is Better Than You ThinkB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro79/10013:37She Lives in a $46/Day Micro Apartment in JapanB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky79/1001:03:13AUTOWhat Gravitational Waves Reveal About the Universe, with Michelle ThallerB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastStarTalk79/10039:54The REAL Story of Donald TrumpB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastJohnny Harris79/1001:39:42AUTOGlobal Forecaster: The Brutal 2026 Shift (And The Crisis They Can’t Stop)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO79/10010:52I say this EVERY day! Daily British English (through story!)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastEnglish with Lucy79/10059:12The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288B2-C1 · ~4,000 words · fastSmarterEveryDay

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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