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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
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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 →

79/10021:30AUTONothing Phones and Their "Impossible Mission"B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastColdFusion79/10020:27AUTOA 4K view inside Ragusea's happy placeB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea79/10012:56Jennifer Aniston Rewatches Friends, Along Came Polly, The Morning Show & More | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair79/10013:43AUTOBuilding in the #1 Wildfire Zone in UtahB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger79/1001:17:12AUTOHow Matt Mahan Thinks He Can Save CaliforniaB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast79/10021:32Paleontologist Answers Extinction Questions | Tech Support | WIREDC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWIRED79/10013:15World's Highest Jumping RobotB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium79/10038:28AUTO7 New Building Products & Big Reactions : Break TimeB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastMatt Risinger79/10019:15AUTOWhy Texas Won’t Stop GrowingC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/10024:05AUTOThe Mazda Miata 35th Anniversary Is as Good as EverB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro79/10018:32The world depends on a collection of strange items. They're not cheapB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium79/10055:44AUTOClean Smarter, Not Harder + Chris Hayes’ Dream Cabin + Vintage Toilet ShowdownB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House79/10021:52How the Korean DMZ WorksC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/1001:42:00AUTOAnthropic's Fable Backlash, Nationalizing AI, Inflation Heats Up & California’s Broken ElectionsB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastAll-In Podcast79/10048:48AUTOWe Solved the Protein Folding Problem… Now What?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastStarTalk79/10013:47Why SpaceX Cares About DirtB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastPractical Engineering79/10015:52AUTOWhy We Insulate | The Builders Insulation Playbook - Ep. 1B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastMatt Risinger79/10012:38The 500-Year-Long ExperimentC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastSciShow79/10023:32AUTOThe Logistics of FirefightingB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastWendover Productions79/1009:24What the Heck is a FODMAP?B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastSciShow79/1002:03:06AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2524 - Rupert LoweB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastPowerfulJRE79/1002:26:44AUTOMale vs. Female Brain Differences & How They Arise From Genes & Hormones | Dr. Nirao ShahC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman79/10019:29AUTOCaulk - Are you sure you're using the right one?B2-C2 · ~4,000 words · fastMatt Risinger79/10022:22AUTOThe New 2026 Subaru Outback Is Boxy and Bigger Than EverB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · fastDoug DeMuro

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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