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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
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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 →

85/10020:11AUTOHow the Trucking Industry Got So TerribleB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastWendover Productions85/1003:26:39Adam Frank: Alien Civilizations and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #455B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman85/10012:09Cobra Kai Cast Reveals Uncomfortable Truths in the Hot Seat | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~2,000 words · very fastVanity Fair85/1009:46The town aluminum comes fromC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastAdam Ragusea85/1001:26:07No.1 Nitric Oxide Expert: Why You’re Always Tired and It’s Not Your FaultC1-C2 · ~13,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO85/1002:17:12AUTOThe Speaking Coach: The One Word All Liars Use! Stop Saying This Word, It's Making You Sound Weak!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO86/1001:32:09Everything About Disc Golf Aerodynamics - Smarter Every Day 313B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/1006:26Steak and potato gratin/pieB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastAdam Ragusea86/10013:02The Internet Didn't Fail. It Was Taken.B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastJohnny Harris86/10014:32Mercedes CEO Answers F1 Team Principal Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED86/10029:59How Carburetors are Made (Basically Magic) - Holley Factory Tour | Smarter Every Day 261B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastSmarterEveryDay86/10030:12AUTOOptimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus & Creativity | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAndrew Huberman86/10036:49Inside Tokyo's Smallest ApartmentsB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky86/10028:49Entering America's Most Conservative Amish TownB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastDrew Binsky86/10019:33World's Most Dangerous Trap!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10030:42100 People Vs World’s Biggest Trap!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10016:41Hugh Grant & Nicholas Hoult Reunite 21 Years After 'About a Boy' | Vanity FairB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastVanity Fair86/10051:27AUTOFinally, The Truth with Michael ShermerB1-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastStarTalk86/10010:47How to Install Granite Hillside Steps | Ask This Old HouseB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastThis Old House86/10043:29Mob Betrayals from New York to Chicago (Full Episode) | Inside the American Mob CompilationB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastNational Geographic86/10015:37Nothing Phone 3 Review: They Lied!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastMarques Brownlee86/10041:2750 YouTubers Fight For $1,000,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast86/10022:46AUTOWhat are the options? Builder’s Insulation Playbook - Ep. 2C1-C2 · ~12,000 words · fastMatt Risinger86/10037:04Survive 30 Days Chained To Your Ex, Win $250,000B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastMrBeast

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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