Comprehensible input · English

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
of material
987
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 →

46/1006:15How can we help wild bees? ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English46/10014:25REAL English Conversation | FAST English!B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumRachel's English46/10018:14AUTOBoost your English in 60 days!A2-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumSpeak English With Vanessa46/10024:21AUTO50 Hours Inside Chernobyl - The World's Most Radioactive Place (surreal experience)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumYes Theory46/1005:30Why don’t we get our drinking water from the ocean? - Manish KumarC1-C2 · ~19,000 words · mediumTED-Ed46/1005:24Why kids need to take more risksB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED-Ed46/10015:19How to Tell What’s Real OnlineB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumStarTalk46/10016:14Speaking English: Simple Exercises for a PERFECT American AccentB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · mediumRachel's English46/1005:57What causes herpes, and how can you treat it? - Christine JohnstonC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · mediumTED-Ed46/10023:50If you can understand this FAST English, your English is ADVANCED (C1-C2 Listening Test)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy46/10049:13AUTORay Dalio: "AI Is Eating Everything - and It Might Eat Itself"B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumAll-In Podcast46/1006:50Learn English this Summer!B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumRachel's English46/1005:31Why do so many cultures have dragon legends? - Timothy J. BurberyC1-C2 · ~15,000 words · mediumTED-Ed46/10017:38Speaking English: You and I (or is it You and Me?!?)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumRachel's English46/10015:44Speaking English: How To Sound Natural and SmoothB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumRachel's English47/1001:57:12AUTOCAA (with Michael Ovitz)B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · mediumAcquired47/10023:11AUTOKate McKinnon Gets Weird While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot OnesB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · mediumFirst We Feast47/1005:25The real tale of the Monkey King in Heaven - Ji HaoC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED-Ed47/1005:40Japan's most famous ghost story - Jeffrey AnglesB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumTED-Ed47/1005:34Why do we use "they" as a singular pronoun? - Arika OkrentB2-C2 · ~15,000 words · mediumTED-Ed47/10018:20The Problem with Solar Energy in AfricaC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumReal Engineering47/10052:27AUTOEnglish Fitness Vocabulary - With Halima from BlackBoardEnglish!B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumLearn English with Papa Teach Me47/10014:36If you know these 15 Words, your English is AMAZING!B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumEnglish with Lucy47/1005:20You might be surprised by what you'd find in your pores - M. Alejandra PerottiC1-C2 · ~16,000 words · mediumTED-Ed

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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