Comprehensible input in English

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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 →

57/1007:47Octopuses and fish work together: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · mediumBBC Learning English58/10044:38AUTOI'm Pulling Back the Curtain after 10 Years of YouTubingB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastEssential Craftsman58/1004:58How hat fashion has evolved throughout history - Alison L. GoodrumC1-C2 · ~19,000 words · mediumTED-Ed58/10037:34Harvard Professor Answers Middle East Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastWIRED58/1009:21Is social media 'the new smoking'?: BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastBBC Learning English58/10031:17Vowels! (Part Two)┃Learn American English Pronunciation On the GoB2-C2 · ~16,000 words · mediumRachel's English58/1001:59:45AUTOSpeak With Me for 2 hours: English Speaking PracticeB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa58/10022:10Let's Learn English! Topic: Imaginary Creatures and Animals! 🐉🦄👻 (Lesson Only)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian58/1007:48Ukraine war: US-Russia peace talks: BBC Learning English from the NewsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastBBC Learning English58/10045:43AUTOThe Pentagon’s AI war machineB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVox58/10028:49AUTOThe Unlikely Rise of the Indian Space ProgramC1-C2 · ~12,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/1007:26Human consciousness: Where is it in the brain? BBC Learning English from the NewsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastBBC Learning English58/10041:26AUTOThe internet is all bots now | The Gray AreaB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastVox58/10037:48Inside Pakistan’s Most Dangerous City (surreal)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory58/10018:26How Screens Stole Childhood — and How to Get It Back | Jonathan Haidt | TEDB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastTED58/10017:45Will Boom Bring Supersonic Back?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/1001:02:45English Vocabulary in 1 hour: advanced vocabulary lessonB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa58/10010:39How to order coffee in English ☕️ (C1 C2 Super Advanced Level!)B1-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastEnglish with Lucy58/10013:49How Common Knowledge Shapes the World | Steven Pinker | TEDC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumTED58/10020:03The Uncertain Future of Nuclear PowerC1-C2 · ~10,000 words · mediumReal Engineering58/10053:16AUTOBuilding Tomorrow: A Special Look at the Future of HousingB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastThis Old House58/10010:50I use these words every day: English Vocabulary LessonA2-B1 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa58/10011:07Can we actually control superintelligent AI? | Ada, Ep. 4B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTED-Ed58/1006:16Making cities feel quieter ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastBBC Learning English

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.

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 →