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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
videos scored
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 →

64/10010:11AUTOI Cooked For An Italian GrandmaB1-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastJoshua Weissman64/10033:10How Hearing & Balance Enhance Focus & Learning | Huberman Lab EssentialsB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman64/10026:35Let's Learn English! Topic: Things You Should Check! 💱⛅🌡️ (Lesson Only)B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian64/10019:18Let's Learn English! Topic: Animal Sounds! 🐄🐖🦆 (Lesson Only)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastLearn English with Bob the Canadian64/10040:43Sony Betacam: Not the Beta you're thinking of (it's way better)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · fastTechnology Connections64/10013:22AUTOThe Questionable Engineering of the 737 MaxC1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastReal Engineering64/10044:32100 Hours Inside Syria's Failed Dictatorship (heartbreaking journey)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastYes Theory64/1003:19:52AUTODuncan Trussell: Comedy, Sentient Robots, Suffering, Love & Burning Man | Lex Fridman Podcast #312B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastLex Fridman64/10012:56Why Geologists Lick Petrified PoopC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastSciShow64/10021:5814 Advanced English Phrases for DAILY LIFEB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa64/10033:11I tricked my car charging station into powering a 7.5 kW heaterB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastTechnology Connections64/10033:24The Crystal That Could Destroy All MedicineB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastVeritasium64/10020:30Sawing a Dam in Half (on Purpose)B2-C2 · ~10,000 words · fastPractical Engineering64/1008:095 ways to connect with peopleB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · fastTED-Ed64/10011:11How Do Seatbelts Work?C1-C2 · ~11,000 words · fastReal Engineering64/1002:50:31AUTODefining Healthy Masculinity & How to Build It | Terry RealB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · fastAndrew Huberman64/10023:34Why Democracy Is Mathematically ImpossibleB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · fastVeritasium64/1001:02:32AUTOThe Science Of Revenge, with James KimmelB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · fastStarTalk64/1004:54This is the most common way to get head lice - Nazzy PakpourC1-C2 · ~14,000 words · fastTED-Ed64/10014:58Why AI Isn’t Going to Become Conscious | Anil Seth | TEDB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · fastTED64/10022:17Why Do Escalator Steps Have Teeth?B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · fastVeritasium64/1006:14How advertisers make us spend money ⏲️ 6 Minute EnglishB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · fastBBC Learning English64/10028:17AUTOReal English Conversation: Advanced English LessonB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · fastSpeak English With Vanessa64/1001:38:39AUTOThe Microbiome Doctor: Doctors Were Wrong! The 3 Foods You Should Eat For Perfect Gut Health!B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · fastThe Diary Of A CEO

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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