Comprehensible input · English
4 English channels made for learners, measured
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.
4
learner channels
591
videos scored
186 h
of material
The ranking
| # | Channel | Level range (0–100) | Median | Typical band | Pace | Videos | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Easy English | 6–48 | 31 | B1-B2 | medium | 138 | 37 h |
| 2 | BBC Learning English | 0–75 | 54 | B2-C2 | medium | 191 | 30 h |
| 3 | Speak English With Vanessa | 28–85 | 56 | B1-B2 | fast | 174 | 85 h |
| 4 | Learn English with Bob the Canadian | 43–86 | 66 | B1-B2 | fast | 88 | 34 h |
3 of these 4 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 0 to 86. 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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ContentMade for learnersNative contentScience & ideas (500)Podcasts (378)Entertainment (182)Talk shows (126)
Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War | Lex Fridman Podcast #316
score 27Lex FridmanB2-C2~8,000 words47 minslow
Serhii Plokhy: History of Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Nazis & War | Lex Fridman Podcast #415
score 35Lex FridmanB2-C1~6,000 words3h 20mmedium
The No.1 Brain Doctor: This Parenting Mistake Ruins Your Kids Brain & Alcohol Will Ruin Yours!
score 38The Diary Of A CEOB2-C1~5,000 words2h 18mmediumauto subs
Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality | Lex Fridman Podcast #321
score 39Lex FridmanB2-C1~5,000 words1h 36mmediumauto subs
Shaolin Warrior Master: Hidden Epidemic Nobody Talks About! This Modern Habit Is Killing Millions!
score 40The Diary Of A CEOB1-B2~3,000 words2h 29mmediumauto subs
Joe Rogan Experience #2343 - Joe Pistone
score 40PowerfulJREB1-B2~2,000 words2h 21mmediumauto subs
Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Human Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #482
score 42Lex FridmanB2-C1~6,000 words4h 34mmedium
Vejas Liulevicius: Communism, Marxism, Nazism, Stalin, Mao, and Hitler | Lex Fridman Podcast #444
score 42Lex FridmanB2-C2~10,000 words3h 32mmedium
Joe Rogan Experience #2443 - Filippo Biondi
score 44PowerfulJREB2-C1~6,000 words2h 7mmediumauto subs
Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India - Power, Democracy, War & Peace | Lex Fridman Podcast #460
score 45Lex FridmanB2-C1~7,000 words3h 18mmedium
Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341
score 46Lex FridmanB2-C2~8,000 words3h 16mmediumauto subs
John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401
score 47Lex FridmanB2-C1~6,000 words3h 27mmedium
Former FBI Agent: If They Do This Please RUN! Narcissists Favourite Trick To Control You!
score 48The Diary Of A CEOB1-C1~4,000 words2h 25mmediumauto subs
Andrew Strominger: Black Holes, Quantum Gravity, and Theoretical Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #359
score 48Lex FridmanB2-C1~6,000 words2h 20mmedium
Tulsi Gabbard: War, Politics, and the Military Industrial Complex | Lex Fridman Podcast #423
score 50Lex FridmanB2-C1~5,000 words1h 51mmedium
Annie Jacobsen: Nuclear War, CIA, KGB, Aliens, Area 51, Roswell & Secrecy | Lex Fridman Podcast #420
score 51Lex FridmanB2-C2~5,000 words3h 7mmedium
Invest in This – It’ll Be Worth $1.5 Million by 2030 | World Leading Investing Expert - Cathie Wood
score 51The Diary Of A CEOB2-C2~6,000 words1h 41mmediumauto subs
No.1 Neuroscientist: you can change who you are in 30 days
score 51The Diary Of A CEOB1-C1~5,000 words2h 7mmediumauto subs
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Ukraine, War, Peace, Putin, Trump, NATO, and Freedom | Lex Fridman Podcast #456
score 51Lex FridmanB1-B2~4,000 words3h 7mmedium
Professor Jiang: World War 3 Is About To Begin, Let Me Explain!
score 52The Diary Of A CEOB2-C1~6,000 words2h 11mmediumauto subs
Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies | Lex Fridman Podcast #390
score 52Lex FridmanB1-B2~5,000 words2h 45mmedium
Joe Rogan Experience #2397 - Richard Lindzen & William Happer
score 52PowerfulJREB1-C1~5,000 words2h 12mmediumauto subs
Joe Rogan Experience #2447 - Mike Benz
score 53PowerfulJREB2-C2~8,000 words2h 39mmediumauto subs
Magnus Carlsen: Greatest Chess Player of All Time | Lex Fridman Podcast #315
score 54Lex FridmanB1-B2~4,000 words2h 32mfast
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