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

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1Easy English64831B1-B2medium13837 h
2BBC Learning English07554B2-C2medium19130 h
3Speak English With Vanessa288556B1-B2fast17485 h
4Learn English with Bob the Canadian438666B1-B2fast8834 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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The epic Nordic legend of the monster slayer - Iseult Gillespie
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~12,000 words6 minmedium
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How does the space station never run out of oxygen? - Alvaro Romero-Calvo and Theo St Francis
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minmedium
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Are vampire bats dangerous? - Imran Razik
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minmedium
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Father vs. Son: A journey into the underworld - Joseph Mbele
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~14,000 words6 minmedium
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The surprising reason zebras have stripes - Cella Wright
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minmedium
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The clever trick used by sports betting apps - Shannon Odell
score 42TED-EdB2-C2~8,000 words6 minmedium
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The history of the world according to rats - Max G. Levy
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~14,000 words6 minmedium
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The tale of the brothers who outwitted the demon queen - Malay Bera
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~10,000 words6 minmedium
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How Japan saved its biggest city from collapse - Roman Krznaric
score 42TED-EdC1-C2~19,000 words6 minmedium
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How did NASA touch the Sun without melting?
score 42TED-EdB2-C1~9,000 words6 minmedium
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The trillion dollar paradox - George Zaidan
score 43TED-EdB2-C2~11,000 words6 minmedium
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What your poop can tell you about your health - Hannibal Person
score 43TED-EdC1-C2~17,000 words6 minmedium
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This mushroom will kill you before you know what’s happening - Michael Beug
score 43TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minmedium
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The Greek tragedy of Oedipus' daughter - Stephen Esposito
score 43TED-EdC1-C2~11,000 words6 minmedium
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How scientists are creating real-life invisibility cloaks - Max G. Levy
score 43TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minmedium
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This could save lives— but are you willing to do it? - Michael Vazquez and Sarah Stroud
score 43TED-EdB2-C1~7,000 words6 minmedium
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What should you do if you accidentally cut off your finger? - Jason Hoellwarth
score 43TED-EdC1-C2~14,000 words6 minmedium
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Meet the slow loris, the only venomous primate in existence - Stephanie A. Poindexter
score 44TED-EdC1-C2~18,000 words6 minmedium
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If you had the chance to be immortal, would you take it? - Sarah Stroud and Michael Vazquez
score 44TED-EdB2-C2~10,000 words6 minmedium
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How to Power the World 24/7 — Without Oil | Cindy Taff | TED
score 44TEDB2-C2~5,000 words10 minmedium
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What is hysteria, and why were so many women diagnosed with it? - Mark S. Micale
score 44TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minmedium
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Lip Sync Battle with Melissa McCarthy | Fallon Flashback
score 44The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonB2-C1~5,000 words8 minmedium
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The missing ingredient in how we learn
score 44TED-EdB2-C2~10,000 words6 minmedium
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Is this the most valuable thing in the ocean? - David Biello
score 45TED-EdC1-C2~16,000 words6 minmedium
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