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Comprehensible input in English

1,777 videos from 17 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

1,777
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17
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1,435 h
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591
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 →

89/10018:16Testing What Happens If You Jump On A Moving TrainB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10028:17Lasers vs Lightning- Which Is More Powerful?B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/1002:20:05AUTOWorld Expert on Love: Your Brain Already Picked Your Partner (But They’re Lying About Monogamy)B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO89/10035:04Survive 30 Days Chained To A Stranger, Win $250,000B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10027:36How to Escape a Police Sniffing DogB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/1002:12:20Gordon Ramsay's American Food Adventure | America 250 Special | Uncharted MEGA Episode | Nat GeoB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastNational Geographic89/10023:03$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Futuristic Tech!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10025:13How to Escape Alcatraz With Basic EngineeringB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/1002:20:04Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism | Lex Fridman Podcast #410B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastLex Fridman89/1008:40Kane Parsons Would Bring a Hydrogen Bomb to Survive the Backrooms (Extended) | The Tonight ShowB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon89/1008:02F1 Drivers Answer The Most Searched Formula 1 Questions | WIREDB2-C1 · ~4,000 words · very fastWIRED89/10042:57Last To Leave Grocery Store, Wins $250,000B2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMrBeast90/1001:40:28AUTOGlucose Goddess: The 10 Glucose Hacks!B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO90/10018:47I Built a Roller Coaster In My LabB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober90/1002:22:20AUTOAI Expert: Here Is What The World Looks Like In 2 Years! Tristan HarrisB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO90/10021:32Amazing Invention- This Drone Will Change EverythingB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober90/10049:3150 Streamers Fight for $1,000,000B2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast90/10023:20I Cheated At Poker By Hacking A Casino Card Shuffling Machine | Hacklab | WIREDB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED90/1002:59:42AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2374 - Ben van KerkwykB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE90/10017:06Testing If You Can Blow Your Own SailB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober90/1001:59:57AUTOSex Expert: What Women Actually Need To Enjoy SexB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO90/10018:05Beating 5 Scam Arcade Games with ScienceB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober90/10021:20My Puzzle Robot is 200x Faster Than a HumanB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober90/1002:51:17AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2430 - Jay AndersonB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE

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
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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