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)
Are We Heading Toward World War III? | Heni Ozi Cukier | TED
score 22TEDB2-C2~9,000 words18 minslow
TXT Answer The Web's Most Searched Questions | WIRED
score 26WIREDB2-C2~6,000 words9 minslow
Noam Chomsky: Putin, Ukraine, China, and Nuclear War | Lex Fridman Podcast #316
score 27Lex FridmanB2-C2~8,000 words47 minslow
The biggest myths about Neanderthals - Bruce Hardy
score 27TED-EdC1-C2~17,000 words7 minslow
Is Escape from Earth Possible? | One Strange Rock Ft. Will Smith (Full Episode) | Nat Geo
score 27National GeographicB2-C1~5,000 words47 minslow
Free Child (Short Film)
score 28Yes TheoryB1-B2~3,000 words20 minslowauto subs
Ugly History: The Armenian Genocide - Ümit Kurt
score 29TED-EdC1-C2~12,000 words8 minslow
What the oil industry doesn’t want you to know - Stephanie Honchell Smith
score 30TED-EdC1-C2~11,000 words7 minslow
What if your president was chosen via lottery? - Michael Vazquez
score 31TED-EdB2-C2~11,000 words7 minslow
Who was Genghis Khan? (Full Episode) | Secret History of the Mongols | National Geographic
score 32National GeographicB2-C2~8,000 words44 minslow
Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs? - Gale E. Ridge
score 32TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minslow
The incredible engineering of Venice - Stephanie H. Smith
score 32TED-EdC1-C2~15,000 words7 minslow
What are truffles, and why are they so expensive? - Carolyn Beans
score 33TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minslow
Edgar Allan Poe's story of the Red Death - Iseult Gillespie
score 33TED-EdC1-C2~17,000 words7 minslow
Why was bloodletting so popular? - Stephanie Honchell Smith
score 33TED-EdC1-C2~20,000 words7 minslow
When did we start using passports? - Kristin Surak
score 33TED-EdB2-C2~11,000 words6 minslow
How do snakes swallow animals so much bigger than they are? - Niko Zlotnik
score 33TED-EdC1-C2~14,000 words7 minslow
Psychedelics, mind control, radiation-eating: The secret superpowers of fungi - Max G. Levy
score 34TED-EdC1-C2~19,000 words6 minslow
How does extreme heat affect your body? - Carolyn Beans
score 34TED-EdB2-C1~9,000 words6 minslow
3 surprising ways microplastics can enter your body
score 34TED-EdC1-C2~12,000 words6 minslow
The haunting history of the Paris Catacombs - Stephanie H. Smith
score 34TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minslow
Does hypnosis ever actually work? - Devin Terhune
score 35TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words7 minslow
What happens to your brain without any social contact? - Terry Kupers
score 35TED-EdC1-C2~15,000 words7 minslow
The machine that changed our understanding of human history - Max G. Levy
score 36TED-EdC1-C2~13,000 words6 minslow
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