Comprehensible input · English

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
videos scored
17
channels
1,435 h
of material
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 →

89/10017:13Octopus vs Underwater MazeB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10026:56Egg Drop From SpaceB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10015:07Protect The Yacht, Keep It!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10028:43Supply Chain Expert Answers Chinese Manufacturing Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastWIRED89/1002:34:30AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2434 - Kurt MetzgerB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE89/1001:49:54AUTOBrian Keating: I’m Spending $200 Million To Explore Existence! How God Fits Into Science Explained!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO89/10021:42I Spent 100 Hours Inside The Pyramids!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/1001:58:11AUTOScott Galloway: The Rich Are Quietly Preparing For The AI CollapseB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastThe Diary Of A CEO89/10017:35I Saved 1,000 Animals From DyingB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10019:16My Rock, Paper, Scissors Robot Never Loses (+9 Other Inventions)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10018:52Engineers vs Junkyard RC Car Death MatchB2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10017:17$1 vs $1,000,000,000 Nuclear Bunker!B2-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMrBeast89/10026:46Cybersecurity Expert Answers Hacking History Questions | Tech Support | WIREDB2-C2 · ~5,000 words · very fastWIRED89/1002:48:24AUTOJoe Rogan Experience #2417 - Ben van KerkwykB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastPowerfulJRE89/10016:20World's Tallest Elephant Toothpaste VolcanoB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMark Rober89/10018:16Testing 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 Fridman

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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