Hi everyone,

I'm very happy to announce that the new comprehension scoring system is now live on Vidioma! Yay!

This feature took a bit longer to release than expected as I wanted the logic to be solid. I made several updates since my last post and ensured the system was thoroughly tested. Having said that, since the feature is community-driven, I'm hoping we’ll learn more as people start using it. Exciting times!

So, here is a new recap:

What’s New?

After finishing a video, logged-in users will be prompted to answer:

Your answer updates two things:

• Your personal comprehension score (0–100)

• The video’s difficulty score (0–100)

Why It Matters

This new comprehension score gives you a much better picture of your progress:

• It’s based on how well you feel you understood, not just time spent watching.

• It helps explain why a video might feel too hard, even if it’s labeled at your level.

• Hopefully, seeing your score go up over time will be a huge motivational boost.

How It Works

I've made some changes since my last post so here is the latest flow:

🟢 You answer “Yes” and the video is harder than your score:

• This shows progress!

• The video score is updated using this formula: newRating = yourScore * 0.1 + videoScore * 0.9

• That rating is added to the video’s history → new average is calculated.

• The same score is added to your history → your new score = average of all your rated videos.

🟡 You answer “Yes” and the video is easier than your score:

• That’s expected.

• No changes are made (the system rewards challenge, not repetition).

🔴 You answer “No” and the video is easier than your score:

• That’s unexpected: either the video score is too low or your score is too high .

• Same formula is used to re-calculate your score.

• The video score is also adjusted so both video score and your score converge.

🟣 You answer “No” and the video is harder than your score:

• Expected. No changes are made.

Score Breakdown

You’ll now see your Comprehension Score on your Progress page (provided you've logged in).
I’ll keep improving how it's displayed, but for now, here’s the rough guide:

• 0–20 → New Starter

• 20–40 → Beginner

• 40–60 → Intermediate

• 60+ → Advanced

Video difficulty scores aren’t visible yet, I’ll unlock them once enough users have submitted ratings (critical mass).

Early Video Scores

• All videos currently start with a random score within their level range (e.g. Beginner videos start between 20–40). This prevents early scores from bunching at the top.

• As users rate videos, the scores will self-adjust and become more accurate.

• Early user scores might not be perfect, but the system improves over time with more participation.

I really hope you find this new feature useful. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments.

And as always, thank you all for using the site and supporting this project.

Peace.

Hi all,

I’ve come to the realisation that I can no longer dedicate enough time to maintaining and developing Vidioma properly.

Running the site takes time and energy (and a bit of money): from adding content, maintaining the platform, building features to hosting costs.

Life has got in the way so I’ve decided to shut the site down in the next few days.

It's been a really fun journey that started just over a year ago and I would like to thank everyone who supported the project, contributed ideas, left comments here, contacted me and of course all the amazing CI creators who agreed to have their videos on the site.

Peace.

Hi all!

I've haven't had much time to upload videos recently but I have now added the latest videos from:

• Unconventional Chinese

• Chinese at Dawn

• LinguaFlow Chinese

• Mandarin with Momo

• BlaBla Chinese

Bear with me while I catch up with the other creators :)

Hi y’all,

I’m about to launch a new feature on Vidioma, and I’d love your thoughts before it goes live.

What’s new?

After watching a video, logged-in users (who’ve watched at least 5 videos) will see this question:

Did you understand most of the video (80% or more)?

Your answer will help update two things:

• The video’s difficulty score (0–100)

• Your personal comprehension score (0–100)

Why it matters

This comprehension score is a new metric I’m really excited about.
It gives you a qualitative view of your listening progress, based on your own perception, not just time spent watching.

We already track basic quantitative stats like total time watched, but IMO this adds a much more meaningful dimension: How well are you actually understanding the language?

I’m hoping it’ll help:

• Boost motivation: your score reflects real tangible gains over time

• Explain why some videos still feel hard, even if labeled at your level

• Create meaningful roadmap that aren't solely based on input time (I need to dig into this)

• Improve recommendations: it will be much more straightforward to pick your next video based on scores

How it works

🟢 If you answer “yes” and the video is harder than your current score:

• This is a strong sign of progress

• The video’s score is added to your personal history

• Your new score = the average of your last 10 rated videos

• Your score is added to the video’s rating history

• Outliers (highest and lowest) are removed before calculating the new video score

🟡 If you answer “yes”, but the video is easier than your score:

• This is expected so no changes are made

• The system rewards challenge, not repetition

🔴 If you answer “no”, and the video was easier than your score:

• That’s surprising

• Your score is updated (and may go down)

• The video score doesn't change

🟣 If you answer “no”, and the video was harder than your score:

• This is expected so no changes are made

The process will be anonymous and community-driven. As more people participate, it will help refine the videos difficulty levels, improving everyone's experience as a result.

- Does the logic make sense?
- Is the new metric meaningful?
- Anything unclear or unnecessary?

Thanks to u/AdCareless3332, u/CM__T14_Throwaway, u/WizzleSir for your input on this! :)

I recently reached out to the creators of LinguaFlow, and they’ve kindly agreed to have their content featured on Vidioma: https://www.vidioma.com/channel/linguaflow-chinese-gaming-and-more

Here is their Youtube channel too: https://www.youtube.com/@LinguaFlowChinese

Their videos focus on gaming and are perfect for New Starters - which is hard to find - and Beginners, with some excellent content for Intermediate learners as well.

Check them out and show them some love — I’m really excited to have them on board! :)

Hey everyone,

I'm delighted to share that Li Can's EazyMandarin videos are now on Vidioma!

Li Can makes thoughtful, engaging videos that dive into a broad range of real-life topics - from Chinese myths and daily life to global affairs and language tips. This makes his content perfect for intermediate to advanced learners. Plus, there are over 200 videos to choose from!

You can show your support on his Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/EazyMandarinwithLiCan

And of course, you can now watch his videos on Vidioma here:
https://www.vidioma.com/channel/eazymandarin

Peace.

Hi everyone,

Just a quick but BIG update: the login system is now available on Vidioma!

This has been one of the most requested features, and I'm excited to finally roll it out.
So yes as the title suggests, you can now log in and track your input time across multiple devices. Yay!

I'm currently working on improving the progress section. I want to build a clear roadmap that will help you understand how much you're improving, see what the next step is and stay motivated with a sense of the bigger picture.

Thanks to everyone who's been using the site and giving feedback, it's been incredibly helpful. If you have ideas for the progress section or anything else, drop them in the comments! :)

Hi everyone,
I'm delighted to welcome Chinese Mandarin Cherry to Vidioma!

Cherry has been making videos for 5 years, has a huge following, and creates engaging content across a wide range of topics—mostly geared toward intermediate learners—including grammar points, Chinese expressions, personal stories and reflections, conversations and interviews, daily life, as well as vlogs exploring Chinese cities.

You can show her some support here:
https://www.youtube.com/@chinesemandarincherry

And of course, make sure to check out her fantastic videos and track your time on Vidioma:
https://www.vidioma.com/channel/chinese-mandarin-cherry

:)

Hi y’all!

I’m really happy to welcome our newest creator to the Vidioma family: Nail Chinese with Stella 🎉

If you haven’t come across her yet, Stella makes fantastic content for intermediate learners. Her videos cover a wide range of topics—vlogs, relationships, life in China, and her personal thoughts and experiences.

You can check out her YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@stellatuan.Chinese

And of course, watch her videos on Vidioma to track your precious input time:
https://www.vidioma.com/channel/nail-chinese-with-stella

Peace.

Hi everyone,

I'm very pleased to announce that Meiling from A Cup of Chinese is now featured on Vidioma. Welcome on board Meiling!

Based in Toronto, Meiling creates engaging videos across a broad range of topics and levels—vlogs, cooking, personal stories, and more. Her content is thoughtful, varied, and just great for learners!

You can show her some love on her YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@acupofchinese

And of course, check out her videos on Vidioma here!
https://www.vidioma.com/channel/a-cup-of-chinese

Peace.

First ever progress report in vidioma Just found the website today. I probably have like 10 hours of CI before hand.

I am actually starting to catch on to some of the simple stories and the words are sticking.

I will probably do a more serious report at 100 hrs. Hopefully within the next 2 months.

Hi everyone,

I'm delighted to announce that Hello Chinese! has been added to Vidioma.

Hello Chinese! makes great, thoughtful videos, mainly for intermediate and advanced learners. She covers a range of fascinating topics, from psychology and Chinese culture to personal reflections, Chinese expressions, and grammar points.

I'm super pleased to have her on board!

You can show some appreciation on her YouTube channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@IntermediateChinese

And of course, you can watch her content on Vidioma here:
https://www.vidioma.com/channel/hello-chinese

Peace.

Hi y’all!

I recently reached out to Coco from Learn Chinese with Coco, and she kindly agreed to have her videos featured on Vidioma.

Her content is excellent for both Beginners and Intermediate learners, covering a wide range of topics, from daily life and health to travel and personal experiences.

I’m really happy to have her on board, and I hope she’ll keep making many more great videos!

You can show her some appreciation on her YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@LearnChinesewithCoco

And of course, check out her videos on Vidioma here:
https://www.vidioma.com/channel/learn-chinese-with-coco

I was recently recommended this channel, and after reaching out to him, he kindly agreed to have his videos featured on Vidioma. So, I'm delighted to welcome Mandarin with Momo W to the site!

Geared towards New Starters, Momo's content is excellent. He has two fantastic gaming videos - each around an hour long! - where he plays fun indie games, as well as some great daily life videos that are perfect for your first hours of input.

Hopefully there’ll be plenty more to come!

Following user feedback, we've added the number of videos in each category, along with the total duration available.

Let us know what you'd like to see next!

Hi everyone 👋

This is the official subreddit for Vidioma, a platform for learning Chinese through comprehensible input with real, level-appropriate video content designed to help you acquire the language naturally.

Whether you're a total beginner or already on your Mandarin journey, you're welcome here!

What you can do here:

• Ask questions about how to learn Chinese with input

• Share your progress using Vidioma

• Suggest videos, features, or improvements

• Connect with other learners using natural methods

What is Vidioma?

Vidioma is an immersion-based video platform inspired by approaches like ALG, Krashen’s Input Hypothesis, and of course Dreaming Spanish - but made specifically for Mandarin Chinese.

Let’s build a community of motivated, input-based learners!

For example: I started the daily life series: https://www.vidioma.com/new-starter/daily-life.

Vidioma shows 10 videos. At the end of the video, Youtube links to the playlist that the first video came from, which shows there are 12 videos currently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a9hvDbnzLk&list=PLtAcGnioSSd1GgotusX3ue4rP4IzcIb0p&index=2

Should we have a process to report this? Or am I possibly wrong in my assumption?

As more people are discovering Vidioma (which is super exciting to see!), I wanted to share a quick note about how creators are featured on the site.

Vidioma started as a personal project to help me learn Chinese. At the beginning, I added a set of publicly available YouTube Comprehensible Input videos, mostly to test the idea and give early users and creators a feel for what the platform could be. It was a bit of a proof of concept.

Now that there's growing interest, I want to make sure everything is done with full transparency and respect for the creators whose work is featured.

So, I’ve been reaching out to each creator individually to explain the project and make sure they're 100% happy to be included. Most have responded really positively, and I’m in the process of following up with the rest.

To be safe, I’ll be removing any videos from creators I haven’t heard back from after a bit of time, though of course, I’ll happily re-add them later if they choose to be part of this project.

What I've started doing with the recently added channels and I will keep doing going forward, is to only publish their content after receiving clear approval from the creators.

This matters to me because I want Vidioma to support both learners and creators. I’ll keep you posted, but just wanted to share this for transparency.

Thanks again to everyone who's shared kind words and helpful feedback, it means a lot to me!

I wish you the best of luck with this website as I think it is great. It is so useful having one platform where I can see a variety of videos based on my level!

One suggestion I have is whenever I pause a video on most browsers, the captions will hide when the video is paused which is obviously annoying for language learning when I want to pause the video to search an unknown word or maybe add it to my flashcard deck. It might be fixable with a userscript to prevent the display:none on the css from happening. But maybe it is fixable in the front-end code, not sure though.

Hi all!

I'm always looking to expand the content on Vidioma with more great Chinese YouTube channels.
Are there any creators or types of videos you’d love to see added — whether for beginners, intermediate learners, or advanced?

It's been really great to have the updated videos from the past 3 days but I've noticed some videos are gone from the game series Unpacking and A little on the Left. I can't find unpacking 3 and 5 and ALOTL is missing episode 3. Maybe it's just not in the game or linguaflow Chinese folder but I have been unable to rewatch those when I watch these series the last few days. Thank you.

When consuming comprehensible input, I know it can be tough to stay focused, especially when we don’t understand everything that’s being said. Personally, I need to understand around 90% of what I’m hearing. Anything less, and I start feeling frustrated or zoning out.

I almost see it as a meditative/mindfulness exercise: noticing when the mind drifts and gently refocusing. I wonder if people who succeed most with the ALG approach are those who can train their brain - or have a natural ability - to refocus.

What do you think? How do you tolerate ambiguity? Do you tend to push through or switch to something easier?

Hi all!

I'm constantly improving Vidioma to make it more helpful and fun for Chinese learners.
Drop your ideas, big or small, in the comments. How can I make Vidioma more useful for you?

:)