Comprehensible input · French

Comprehensible input in French

3,147 videos from 24 channels, each scored from its own subtitle track — vocabulary load and speaking pace. Filter to your level, then watch it on YouTube.

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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 →

LevelAny Beginner Intermediate Advanced

LengthAny Under 10 min 10–30 min Over 30 min

PaceAny Slow Medium Fast Very fast

ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (843)Talk shows (620)Entertainment (477)Podcasts (416)

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9/1008:51Prométhée, le sauveur de l'humanitéB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowNota Bene

29/1009:41Ce temple cambodgien est absolument incroyable ! Baphuon : la Montagne d’or d’AngkorB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumNota Bene

51/1008:23AUTOJ'ouvre des énormes géodes ! (ça faisait longtemps)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · fastDr Nozman

60/1008:05AUTO4 armes secrètes inquiétantes !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

60/1008:07AUTO3 recherches scientifiques interdites !B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

69/1009:34AUTOSi tu n’as pas ça, t’es ULTRA rare ! (je l'ai... et toi ?)B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

69/1008:05AUTOLa variole du singe, c'est quoi ?B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

69/1008:27AUTOLorsque ça arrivera, ce sera terrifiant !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

72/1009:25AUTOSeuls 25% verront bien cette vidéo !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

73/1009:55AUTO7 photos troublantes de l'espace !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

75/1009:46AUTOLes plus étranges réflexes des animaux !B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

75/1009:05AUTOLes mégatsunamis les plus terrifiants !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

76/1008:46AUTOLes plus étranges appareils ! (très bizarre...)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

77/1008:23AUTOLa plus grosse catastrophe chimique de l’année !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

77/1009:57AUTOLes matières les plus chères au monde ! (c'est choquant)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

77/1009:14AUTOLa plus précieuse substance de notre corps !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

81/1008:48AUTO9 trucs flippants de notre corps !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

81/1009:24AUTO5 phénomènes quantiques incroyables !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

84/1008:48AUTOCette ville est très étrange, The Line !B2-C1 · ~10,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

Which French channel to start with

ChannelsAny Made for learners Real-world content

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.

#	Channel	Level range (0–100)	Median	Typical band	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	innerFrench	4–45	8	B1-B2	slow	211	113 h
2	Français Authentique	4–42	8	B1-B2	slow	198	50 h
3	Piece of French	4–36	8	B1-B2	slow	69	16 h
4	Français avec Nelly	5–31	8	B1-B2	slow	129	25 h
5	Français avec Pierre	5–27	9	B1-B2	slow	185	38 h

5 of these 5 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 4 to 45. 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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