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 →
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14/10027:49L’histoire sombre de la MartiniqueB2-C1 · ~12,000 words · slowNota Bene
14/10026:35La catastrophe de TchernobylB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowNota Bene
14/10026:26AUTOÉnergie noire : le fantôme du cosmos | Déclics | ARTEB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · slowARTE
14/10020:35L'Histoire de la bièreB2-C1 · ~13,000 words · slowNota Bene
14/10022:15AUTODollarisation : le cas spectaculaire de l'Argentine | MONEY | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE
15/10020:46Les pirates français les plus célèbresB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10015:20Ching Shih, la veuve qui dirigeait 20 000 pirates !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10020:521.4 million de morts, 4 millions de blessés : l'évolution étonnante du désastre médical de 14-18B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10017:44Ces églises françaises sont en dangerB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10017:20Où sont passés les corps de Waterloo ? (Dans ton café)B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10019:55AUTODeepfakes : enquête sur ceux qui s’emparent du corps des femmes | Sources | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE
15/10030:22AUTOFrance : les bergers en colère | ARTE RegardsB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumARTE
15/10016:28L'architecture étrange qui a inspiré BioshockB2-C1 · ~11,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10032:09La chute de l'Empire - Les Guerres Napoléoniennes (1808-1815)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowNota Bene
15/10018:286 juin 1944 : du Débarquement à la bataille de CaenB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · mediumNota Bene
15/10021:31Le Bismarck, l’arme absolue des AllemandsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowNota Bene
16/10020:43La drôle de vie des langues mortesB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowNota Bene
16/10020:42La sombre histoire des droguesB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · slowNota Bene
16/10052:53AUTOJimmy Somerville : Rebelle queer de la pop anglaise | Documentaire | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE
16/10024:08L'Indochine : de la conquête à la colonisation française (1847-1939) - Partie 1B2-C1 · ~12,000 words · slowNota Bene
16/10021:07AUTOAmis virtuels, dangers réels - Enquête sur les nouveaux compagnons IA des ados | Sources | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE
16/10022:12L'Indochine : la Guerre d’Indochine, et ses mémoires (1946 à nos jours) - Partie 3B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowNota Bene
16/10053:53AUTOSchizophrénie | Une brève histoire de l'automobile (3/3) | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE
16/10051:26AUTOVivre sans Etat | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTEWhich French 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.
| # | 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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