Comprehensible input · French
Comprehensible input in French
3,144 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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22/10011:35Pourquoi les élections américaines posent problème ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10019:55Ninjas, dans l'ombre des samouraïs ?B2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10021:56Léonard de Vinci est-il vraiment un génie ?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10017:34Les plus grands imposteurs de l'histoire #2B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10015:45Le bleu n’existait pas dans l’AntiquitéB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10020:28Les Harkis : un destin tragiqueB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10020:58Pourquoi les gens se font des tatouages ?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10018:51Les écuyers étaient-ils exploités par les chevaliers ?B2-C1 · ~11,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10029:30Les photons existent-ils ? 🟡B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumScienceEtonnante
22/10018:57Le désastre de la 1ère exécution sur une chaise électriqueB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumNota Bene
22/10028:30Les Machines de TuringB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumScienceEtonnante
22/10026:20Les grandes inondations de l'HistoireB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10017:07S’évader des camps nazisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10016:00Les pires jobs de l'Histoire - 3ème fournéeB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10025:40AUTOL'IA nous rend-elle bêtes ? | Les idées larges | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumARTE
23/10024:16L’Histoire du transport du gazB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10016:19Alfred le Grand, le cauchemar des vikingsB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10021:04Napoléon et la Franc-maçonnerieB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10020:16Le Far West n'a jamais existé — Buffalo Bill l'a fabriquéB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10018:37Ascension et déclin des samouraïsB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/10021:11Lovecraft et le mythe de CthulhuB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumNota Bene
23/1001:12:22AUTOL'interview d'Hugo Duminil-Copin, médaillé FieldsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumScienceEtonnante
23/10046:41Alain Aspect : Intrication quantique et inégalités de Bell [Interview complète]B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · mediumScienceEtonnante
23/10019:29Comment on transporte l'électricité ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · mediumNota BeneWhich 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 | 128 | 25 h |
| 5 | Français avec Pierre | 5–27 | 9 | B1-B2 | slow | 184 | 37 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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