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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10/10023:30AUTOMonnaie coloniale, monnaie locale | MONEY | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10020:10Le génocide des Tutsis du RwandaB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowNota Bene
10/1001:32:42AUTOAux armes, citoyennes ! Les femmes dans la Révolution française | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10052:43AUTODarwin express : Les nouveaux défis de l'évolution | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10027:06AUTOLes États peuvent-ils s’endetter sans fin ? | 42 - La réponse à presque tout | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:23AUTOCanicule à Vienne, fini les calèches ? | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/1004:20:31AUTOLes grands mythes : L'Odyssée (Intégrale) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/1001:32:06AUTOCap Corse, le mystère des anneaux | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10023:11AUTOCes villes qui n'existent pas | PhantasIA #7 | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/1001:34:41AUTOCasse du siècle au Liban | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · slowARTE
10/10025:20AUTOKirghizistan : la démocratie confisquée | ARTE ReportageB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10052:23AUTOLe mythe des profondeurs | Sous-marins (1/2) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10054:13AUTOEdgar Morin, journal d'une vie | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10026:09AUTOCrète, le mythe du labyrinthe | Enquêtes archéologiques | ARTEB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:22AUTOL’amour aujourd’hui : comment ça marche ? | Twist | ARTEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
10/1001:32:03AUTOToutankhamon, le trésor redécouvert | Documentaire (2018) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10020:15L’esclave qui a détruit l'empire aztèqueB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowNota Bene
10/10053:38AUTOLa princesse rouge | Documentaire (2022) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10051:38AUTOCybercriminalité, des attaques bien réelles | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10053:35AUTODopamine, comment les applis piègent notre cerveau | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:26AUTOAlpes : quand la police chausse les skis | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:34AUTOLe combat de l'Ukraine pour la culture | Tracks East | ARTEB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/1004:19:02AUTOLes grands mythes : L'Iliade (Intégrale) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10024:55AUTOGroenland : Inuites, et fières de l’être | ARTE ReportageB2-C2 · ~8,000 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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