Comprehensible input · French

Comprehensible input in French

5,454 videos from 47 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 (1,822)Entertainment (1,365)Talk shows (623)Podcasts (523)

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89/1008:29AUTOJ'ai tracké tous les salaires des devB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastcocadmin

89/1009:30AUTOYa juste 6 concepts pour tout comprendre au DevOps.B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastcocadmin

89/10029:59AUTOMukbang : On Test des Plats de plus en plus Épicés (avec Grimkujow et BR)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastZACK

89/10013:35AUTOCette techno sur ton cv vaut +600€/moisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastcocadmin

90/10011:54AUTOComment faire une infra prête pour la prodB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastcocadmin

90/10036:19AUTOOn Teste les Adresses HYPE du Maroc (ft. Nico & Yass)B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastZACK

90/10025:02AUTOIl a fabriqué un jetpack et ça a viré au cauchemar...B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE

91/10040:22AUTO5 Projets pour devenir chaud en HackingB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · very fastcocadmin

91/1009:10AUTOJ'upgrade mon homelab éclaté mais surpuissantB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · very fastcocadmin

French channels, ranked

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	Vocabulary range	Pace	Videos	Hours
1	Français Plus Facile	3–12	6	B1-B2	slow	131	25 h
2	Simply French Podcast \| Easy French	3–11	7	B1-C1	slow	166	39 h
3	innerFrench	4–45	8	B1-C1	slow	211	113 h
4	Français Authentique	4–42	8	B1-B2	slow	198	50 h
5	Piece of French	4–36	8	B1-C1	slow	69	16 h
6	Français avec Nelly	5–31	8	B1-C1	slow	128	25 h
7	Français avec Pierre	5–27	9	B1-C1	slow	184	37 h
8	French In Motion	7–21	10	B1-C1	slow	34	7 h
9	Free Documentary Français	5–22	10	B2-C2	slow	164	152 h
10	Le Précepteur	7–49	10	B2-C1	slow	139	110 h
11	ARTE	6–53	10	B2-C2	slow	280	210 h
12	Passe-Science	12–37	19	B2-C1	medium	37	14 h
13	AstronoGeek	8–51	21	B2-C2	medium	78	44 h
14	Nota Bene	8–45	22	B2-C1	medium	185	63 h
15	Balade Mentale	10–51	22	B2-C1	medium	117	46 h
16	Chat Sceptique	9–46	23	B2-C1	medium	42	7 h
17	Le Réveilleur	10–38	26	B2-C1	medium	26	20 h
18	France Culture	9–76	28	B2-C1	medium	144	96 h
19	FastGoodCuisine	8–60	29	B2-C2	medium	100	46 h
20	ScienceEtonnante	17–52	30	B2-C1	medium	63	27 h
21	HugoDécrypte - Grands formats	6–85	36	B1-C1	medium	100	61 h
22	LE GRAND JD	7–81	36	B1-C1	medium	99	42 h
23	Heu?reka	16–54	38	B2-C1	fast	44	36 h
24	Stupid Economics	26–73	38	B2-C1	medium	31	12 h
25	Clique TV	12–70	39	B1-C1	medium	92	69 h
26	Quotidien	8–72	40	B1-C1	fast	115	32 h
27	Matthieu Stefani - Génération Do It Yourself	7–72	41	B1-C1	fast	128	308 h
28	Le Chantier des Max	7–66	42	B1-B2	fast	196	76 h
29	JOYCA	9–75	42	B1-C2	medium	80	55 h
30	SQUEEZIE	9–90	43	B1-C2	very fast	94	69 h
31	Bruno Maltor	11–81	44	B2-C2	fast	142	47 h
32	Konbini	10–87	45	B1-C1	fast	107	77 h
33	DirtyBiology	30–65	45	B2-C1	fast	51	18 h
34	HugoDécrypte - Actus du jour	31–63	46	B2-C1	fast	301	61 h
35	Amixem	30–73	47	B2-C2	fast	99	70 h
36	LEGEND	6–84	48	B1-B2	very fast	196	287 h
37	Paulygones	20–81	49	B2-C1	very fast	28	7 h
38	Action Création	17–76	52	B1-C1	fast	122	19 h
39	Underscore_	25–82	54	B2-C2	very fast	125	52 h
40	Sylvqin	9–76	56	B1-C2	very fast	36	17 h
41	ZACK	20–90	58	B1-C2	very fast	107	138 h
42	Hervé Cuisine	12–81	58	B2-C1	very fast	185	15 h
43	Tibo InShape	9–88	58	B2-C2	very fast	87	40 h
44	Mcfly et Carlito	30–84	59	B1-C2	very fast	97	76 h
45	Poisson Fécond	47–88	66	B2-C1	very fast	117	57 h
46	Dr Nozman	37–88	68	B2-C1	very fast	119	28 h
47	cocadmin	52–91	77	B2-C1	very fast	60	17 h

The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.

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