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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ContentAny Made for learners Real-world content Science & ideas (1,822)Entertainment (1,365)Talk shows (623)Podcasts (523)

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72/10019:15AUTOLes pires idées des scientifiques...B2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE

72/10015:19AUTOVoici les nouveaux ordinateurs quantiques ! (Ils sont incroyables)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

72/1008:18AUTOCe langage me donne envie de vomir ! - Histoire de JavascriptB2-C2 · ~14,000 words · very fastcocadmin

72/10021:05AUTOAvoir la Peste / le Choléra : C'EST QUOI LE PIRE ?!B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond

72/10016:23AUTOLes objets les plus étranges de ma collection !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

72/10017:48AUTOJe fais un selfie chez OVHcloud comme si c’était chez ma daronneB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastcocadmin

72/10013:18AUTOL’endroit le plus dangereux de Tchernobyl !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

72/10020:16AUTOCes marques sont allées trop loin...B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE

72/10030:43AUTOVoici comment nous vivrons en 2100 !B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond

72/10022:47AUTOVivre en Antarctique / au Sahara : C’EST QUOI LE PIRE ?!B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond

72/10027:02AUTOElle a sacrifié sa famille pour briller…B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE

72/10041:43AUTOLE DILEMME PARFAIT ! (ft. Vald, Seb, HugoDécrypte)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastJOYCA

72/10023:43AUTOLa nouvelle base Lunaire est un miracle technologiqueB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastUnderscore_

72/10016:29AUTOLe Hack Mental le Plus Puissant (ANNONCE & SOLUTION)B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond

72/10024:17AUTO24H AVEC LA BAC !!B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastTibo InShape

73/10025:51AUTOLa chute du plus grand hacker de cartes bleuesB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastSylvqin

73/10027:33AUTOQui Trouvera le Flan le plus cher ? Avec @nicotine84 & Tom BaldettiB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastZACK

73/10020:46AUTOBaisse des prix à la Kazdalerie : Quels effets ? (Je vous dis TOUT)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastZACK

73/10010:06AUTOComment hacker la Bourse? Made in France !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastStupid Economics

73/1001:33:34AUTOLES APPAREILS ÉLECTRIQUES CHEZ VOUS SONT FAITS POUR TOMBER EN PANNE RAPIDEMENT ET… VOLONTAIREMENT !B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastLEGEND

73/10018:35AUTOConduire 24h Non Stop : ÇA FAIT QUOI ?!B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond

73/1005:00AUTOLa piperade de poivrons du Sud Ouest et maquereaux grillés à l'huile d'oliveB2-C1 · ~11,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine

73/10022:52AUTOSe laver en permanence / ne jamais se laver : C’EST QUOI LE PIRE ?!B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond

73/10010:44AUTOLes pires animaux retrouvés dans la Seine !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman

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