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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10/10052:23AUTOLe mythe des profondeurs | Sous-marins (1/2) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10031:10AUTOLa conférence d'Emmanuel Macron au Forum économique de Davos 2026B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowQuotidien
10/10054:13AUTOEdgar Morin, journal d'une vie | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:22AUTOL’amour aujourd’hui : comment ça marche ? | Twist | ARTEB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
10/10031:51AUTOE170 La guerre des boulangeriesB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench
10/1001:32:03AUTOToutankhamon, le trésor redécouvert | Documentaire (2018) | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
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
10/10044:37AUTOE90 Apprendre le français sans vivre dans un pays francophoneB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · slowinnerFrench
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
10/10030:30AUTORussie : sous les drones, sous pression | Tracks East | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:38AUTOEn mission scientifique dans l’Atlantique | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:38AUTOCes yachts de luxe qui dérangent | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10039:57AUTOE185 Pourquoi les Français adorent la provocationB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowinnerFrench
10/1001:29:48AUTOQui a tué l'Empire romain ? | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10052:40AUTOGipsy Kings, le temps des gitans | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
10/10057:21Quelle électricité pour demain ? 🟦⬜🟥 ⚡B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowLe Réveilleur
10/10030:26AUTOLes obsèques des défunts sans famille | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE
10/10030:47AUTOLe rêve américain : nostalgie ou illusion ? | Tracks East | ARTEB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/10043:18AUTOL’industrialisation | Une histoire de l’agriculture | ARTEB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE
10/1001:30:13AUTOADN business : la face cachée des tests grand public | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~10,000 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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