Comprehensible input · French
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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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8/10034:44AUTOE196 En France, le nucléaire à tout prix ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10033:05AUTOE86 Les effets psychologiques du confinementB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:48AUTOE186 Pourquoi Toulouse est devenue la ville préférée des Français ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10032:16AUTOE172 Astérix, une icône de la culture françaiseB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10041:32AUTOE183 La France taxe-t-elle trop les riches ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10032:39AUTOE59 Vivre sur MarsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:25AUTOSuisse : à Blatten enseveli, repartir de zéro | ARTE RegardsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
8/10039:00AUTOLe Dernier Qui Mange Gagne 10 000€B1-C1 · ~4,000 words · slowFastGoodCuisine
8/10038:02AUTOLiban : les enfants, la guerre et moi | ARTE ReportageB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
8/10030:12AUTOEn Espagne, des brigades anti-squatteurs | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowARTE
8/10033:37AUTOE54 Comment nous apprenonsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10032:48AUTOE120 Footix boycotte la Coupe du mondeB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10033:55AUTOE154 Le périple d'Ingrid en AsieB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:22AUTOE45 Le football en FranceB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:50AUTOE38 L’immigration en FranceB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10031:02AUTOE121 Qui est Gisèle Halimi, grande figure du féminisme français ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10034:39AUTOE64 Faut-il sauver Notre-Dame ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:07AUTODes âmes sœurs ? Pourquoi les animaux nous font du bien | Twist | ARTEB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE
8/1002:52:52AUTOMasterclass avec le producteur du Bureau des Légendes - Alex BergerB1-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowMatthieu Stefani - Génération Do It Yourself
8/10056:19AUTOCarine et le camion à frites | Documentaire | ARTEB1-C2 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
8/10042:25AUTOE149 La France est-elle devenue ingouvernable ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10035:21AUTOE117 Avons-nous oublié comment dormir ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10038:26AUTOE89 La liberté de la presse française est-elle menacée ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:37AUTOFrance : des facteurs au service de la santé | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~6,000 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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