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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8/10030:38AUTODiagnostic : sclérose en plaques | ARTE RegardsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
8/10030:49Louis XIV, Napoléon, De Gaulle : trois visions de la France (Café Avec Johan 14)B1-B2 · ~6,000 words · slowFrançais Authentique
8/10050:03AUTOE98 Pourquoi le pass sanitaire divise-t-il les Français ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10030:25AUTOJunkies et familles cohabitent à Francfort | ARTE RegardsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowARTE
8/10030:27AUTOÀ la maison, papa sait tout faire | ARTE RegardsB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · slowARTE
8/10035:30AUTOE72 Faut-il abolir l’héritage ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10035:27AUTOE55 L’insurrection des gilets jaunesB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/1001:03:18FULL French Pronunciation Course 1 HOURB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · slowFrançais avec Nelly
8/10041:29AUTOLa guerre vue par les UkrainiensB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10055:24AUTOMobutu - Maître du jeu (2/4) | Authenticité | ARTEB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowARTE
8/10052:20AUTOHistoire d'une greffe | La main d'Arja | ARTEB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowARTE
8/10033:15AUTOE175 L'aide médicale à mourir, bientôt possible en FranceB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10031:33AUTOE190 Le secret d'Ingrid pour aller bien en 2026B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10038:51AUTOE146 La France restera-t-elle européenne ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10041:06AUTOE66 Français ou européen ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10040:22AUTOE157 Les Français sont-ils vraiment si sales ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10033:59AUTOE65 D’où viennent nos goûts ?B1-B2 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10035:52AUTOE119 Le télétravail va-t-il changer la société ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10041:18AUTOE69 Le Tour de FranceB1-B2 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10032:39AUTOE52 Mon programme Build a Strong CoreB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench
8/10038:05AUTOE67 La menace plastiqueB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench
9/10030:43AUTOEspagne, enfants pauvres | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE
9/10034:46AUTOE70 L’islamophobie en FranceB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench
9/10031:12AUTOE179 La France est-elle anti-enfants ?B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · slowinnerFrenchWhich 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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