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 →

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 (843)Talk shows (620)Entertainment (477)Podcasts (416)

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9/10030:38AUTOItalie : la fête des serpents à Cocullo | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowARTE

9/10041:29AUTOE126 Comment Bernard Arnault est-il devenu l’homme le plus riche du monde ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10030:38AUTOUne maison pour seniors LGBTQ+ | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10037:29AUTOE143 La France en guerre contre la fast fashionB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10030:38AUTOHippisme : la dangereuse course de Pardubice | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10030:17AUTOJe le ferai plus tard ! L’envie de procrastiner | Twist | ARTEB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10030:37AUTOPays-Bas : sortir du travail clandestin | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowARTE

9/10031:56AUTOE136 Pourquoi immigrer en France va devenir plus difficile ?B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10030:34AUTOTous à la piscine ! | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/1001:41:19AUTOSuge Knight, Biggie & Tupac | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10032:31AUTOLe conservatisme : une nouvelle tendance | Tracks East | ARTEB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10038:19AUTOE144 Indochine : quelle marque la France a laissée au Vietnam ?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10034:03AUTOE184 Pourquoi les Français sont-ils accros à l'homéopathie ?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/1001:27:36AUTORaphaël : Budapest, 1983 | Tableaux volés | ARTEB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10030:38AUTOEn Grèce, les rêves brisés après les incendies | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10034:10AUTOE155 Transfuges de classe : les nouveaux héros français ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10048:11AUTOE95 La Commune : une guerre civile françaiseB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10030:36AUTODes villes plus sûres | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10030:38AUTOSicile : une ville au bord du vide | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10033:08AUTOOn Affronte Nos Plus Grandes Peurs (Version Extrême)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · slowSQUEEZIE

9/10030:18AUTOVie nocturne et nuisances sonores | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE

9/10040:24AUTOE71 Les conseils d’un polyglotte pour apprendre le françaisB1-C1 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10033:31AUTOE193 Alexandre Dumas, l'inventeur du héros à la françaiseB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10058:39AUTO"Le petit prince", naissance d'une étoile | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · slowARTE

Which French channel to start with

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	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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