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.
3,147
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1,850 h
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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 →
Which 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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