Comprehensible input · French

Comprehensible input in French

3,144 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 (842)Talk shows (620)Entertainment (477)Podcasts (415)

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20/10024:15Comment Comprendre les Français quand ils parlent trop vite ?B1-B2 · ~3,000 words · mediumFrançais avec Pierre

20/10030:38AUTOCes Français qui se font justice eux-mêmes | ARTE RegardsB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · mediumARTE

20/10057:58AUTOIL Y A QUOI DERRIÈRE LA PORTE ? (ft Eric & Ramzy, Mister V)B2-C2 · ~11,000 words · mediumSQUEEZIE

20/10021:11AUTOComment expliquer l'expansion accélérée de l'Univers ? [Ép. 2 Les théories]B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · mediumScienceEtonnante

20/10016:02AUTOLes Queens de Drag Race saison 4 se dévoilent dans QuotidienB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · mediumQuotidien

20/1001:28:54AUTOPSYCHOLOGUE EN SOINS PALLIATIFS (FIN DE VIE) : IL AIDE LES GENS FACE À LA MORT ( ANGE, PARANORMALE…)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · mediumLEGEND

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	128	25 h
5	Français avec Pierre	5–27	9	B1-B2	slow	184	37 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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