Comprehensible input · French

Comprehensible input in French

5,431 videos from 47 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 (1,804)Entertainment (1,365)Talk shows (620)Podcasts (522)

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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

9/10011:35L'histoire surprenante de la baguette françaiseB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowFrançais Authentique

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

9/10050:14AUTOCALLICLÈS - La loi du plus fortB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowLe Précepteur

9/10017:53Les clichés des Français sur le nord de la FranceB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10010:30GET READY WITH US in FRENCH for a FRENCH WEDDING (English subtitles)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowPiece of French

9/10039:23AUTOE84 Le français est-il une langue sexiste ?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/1008:54Pourquoi dit-on “quatre-vingt-dix” et pas “nonante” ?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowFrançais Authentique

9/10047:22AUTOE110 Qui vote pour qui ?B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10043:00AUTORoutes Mortelles | Sibérie – Sur les routes gelées | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français

9/10053:00AUTODéchets Toxiques : Un Héritage Mortel | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français

9/1009:00La place de l'adjectifB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFrançais Authentique

9/1008:26French National Anthem, La Marseillaise : You Don't Know THISB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowFrançais avec Nelly

9/10052:03AUTOLa Hongrie, le mouton noir de l’Union européenne | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français

9/10037:24AUTOE73 L’art de vivre selon les StoïciensB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10010:43Preparing a Simple Lunch | Learn French with Podcast | episode 24 | Easy FrenchB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowSimply French Podcast | Easy French

9/10012:02Un Française cuisine des cordons-bleusB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowFrançais avec Nelly

9/10028:58AUTOJE COURS LE MARATHON DE PARIS !! (42km de souffrance)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowTibo InShape

9/10043:00AUTORoutes Mortelles | Inde – Autoroute Leh-Manali | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français

9/10011:14Si tu Connais ces Mots tu as un Niveau B1 📝B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowFrançais avec Pierre

9/10016:23Pourquoi toutes les marques de luxe sont-elles françaises ?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowinnerFrench

9/10056:27AUTOQuelque part sur terre : Nouvelle-Zélande | Histoires du bout du monde | DocumentaireB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français

9/10030:08AUTOPassion K-pop | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 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	Français Plus Facile	3–12	6	B1-B2	slow	131	25 h
2	Simply French Podcast \| Easy French	3–11	7	B1-B2	slow	165	39 h
3	innerFrench	4–45	8	B1-B2	slow	211	113 h
4	Français Authentique	4–42	8	B1-B2	slow	198	50 h
5	Piece of French	4–36	8	B1-B2	slow	69	16 h
6	Français avec Nelly	5–31	8	B1-B2	slow	128	25 h
7	Français avec Pierre	5–27	9	B1-B2	slow	184	37 h
8	French In Motion	7–21	10	B2-C1	slow	34	7 h

7 of these 8 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-B2), and their scores still run from 3 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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