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 →
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11/1003:39:06AUTOLe temps des paysans (Intégrale) | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowARTE
11/1001:24:24AUTOEurope, le choix des armes | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~10,000 words · slowARTE
11/10052:52AUTOMICHÉA - La religion du progrèsB2-C1 · ~11,000 words · slowLe Précepteur
11/10020:37AUTOComment réconcilier les villes et les campagnes ? | Les idées larges | ARTEB2-C1 · ~13,000 words · slowARTE
11/10044:17AUTONIETZSCHE - L'artB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowLe Précepteur
11/10049:32AUTOQuelque part sur Terre : Chili Austral | Histoires du bout du monde | DocumentaireB2-C2 · ~13,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français
11/10053:10AUTOLe moustique, un ennemi bien armé | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C1 · ~11,000 words · slowARTE
11/10053:11AUTOL’armée de l’ombre de Poutine | ARTEB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · slowARTE
11/10048:44AUTOLa fuite des huguenots (2/2) | En terre étrangère | ARTEB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowARTE
11/10051:05AUTOConstructions Extrêmes : Le Tonnerre | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français
11/1001:25:06AUTOLe Tibet face à la Chine, le dernier souffle ? | Documentaire | ARTEB2-C2 · ~13,000 words · slowARTE
11/1009:19Learn French PRESENT TENSE Easily | Comprehensible InputB2-C1 · ~10,000 words · slowFrench In Motion
12/10058:40AUTORÉVOLUTION CULTURELLE : la CHINE des CAMPS et des MASSACRES-B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFrance Culture
12/10036:30AUTOE135 2024, le grand retour du train ?B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · slowinnerFrench
12/10052:37AUTOOGM en Afrique : l’influence de Bill Gates en question | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C2 · ~13,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français
12/10011:46A chatty French vlog (with a lot of French swearwords🙈) // Getting ready for ski vacation!!! 😎😍B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · slowPiece of French
12/10025:28Nouvelle-Calédonie : 3000 ans d'histoire, 170 ans de colonisationB2-C1 · ~15,000 words · slowNota Bene
12/10051:53AUTOLes Secrets de l’Huître : Qu’est-ce qui la rend si précieuse ? | Documentaire FrançaisB2-C2 · ~14,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français
12/10022:36AUTOLe roi dollar | MONEY | ARTEB2-C2 · ~15,000 words · slowARTE
12/10030:23AUTOVélos, voitures : un conflit sans fin à Paris | ARTE RegardsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowARTE
12/10030:36AUTOL'EXPÉRIENCE DE MILGRAM - La soumission à l'autoritéB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · slowLe Précepteur
12/10020:04AUTOSlow Reading in French : Le Petit Prince / Easy French BookB2-C2 · ~15,000 words · slowFrançais avec Nelly
12/10018:15Meet my family and learn French FAST 🇫🇷B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · slowFrench In Motion
12/10049:07AUTOTikTok, un réseau sous influence (2/2) | L’affrontement | ARTEB2-C2 · ~15,000 words · slowARTEWhich 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 | 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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