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.

5,431
videos scored
47
channels
2,920 h
of material
1,120
made for learners

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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 →

18/1006:16AUTOL'histoire de NeptuneB2-C2 · ~11,000 words · slowChat Sceptique18/10030:46AUTOLes droits des femmes menacés en Lettonie | ARTE RegardsC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE18/10019:09AUTOLa théorie des graphes et ses curiosités (Robertson-Seymour, symétries) - Passe-science #65C1-C2 · ~16,000 words · slowPasse-Science18/1007:06Slow French for BeginnersC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFrench In Motion18/10052:02AUTOLe Commerce du Sang : Quand le Plasma Vaut Plus que l’Or | Documentaire FrançaisC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français18/1005:48Speak French While Doing My Makeup | French Everyday VocabularyC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFrançais avec Nelly18/10059:25AUTOEnquête sur les ultra-riches : Le secret des mégaphilanthropes | Documentaire FrançaisC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français18/10025:51AUTOEUROVISION : derrière la MUSIQUE, la GÉOPOLITIQUEC1-C2 · ~17,000 words · slowFrance Culture18/10025:52AUTOVilles de Légende : Cordoue, joyau de l’Andalousie | DocumentaireC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français18/10010:54SLOW FRENCH | I Finally Bought a Kite 🪁C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFrench In Motion18/1007:36Everyday French 2 | Easy for BeginnersC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFrench In Motion18/10029:52AUTOPourquoi c'est si compliqué de faire une bombe atomique ? 💥🍄B2-C1 · ~11,000 words · slowScienceEtonnante18/10029:21AUTOLa Vénus | Scandale dans le monde de l'art (1/3) | ARTEC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowARTE18/1006:30A Castle and Falling Leaves 🍂 | SLOW FRENCHC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFrench In Motion18/10014:45AUTO🪐L'arbre le plus dangereux du monde... se trouve en France !B2-C2 · ~13,000 words · slowAstronoGeek19/10030:26AUTORestaurant le Moins cher VS le plus Cher (ft. Flamby & Nick DiGiovanni)C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFastGoodCuisine19/10024:27AUTOESSAYEZ DE NE PAS RIRE ! (Version Tik Tok) #5C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowJOYCA19/10051:37AUTOIKEA : comment le géant du meuble a changé notre façon de vivre | DocumentaireC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowFree Documentary Français20/10021:41AUTO5 SECONDES POUR RÉPONDRE ! #2C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowJOYCA20/1001:54:11Allan Saint-Maximin lâche ses vérités (Newcastle, Fenerbahce, Dopage) - Zack en Roue Libre (S8E41)C1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowZACK23/1001:04:24Tony Parker et David : les plus gros bousillés de basket | Small TalkC1-C2 · ~20,000 words · slowKonbini

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.

#ChannelLevel range (0–100)MedianTypical bandPaceVideosHours
1Français Plus Facile 3126B1-B2slow13125 h
2Simply French Podcast | Easy French 3117B1-B2slow16539 h
3innerFrench4458B1-B2slow211113 h
4Français Authentique4428B1-B2slow19850 h
5Piece of French4368B1-B2slow6916 h
6Français avec Nelly5318B1-B2slow12825 h
7Français avec Pierre5279B1-B2slow18437 h
8French In Motion72110B2-C1slow347 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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