Comprehensible input in French
5,454 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 →
61/10023:35AUTO30 000 000€ POUR EN ARRIVER LÀB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastJOYCA
61/1004:24AUTOMini pavlovas fraise chocolat ... succès assuré avec ces bouchées gourmandesB2-C1 · ~15,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine
61/1001:32:55AUTOCOMMENT UNE BLESSURE A RENDU CET ENTREPRENEUR RICHE ? ET LE QUOTIDIEN FOU D’UN BODYBUILDER DE 135 KGB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastLEGEND
61/10028:25AUTOCette technologie va être partout en 2025 (et c'est génial)B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastUnderscore_
61/10012:57AUTOL'effrayant secret derrière la MDMA !B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
61/10012:31AUTO5 phénomènes quantiques hallucinants !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
61/10036:55AUTOIl vit à BORDEAUX depuis 6 ans, voici son TÉMOIGNAGEB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastBruno Maltor
61/1004:24AUTOMini pavlova façon dessert chic : la recette facile et bluffanteB2-C1 · ~13,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine
61/10040:58AUTOL'Iceberg des Mystères de la forêt Amazonienne !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond
61/10019:46AUTOJ'installe un datacenter dans ma cuisineB2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastcocadmin
61/1003:17AUTOLe gâteau patate douce, difficile de s'arrêter à une seule part ... on en raffole iciB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine
61/10023:49AUTOPARANORMAL RÉEL OU FAKE ? (feat. Atom)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastLE GRAND JD
61/1003:01:13AUTOLa violence de l'univers crypto - HasheurB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastMatthieu Stefani - Génération Do It Yourself
61/10015:52AUTOCanicule, climatisation : l’avis avisé de Jean-Marc JancoviciB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastQuotidien
61/1001:01:47AUTOPierre Niney a percé grâce à son visage de "rat" 😭 | Small TalkB1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastKonbini
61/1004:24AUTOMini pavlova façon dessert chic : la recette facile et bluffanteB2-C1 · ~11,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine
61/1001:01:51AUTOMa discussion sans filtre, avec OrelsanB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastHugoDécrypte - Grands formats
61/1001:04:41AUTOON MANGE 30 PLATS DE 30 PAYS (et on les juge) avec Manu PayetB2-C2 · ~6,000 words · very fastAmixem
61/1009:28AUTOTrump vient d’enterrer le climatB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastHugoDécrypte - Actus du jour
61/1001:50:34AUTOPOMPIER : PREMIER ARRIVÉ SUR L’ATTENTAT DE CHARLIE HEBDO, IL RACONTE LES HORREURSB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastLEGEND
61/10026:41AUTOL'interview face cachée de François CivilB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastHugoDécrypte - Grands formats
61/10027:57AUTOC'est la fin des PC bon marchéB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastUnderscore_
61/1008:10AUTOCACHER un vis à vis Naturellement !B2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastAction Création
61/10020:01AUTOLa norme 5G est une mafiaB2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastUnderscore_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 | Vocabulary range | 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-C1 | slow | 166 | 39 h |
| 3 | innerFrench | 4–45 | 8 | B1-C1 | slow | 211 | 113 h |
| 4 | Français Authentique | 4–42 | 8 | B1-B2 | slow | 198 | 50 h |
| 5 | Piece of French | 4–36 | 8 | B1-C1 | slow | 69 | 16 h |
| 6 | Français avec Nelly | 5–31 | 8 | B1-C1 | slow | 128 | 25 h |
| 7 | Français avec Pierre | 5–27 | 9 | B1-C1 | slow | 184 | 37 h |
| 8 | French In Motion | 7–21 | 10 | B1-C1 | slow | 34 | 7 h |
The vocabulary range is each channel’s own spread, not a single verdict: in three of every four of its videos the vocabulary starts at the lower level or above and stays at the upper one or below. Its top end tracks how far the rare words reach, so a channel devoted to one subject sits high on it without being hard to follow — the median score is the column that answers that.
6 of these 8 channels carry the same vocabulary band (B1-C1), 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 →