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 →
73/1003:51AUTOLe Mouhalabieh, le flan libanais à la fleur d'oranger sans oeufs, gluten ni gélatineB2-C1 · ~14,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine
73/10010:22AUTOL'effrayant secret des nouvelles cigarettes (Snus)B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
73/10023:02AUTOFaire les Jobs Les Plus Glauques : ÇA FAIT QUOI ?!B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond
73/10033:47AUTOEMPRESS : la reine controversée du piratage de jeux vidéoB2-C2 · ~8,000 words · very fastSylvqin
73/10025:35AUTOQUE SONT-ILS DEVENUS ? (Version Football) #4B2-C2 · ~13,000 words · very fastZACK
73/1002:02:52AUTOEDGAR-YVES, HUMORISTE : 2H DE FOU RIRE AVEC CELUI QUI DIT TOUT CE QU'IL PENSE SUR NOTRE SOCIÉTÉ !B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastLEGEND
73/10037:31AUTOXavier Niel : l'histoire que personne ne raconteB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastUnderscore_
73/10047:20AUTOL’Iceberg des Anomalies HumainesB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond
73/10011:27AUTOL'histoire hallucinante du LSD !B2-C1 · ~10,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
73/1001:40:36AUTOComment Vivre de Youtube : Le Guide Complet (Partie 1)B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastTibo InShape
73/1001:17:47AUTOON OUVRE 50 000€ DE CARTES POKÉMON (Dracaufeu ou pas ?)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastAmixem
73/10032:54AUTO24h avec Lesley Ugochukwu et les Francophones de Burnley (Hannibal Mejbri, Max Estève, Zeki Amdouni)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastZACK
73/1009:55AUTO7 photos troublantes de l'espace !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
73/10011:34AUTOConfigure ton MacBook comme ça ou juste jette-le !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastcocadmin
73/10017:08Rénovation de la cuisine sans se ruinerB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastPaulygones
74/10040:19AUTOOn parle, on peint, on joue à WARHAMMER avec Alphacast parfait en expertB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastMcfly et Carlito
74/1001:08:00AUTOLéon Marchand et Squeezie en chaussettes (ft Freddy Gladieux & Oscar) - Micro Chaussettes #2B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE
74/10034:09AUTOEt Si il y Avait Plus AUCUNE Eau Potable sur Terre ?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond
74/10011:07AUTOLes plus flippantes intelligences artificielles ! (c'est chaud...)B1-B2 · ~6,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
74/1006:17AUTOLa meilleure tarte au citron sans œufs ni lait 🍋 Bien citronnée, moins sucrée et légèreB2-C1 · ~13,000 words · very fastHervé Cuisine
74/10053:08AUTOCette idée de Fianso a fait basculer sa carrière | NumbersB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastKonbini
74/1001:48:05AUTOSAGE-FEMME : LES HISTOIRES LES PLUS FOLLES VÉCUES EN SALLE D’ACCOUCHEMENTB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastLEGEND
74/10011:21AUTOC'est quoi les pires douleurs ? #3B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
74/10043:35AUTOL'histoire insolite de l'alcool sur 10 000 ans !B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastPoisson FécondWhich 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 →