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 →
82/1009:24AUTOJ'ai fait couler ma boiteB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastcocadmin
83/10015:23AUTOLa source du bug Crowdstrike enfin révéléeB2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastcocadmin
83/1001:03:36AUTOLa dernière avant un moment, merci ❤️B2-C2 · ~7,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE
83/10021:44AUTOB2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
83/10012:22AUTOJe vous raconte mes terreurs nocturnes ! (C’est effrayant)B1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
83/10022:13AUTOLe pire golfeur de l'histoire est génialB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE
84/1008:48AUTOCette ville est très étrange, The Line !B2-C1 · ~10,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
84/10035:33AUTOSi la Terre Chauffe de +1°C VS 5700°C !B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond
84/10048:43AUTOLes Villes de France : Lyon avec Yass & JoëlB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastZACK
84/10010:20AUTOLes plus étranges recherches scientifiques !B2-C1 · ~9,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
84/1001:06:42AUTOSQUELETTE, BRAQUEUR, TRÉSOR… CONSTRUCTEUR DE PISCINE, LES MOMENTS LES PLUS FOUS DE SA CARRIÈREB1-B2 · ~5,000 words · very fastLEGEND
84/10036:50AUTOByilhann peut-il battre un guépard à mains nues ? (Débats dans le van direction Pictionnagrue)B1-C1 · ~5,000 words · very fastMcfly et Carlito
84/1009:52AUTO4 Gadgets bannis que n'importe qui peut acheterB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastcocadmin
84/10020:55AUTOQuelles sont VOS pires douleurs ?B2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
85/10010:07AUTOMes effrayantes histoires de terreurs nocturnes !B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastDr Nozman
85/1001:07:23AUTOPLK se confie pour la première fois dans une interview longueB1-B2 · ~3,000 words · very fastHugoDécrypte - Grands formats
85/10042:54AUTOL’Histoire d’Horreur Qui M’a Fait Perdre 1 400 000€ : CONTE AVENTURE (EDK)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastPoisson Fécond
85/10015:10AUTOLE PAPY LE PLUS MUSCLÉ DE FRANCE !!B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastTibo InShape
86/10020:17AUTOUne Cheffe Cuisinière nous prépare un Ftour INCROYABLE (avec Hamza, ByIlhan & Marjane Bouazdi)B2-C2 · ~9,000 words · very fastZACK
86/10014:26AUTO7 méthodes de crevard que j'utilise pour arrêter de payer des abonnementsB2-C1 · ~7,000 words · very fastcocadmin
86/10021:15AUTOIl a été obligé de détourner un avionB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE
86/10025:45AUTON'acceptez pas son invitation... (Thread Horreur Halloween)B1-B2 · ~4,000 words · very fastSQUEEZIE
86/1009:10AUTO10 Apps de hacker que n'importe qui peut installerB2-C1 · ~6,000 words · very fastcocadmin
86/10013:16AUTOJe teste le CBD, la substance magique ?B2-C1 · ~8,000 words · very fastDr NozmanWhich 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 →