My brain is always pretty bored and jumps from language to language, so I learn a bit of Language A, then Language B, then switch back and forth. French has shorter chapters on the app I learn it with, Busuu, and I already know a good amount of Spanish (which I study in school) and Portuguese. However, while Italian might cause me to mix up Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, it’s easier to pronounce. It also, however, has longer lessons on Busuu.
French is spoken in many countries, though, and I’m also LGBTQ if that makes any difference, since some people study languages from countries that don’t support/respect the group they’re part of.
My Spanish teacher used to say:
if you speak Spanish and French you already know 80% of Italian.
If you speak Italian, Spanish and French, you already speak Portuguese.
And I have found this to be mostly true. Native French speaker, good Spanish: I can read 80% of any Italian text I come across.
Oh, and don’t forget Romanian is also very close.