Apple Podcast Rankings - France - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in France

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in France. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 01 Jan 2026

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01/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 136

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:34:36

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (19 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Ausha (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
2	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	82	Megaphone	62
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
8	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
10	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
11	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
12	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
13	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
16	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
17	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
18	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
21	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
22	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
25	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
26	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
27	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	175	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
30	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
31	Les casseroles palestiniennes	Basile Crespin et Louis Le Mesre de Pas	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
32	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
33	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
34	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
36	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
37	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
38	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	219	Unknown	43
39	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
40	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
41	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	799	Audiomeans	74
42	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
43	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	63	Acast	49
44	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
46	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
47	FRICTIONS, raconter le monde par l'intime	Frictions	Society & Culture	144	Ausha	58
48	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	22	Acast	68
49	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
50	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	37	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
53	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
54	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
55	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
56	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
57	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
58	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
59	Comment on s'aime ?	Klaam	Society & Culture	13	Acast	64
60	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
61	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
62	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
63	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
64	Working Less ? Le podcast qui questionne notre rapport au temps de travail	Samuel Durand	Society & Culture	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
65	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
66	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
67	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
68	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
69	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
70	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
71	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
73	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
74	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
75	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
76	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
77	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
78	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1208	Acast	59
80	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
81	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
82	Faire des sciences avec Star Wars Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
83	Lang Déléyé si Servis Kabaré	Béatrice Velin-Cassim et Juliette Pierron-Rauwel	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
84	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
85	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
86	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
87	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
88	Le douze, le podcast 100% Aveyron	Sandrine Casses	Society & Culture	62	Podcastics	68
89	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	L'heure de Loire	Vins de Loire	Society & Culture	11	Podcastics	79
91	Copenhagen Architecture Forum's Podcast	CAFx - Copenhagen Architecture Forum	Society & Culture	62	Libsyn	27
92	Blast - La première Gilet jaune du dernier rond-point	Franck Dépretz, France Timmermans, Baptiste Veilhan	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	49
93	Ticket gagnant	majelan	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	53
94	UOL Investiga (UOL Prime)	UOL	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	48
95	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
96	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Education	232	Ausha	43
97	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
98	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
99	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
100	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

The podcast landscape in France is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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