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 févr. 2026

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02/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 116

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:31:25

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. RTBF (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
4	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
11	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
12	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
16	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
17	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
20	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
21	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
24	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
25	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
27	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
28	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
29	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
30	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
31	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
32	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
34	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
35	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
36	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
37	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
39	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
40	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
41	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
42	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
43	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
44	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
45	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
46	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
47	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
48	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
49	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
50	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
51	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
52	DS Automobiles	majelan X	Society & Culture	1	Audiomeans	84
53	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
54	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
55	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
56	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
57	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
58	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
59	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
60	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
61	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
62	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
63	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
64	Van Dis Ongefilterd	Atlas Contact / Adriaan van Dis	Society & Culture	70	Omny Studio	89
65	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
67	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
69	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
70	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
71	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
72	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
73	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
74	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
75	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
76	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
77	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
78	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
79	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
80	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
81	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
82	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
83	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
84	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
85	Playlist Halloween - Mort de Ci-trouille	Prisma Media	Society & Culture	27	Audion	43
86	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
87	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
88	Rencontre au sommet	She can hike	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
89	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
90	アラサー女子の人間観察	望未とひかる	Society & Culture	348	Spotify for Podcasters	63
91	juste un moment	ipso santé	Society & Culture	5	Acast	74
92	Non-Binaires	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	9	Acast	69
93	Nicht Mehr Mein Land - In der Manosphere	ARD	Society & Culture	7	Bayerischer Rundfunk	48
94	Threshold	Auricle Productions	Society & Culture	146	Captivate	38
95	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
96	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
97	GEOTIME : La Culture Géographique !	M4RCO	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	De Kunst van het Verdwijnen	VRT MAX	True Crime	17	Simplecast	73
100	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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