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 Mar 2026

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03/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 116

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:33:43

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (2 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. Inception Point Ai (2 shows)

5. BFMTV (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (12 shows)

3. Ausha (8 shows)

4. Megaphone (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 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	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
4	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
12	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
15	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
16	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
19	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
20	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
21	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
22	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
23	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
27	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
28	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
29	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
32	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
33	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
34	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
35	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
36	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
37	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
38	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
39	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
40	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
41	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
42	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
43	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
44	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
45	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
46	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
47	Women of the Seas	Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer	Society & Culture	20	Acast	74
48	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
49	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
50	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
51	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
52	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
53	Gueules Cassées	Audio Pictura	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	84
54	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
55	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
56	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
57	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
58	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
59	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
60	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
61	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
62	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
63	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	45	Ausha	43
64	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
65	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
66	NOUS GUÉRIR	Alice Lefilleul et Malika Beloucif	Society & Culture	7	Transistor	59
67	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
68	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
69	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
70	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
71	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
72	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
73	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
74	L'Horizon et au-delà, par GEO	Prisma Media	Society & Culture	16	Audion	58
75	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
76	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
77	Dans mon étude	Chambre des notaires de la Gironde	Society & Culture	9	Podcastics	49
78	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
79	Albert Einstein Genius - Audio Biography	Quiet. Please	Society & Culture	3	Spreaker	49
80	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
81	Equipo de investigación	Onda Cero Podcast	Society & Culture	38	Megaphone	89
82	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
83	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
84	Les gens	lesgenspodcast	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	64
85	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
86	En Miroir	Benjamin Milazzo	Society & Culture	47	Ausha	89
87	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
88	Isonomia, le podcast.	Isonomia_pure	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	43
89	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
90	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	110	Megaphone	68
91	Les podcasts de l'UMR Ressources	UMR Ressources	Society & Culture	13	Podcastics	43
92	Walk'in Naoned	Ben LebLacK	Society & Culture	64	podCloud	69
93	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
94	Millie Bobby Brown - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	18	Spreaker	59
95	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
96	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
97	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
98	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
99	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	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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