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 Oct 2026

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10/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 115

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:37:26

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Making Waves (2 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Audiomeans (18 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Ausha (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	73
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	77	Megaphone	62
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
8	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
9	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	375	Audion	58
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	103	Acast	73
14	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
15	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
16	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	25	Acast	79
17	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
18	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	37	Octopus	59
19	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
20	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	20	Acast	68
21	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	293	Spotify for Podcasters	32
22	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
23	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
24	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
25	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	165	Spotify for Podcasters	28
26	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
27	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
28	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	17	Acast	90
29	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
30	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
31	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
32	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
33	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
34	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
35	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
36	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
37	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
39	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
40	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
41	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
42	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
43	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	33	Simplecast	69
44	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
45	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	959	Spreaker	64
46	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
47	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
48	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	3	Podcastics	69
49	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	63
50	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
51	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	42	Audiomeans	73
52	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
53	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
54	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
56	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
58	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
59	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	520	Audiomeans	84
60	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
61	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
62	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
63	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
64	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	22	ART19	73
65	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
66	Les Éclaircies	Marine Lucas	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	48
67	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
68	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
69	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
70	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	4	Acast	79
71	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
72	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
74	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
75	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
76	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
77	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
78	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	78	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
80	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	71	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	30	Ausha	89
82	Les IDEstructibles - un podcast des étudiants en sciences infirmières de l'IFSI de Blois	IFSI Blois	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
84	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	262	WideOrbit	48
85	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
86	Verts - Le Podcast	Groupe Linear	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	53
87	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
88	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
89	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
90	FRICTIONS, raconter le monde par l'intime	Frictions	Society & Culture	143	Ausha	63
91	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	111	Ximalaya	59
92	Springerstiefel – Alpha oder Opfer?	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	19	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	43
93	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
94	Attack of the September 11, 2001	Adamaris Aroni	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	32
95	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	79
96	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
97	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	113	Megaphone	68
98	LAISSE BETON	Amélie DAGUES	Society & Culture	89	Audiomeans	79
99	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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