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 02 May 2026

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05/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 124

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:32:41

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Europe 1 (2 shows)

4. Le Dauphiné Libéré (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (18 shows)

3. Ausha (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Transistor (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
11	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
12	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
13	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
14	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
19	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
20	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
21	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
22	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
23	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
24	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
25	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
26	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
27	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
28	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
29	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
30	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
31	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
32	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
33	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
34	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
35	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
36	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
37	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
38	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
39	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
40	O Encantador de Ricos	Observador	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	59
41	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
43	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
44	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
45	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
46	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
47	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
48	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
49	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
51	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
53	Women of the Seas	Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer	Society & Culture	20	Acast	74
54	Gueules Cassées	Audio Pictura	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	84
55	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
56	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
57	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
58	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
59	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
60	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
61	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
62	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
63	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
64	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
65	Tribadour, la bande originale des vies lesbiennes	Adeline LMX	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	48
66	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
67	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
68	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
69	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
70	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	59
71	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
72	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
73	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
75	Blast - La première Gilet jaune du dernier rond-point	Franck Dépretz, France Timmermans, Baptiste Veilhan	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	49
76	Grossophobia	PaulineCD	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	69
77	Casos reales con Roorow	Roorow	Society & Culture	178	Simplecast	63
79	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
80	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
81	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
82	Borghesia violenta	Nicola Ventura, David Barra	Society & Culture	18	Megaphone	74
83	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
84	Ex-oeco	Louise Germain	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
85	人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材	厭世姬＆邊角料	Society & Culture	208	Firstory	43
86	Ici Alger : Europe n°1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
87	F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
88	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
89	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
90	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
91	postérité.	alexandre fassier	Society & Culture	8	Acast	63
92	VIE DE QUINQUA Le Podcast	VIEDEQUINQUA	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	63
93	Hailey Bieber - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	65	Spreaker	69
94	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
95	Tai Moana	Polynésie la 1ère	Society & Culture	127	Audiomeans	49
96	Aiku - Vidéos Storytelling	AikuLive	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Piste Noire	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	11	Acast	69
98	sÉDITIONS	sÉDITIONS	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	64
99	EcoloThème	Plume, Daphnée et O2 l'écolo	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	Transformer le travail	Anact	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	94

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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