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 Sep 2026

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09/02/2026

Average data

Episodes: 104

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:34:43

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. INA (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Ausha (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	136	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 Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	51	Audiomeans	73
6	Chroniques Obscures	Neoxi	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
8	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
9	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
10	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
11	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	366	Audion	58
12	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
15	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
16	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
17	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
18	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
19	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
20	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
21	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
22	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	286	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
26	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
28	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
29	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
32	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
33	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
35	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	948	Spreaker	64
36	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
37	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
38	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
39	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
40	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
41	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
43	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
44	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
45	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
46	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
47	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
48	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
49	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
50	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
51	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
52	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
53	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
54	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
55	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
56	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	257	WideOrbit	48
57	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
58	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
59	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
60	Juifs, Musulmans: tenir ensemble	Chahut Media	Society & Culture	3	Captivate	52
61	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
62	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
63	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
64	Ex-oeco	Louise Germain	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
65	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
66	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
67	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
68	Une vie, une histoire	Par Milim de Myriam Levain et Elisa Azogui-Burlac	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	64
69	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
70	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
71	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	117	Simplecast	53
72	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
73	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
74	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
75	OMBRE ITALIANE	Angelo Soro	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	49
76	Réparer les vivantes	Association Réparons l'excision	Society & Culture	11	Audiomeans	59
77	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
78	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
79	Dari Diaries : ma maison dans la médina	Dari Diaries	Society & Culture	5	Substack	58
80	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
81	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
82	Tout est affaires	Outre-mer la 1ère	Society & Culture	9	Octopus	43
83	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
84	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
85	Power Girls Club by Jho,	Jho,	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	63
86	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
87	Le Tour de France avec Sully	We Tell Stories	Society & Culture	23	Unknown	48
88	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
89	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
90	Sortir de l'urgence	FHF (Fédération Hospitalière de France)	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	84
91	Un doc Un soir	Moonshiner	Society & Culture	17	Audiomeans	63
92	We Want Them Infected Podcast	Dr. Jonathan Howard and Wendy Orent	Society & Culture	109	Libsyn	57
93	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	53	Ausha	53
94	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
95	Elizabeth II	RTL	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	59
96	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
97	Kvinden på første	Politiken	Society & Culture	1	Omny Studio	53
98	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
99	Chamonix : Terre de guides	Lucille Meriaux	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	42
100	VIE DE QUINQUA Le Podcast	VIEDEQUINQUA	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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