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 03 May 2026
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France
Society & Culture
Documentary
05/03/2026
Average data
Episodes: 100
Frequency: every 30 days
Duration: 00:32:47
Top 5 authors
1. Louie Media (4 shows)
2. RTL (3 shows)
3. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)
4. Observador (2 shows)
5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)
Top 5 hosting
1. Acast (20 shows)
2. Audiomeans (16 shows)
3. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)
4. Ausha (10 shows)
5. Omny Studio (6 shows)
| Rank | Logo | 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 |  | PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies | Minuit | Society & Culture | 368 | Audion | 58 |
| 10 |  | In Tenebris | Marine Benoit | Society & Culture | 23 | Acast | 84 |
| 11 |  | Le bureau des complots | RTBF | Society & Culture | 52 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 12 |  | Injustices | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 60 | Acast | 73 |
| 13 |  | La société de minuit | Tatiana Benhamou | Society & Culture | 100 | Acast | 73 |
| 14 |  | The Documentary Podcast | BBC World Service | Society & Culture | 2000 | BBC | 33 |
| 15 |  | Destins Extraordinaires | Europe1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 43 |
| 16 |  | JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia | Isabelle Farrugia | Society & Culture | 18 | Acast | 68 |
| 17 |  | Ou peut-être une nuit | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 69 |
| 18 |  | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Society & Culture | 75 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 19 |  | PRESS ROOM | Esther Press Room | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 94 |
| 20 |  | Untold: Opus Dei | Financial Times | Society & Culture | 25 | Acast | 69 |
| 21 |  | Les Enfermé·es | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 9 | Transistor | 59 |
| 22 |  | Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités | Samy Scoop | Society & Culture | 5 | Acast | 63 |
| 23 |  | Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel | RTBF | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 24 |  | À Brûler Sans Ouvrir | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 13 | Audiomeans | 83 |
| 25 |  | Espace Documentaire | Espace Documentaire | Society & Culture | 949 | Spreaker | 64 |
| 26 |  | Gilles Galloux | Gilles Galloux | Society & Culture | 9 | Transistor | 59 |
| 27 |  | Le monde selon Trump | BFMTV | Society & Culture | 29 | Simplecast | 49 |
| 28 |  | L'Affaire | Paradiso Media | Society & Culture | 73 | Acast | 79 |
| 29 |  | World of Secrets | BBC | Society & Culture | 98 | BBC | 53 |
| 30 |  | En quête de l’étrange | Pia Brunner | Society & Culture | 77 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 31 |  | ET PAN ! | ET PAN ! | Society & Culture | 4 | Ausha | 64 |
| 32 |  | Freakonomics Radio | Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher | Society & Culture | 1005 | Simplecast | 38 |
| 33 |  | Tous Parano | Tous Parano | Society & Culture | 59 | Podcastics | 89 |
| 34 |  | Empire Stories | Entrepreneur Mindset | Society & Culture | 60 | Ausha | 53 |
| 35 |  | Thread Horreur By Delkor | Delkor | Society & Culture | 287 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 36 |  | Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973) | INA | Society & Culture | 7 | Octopus | 59 |
| 37 |  | The Gift | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 23 | BBC | 59 |
| 38 |  | Radio Ambulante | My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 369 | Omny Studio | 73 |
| 39 |  | Anaïs Lenar | Anaïs Lenar | Society & Culture | 22 | Acast | 58 |
| 40 |  | OÙ EST LE BEAU ? | Hélène Aguilar | Society & Culture | 516 | Audiomeans | 84 |
| 41 |  | Dark Stories | Dark Stories | Society & Culture | 160 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 42 |  | Entre | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 61 | Acast | 94 |
| 43 |  | The Secret World of Roald Dahl | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 14 | Omny Studio | 78 |
| 44 |  | La dame du CDI | Nathanael | Society & Culture | 28 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 45 |  | Au cœur des archives | Europe 1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 46 |  | La Minute Géographie | La Minute Géographie | Society & Culture | 24 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 47 |  | Création Documentaire | Radio Grenouille | Society & Culture | 24 | Transistor | 63 |
| 48 |  | NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo | Brieuc Quil | Society & Culture | 6 | Ausha | 62 |
| 49 |  | Les mille et une vies de Sign | Karim Boukercha | Society & Culture | 11 | RedCircle | 48 |
| 50 |  | La Fille sur le canapé | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 10 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 51 |  | Happy End | Sarah Dumont | Society & Culture | 33 | Podcastics | 63 |
| 52 |  | The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable | Ky Dickens | Society & Culture | 88 | Acast | 84 |
| 53 |  | F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| 54 |  | La Jeune Rue | Nouvelles Ecoutes | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 55 |  | Strangers on a Bench | Tom Rosenthal | Society & Culture | 100 | Acast | 59 |
| 56 |  | Septentrion | Stéphane Dugast | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 73 |
| 57 |  | Police, le podcast | Police nationale | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 83 |
| 58 |  | O Encantador de Ricos | Observador | Society & Culture | 18 | Omny Studio | 59 |
| 59 |  | Le Procès Harelle | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 53 |
| 60 |  | Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga | Observador | Society & Culture | 14 | Omny Studio | 58 |
| 61 |  | This Is Actually Happening | Audible | Society & Culture | 526 | ART19 | 68 |
| 62 |  | Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates | The Observer | Society & Culture | 120 | Acast | 73 |
| 63 |  | Manger les riches | Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias | Society & Culture | 21 | RSS.com | 48 |
| 64 |  | Shame on you | StudioFact Audio | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 74 |
| 65 |  | Le Fumoir | Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre | Society & Culture | 7 | Acast | 79 |
| 66 |  | "J'AI HARCELÉ" | LACMÉ | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 67 |  | Being the King | The Telegraph | Society & Culture | 4 | Acast | 69 |
| 68 |  | Cartels & Cie | Autorité de la concurrence | Society & Culture | 17 | Ausha | 79 |
| 69 |  | Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos | RMC Découverte | Society & Culture | 4 | Simplecast | 63 |
| 70 |  | Adrift | Apple TV / Blanchard House | Society & Culture | 9 | ART19 | 69 |
| 71 |  | Focus: Adults in the Room | KUOW News and Information | Society & Culture | 17 | Omny Studio | 68 |
| 72 |  | Mind Games | Kaleidoscope | Society & Culture | 11 | Omny Studio | 53 |
| 73 |  | Blast - Infernet | Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info | Society & Culture | 11 | Transistor | 59 |
| 74 |  | 搞钱女孩 | 搞钱女孩小辉 | Society & Culture | 187 | Ximalaya | 53 |
| 75 |  | La Machine à écrire | Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau | Society & Culture | 32 | Ausha | 84 |
| 76 |  | AU LONG | Society | Society & Culture | 47 | Acast | 69 |
| 77 |  | Reflector | Longview | Society & Culture | 32 | Megaphone | 48 |
| 78 |  | Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit | Veridox | Society & Culture | 22 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 79 |  | Uncanny | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 170 | BBC | 38 |
| 80 |  | Gueules Cassées | Audio Pictura | Society & Culture | 6 | Podcastics | 84 |
| 81 |  | Priscille Podcast | Priscille Podcast | Society & Culture | 63 | Spotify for Podcasters | 37 |
| 82 |  | PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ | ADD ASSOCIES | Society & Culture | 8 | Ausha | 74 |
| 83 |  | Women of the Seas | Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer | Society & Culture | 20 | Acast | 74 |
| 84 |  | Der Koch von Gaza | DIE ZEIT | Documentary | 6 | N/A | N/A |
| 85 |  | René Capain Bassène, condamné à tort | Committee to Protect Journalists | Society & Culture | 6 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 86 |  | LE DIVAN | TVONEAR | Society & Culture | 74 | Audiomeans | 69 |
| 87 |  | Thunder Bay | Canadaland | Society & Culture | 12 | Acast | 63 |
| 88 |  | Le Dernier Verre | Marianne Moing | Society & Culture | 5 | RSS.com | 58 |
| 89 |  | Maudites chansons…de Noël | majelan X | Society & Culture | 10 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 90 |  | Qui m'aime me suive ! | Catherine Demangeot | Society & Culture | 10 | Spotify for Podcasters | 63 |
| 91 |  | Raconter le réel Doc | clement touron | Society & Culture | 30 | Ausha | 63 |
| 92 |  | Enquête d'avenir | Ariane Cronel | Society & Culture | 36 | Spotify for Podcasters | 73 |
| 94 |  | Boomtown | Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly | Society & Culture | 15 | Megaphone | 64 |
| 95 |  | 疑案辦的有聲無影 | 重大歷史懸疑案件調查辦公室 | Society & Culture | 142 | Firstory | 49 |
| 96 |  | Cinayet Dosyaları – Gerçek Suç Podcast’i | Hüseyin Küçük | Society & Culture | 3 | Spotify for Podcasters | 37 |
| 97 |  | Un jour, un doc | RTL | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 43 |
| 98 |  | Hailey Bieber - Biography Flash | Inception Point Ai | Society & Culture | 65 | Spreaker | 69 |
| 99 |  | Blast - Adolescence | Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert | Society & Culture | 8 | Transistor | 54 |
| 100 |  | Wind of Change | Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify | Society & Culture | 16 | Megaphone | 53 |
Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France
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