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 04 Jan 2026

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01/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 116

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:33:09

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

5. Hélène Aguilar (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Audiomeans (19 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. BBC (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	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
13	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
16	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
17	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
18	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
19	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
20	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
23	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
24	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
25	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
26	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
27	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
29	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
33	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
34	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
35	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
37	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
38	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
39	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
40	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
41	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
42	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
43	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
44	Форма на вырост	Новая вкладка	Society & Culture	4	Podbean	79
45	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
46	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
47	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
48	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
49	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
50	Les casseroles palestiniennes	Basile Crespin et Louis Le Mesre de Pas	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
51	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
52	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
53	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
54	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
55	Parlons du Congo	Valéry Ntwali, Clémence Auzary, Emma Belmonte	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	74
56	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
57	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
58	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
59	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
60	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
61	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
63	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
64	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
65	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
66	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
67	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
68	C'est leur histoire	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	71	Acast	49
69	Savoirs & culture - L'Envers du décor Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
70	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
71	Marshall Islands: After the Bomb Dropped	Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	4	Omny Studio	48
72	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
73	Lang Déléyé si Servis Kabaré	Béatrice Velin-Cassim et Juliette Pierron-Rauwel	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
74	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
75	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
77	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
78	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
79	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
80	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
81	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
82	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
83	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
84	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
85	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
86	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
87	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
88	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
89	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
90	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
91	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
92	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
93	Ce qui nous lie	Domitille Tassin	Society & Culture	36	Ausha	63
94	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
95	Le Grand Large	Le Grand Large	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	53
96	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	47	Acast	69
97	Le Meurtre Mystérieux De Jack Brown	Preuves du paranormal	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
98	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
99	Immersion Podcast \| Documentaires Français Intéressants VF \| Docs Reportages & Emissions 2024	Immersion DOCS Podcast	Society & Culture	2	Acast	48
100	Ma langue maternelle n'est pas la langue de ma mère	Alice MAGDELAINE	Society & Culture	13	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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