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 Feb 2026

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02/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 94

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:31:21

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. RTBF (2 shows)

5. INA (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (22 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Ausha (15 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
3	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	77	Megaphone	62
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	73
8	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	374	Audion	58
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
12	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
13	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	25	Acast	79
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
18	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
19	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	102	Acast	73
20	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
21	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
22	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
23	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
24	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	165	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
26	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
27	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
28	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
29	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
30	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	32	Simplecast	49
32	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
36	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
37	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
38	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
39	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
40	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
41	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	407	Megaphone	63
42	DS Automobiles	majelan X	Society & Culture	1	Audiomeans	84
43	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
44	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
45	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
47	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
48	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	520	Audiomeans	84
49	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	380	Audioboom	62
50	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
51	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
52	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
53	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
54	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
55	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
56	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
57	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
58	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
59	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	443	Acast	74
60	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
61	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
62	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
63	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
64	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
65	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
66	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
67	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
68	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
69	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
70	Cherchez le daron Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
71	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
72	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
73	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
74	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
75	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
76	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
77	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
78	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
80	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
81	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
82	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
83	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
84	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
85	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
86	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
87	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
88	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
89	Les Garde-Fous	Les Garde-Fous	Society & Culture	55	Ausha	74
90	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
91	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
92	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
93	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
94	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
95	Claude Monet - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	59
96	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	28	Simplecast	63
97	OMG : décodons les biotech	Inf'OGM	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	53
98	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
99	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
100	ROC Taiwan : la singularité d'une île	Muriel Couton / Virginie Jortay	Society & Culture	10	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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