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 May 2026
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France
Society & Culture
Documentary
05/04/2026
Average data
Episodes: 109
Frequency: every 26 days
Duration: 00:34:42
Top 5 authors
1. Louie Media (4 shows)
2. RTBF (2 shows)
3. Audible (2 shows)
4. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)
5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)
Top 5 hosting
1. Acast (21 shows)
2. Audiomeans (14 shows)
3. Ausha (13 shows)
4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)
5. Omny Studio (5 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 |  | Archives | Neoxi | Society & Culture | 69 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 8 |  | JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia | Isabelle Farrugia | Society & Culture | 18 | Acast | 68 |
| 9 |  | Une lettre d'Amérique | RTL | Society & Culture | 101 | Audiomeans | 54 |
| 10 |  | Le bureau des complots | RTBF | Society & Culture | 52 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 11 |  | Injustices | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 60 | Acast | 73 |
| 12 |  | In Tenebris | Marine Benoit | Society & Culture | 23 | Acast | 84 |
| 13 |  | PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies | Minuit | Society & Culture | 368 | Audion | 58 |
| 14 |  | La société de minuit | Tatiana Benhamou | Society & Culture | 100 | Acast | 73 |
| 15 |  | Ou peut-être une nuit | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 69 |
| 16 |  | Destins Extraordinaires | Europe1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 43 |
| 17 |  | The Documentary Podcast | BBC World Service | Society & Culture | 2000 | BBC | 33 |
| 18 |  | Untold: Opus Dei | Financial Times | Society & Culture | 25 | Acast | 69 |
| 19 |  | À Brûler Sans Ouvrir | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 13 | Audiomeans | 83 |
| 20 |  | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Society & Culture | 75 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 21 |  | Gilles Galloux | Gilles Galloux | Society & Culture | 9 | Transistor | 59 |
| 22 |  | ET PAN ! | ET PAN ! | Society & Culture | 4 | Ausha | 64 |
| 23 |  | PRESS ROOM | Esther Press Room | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 94 |
| 24 |  | Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel | RTBF | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 25 |  | Les Enfermé·es | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 9 | Transistor | 59 |
| 26 |  | Freakonomics Radio | Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher | Society & Culture | 1005 | Simplecast | 38 |
| 27 |  | Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973) | INA | Society & Culture | 7 | Octopus | 59 |
| 28 |  | World of Secrets | BBC | Society & Culture | 98 | BBC | 53 |
| 29 |  | Espace Documentaire | Espace Documentaire | Society & Culture | 949 | Spreaker | 64 |
| 30 |  | Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités | Samy Scoop | Society & Culture | 5 | Acast | 63 |
| 31 |  | Le monde selon Trump | BFMTV | Society & Culture | 29 | Simplecast | 49 |
| 32 |  | Thread Horreur By Delkor | Delkor | Society & Culture | 287 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 33 |  | L'Affaire | Paradiso Media | Society & Culture | 73 | Acast | 79 |
| 34 |  | Anaïs Lenar | Anaïs Lenar | Society & Culture | 22 | Acast | 58 |
| 35 |  | Radio Ambulante | My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 369 | Omny Studio | 73 |
| 36 |  | En quête de l’étrange | Pia Brunner | Society & Culture | 77 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 37 |  | Tous Parano | Tous Parano | Society & Culture | 59 | Podcastics | 89 |
| 38 |  | Empire Stories | Entrepreneur Mindset | Society & Culture | 60 | Ausha | 53 |
| 39 |  | Création Documentaire | Radio Grenouille | Society & Culture | 24 | Transistor | 63 |
| 40 |  | Entre | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 61 | Acast | 94 |
| 41 |  | The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable | Ky Dickens | Society & Culture | 88 | Acast | 84 |
| 42 |  | Au cœur des archives | Europe 1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 43 |  | La Jeune Rue | Nouvelles Ecoutes | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 44 |  | Dark Stories | Dark Stories | Society & Culture | 160 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 45 |  | The Gift | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 23 | BBC | 59 |
| 46 |  | NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo | Brieuc Quil | Society & Culture | 6 | Ausha | 62 |
| 47 |  | Strangers on a Bench | Tom Rosenthal | Society & Culture | 100 | Acast | 59 |
| 48 |  | Racines & Récits | UPro-G | Society & Culture | 28 | Podcastics | 69 |
| 49 |  | Uncanny | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 170 | BBC | 38 |
| 50 |  | La Minute Géographie | La Minute Géographie | Society & Culture | 24 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 51 |  | Blast - Infernet | Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info | Society & Culture | 11 | Transistor | 59 |
| 52 |  | The Secret World of Roald Dahl | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 14 | Omny Studio | 78 |
| 53 |  | OÙ EST LE BEAU ? | Hélène Aguilar | Society & Culture | 516 | Audiomeans | 84 |
| 54 |  | Police, le podcast | Police nationale | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 83 |
| 55 |  | LE DIVAN | TVONEAR | Society & Culture | 74 | Audiomeans | 69 |
| 56 |  | La dame du CDI | Nathanael | Society & Culture | 28 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 57 |  | Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit | Veridox | Society & Culture | 22 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 58 |  | René Capain Bassène, condamné à tort | Committee to Protect Journalists | Society & Culture | 6 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 59 |  | Free From Desire | Aline Laurent-Mayard | Society & Culture | 17 | Acast | 79 |
| 60 |  | L'art de l'attention | Fanny Auger | Society & Culture | 24 | Ausha | 89 |
| 61 |  | Relatos Forenses Podcast | pepe&chema | Society & Culture | 265 | Megaphone | 32 |
| 62 |  | Happy End | Sarah Dumont | Society & Culture | 33 | Podcastics | 63 |
| 63 |  | Les mille et une vies de Sign | Karim Boukercha | Society & Culture | 11 | RedCircle | 48 |
| 64 |  | Heretics | Andrew Gold | Andrew Gold | Society & Culture | 705 | Megaphone | 53 |
| 65 |  | Flightless Bird | David Farrier | Society & Culture | 210 | Megaphone | 38 |
| 66 |  | Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates | The Observer | Society & Culture | 120 | Acast | 73 |
| 67 |  | Une épopée : Victor Hugo | Valentin Lavoillotte | Society & Culture | 8 | Spotify for Podcasters | 59 |
| 68 |  | CANAL 16 | SNSM | Society & Culture | 38 | Acast | 79 |
| 69 |  | Jungle Prince | The New York Times | Society & Culture | 3 | Simplecast | 63 |
| 70 |  | La Fille sur le canapé | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 10 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 71 |  | Du Pin sur la Planche - à la découverte de la forêt et du bois | Delphine Gardin | Society & Culture | 17 | Ausha | 63 |
| 72 |  | En Miroir | Benjamin Milazzo | Society & Culture | 47 | Ausha | 89 |
| 73 |  | F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| 74 |  | Las Raras | Las Raras | Society & Culture | 50 | Libsyn | 89 |
| 75 |  | Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée | Atelier Frissonne | Society & Culture | 2 | Ausha | 48 |
| 76 |  | Septentrion | Stéphane Dugast | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 73 |
| 77 |  | La révolution, et après ? Un podcast Frictions | Frictions | Society & Culture | 15 | Ausha | 53 |
| 78 |  | Adrift | Apple TV / Blanchard House | Society & Culture | 9 | ART19 | 69 |
| 79 |  | The Life And Truth About Jenna Ortega | Sloppers AI | Society & Culture | 1 | Acast | 63 |
| 80 |  | Radio Linac | Geraldine Le Breton | Society & Culture | 20 | Spotify for Podcasters | 53 |
| 81 |  | ¿Como pooor? | Podimo | Society & Culture | 5 | ART19 | 63 |
| 83 |  | O Encantador de Ricos | Observador | Society & Culture | 18 | Omny Studio | 59 |
| 84 |  | Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos | RMC Découverte | Society & Culture | 4 | Simplecast | 63 |
| 85 |  | VYRAJE | Sarah Bardin | Society & Culture | 28 | Ausha | 79 |
| 86 |  | Shame on you | StudioFact Audio | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 74 |
| 87 |  | Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga | Observador | Society & Culture | 14 | Omny Studio | 58 |
| 88 |  | This Is Actually Happening | Audible | Society & Culture | 526 | ART19 | 68 |
| 89 |  | OnlyFantasy | Audible | Society & Culture | 29 | ART19 | 69 |
| 90 |  | Le Fumoir | Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre | Society & Culture | 7 | Acast | 79 |
| 91 |  | Le Dernier Verre | Marianne Moing | Society & Culture | 5 | RSS.com | 58 |
| 92 |  | Manger les riches | Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias | Society & Culture | 21 | RSS.com | 48 |
| 93 |  | Le Procès Harelle | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 53 |
| 94 |  | "J'AI HARCELÉ" | LACMÉ | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 95 |  | Being the King | The Telegraph | Society & Culture | 4 | Acast | 69 |
| 96 |  | Lucky Boy | Gary Marshall | Documentary | 6 | N/A | N/A |
| 97 |  | La Machine à écrire | Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau | Society & Culture | 32 | Ausha | 84 |
| 98 |  | Mind Games | Kaleidoscope | Society & Culture | 11 | Omny Studio | 53 |
| 99 |  | Telephone Stories | Ninth Planet Audio | Society & Culture | 15 | Acast | 63 |
| 100 |  | 搞钱女孩 | 搞钱女孩小辉 | Society & Culture | 187 | Ximalaya | 53 |
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