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 Sep 2026

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09/04/2026

Average data

Episodes: 107

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:36:01

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (5 shows)

2. Louie Media (5 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Ausha (6 shows)

5. Megaphone (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	139	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	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	77	Megaphone	62
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	73
7	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
8	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
9	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	102	Acast	73
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	373	Audion	58
15	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
16	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
17	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
18	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
19	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	19	Acast	68
20	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
21	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
22	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	16	Acast	90
23	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
24	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
25	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	291	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
27	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
28	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
29	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	164	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
32	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
33	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
34	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
35	Juifs, Musulmans: tenir ensemble	Chahut Media	Society & Culture	3	Captivate	52
36	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
37	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
39	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
40	Dari Diaries : ma maison dans la médina	Dari Diaries	Society & Culture	6	Substack	58
41	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	956	Spreaker	64
42	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
44	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
45	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	79
46	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
47	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
48	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
49	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
50	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
51	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
52	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
53	As Irmãs	Chico Felitti	Society & Culture	5	Spreaker	59
54	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
55	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
56	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	142	Megaphone	68
57	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
58	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
59	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
60	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
61	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
62	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
63	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
64	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
65	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
66	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
67	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
68	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
69	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	201	Megaphone	53
70	Elizabeth II	RTL	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	59
71	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
72	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
73	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
74	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
76	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
77	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	30	Ausha	89
78	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	11	Audiomeans	68
79	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
80	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
81	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
82	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
83	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	78	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
85	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	264	Spreaker	69
86	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
87	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
88	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	53
89	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	53	Ausha	53
90	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
91	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
92	Women of the Seas	Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer	Society & Culture	20	Acast	74
93	Balance ta pépite	Les Petits Poings	Society & Culture	13	Unknown	53
94	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
95	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
96	Podme Dokumentär	Podme	Society & Culture	12	Podspace	53
97	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	73
98	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
99	人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材	厭世姬＆邊角料	Society & Culture	211	Firstory	43
100	Nulstillet	DR	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	69

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