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 05 Feb 2026

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02/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 125

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:33:07

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (19 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	10	Transistor	53
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
6	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
8	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
9	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
13	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
18	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Acast	73
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
22	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
24	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
25	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
26	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
27	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
28	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
29	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
30	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
31	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
32	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
33	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
34	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
35	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
36	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	58
37	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
38	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	18	Acast	79
40	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
41	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
42	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
43	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
44	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
45	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
46	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	379	Audioboom	62
47	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
48	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
49	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
50	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
51	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
52	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
53	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
54	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
55	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
56	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
57	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
58	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
59	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
60	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
61	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
62	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
63	DS Automobiles	majelan X	Society & Culture	1	Audiomeans	84
64	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
65	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
66	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
67	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
68	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
69	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
70	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
71	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
72	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
73	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
74	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
75	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
76	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
77	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	73
78	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
79	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
80	En Miroir	Benjamin Milazzo	Society & Culture	47	Ausha	89
81	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
82	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
83	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
84	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
85	Le Roi des Monstres	École normale supérieure - PSL	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
86	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
88	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
89	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
90	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
91	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
92	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
93	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
94	Priscille Podcast	Priscille Podcast	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	37
95	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
96	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
97	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
98	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
99	Badfluence	SvD	Society & Culture	7	Acast	43
100	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48

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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