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 May 2026

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05/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 123

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:36:22

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

3. RTL (2 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Hélène Aguilar (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Ausha (14 shows)

3. Audiomeans (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (9 shows)

Rank	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	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
9	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
11	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
12	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
13	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
14	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
15	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
18	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
19	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
20	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
22	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
23	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
24	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
26	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
27	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
28	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
30	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
31	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
32	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
33	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
34	Création Documentaire	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	24	Transistor	63
35	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
36	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
40	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
42	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
43	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
44	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
46	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
47	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
48	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
49	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
50	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
51	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
52	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Du Pin sur la Planche - à la découverte de la forêt et du bois	Delphine Gardin	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	63
54	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
56	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
57	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
58	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
59	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
60	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
61	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
62	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
63	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
64	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
65	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
66	Racines & Récits	UPro-G	Society & Culture	28	Podcastics	69
67	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
68	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
69	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
70	Ungebremst – Der Anschlag auf den Magdeburger Weihnachtsmarkt	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	Society & Culture	7	Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk	42
71	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
72	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
73	Dans mon étude	Chambre des notaires de la Gironde	Society & Culture	9	Podcastics	49
74	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
75	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
76	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
77	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
78	Campagnes urbaines	Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
79	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
80	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
82	René Capain Bassène, condamné à tort	Committee to Protect Journalists	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
84	Grandes Vecindarios	SummerStory & Grupo Mutua Propietarios	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	64
85	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
86	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
87	Esperluette - Anthropologue du quotidien	Marie-Cécile Drécourt	Society & Culture	245	Ausha	94
88	Espèce de chômeur !	Solidarités nouvelles face au chômage (SNC)	Society & Culture	6	Acast	79
89	Danni Irreversibili - Il Caso Michael Jackson	Vois con Roberta Lippi e Lorenzo Brillo	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
90	Un día normal	Dei Arroyo	Society & Culture	17	Spreaker	74
91	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
92	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
93	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
94	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
95	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
96	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
97	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
98	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
99	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
100	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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