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 Oct 2026

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10/05/2026

Average data

Episodes: 105

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:33:44

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (27 shows)

2. Audiomeans (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Ausha (11 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	136	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	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	78	Megaphone	62
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	55	Audiomeans	73
6	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
7	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
8	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	20	Acast	68
9	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	103	Acast	73
11	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	17	Acast	90
12	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
13	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	377	Audion	58
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	37	Octopus	59
19	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	25	Acast	79
21	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
22	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
23	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	294	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	166	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
26	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
27	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	520	Audiomeans	84
28	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
29	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
30	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
31	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
32	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
33	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
34	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	42	Audiomeans	73
35	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
36	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
37	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	63
38	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
39	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
40	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	962	Spreaker	64
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	105	BBC	38
43	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
44	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
45	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	33	Simplecast	69
46	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
47	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
48	Les Gens du Bassin	Vivre Le Bassin	Society & Culture	1	Ausha	53
49	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	79
50	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
51	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
52	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
53	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
54	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	53
55	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
57	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	23	ART19	73
58	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
59	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
60	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
61	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
63	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
64	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	125	Simplecast	53
65	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	72	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
67	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
68	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
69	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
70	FRICTIONS, raconter le monde par l'intime	Frictions	Society & Culture	143	Ausha	63
71	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
72	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
74	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
75	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
76	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
77	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
78	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	193	Simplecast	58
79	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
80	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
81	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
82	Les mémoires effacées	L'ambre fin	Society & Culture	3	Vodio	84
83	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
84	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
85	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
86	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
87	La voix des métiers	Orientation Vaud	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
88	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
89	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
90	Capsule Bpi	Bibliothèque publique d'information	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
91	Modular Airport	Modular Airport	Society & Culture	52	Ausha	43
92	Un studio sur l'Atlantique \| A Studio On The Atlantic	ArTec \| Frictions \| R-22 Tout Monde	Society & Culture	34	Ausha	63
93	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
94	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
95	The National Archives Podcast Series	The National Archives	Society & Culture	549	Unknown	32
96	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
97	No One Is Coming	Ten Cats Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
98	Les pieds sur l'eau	Chloé Chanliaud	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Tomber la robe	Tomber la robe	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Ma Bataille	Usbek et Rica	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	59

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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