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 Dec 2025

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12/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 117

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:35:37

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. RTBF (2 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (20 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
4	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
7	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
9	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
10	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
11	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
12	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
13	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
17	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	796	Audiomeans	74
18	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
19	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
20	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
21	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
22	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
23	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
24	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
25	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
26	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
27	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
29	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
30	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
31	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
32	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
33	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
34	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
35	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
36	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
37	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
38	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
39	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
40	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
41	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
42	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Education	232	Ausha	43
43	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
44	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
45	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
46	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
47	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
48	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
49	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
50	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
51	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
52	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
53	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
54	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
55	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
56	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
58	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
59	Maison Radieuse, premières années	ECPAD	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	69
60	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
61	La vie sans filtre - Les Podcasts Macif	Les Podcasts Macif	Society & Culture	45	Audiomeans	83
62	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
63	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
64	Sans Toi	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	9	Podcastics	84
65	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
66	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
67	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	90	Acast	69
68	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
69	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
70	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
71	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
72	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
73	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
74	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Acast	73
75	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
76	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
77	Más Allá del Rosa	Jessica Fernández	Society & Culture	237	Acast	79
78	ColdFusion	Dagogo Altraide	Society & Culture	43	RSS.com	68
79	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
80	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
81	ÂgeManach	Novum Novem	Society & Culture	1	Acast	74
82	250 Dollar - Wie ich einen Menschen freikaufe	NZZ	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	48
83	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
84	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
85	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
86	DES TRAINS PAS COMME LES AUTRES	TV ON EAR	Society & Culture	69	Audiomeans	58
87	La révolution, et après ? Un podcast Frictions	Frictions	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	53
88	BXL 1001 VIES	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	10	Acast	79
89	VIVANTES	AFED 92	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	59
90	Valérie Deschamps	Valérie Deschamps	Society & Culture	25	Unknown	89
91	Parallèle Sud	Parallèle Sud	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	53
92	The Improvement Association	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	7	Simplecast	58
93	Les Archi.culteurs	Les Archi.culteurs	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	MILENIO 3 (1ª y 2ª Temporada)	GRUPO TU RADIO PUNTO COM	Society & Culture	116	iVoox	32
95	Storytime with Seth Rogen	Earwolf & Seth Rogen	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	53
96	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
97	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	63
98	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	80	Spotify for Podcasters	43
99	OMG : décodons les biotech	Inf'OGM	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	53
100	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	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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