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 07 janv. 2026

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01/07/2026

Average data

Episodes: 120

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:34:08

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. RTBF (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (21 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)

4. Ausha (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
9	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
10	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
13	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
14	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
15	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
18	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
21	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
22	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
23	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
24	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
25	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
26	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
27	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
32	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
34	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
35	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
37	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
38	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
40	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
41	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
42	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
43	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
44	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
45	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
46	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
47	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
48	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
49	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
50	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
51	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
52	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
53	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
54	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
55	À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
56	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
57	Women of the Seas	Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer	Society & Culture	20	Acast	74
58	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
59	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
60	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
61	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
62	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
63	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
64	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
65	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
66	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	45	Ausha	43
67	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
68	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
69	Cuarto Milenio	Mediaset	Society & Culture	250	iVoox	43
70	الإذاعة والتلفاز	الإذاعة والتلفاز	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	48
71	EcoloThème	Plume, Daphnée et O2 l'écolo	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
72	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
73	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
75	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
76	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
77	À VIF ! Créer pour Résister	Noa Levy-Baron, Agathe Redier, Marie Wallaert	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
79	Les Cris	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
80	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
81	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
82	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
83	Un bled à soi	Institut du monde arabe	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	59
84	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
85	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
86	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
88	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
89	Immersion Podcast \| Documentaires Français Intéressants VF \| Docs Reportages & Emissions 2024	Immersion DOCS Podcast	Society & Culture	2	Acast	48
90	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
91	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
92	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
93	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
94	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
96	1940, Winston devient Churchill	Creation Collective / Binge Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	48
97	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
98	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
99	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
100	Форма на вырост	Новая вкладка	Society & Culture	4	Podbean	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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