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 08 Jan 2026

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01/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 129

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:34:57

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

5. Studio Balado (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (21 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	208	Acast	79
3	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
4	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	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	368	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	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
12	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
13	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
14	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
18	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
21	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
23	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
24	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
26	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
29	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
31	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
32	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
33	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
34	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
35	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
36	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
37	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
38	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
40	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
41	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
42	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
43	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
44	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
45	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
46	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
47	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
48	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
49	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
50	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
51	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	À VIF ! Créer pour Résister	Noa Levy-Baron, Agathe Redier, Marie Wallaert	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
55	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
56	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
57	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
58	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
59	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
60	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
61	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
62	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
63	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
64	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
65	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
66	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
67	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
68	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
69	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
70	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
71	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
72	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
73	À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
74	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
75	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
76	Cuarto Milenio	Mediaset	Society & Culture	250	iVoox	43
77	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
78	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
79	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
81	Du Pin sur la Planche - à la découverte de la forêt et du bois	Delphine Gardin	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	63
82	Women of the Seas	Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer	Society & Culture	20	Acast	74
83	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
84	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
85	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
86	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
87	Azizam - Die Revolution meiner Mama	funk - von ARD und ZDF	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	43
88	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
89	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
90	Magtfuld	RADIO IIII	Society & Culture	74	Omny Studio	48
91	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	210	Megaphone	38
92	La révolution, et après ? Un podcast Frictions	Frictions	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	53
93	人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材	厭世姬＆邊角料	Society & Culture	208	Firstory	43
94	Bonjour Afrique	Bambou Studio	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
95	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	45	Ausha	43
97	Transformer le travail	Anact	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	94
98	Le podcast du Boulon	Le Boulon	Society & Culture	89	Podcastics	49
99	Trump - Photo Op	RTL	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	54
100	BXL 1001 VIES	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	10	Acast	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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