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 Oct 2026

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10/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 112

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:33:05

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. RTBF (3 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. Audiomeans (15 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

5. BBC (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	138	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	211	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	79	Megaphone	62
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	56	Audiomeans	73
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	71	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
8	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
9	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	103	Acast	73
10	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
11	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	20	Acast	68
12	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	26	Acast	79
13	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
14	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	378	Audion	58
15	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	63
16	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
17	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
19	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	17	Acast	90
21	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
22	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	296	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	37	Octopus	59
24	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
25	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
26	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	168	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
28	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
29	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
30	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
31	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	79
32	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
33	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
34	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	965	Spreaker	64
35	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
36	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	520	Audiomeans	84
37	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	31	Ausha	89
38	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
39	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
40	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	34	Simplecast	69
41	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
42	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
43	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
44	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	111	BBC	38
45	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
46	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	24	Acast	58
47	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
48	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
50	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
51	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
52	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	43	Audiomeans	73
53	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
54	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	63
55	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	264	WideOrbit	48
56	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	118	Acast	73
57	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
58	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
59	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	68
60	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
61	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	79	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Au coeur des tiers-lieux : les éclaireurs de la transformation écologique	ANCT Agence-nationale-de-la-cohésion-des-territoires	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	53
63	SAS: The Shadow War	The Independent / Aurra Studios	Society & Culture	4	Acast	69
64	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	413	BBC	28
65	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	941	Simplecast	38
66	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
67	Sous contraintes, le podcast de la transition socio-écologique	Fanny Parise, alias Mme l’anthropologue et Novethic - Musique : "Phase" by Xylo-Ziko.	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	32
68	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	23	ART19	73
69	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
70	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
71	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
72	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
73	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	309	Megaphone	42
74	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
75	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	71	Triton Digital	63
76	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	230	Acast	43
77	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
78	Storie per Dormire Bene Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Storie per Dormire bene	Documentary	36	N/A	N/A
79	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	4	Podcastics	69
80	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
81	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
82	A Whole Other Country	Marfa Public Radio	Society & Culture	7	PRX	59
83	Chroniques du Grand Domaine	Lili Sohn et Théo Boulenger	Society & Culture	5	Acast	69
84	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	Qui a eu cette idée folle un jour d'inventer les CEE ?	Benoit FERRES	Society & Culture	1	Ausha	38
86	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
87	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
88	Un autre regard, Podcast du NPA76	npa76	Society & Culture	60	Unknown	38
89	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
90	Prato Cheio	O Joio e O Trigo	Society & Culture	160	Simplecast	63
91	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	164	Omny Studio	69
92	Des gens ordinaires	RTBF	Society & Culture	15	Audiomeans	79
93	Mémoire- De Tunis à Rennes	L'ambre fin	Society & Culture	1	Vodio	48
94	Ariana Grande - Audio Biography	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	124	Megaphone	58
95	Who Cares?	Julie Bianchin	Society & Culture	8	Acast	79
96	Avenir Radieux	Thomas Huger	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	53
97	Juan Pablo Escobar	Juan Pablo Escobar	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	43
98	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
99	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
100	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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