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 nov. 2025

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11/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 130

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:34:02

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

5. Hélène Aguilar (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (19 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. BBC (6 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	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
7	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
13	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
14	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
15	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
22	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
23	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
24	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
25	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
26	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
27	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
28	Sociétés	Yoann Missolo	Science	29	Acast	89
29	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
30	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
31	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
32	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
35	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
36	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
37	Entre Deux Vagues	Chloe Leger	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	64
38	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
39	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
40	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
41	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
42	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
43	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
44	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
45	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
46	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
47	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
48	Backstage, derrière le micro	Benoit Thièbe	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	78
49	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
50	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
51	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
52	Avestruz Master	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	53
53	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
55	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
57	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
58	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
59	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
60	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
61	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
62	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
63	La tête haute	Charlotte Abramow	Society & Culture	1	Audiomeans	64
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
65	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
66	Nos précieux aînés	NADIA AOI-YDI	Society & Culture	21	Ausha	63
67	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
68	Le Goût du Lien : bien manger dans les quartiers populaires avec les Jardins de Cocagne	Making Waves	Society & Culture	2	Transistor	59
69	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
70	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
71	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
73	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
74	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
75	Les gens	lesgenspodcast	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	64
76	Telephobia - Dieser eine Anruf	ARD	Society & Culture	35	Bayerischer Rundfunk	73
77	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
78	Tracés : des récits qui laissent des traces	Florian Morel	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	79
79	الإذاعة والتلفاز	الإذاعة والتلفاز	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
81	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
82	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
83	Créateurs avec Maxence Tison	Maxence Tison	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
85	À qui profite la tech for good ?	We Tell Stories	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	63
86	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
87	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
88	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
89	En selles	Victor Ledoux	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	69
90	The Binaural Cafe	Matthew Lien	Society & Culture	8	Buzzsprout	73
91	ROC Taiwan : la singularité d'une île	Muriel Couton / Virginie Jortay	Society & Culture	10	Acast	79
92	Problèmes de riches Saison 2	majelan	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	38
93	Le douze, le podcast 100% Aveyron	Sandrine Casses	Society & Culture	60	Podcastics	68
95	FRAGMENTS DE VIE	NADIA LOUNIS-DAHAN	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	59
96	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
97	Torino Nera	Fabio Granaro - Hypercast	Society & Culture	93	Megaphone	59
98	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
99	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
100	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68

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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