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 10 Feb 2026

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02/10/2026

Average data

Episodes: 139

Frequency: every 33 days

Duration: 00:38:01

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. Inception Point Ai (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Audiomeans (18 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
9	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
11	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
12	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
13	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
14	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
18	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
19	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
20	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
25	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
26	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
28	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
29	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
30	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
31	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
32	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
33	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
34	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
35	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
36	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
37	Mi familia española	Plan H Media	Society & Culture	8	Spreaker	74
38	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
39	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
40	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
41	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
42	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
43	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
44	Ołowiane dzieci. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	43
45	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
46	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
48	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
49	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
50	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
51	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
52	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
53	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
54	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
55	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
56	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
57	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
58	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
59	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
60	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
61	Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	21	Spreaker	49
62	Aveyronnais et engagés	SDIS de l'Aveyron	Society & Culture	11	Podcastics	94
63	Out of Sync - Exploring Life Through Disability	Léa Hirschfeld	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	59
64	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
65	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
66	Complètement Toqués \| Le podcast de la gastronomie, les grands chefs de la région, leurs parcours, leurs engagements.	LYON 1ère	Society & Culture	205	Ausha	38
67	Les nouvelles routes du gaz	NaTran	Society & Culture	2	Audiomeans	73
68	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
69	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
70	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
71	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
72	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
73	Claude Monet - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	59
74	Emma Chamberlain - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	77	Spreaker	69
75	Le douze, le podcast 100% Aveyron	Sandrine Casses	Society & Culture	60	Podcastics	68
76	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
77	How to Grab Full Audiobook in Fiction, Contemporary	hotaudiobook.com	Society & Culture	2000	Unknown	53
78	Au rythme du Haut-Jura	Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	64
79	Les IDEstructibles - un podcast des étudiants en sciences infirmières de l'IFSI de Blois	IFSI Blois	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
80	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
81	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
82	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
83	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
84	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
85	Création Documentaire	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	24	Transistor	63
86	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
87	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	Heweliusz. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	43
89	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
91	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
93	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
94	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
95	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
96	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
97	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
98	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
99	La mort, tout un art !	Lucile Milliard	Society & Culture	21	podCloud	73
100	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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