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 Dec 2025

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12/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 148

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:33:46

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Audiomeans (20 shows)

3. Ausha (17 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
11	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
12	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
13	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
14	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
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	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
20	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
23	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
24	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1006	Simplecast	38
26	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
27	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
28	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
29	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
30	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
31	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
32	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
33	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
34	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
35	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
36	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
37	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
38	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
39	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
41	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
42	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
43	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	143	Acast	73
44	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
45	Nos précieux aînés	NADIA AOI-YDI	Society & Culture	21	Ausha	63
46	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
47	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
48	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
49	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
50	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
51	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
54	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
55	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
56	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
57	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
58	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
59	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
60	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	59
61	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	379	Spreaker	84
62	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
63	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	821	Megaphone	53
64	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
65	Un quart d'heure à Paris	Ville de Paris	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	79
66	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
67	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
68	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
69	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
70	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
71	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
72	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
73	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
74	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
75	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
76	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
77	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
79	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
80	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
81	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
82	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
83	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
84	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
85	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
86	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
87	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
88	Tracés : des récits qui laissent des traces	Florian Morel	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	79
89	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
90	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
91	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
92	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
93	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
94	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
95	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
96	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
97	Solastalgie	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	73
98	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
99	Trump - Photo Op	RTL	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	54
100	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53

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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