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 11 mai 2026

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05/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 102

Frequency: every 42 days

Duration: 00:33:23

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

4. Making Waves (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Audiomeans (16 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. ART19 (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
4	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
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	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
11	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
12	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
13	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
17	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
20	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
21	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
22	Tout est affaires	Outre-mer la 1ère	Society & Culture	9	Octopus	43
23	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
26	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
27	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
28	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
29	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
30	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
31	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
32	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
33	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
34	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
35	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
36	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
37	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
38	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
39	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
40	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
42	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
43	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
44	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
45	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
46	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
47	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
48	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
49	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
50	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
51	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
52	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
53	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
55	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
56	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
57	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
58	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
59	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
60	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
61	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
62	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
63	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
64	Descendances	Alice Fidelle et Clara Haelters	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	69
65	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
66	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
67	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
68	Las Raras	Las Raras	Society & Culture	50	Libsyn	89
69	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
70	KICK RADIO	Ice Americano	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
71	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	5	Vodio	79
72	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
73	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
74	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
75	NRC Uitgelicht: Koekoekskind	NRC	Society & Culture	30	ART19	83
76	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
77	La Biblioteca de los Sueños: Documentales para Dormir	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	51	Simplecast	68
78	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
79	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
80	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	59
81	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
82	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
83	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
84	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
85	Priscille Podcast	Priscille Podcast	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	37
86	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
87	Gueules Cassées	Audio Pictura	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	84
88	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
89	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
90	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Verden er cooked	Jyllands-Posten	Society & Culture	6	Omny Studio	59
92	WTF is on my Mind?!	Mark Vicente	Society & Culture	123	Buzzsprout	53
93	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
94	En selles	Victor Ledoux	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	69
95	Sauver sa peau	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	2	Audiomeans	68
96	Le temps des écrivains	ACTUCEDRE	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	43
97	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
98	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
99	Jean-Luc	Damien Jodeau	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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