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 Jun 2026

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06/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 144

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:34:45

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (3 shows)

2. Louie Media (3 shows)

3. Making Waves (2 shows)

4. RTBF (2 shows)

5. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Audiomeans (13 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (9 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
5	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
10	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
13	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
14	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
15	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
16	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
17	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	46	Audiomeans	73
18	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
19	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	975	Spreaker	64
20	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	300	Spotify for Podcasters	32
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
22	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
23	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
24	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
26	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
27	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
28	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
32	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
33	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
34	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
35	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
36	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
37	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
38	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
39	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
40	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
41	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
42	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
43	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
44	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	219	Unknown	43
45	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
46	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
48	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
49	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
50	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
51	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
52	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
53	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
54	La ville devant soi	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
55	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	33	Ausha	79
56	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
57	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
58	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
59	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
60	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
61	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
62	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
63	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
64	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
65	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
66	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
67	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
68	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
69	Amphi 25 : parlons discriminations	Amphi 25 : parlons discriminations	Society & Culture	34	Ausha	73
70	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	73
71	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	54	Ausha	53
72	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
73	Un bled à soi	Institut du monde arabe	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	59
74	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
75	Que História!	BBC Brasil	Society & Culture	40	BBC	33
76	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
77	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
78	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Education	232	Ausha	43
79	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	48
80	Mandela: An Audio History	Primedia Broadcasting	Society & Culture	6	Omny Studio	48
81	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
82	MISTERIO OVNI TERROR Y PARANORMAL	MISTERIO OVNI Y PARANORMAL	Society & Culture	1441	iVoox	53
83	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	412	Buzzsprout	83
84	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
85	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43
86	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
87	Maudites chansons…de Noël	majelan X	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
88	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
89	Danni Irreversibili - Il Caso Michael Jackson	Vois con Roberta Lippi e Lorenzo Brillo	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
90	Comment on s'aime ?	Klaam	Society & Culture	13	Acast	64
91	Campagnes urbaines	Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	63
92	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
93	Retro Reload Details temporarily unavailable	Océane DIAS	Documentary	1	N/A	N/A
94	Doble Condena	Doble Condena, por Enar Derqui, Maddalen Omaetxebarria y Carlos Álvarez	Society & Culture	8	Acast	84
95	Audiodocumentari di Olmo Cerri	REC	Society & Culture	15	Spreaker	53
97	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	90	Acast	69
99	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
100	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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