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 Aug 2026

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08/11/2026

Average data

Episodes: 106

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:34:07

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. BFMTV (3 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. RTL (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (19 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Ausha (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 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	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
8	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	22	Acast	68
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
11	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
14	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
15	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
16	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
17	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
18	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
19	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
20	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	174	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
23	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	975	Spreaker	64
24	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
25	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
26	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
27	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
28	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
29	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
30	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	300	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Le Tour de France avec Sully	We Tell Stories	Society & Culture	23	Unknown	48
33	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
34	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
35	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
36	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
37	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	46	Audiomeans	73
38	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
39	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
40	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
41	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
42	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
43	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
44	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
45	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
46	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
48	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
49	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
50	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
51	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
52	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	272	WideOrbit	48
53	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
54	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	236	Acast	43
55	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
56	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
57	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
58	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
59	À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
60	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	49	Acast	63
61	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	33	Ausha	79
62	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
63	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
64	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
65	FRICTIONS, raconter le monde par l'intime	Frictions	Society & Culture	144	Ausha	58
66	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
67	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
68	LAISSE BETON	Amélie DAGUES	Society & Culture	89	Audiomeans	79
69	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
70	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
71	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
72	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
74	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
75	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
76	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
77	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
78	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
79	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
80	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
81	The Missing Sister	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	53
82	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
83	Trump - Photo Op	RTL	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	54
85	InSight Crime Podcast	InSight Crime	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	32
86	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
87	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
88	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
89	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	14	Audiomeans	68
90	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
91	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
92	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
93	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	80	Spotify for Podcasters	43
94	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
95	OQTF : l'outil d'une politique d'expulsion française	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	4	Acast	53
96	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
97	Storia di Venezia, laguna e altrove	Venice Experts	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	38
98	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	63
99	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
100	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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