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 Dec 2025

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12/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 119

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:31:55

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. RTL (3 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. Audiomeans (18 shows)

3. Ausha (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
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	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
11	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
12	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
13	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
14	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
17	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
23	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
24	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
25	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
26	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
27	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
28	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
29	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
30	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
31	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
34	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
35	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
36	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
37	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
38	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
39	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
40	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
41	Nos précieux aînés	NADIA AOI-YDI	Society & Culture	21	Ausha	63
42	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
43	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
44	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
45	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
46	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
47	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
48	Zero Signal	David & Jay Green	Society & Culture	32	RSS.com	83
49	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
50	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
51	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
52	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
53	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
54	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
55	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
56	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
57	Привет, ты иноагент	Sonya Groysman	Society & Culture	58	Libsyn	89
58	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
59	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
60	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
63	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
64	En immersion à l'école des commissaires de police	ENSP Podcasts	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	48
65	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
66	Écouter, agir, le podcast de Citad'elles	Citad'elles	Society & Culture	29	Acast	68
67	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
68	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
69	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
70	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Society & Culture	34	Audiomeans	59
71	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	53	Ausha	53
72	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
73	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
74	Casablanca – Palerme	Tassaout Media	Society & Culture	2	Acast	84
75	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
76	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
77	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
78	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
79	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
80	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
81	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
82	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
83	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
84	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
85	Chroniques du Grand Domaine	Lili Sohn et Théo Boulenger	Society & Culture	5	Acast	69
86	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
87	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	59
88	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
89	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	45	Ausha	43
90	THE DAISY AGE PODCAST	The Daisy Age Podcast	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
92	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
93	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
94	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
95	Aangereden	Radio 1	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	69
96	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
97	impermanent	Léonie Ragot	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
98	Se Retrouver - Inclusive Beauty	Fondation L'Oréal	Society & Culture	13	Acast	79
99	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
100	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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