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 12 Mar 2026

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03/12/2026

Average data

Episodes: 110

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:34:32

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. RTL (2 shows)

5. RTBF (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (30 shows)

2. Audiomeans (14 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. BBC (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
10	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
15	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
16	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	22	Acast	68
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
19	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
20	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
21	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
22	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
23	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
24	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	174	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1016	Simplecast	38
26	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	158	Acast	73
27	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	104	BBC	53
28	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
29	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
30	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
31	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
32	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
33	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
34	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
35	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
36	Priscille Podcast	Priscille Podcast	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	37
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
38	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
39	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
40	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
41	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
42	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
43	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
44	Toute cette bravoure qui était en moi	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	4	Acast	63
45	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	33	Ausha	79
46	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	467	Acast	74
47	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
48	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	63	Acast	49
49	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
50	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
51	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
52	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
53	Kintsugi, l'histoire de ma reconstruction	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Audion	83
54	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Acast	73
55	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
56	Parlons du Congo	Valéry Ntwali, Clémence Auzary, Emma Belmonte	Society & Culture	13	Spreaker	74
57	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
58	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
59	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
60	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
61	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
63	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
64	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
65	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
66	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
67	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
68	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
69	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
70	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
71	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
72	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
73	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
74	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	206	Megaphone	63
75	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
76	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
77	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
78	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
79	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
80	Gueules Cassées	Audio Pictura	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	84
81	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
82	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
83	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
84	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	90	Acast	69
85	Prato Cheio	O Joio e O Trigo	Society & Culture	161	Simplecast	63
86	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
87	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
88	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
89	MISTERIO OVNI TERROR Y PARANORMAL	MISTERIO OVNI Y PARANORMAL	Society & Culture	1441	iVoox	48
90	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	53
91	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
92	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
93	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
94	Gisors et le trésor des Templiers	Jocelyne Giani	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	43
95	PARTAGE Conversations # Generations	christophe belkacem	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	58
96	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	44	BBC	58
97	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
98	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Un bled à soi	Institut du monde arabe	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	59
100	Beyond the Veil - un podcast sur la mort	Virginie Barba	Society & Culture	26	Ausha	78

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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