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 13 Aug 2025

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08/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 106

Frequency: every 34 days

Duration: 00:33:57

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. Paradiso Media (3 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. RTL (3 shows)

5. BBC (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (21 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Ausha (11 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
2	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
3	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
4	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
5	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
9	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
12	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
13	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
14	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
15	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Society & Culture	34	Audiomeans	59
16	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
17	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
18	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
21	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
22	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
23	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
26	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
27	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
28	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
31	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
32	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
33	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
34	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
35	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
36	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
37	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
38	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
39	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
40	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
41	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	Sillon Bulle	Roland Harper	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	33
43	1940, Winston devient Churchill	Creation Collective / Binge Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	48
44	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
45	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
46	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
47	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
48	DES TRAINS PAS COMME LES AUTRES	TV ON EAR	Society & Culture	69	Audiomeans	58
49	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
50	Bleue comme Mars	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	74
51	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	510	BBC	28
52	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
53	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
54	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
55	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
56	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
57	Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	21	Spreaker	49
58	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
59	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
60	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
61	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
62	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
63	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
64	Tissages	Aminata M’Bengue	Society & Culture	1	Ausha	79
65	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
66	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
67	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
68	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
69	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
70	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
71	Au coeur des tiers-lieux : les éclaireurs de la transformation écologique	ANCT Agence-nationale-de-la-cohésion-des-territoires	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	53
72	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
73	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
74	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
75	Ce qui nous lie	Domitille Tassin	Society & Culture	36	Ausha	63
76	Tu fais quoi dimanche ?	Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	48
77	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	22
78	Autre perspective	Kollectif	Society & Culture	12	Acast	89
79	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
80	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
81	HUMO: Murder and Silence in El Salvador	Sonoro	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	59
82	L'Art Diplomatique	L'art Diplomatique	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
84	Immersion Podcast \| Documentaires Français Intéressants VF \| Docs Reportages & Emissions 2024	Immersion DOCS Podcast	Society & Culture	2	Acast	48
85	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
86	Escafandro	Rádio Escafandro	Society & Culture	202	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	JOURNEY	Ryan Wolf	Society & Culture	13	Acast	73
88	🎙️Regards Croisés🐴	Équidéos	Society & Culture	1	Ausha	53
89	Tè ! lo podcast	CIRDOC - Institut occitan de cultura	Society & Culture	58	Podcastics	53
90	NOUS GUÉRIR	Alice Lefilleul et Malika Beloucif	Society & Culture	7	Transistor	59
91	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
92	Life with Ghosts — LET'S CHAT!	Stephen Berkley	Society & Culture	46	Podetize	68
93	The Fighty Pucks	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	73
94	Vala de Perus	Rádio Guarda-chuva e Instituto Vladimir Herzog	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	43
95	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
96	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
97	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
98	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
99	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
100	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89

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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