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 Sep 2026

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09/13/2026

Average data

Episodes: 103

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:31:33

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. Making Waves (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Audiomeans (14 shows)

4. BBC (7 shows)

5. Ausha (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
5	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
6	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
9	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
10	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
12	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
13	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
16	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
17	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
19	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
23	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
25	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
26	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
28	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
29	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
30	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
31	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
32	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
33	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
35	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
36	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
37	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
38	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
39	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
40	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
41	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
42	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
44	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
45	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
46	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
47	WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator!	The Galaga Guy	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	63
48	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
49	Les grandes histoires de l’est	Est Republicain/Republicain Lorrain/Vosges Matin	Society & Culture	76	Acast	89
50	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
51	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
53	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
54	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
55	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
56	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
58	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
59	Dari Diaries : ma maison dans la médina	Dari Diaries	Society & Culture	6	Substack	58
60	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
61	La Impostura	Viru Viru	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	En pleine tempête - Récits de survie en mer	AUDIO360	Society & Culture	48	Audiomeans	63
63	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
64	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
65	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	47	Acast	69
66	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
67	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	48
68	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
69	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
71	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
72	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
73	Ex-oeco	Louise Germain	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
74	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
75	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
76	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
77	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
78	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
79	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
81	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
82	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
83	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
84	Grossophobia	PaulineCD	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	69
85	Delirios Crónicos	Ibero 90.9	Society & Culture	24	RSS.com	52
86	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
87	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	Meurtres et Mystères	Hosnelle	Society & Culture	121	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	Geisterjäger	Verena Fiebiger, Jasmin Körber und Klaus Uhrig	Society & Culture	9	Unknown	49
90	Stories Lost	Stories Lost	Society & Culture	99	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
93	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
94	XXI	Revue 21	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	79
95	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
96	L'Influence des Mythologies sur note Culture Moderne	Charles	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	42
97	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
98	La ville devant soi	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
99	Lira: Os Atalhos do Poder (UOL Prime)	UOL	Society & Culture	6	Megaphone	32
100	Au Pays de Nulle Part	Au Pays de Nulle Part	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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