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 14 May 2026

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05/14/2026

Average data

Episodes: 128

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:34:11

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Making Waves (3 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (9 shows)

5. BBC (5 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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
11	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
12	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
13	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
16	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
17	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
18	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
19	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
22	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
23	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
24	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
25	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
27	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
28	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
29	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
31	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
32	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
33	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
34	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
35	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
36	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
37	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
38	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
39	Tout est affaires	Outre-mer la 1ère	Society & Culture	9	Octopus	43
40	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
41	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
42	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
43	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
44	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
45	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
46	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
47	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
48	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
49	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
50	Crímenes Ibéricos	Abbcast	Society & Culture	286	Unknown	49
51	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
52	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
53	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
54	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
55	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
56	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
57	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
58	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
59	Dosis	La No Ficcion	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	43
60	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
61	IT'S YOUR ARCHIVES	Amelle Sokamessou	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	69
62	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
63	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
64	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
65	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
66	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
67	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
69	Три Истории	ТО Без Тормозов	Society & Culture	301	Castos	63
70	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
71	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
72	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
73	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
74	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
75	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
76	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
77	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
78	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
79	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
82	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
83	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
84	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
85	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
86	Une bataille mais pas la guerre	Making Waves	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	48
87	ゆとりっ娘たちのたわごと	ゆとたわ	Society & Culture	600	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Prato Cheio	O Joio e O Trigo	Society & Culture	149	Simplecast	63
89	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
90	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
91	Tomber la robe	Tomber la robe	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
93	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
94	奇了怪了 \| 真·奇幻访谈	哈喽怪谈	Society & Culture	274	Unknown	43
95	RENCONTRES, le podcast du Laboratoire de la Mobilité inclusive	Le Laboratoire de la Mobilité inclusive	Society & Culture	19	Audiomeans	78
96	XXI	Revue 21	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	79
97	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
98	Czarnobyl. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	43
99	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
100	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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