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 15 Aug 2026
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France
Society & Culture
Documentary
08/15/2026
Average data
Episodes: 112
Frequency: every 24 days
Duration: 00:34:41
Top 5 authors
1. Louie Media (5 shows)
2. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)
3. Making Waves (2 shows)
4. INA (2 shows)
5. Tortoise Media (2 shows)
Top 5 hosting
1. Acast (24 shows)
2. Audiomeans (19 shows)
3. Spotify for Podcasters (12 shows)
4. Ausha (10 shows)
5. BBC (5 shows)
| Rank | Logo | 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 |  | Archives | Neoxi | Society & Culture | 69 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 4 |  | La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir | The French Whisperer | Society & Culture | 75 | Megaphone | 62 |
| 5 |  | Le bureau des complots | RTBF | Society & Culture | 52 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 6 |  | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Society & Culture | 75 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 7 |  | JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia | Isabelle Farrugia | Society & Culture | 18 | Acast | 68 |
| 8 |  | La fabrique du mensonge | France Télévisions | Society & Culture | 39 | Octopus | 59 |
| 9 |  | La société de minuit | Tatiana Benhamou | Society & Culture | 100 | Acast | 73 |
| 10 |  | PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies | Minuit | Society & Culture | 368 | Audion | 58 |
| 11 |  | Destins Extraordinaires | Europe1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 43 |
| 12 |  | Ça peut vous arriver | RTL | Society & Culture | 133 | Audiomeans | 49 |
| 13 |  | Ou peut-être une nuit | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 69 |
| 14 |  | L'Affaire | Paradiso Media | Society & Culture | 73 | Acast | 79 |
| 15 |  | Injustices | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 60 | Acast | 73 |
| 16 |  | Gilles Galloux | Gilles Galloux | Society & Culture | 9 | Transistor | 59 |
| 17 |  | Ce qui se dit la nuit | Julie Vigneron | Society & Culture | 13 | Ausha | 63 |
| 18 |  | Rôles Modèles | ELLE | Society & Culture | 15 | Acast | 90 |
| 19 |  | Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel | RTBF | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 20 |  | CANAL 16 | SNSM | Society & Culture | 38 | Acast | 79 |
| 21 |  | Inspirants | François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info | Society & Culture | 8 | Audiomeans | 54 |
| 22 |  | Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 73 |
| 23 |  | Une lettre d'Amérique | RTL | Society & Culture | 101 | Audiomeans | 54 |
| 24 |  | The Documentary Podcast | BBC World Service | Society & Culture | 2000 | BBC | 33 |
| 25 |  | Espace Documentaire | Espace Documentaire | Society & Culture | 949 | Spreaker | 64 |
| 26 |  | Tous Parano | Tous Parano | Society & Culture | 59 | Podcastics | 89 |
| 27 |  | Dark Stories | Dark Stories | Society & Culture | 160 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 28 |  | In Tenebris | Marine Benoit | Society & Culture | 23 | Acast | 84 |
| 29 |  | Lucky Boy | Tortoise Investigates | The Observer | Society & Culture | 120 | Acast | 73 |
| 30 |  | Freakonomics Radio | Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher | Society & Culture | 1005 | Simplecast | 38 |
| 31 |  | Thread Horreur By Delkor | Delkor | Society & Culture | 287 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 32 |  | La Minute Géographie | La Minute Géographie | Society & Culture | 24 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 33 |  | Écouter le Japon | Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon | Society & Culture | 7 | Ausha | 73 |
| 34 |  | Oh my planète | ADEME | Society & Culture | 41 | Audiomeans | 79 |
| 35 |  | PRESS ROOM | Esther Press Room | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 94 |
| 36 |  | Les Enfermé·es | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 9 | Transistor | 59 |
| 37 |  | La dame du CDI | Nathanael | Society & Culture | 28 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 38 |  | Swingers | BBC Radio Wales | Society & Culture | 7 | BBC | 43 |
| 39 |  | 7 jours sur Terre | 7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay | Society & Culture | 119 | Simplecast | 53 |
| 40 |  | Radio Ambulante | My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 369 | Omny Studio | 73 |
| 41 |  | Entre | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 61 | Acast | 94 |
| 42 |  | Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée | Atelier Frissonne | Society & Culture | 2 | Ausha | 48 |
| 43 |  | Anaïs Lenar | Anaïs Lenar | Society & Culture | 22 | Acast | 58 |
| 44 |  | À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| 45 |  | OÙ EST LE BEAU ? | Hélène Aguilar | Society & Culture | 516 | Audiomeans | 84 |
| 46 |  | Strangers on a Bench | Tom Rosenthal | Society & Culture | 100 | Acast | 59 |
| 47 |  | Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott | Zara McDermott | Society & Culture | 12 | Spotify for Podcasters | 52 |
| 48 |  | PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ | ADD ASSOCIES | Society & Culture | 8 | Ausha | 74 |
| 49 |  | Décalécatan | majelan X | Society & Culture | 60 | Audiomeans | 79 |
| 50 |  | Au cœur des archives | Europe 1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 51 |  | ET PAN ! | ET PAN ! | Society & Culture | 4 | Ausha | 64 |
| 52 |  | Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash | Karine de Falchi | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 58 |
| 53 |  | Happy End | Sarah Dumont | Society & Culture | 33 | Podcastics | 63 |
| 54 |  | 搞钱女孩 | 搞钱女孩小辉 | Society & Culture | 187 | Ximalaya | 53 |
| 55 |  | Stories from a Stranger | Higher Ground | Society & Culture | 20 | ART19 | 73 |
| 56 |  | The Slow Newscast | The Observer | Society & Culture | 438 | Acast | 74 |
| 57 |  | Blast - Infernet | Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info | Society & Culture | 11 | Transistor | 59 |
| 58 |  | Lignes de crêtes | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 3 | Transistor | 59 |
| 59 |  | Journal Intime | Paradiso Media | Society & Culture | 42 | Acast | 89 |
| 60 |  | Au Parloir | Cédric Bergeron | Society & Culture | 155 | Acast | 43 |
| 61 |  | LE DIVAN | TVONEAR | Society & Culture | 74 | Audiomeans | 69 |
| 62 |  | Le Procès Harelle | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 53 |
| 63 |  | OnlyFantasy | Audible | Society & Culture | 29 | ART19 | 69 |
| 64 |  | The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable | Ky Dickens | Society & Culture | 88 | Acast | 84 |
| 65 |  | Heretics | Andrew Gold | Andrew Gold | Society & Culture | 705 | Megaphone | 53 |
| 66 |  | Manger les riches | Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias | Society & Culture | 21 | RSS.com | 48 |
| 67 |  | Great Lives | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 410 | BBC | 28 |
| 68 |  | A bout de Taf | Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel | Society & Culture | 81 | Acast | 69 |
| 69 |  | En Immersion | Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info | Society & Culture | 3 | Audiomeans | 43 |
| 70 |  | La tête haute | Charlotte Abramow | Society & Culture | 1 | Audiomeans | 64 |
| 71 |  | Le meilleur des Docus | La référence des grands documentaires | Society & Culture | 63 | Acast | 53 |
| 72 |  | Problèmes de riches | majelan | Society & Culture | 18 | Audiomeans | 53 |
| 73 |  | Les pirates du Rhône | rose balidar | Society & Culture | 35 | Ausha | 64 |
| 74 |  | Ear Hustle | Ear Hustle & Radiotopia | Society & Culture | 187 | PRX | 79 |
| 75 |  | Il suffit d'écouter les femmes | INA | Society & Culture | 6 | Octopus | 59 |
| 76 |  | Carnet de Voyage | Carnet de Voyage | Society & Culture | 63 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 77 |  | Hyperfixed | Alex Goldman & Radiotopia | Society & Culture | 54 | PRX | 64 |
| 78 |  | À Brûler Sans Ouvrir | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 13 | Audiomeans | 83 |
| 79 |  | De chez les fêlés | Emmanuelle Gautier | Society & Culture | 18 | Podcastics | 69 |
| 80 |  | The Witch Farm | BBC Radio 4 | Fiction | 13 | BBC | 49 |
| 81 |  | Elon's Spies | Tortoise Media | News | 5 | Acast | 79 |
| 82 |  | Escafandro | Rádio Escafandro | Society & Culture | 202 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 83 |  | Child | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 37 | BBC | 63 |
| 84 |  | Hoaxed | Tortoise Media | Society & Culture | 9 | Acast | 74 |
| 85 |  | Problèmes de riches Saison 2 | majelan | Society & Culture | 5 | Audiomeans | 38 |
| 86 |  | A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa | Observador | Society & Culture | 15 | Omny Studio | 53 |
| 87 |  | Risqué | Camille Olive | Society & Culture | 14 | Acast | 84 |
| 88 |  | WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator! | The Galaga Guy | Society & Culture | 1 | Spotify for Podcasters | 63 |
| 89 |  | Crimes et Chatiments Details temporarily unavailable | Crimes et Chatiments | True Crime | 30 | Spreaker | 64 |
| 90 |  | Sold a Story | APM Reports | Society & Culture | 23 | American Public Media | 62 |
| 91 |  | Maudites chansons…de Noël | majelan X | Society & Culture | 10 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 92 |  | Beyond the Veil - un podcast sur la mort | Virginie Barba | Society & Culture | 26 | Ausha | 78 |
| 93 |  | あいだのハナシ - 社会課題をビジネスで解決するドキュメンタリー | SHIRO × Chronicle | Society & Culture | 90 | Spotify for Podcasters | 63 |
| 94 |  | Déclit | Déclit - le podcast | Society & Culture | 9 | Substack | 49 |
| 95 |  | Call Bethel | The Telegraph | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 53 |
| 96 |  | ドーナツ ～このポッドキャストはSNSです | 朝日新聞ポッドキャスト | Society & Culture | 32 | Omny Studio | 48 |
| 97 |  | My Year in Mensa | iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus | Society & Culture | 5 | Omny Studio | 53 |
| 98 |  | Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine | FeuilleBlanche | Society & Culture | 10 | Audiomeans | 68 |
| 99 |  | Être infirmier(ère) | Réussis ton IFSI | Society & Culture | 19 | Spotify for Podcasters | 53 |
| 100 |  | VYRAJE | Sarah Bardin | Society & Culture | 28 | Ausha | 79 |
Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France
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