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 16 mai 2026

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05/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 132

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:33:32

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. INA (3 shows)

4. RTBF (3 shows)

5. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Audiomeans (11 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
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	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
11	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
12	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
13	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
14	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
15	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
16	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
17	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
19	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
20	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
24	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
26	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
31	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
32	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
33	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
34	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
35	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
36	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
37	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
38	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
39	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
40	NRC Uitgelicht: Koekoekskind	NRC	Society & Culture	30	ART19	83
41	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
42	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
43	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
44	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
45	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
46	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
47	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
48	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
49	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
50	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
51	Tout est affaires	Outre-mer la 1ère	Society & Culture	9	Octopus	43
52	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
53	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
54	F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
56	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
57	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
58	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
59	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
60	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
61	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
62	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
63	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
64	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
65	Création Documentaire	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	24	Transistor	63
66	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
67	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
68	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
69	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
70	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
71	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
72	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
73	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
74	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
75	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
76	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
77	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
78	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
80	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
81	KICK RADIO	Ice Americano	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
82	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
83	Le temps des écrivains	ACTUCEDRE	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	43
84	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
85	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
86	Quand Tu Clubbais	ORSON productions	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	74
88	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
89	Pousse la porte	Manon Sobaco	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	C'est sa vie - podcast franco-allemand	OFAJ - DFJW	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	43
91	Sur la route de l'horreur	Happy Villains Corp.	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	48
92	Les Hommes et le Féminisme	Constance Lacorne I Agence Mobu	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	84
93	SEXTORTION	Lars van Eijden & Rick Uilenbroek / Audiohuis	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	69
94	Pépin, change ton regard sur le handicap	Pauline Elharar	Society & Culture	48	Ausha	73
95	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
96	Les conférences de la Fondation Inalco	Inalco	Society & Culture	17	Acast	53
97	Chamonix : Terre de guides	Lucille Meriaux	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	42
98	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
99	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	65	Acast	83
100	Tini Stoessel - Flash Biográfico	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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