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 Aug 2025

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08/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 112

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:31:42

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (5 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. Making Waves (3 shows)

4. Hélène Aguilar (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (23 shows)

2. Acast (17 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Transistor (5 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	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
4	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
7	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
8	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
12	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
13	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Society & Culture	34	Audiomeans	59
14	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
15	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
16	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
17	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
18	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
19	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
20	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
22	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
23	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
24	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
25	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
27	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
28	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Sillon Bulle	Roland Harper	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	33
33	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
34	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
35	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
36	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
37	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
38	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
39	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
40	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
41	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
42	[En]quête d'architecture	Anne-Claire Jestin	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	84
43	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
44	La recherche à l'écoute	IRD	Society & Culture	18	Podcastics	84
45	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
46	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
47	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
48	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
49	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
50	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
51	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
52	Une place à table	Making Waves	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	59
53	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
54	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
55	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
56	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
57	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
58	SCAMMERLAND	Superreal	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
59	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
60	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
61	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
62	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
63	1940, Winston devient Churchill	Creation Collective / Binge Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	48
64	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
65	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
66	Gisors et le trésor des Templiers	Jocelyne Giani	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	43
67	La ville devant soi	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
68	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
69	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
70	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
71	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
72	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
73	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
74	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
75	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
76	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
77	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
78	Trump - Photo Op	RTL	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	54
79	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
80	Collectif de Solidarité Infirmière	Collectif de Solidarité Infirmière	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	MISTERIO OVNI TERROR Y PARANORMAL	MISTERIO OVNI Y PARANORMAL	Society & Culture	1441	iVoox	53
82	Queen Camilla: For The Love Of Charles	Sky News	Society & Culture	5	Spreaker	53
83	WhatsApp University And Corona(Hindi) The Debator!	The Galaga Guy	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	63
84	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
85	Cruising \| Queer History and Culture	Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity	Society & Culture	89	Buzzsprout	57
86	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
87	Pépin, change ton regard sur le handicap	Pauline Elharar	Society & Culture	48	Ausha	73
88	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
89	Beyond the Veil - un podcast sur la mort	Virginie Barba	Society & Culture	26	Ausha	78
90	Elles en Mayenne	Elles en Mayenne	Society & Culture	60	Spotify for Podcasters	53
91	Problèmes de riches Saison 2	majelan	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	38
92	Les enjeux de la RSE	OPS Partners	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
93	Extra Muros	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
94	Schützenswert - mit Liebe die Welt bewegen	CosmosDirekt / Podstars by OMR	Society & Culture	9	Podigee	53
95	Auprès de vous	Département de Maine-et-Loire	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	79
96	AU PORTANT	Amélie Rotteleur	Documentary	5	podCloud	74
97	J'aime Hydro - édition 2019	Porte Parole	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	43
98	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
99	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	59
100	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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