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 Oct 2026

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10/16/2026

Average data

Episodes: 105

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:33:24

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Ausha (9 shows)

5. Podcastics (4 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	137	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	212	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	57	Audiomeans	73
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	72	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	79	Megaphone	62
7	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
8	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	22
9	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	63
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	104	Acast	73
12	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
13	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
14	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
15	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
16	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	382	Audion	58
17	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
18	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	36	Octopus	59
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	WIDE SPIRIT, le podcast qui vous donne la parole sur vos expériences inexpliquées	Emmanuelle Chaumont Rey	Society & Culture	2	Acast	58
21	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	44	Audiomeans	73
22	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	298	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
24	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
25	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
26	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
27	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
28	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	169	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
31	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	520	Audiomeans	84
32	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	79
33	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	18	Acast	90
34	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
35	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
36	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
38	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
39	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
40	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
41	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	942	Simplecast	38
42	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	53
43	A Bauges que veux tu ?	Guillaume Houlier	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
44	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	969	Spreaker	64
45	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
46	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
47	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	48
48	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
49	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	12	BBC	63
50	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
51	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
52	beantropy	Beantropy	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	53
53	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
54	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	100	BBC	53
55	Impkt	IMPKT PODCAST	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
57	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	15	PRX	69
58	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	36	Podcastics	63
59	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	24	Acast	58
60	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
61	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
62	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	American Miles	FieldCast	Society & Culture	2	Podcastics	74
64	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
65	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	58
66	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
67	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	69
68	SAS: The Shadow War	The Independent / Aurra Studios	Society & Culture	5	Acast	69
69	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
70	Les Abysses de la BIS	RSU Radio Sorbonne Université	Society & Culture	8	Acast	63
71	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
72	Réel média	Réel média	Society & Culture	8	Acast	43
73	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	310	Megaphone	42
74	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
75	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
76	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
77	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
78	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
79	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
80	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
81	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
82	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	117	BBC	38
83	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	56	PRX	64
84	Trump - Photo Op	RTL	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	54
85	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
86	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	113	Ximalaya	59
87	Под куполом	Ivan Makridin	Society & Culture	5	Podbean	53
88	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	5	Podcastics	69
89	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	356	ART19	68
90	Von Bohne zu Bohne	Sania & Charlotte	Society & Culture	111	Podigee	53
91	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
92	Le bon angle	Manon Marques	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
93	Historia para Dormir	Historia para Dormir	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	postérité.	alexandre fassier	Society & Culture	8	Acast	63
95	Giải mã	VnExpress	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	53
97	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
98	肥宅老司機	老司與老機	Society & Culture	308	Firstory	48
99	As Irmãs	Chico Felitti	Society & Culture	7	Spreaker	59
100	10 Mujeres	Wondery \| Dudas Media	Society & Culture	11	ART19	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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