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 17 Aug 2026

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08/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 107

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:34:58

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. INA (4 shows)

3. BFMTV (3 shows)

4. Making Waves (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (15 shows)

3. Audiomeans (14 shows)

4. Ausha (10 shows)

5. Transistor (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
3	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
7	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
8	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
9	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
10	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
11	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
14	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
15	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
16	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
17	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
18	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
22	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
23	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
24	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	300	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	975	Spreaker	64
26	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	63
27	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
28	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
29	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
30	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
31	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
32	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	46	Audiomeans	73
33	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
34	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
35	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
36	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
38	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
40	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
41	Risqué	Camille Olive	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
42	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
43	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
45	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
46	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
47	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
48	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
49	Political Lens	XLab Network	Society & Culture	5	Acast	39
50	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
51	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	116	Megaphone	68
52	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
53	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
54	Truth Be Told with Zara McDermott	Zara McDermott	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	52
55	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
56	À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
57	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
58	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
59	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
60	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
61	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
62	Escafandro	Rádio Escafandro	Society & Culture	212	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	73
65	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
66	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
67	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
68	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	16	PRX	69
69	En pleine tempête - Récits de survie en mer	AUDIO360	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	63
70	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
71	Territoires en résistance	Terres de luttes	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
72	Le souffle des cimes	Parc national de la Vanoise	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
74	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Society & Culture	34	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
76	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
77	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
78	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
79	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
80	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
81	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
82	F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
83	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
84	Input	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	100	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
85	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	54	Ausha	53
86	postérité.	alexandre fassier	Society & Culture	8	Acast	63
87	EN FILIGRANE	En Filigrane.Podcast	Society & Culture	53	Spotify for Podcasters	43
88	Blast - La première Gilet jaune du dernier rond-point	Franck Dépretz, France Timmermans, Baptiste Veilhan	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	49
89	Chamonix : Terre de guides	Lucille Meriaux	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	42
90	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
92	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
93	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
94	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
95	Confort moderne Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	11	N/A	N/A
96	C'est sa vie - podcast franco-allemand	OFAJ - DFJW	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	43
97	Billie Eilish - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	76	Megaphone	63
98	Al Jazeera Documentary	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	22	Spreaker	43
99	Les orphelins du 13 novembre	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
100	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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