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 Oct 2026

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10/17/2026

Average data

Episodes: 101

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:33:34

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Making Waves (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Ausha (16 shows)

3. Audiomeans (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. BBC (6 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	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	58	Audiomeans	73
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	72	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	80	Megaphone	62
8	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
9	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
10	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	63
11	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	22
12	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
13	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	104	Acast	73
14	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	383	Audion	58
15	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
16	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
17	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	WIDE SPIRIT, le podcast qui vous donne la parole sur vos expériences inexpliquées	Emmanuelle Chaumont Rey	Society & Culture	7	Acast	58
20	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	36	Octopus	59
21	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
22	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
23	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
24	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
25	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	943	Simplecast	38
27	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	520	Audiomeans	84
28	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	44	Audiomeans	73
29	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	298	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	170	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
33	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	18	Acast	90
34	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
35	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	35	Simplecast	69
36	Réel média	Réel média	Society & Culture	8	Acast	43
37	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
38	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
39	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
40	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
41	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
42	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	26	American Public Media	62
43	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
44	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	79
45	Les Éclaircies	Marine Lucas	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	48
46	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
47	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	126	Simplecast	53
48	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	36	Podcastics	63
49	Verts - Le Podcast	Groupe Linear	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	53
50	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
51	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
52	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
53	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
54	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
55	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	53
56	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	30	ART19	53
58	A Bauges que veux tu ?	Guillaume Houlier	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	52
59	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	970	Spreaker	64
60	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	54	Ausha	53
61	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
63	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
64	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	311	Megaphone	42
65	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
66	Vialternatives	Noémie Battini & Julien Drouineau	Society & Culture	27	Ausha	84
67	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	120	BBC	38
68	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	74	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
70	Modular Airport	Modular Airport	Society & Culture	52	Ausha	43
71	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	15	PRX	69
72	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	195	Simplecast	58
73	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	14	BBC	63
74	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
75	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
76	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
77	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	24	Acast	58
78	Gendarmerie Nationale, 300 Nuances de bleu	Gendarmerie Podcast	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
79	Impkt	IMPKT PODCAST	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	beantropy	Beantropy	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	53
81	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
82	La voix des métiers	Orientation Vaud	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
83	La Diagonale des Autres	LAETITA LANTIERI	Society & Culture	18	Unknown	63
84	COURT CIRCUIT	Jérémy Camus	Society & Culture	22	Ausha	94
85	Más Allá del Rosa	Jessica Fernández	Society & Culture	237	Acast	79
86	La vie sans filtre - Les Podcasts Macif	Les Podcasts Macif	Society & Culture	45	Audiomeans	83
87	Seelenfänger	Bayerischer Rundfunk	Society & Culture	63	Bayerischer Rundfunk	68
88	The Squarepeg Podcast	Amy Richards	Society & Culture	160	Libsyn	72
89	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
90	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
91	Un bled à soi	Institut du monde arabe	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	59
92	Journal de bord d'un voyage en Islande	Alice Lepage	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
93	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	8	Deutschlandradio	53
94	Saving Apollo 13 👨‍🚀	Forensic Engineer Sean Brady — from Brady Heywood	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	69
95	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
96	American Miles	FieldCast	Society & Culture	2	Podcastics	74
97	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
100	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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