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 Nov 2025

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11/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 111

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:32:29

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Europe 1 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (22 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Ausha (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 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	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
4	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
11	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
14	Les orphelins du 13 novembre	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
15	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
16	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
19	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
22	Tracés : des récits qui laissent des traces	Florian Morel	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	79
23	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
26	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
27	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
28	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
31	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
32	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
33	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
34	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
35	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
36	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
37	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
39	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
40	Entre Deux Vagues	Chloe Leger	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	64
41	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
42	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
43	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
45	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
46	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
47	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
48	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
49	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
50	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
51	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
52	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
53	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
54	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
55	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
56	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
57	Discours & Plaidoiries	Jean-Michel Venden	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
58	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
59	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
60	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
61	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
62	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
63	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
64	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
65	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
66	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
67	Nos précieux aînés	NADIA AOI-YDI	Society & Culture	21	Ausha	63
68	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
69	Parlons du Congo	Valéry Ntwali, Clémence Auzary, Emma Belmonte	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	74
70	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
71	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
72	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
73	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
74	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
75	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
76	Van Dis Ongefilterd	Atlas Contact / Adriaan van Dis	Society & Culture	70	Omny Studio	89
77	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
78	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
79	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	120	Simplecast	53
80	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
81	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
82	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
83	Mirage	Laureline Dargery	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	94
84	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
85	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
86	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
87	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
88	Before We Go	Podcast Nation	Society & Culture	20	Megaphone	59
89	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
90	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
91	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
92	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
93	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
94	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
95	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
96	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
97	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
98	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
99	L'Art Diplomatique	L'art Diplomatique	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	À VIF ! Créer pour Résister	Noa Levy-Baron, Agathe Redier, Marie Wallaert	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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