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 18 Jan 2026

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01/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 115

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:34:08

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Tortoise Media (3 shows)

4. RTBF (3 shows)

5. BFMTV (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Audiomeans (20 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
10	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
11	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	366	Audion	58
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
18	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
19	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
20	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
21	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
24	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
25	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
26	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
27	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
28	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
29	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	767	Audiomeans	74
30	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
31	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
32	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
35	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
36	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
37	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
38	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
39	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
40	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
41	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
42	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
43	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
44	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
45	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
46	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	518	Audiomeans	84
47	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
48	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
49	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
50	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
51	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
52	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
53	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
54	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
55	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
58	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
60	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
62	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
63	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
64	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
65	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
66	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
67	Les sentinelles du vivant	Laure Cormier	Society & Culture	4	Acast	69
68	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
69	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
70	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
71	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
72	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
73	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
74	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
75	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
76	La vie sans filtre - Les Podcasts Macif	Les Podcasts Macif	Society & Culture	40	Audiomeans	83
77	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
78	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
79	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
80	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
81	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
82	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
83	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
85	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
86	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
87	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
88	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
89	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
90	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
91	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	The Harvard Plan	The Boston Globe	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	63
93	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
94	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
95	Le Roi des Monstres	École normale supérieure - PSL	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
96	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
97	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
98	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
99	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
100	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

The podcast landscape in France is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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