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 May 2026

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05/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 114

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:33:47

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (3 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. Making Waves (2 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. BFMTV (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Audiomeans (18 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Transistor (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
4	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
10	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
11	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
12	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
13	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
17	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
18	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
21	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
22	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
23	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
25	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
26	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
28	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
29	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
30	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
31	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
32	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
33	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
34	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
36	NRC Uitgelicht: Koekoekskind	NRC	Society & Culture	30	ART19	83
37	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
38	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
39	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
40	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
41	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
42	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
43	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
44	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
45	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
46	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
47	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
48	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
49	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
50	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
51	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
52	Parlons du Congo	Valéry Ntwali, Clémence Auzary, Emma Belmonte	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	74
53	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
54	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
55	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
56	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
57	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
58	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
59	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
60	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
61	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
62	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
63	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
64	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
65	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
66	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
67	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
69	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	45	Ausha	43
70	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
71	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
72	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
73	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
74	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
75	Savoirs & culture - L'Envers du décor Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
76	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
77	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
78	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
79	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
80	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
81	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
82	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
83	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
84	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
85	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
86	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
87	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
88	Tè ! lo podcast	CIRDOC - Institut occitan de cultura	Society & Culture	58	Podcastics	53
89	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
90	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
91	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
92	Here Be Monsters	Here Be Monsters	Society & Culture	155	Squarespace	73
93	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
94	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
95	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
96	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
97	Santé & Sécurité - Le Podcast	Santé & Sécurité - Le Podcast	Society & Culture	135	Ausha	42
98	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Latino USA	My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	699	Omny Studio	53
100	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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