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 Sep 2026

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09/18/2026

Average data

Episodes: 97

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:36:03

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. Making Waves (2 shows)

4. RTBF (2 shows)

5. Anaïs Lenar (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Audiomeans (13 shows)

4. Ausha (11 shows)

5. Megaphone (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	135	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	19	Acast	68
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	101	Acast	73
11	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
12	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
13	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
14	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
15	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	33	BBC	58
18	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
19	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
22	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
23	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	369	Audion	58
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	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	288	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
27	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
28	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	951	Spreaker	64
29	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	16	Acast	90
30	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
31	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
32	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
33	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
34	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
35	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
36	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	29	Ausha	89
37	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
38	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	48
39	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
40	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	1	Podcastics	69
41	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
43	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
44	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
45	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
47	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
48	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
49	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
50	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	94	Acast	79
51	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
52	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
53	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
54	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
55	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	122	Simplecast	53
56	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
57	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	67	Spreaker	43
59	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
60	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
61	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
62	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	11	Audiomeans	68
63	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	190	Simplecast	58
64	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
65	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
66	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
67	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	2	Acast	79
68	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	79
69	Dari Diaries : ma maison dans la médina	Dari Diaries	Society & Culture	6	Substack	58
70	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
71	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
73	I Serve	Foreign Policy	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	63
74	Premiers Cris	Premiers Cris	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	59
75	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
76	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
77	Verts - Le Podcast	Groupe Linear	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	53
78	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	48	Megaphone	48
80	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
81	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	200	Megaphone	53
82	Les IDEstructibles - un podcast des étudiants en sciences infirmières de l'IFSI de Blois	IFSI Blois	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
83	En immersion à l'école des commissaires de police	ENSP Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	42
84	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
85	Elizabeth II	RTL	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	59
86	Escafandro	Rádio Escafandro	Society & Culture	205	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
88	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
89	Juifs, Musulmans: tenir ensemble	Chahut Media	Society & Culture	3	Captivate	52
90	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	223	Acast	43
91	De Dakar au bout du monde, des femmes en migration	Studio Ëpoukay	Society & Culture	8	Acast	53
92	No One Is Coming	Lance Still	Society & Culture	7	Acast	74
93	How To Destroy Everything	HTDE \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	43	Megaphone	48
94	Le couronnement de Charles III	RTL	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	43
95	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
96	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	79
97	Le souffle des cimes	Parc national de la Vanoise	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	53
98	Avis de Tempête	Avis de Tempête	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
99	Et néanmoins la poésie...Philippe Jaccottet	Chahut Média	Society & Culture	4	Captivate	52
100	Artifacts: Stories from the Emotional History of the Internet	Danny Brown	Society & Culture	20	Captivate	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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