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 19 Jan 2026

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01/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 118

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:35:20

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Europe 1 (2 shows)

5. BBC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. Audiomeans (16 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. BBC (5 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	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
9	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
10	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
11	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
12	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
15	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
16	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
17	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
19	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
20	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
21	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
22	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
26	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
27	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
28	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
29	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
30	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
31	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
32	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
33	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
34	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
35	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
38	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
39	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
40	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
41	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
42	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
43	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
44	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
45	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
46	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
47	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
48	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
49	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
50	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
51	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
52	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
53	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
54	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
55	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
56	Créateurs avec Maxence Tison	Maxence Tison	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
58	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
59	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
60	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
61	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
62	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
64	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
65	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
66	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
67	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
68	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
69	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
70	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
72	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
73	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
74	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
75	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
76	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
77	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
78	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
79	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
80	impermanent	Léonie Ragot	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
81	Campagnes urbaines	Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture	Society & Culture	9	Acast	63
82	Écouter, agir, le podcast de Citad'elles	Citad'elles	Society & Culture	29	Acast	68
83	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
85	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
86	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
87	Un bled à soi	Institut du monde arabe	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	59
89	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
91	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
92	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
93	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
94	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
95	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
96	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
97	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
98	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
99	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
100	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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