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 Jul 2026

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07/19/2026

Average data

Episodes: 139

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:32:57

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Audiomeans (13 shows)

4. Ausha (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
5	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
8	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
11	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
12	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
15	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
16	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
17	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
18	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
19	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
20	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
21	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
22	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
23	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
24	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
25	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
27	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
28	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
29	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
30	Ensemble derrière les barreaux	Yann Besson & Ilona Cathelin	Society & Culture	4	Acast	63
31	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
32	L'Île aux Podcasts - جزيرة البودكاست - Die Podcast Insel	Alice Magar, Margot Geay, Eva Boser, Assïa Khemici, Léna Rosada, Paulina Rübenstahl, Rawiya Abdoulkarim, Anushree Kurhe	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	48
33	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
34	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
35	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
36	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
37	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
39	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
40	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
41	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
42	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
43	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
44	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
45	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
46	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
47	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
48	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
49	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
50	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
51	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
52	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
53	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
54	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
55	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
56	Priscille Podcast	Priscille Podcast	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	37
57	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
58	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
59	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
60	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
62	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
63	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
64	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
65	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
66	En pleine tempête - Récits de survie en mer	AUDIO360	Society & Culture	48	Audiomeans	63
67	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
69	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
70	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
71	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
72	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
73	Les enfants nés du viol	Maude Petel-Légaré	Society & Culture	6	Captivate	79
74	Disidencias por Dentro	Akorde Podcast y Fundación CORE	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	64
75	Risqué	Camille Olive	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
76	Misterios y Historias Reales - Misterios Fantasmas	Radio España	Society & Culture	1	iVoox	48
78	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
79	La Biblioteca de los Sueños: Documentales para Dormir	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	51	Simplecast	68
80	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
81	Am I The Asshole?	Daisy	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
83	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
84	Sur la route de l'horreur	Happy Villains Corp.	Society & Culture	100	Unknown	48
86	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
87	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
88	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
89	Air Crash Chronicles	Air Crash Chronicles	Society & Culture	241	Spreaker	64
90	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
91	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	5	Vodio	79
92	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
93	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
94	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
95	Il était temps	La Fondation Covéa	Society & Culture	20	Acast	79
96	Chroniques du Grand Domaine	Lili Sohn et Théo Boulenger	Society & Culture	5	Acast	69
97	Michelle Obama - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	130	Spreaker	59
98	PARZY : Enquêtes et Histoires	Parzy	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
99	Miss Flou : récits entre nous	Miss Flou	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Dans l'impasse	Marsactu	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	38

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