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 Dec 2025

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12/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 115

Frequency: every 27 days

Duration: 00:33:59

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

5. INA (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
8	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
14	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley, Bleav	Society & Culture	600	Simplecast	69
15	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
18	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
19	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	796	Audiomeans	74
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
23	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
24	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
25	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
27	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
29	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
30	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
31	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
32	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	219	Unknown	43
33	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
34	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
35	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
36	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
37	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
38	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
39	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
40	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
42	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
43	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
44	Bleue comme Mars	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	74
45	Le Roi des Monstres	École normale supérieure - PSL	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
46	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
47	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
48	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
49	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
50	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
51	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
52	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
53	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
54	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	63	Acast	49
55	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
56	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
57	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
58	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
61	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	63
62	Escafandro	Rádio Escafandro	Society & Culture	212	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
64	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	413	Megaphone	63
65	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
66	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
67	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
68	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
69	L'Horizon et au-delà, par GEO	Prisma Media	Society & Culture	16	Audion	58
70	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
71	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
72	murmur	murmur média	Society & Culture	4	Acast	84
73	Transmission	Collectif Transmission	Society & Culture	44	Ausha	63
74	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
75	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	54	Ausha	53
76	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
77	L'Art Diplomatique	L'art Diplomatique	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58
78	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
79	La mort, tout un art !	Lucile Milliard	Society & Culture	21	podCloud	73
80	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
81	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
82	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
83	MEUFS-3	Louise Breon, Basma Nasser et Isotta Manfrin.	Society & Culture	1	Transistor	69
84	Etikart	Etikart	Society & Culture	13	Podcastics	74
85	EXTRA	Elfi Barat et Claire Teysserre-Orion	Society & Culture	20	Acast	73
86	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
87	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
88	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
89	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
90	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Acast	73
91	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
92	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
93	Cherchez le daron Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
94	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
95	Tempête	Enedis x Slate For Brands	Society & Culture	5	Audion	79
96	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
97	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
98	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
99	Discours & Plaidoiries	Jean-Michel Venden	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
100	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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