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 20 Apr 2026

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04/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 135

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:37:22

Top 5 authors

1. Making Waves (5 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

4. RTL (3 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (19 shows)

2. Audiomeans (15 shows)

3. Ausha (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Transistor (7 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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
4	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
10	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
11	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
12	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
13	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
14	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
15	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
16	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
17	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
20	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
21	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
22	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
23	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
24	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
25	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
26	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
27	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
28	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
29	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
30	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
31	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
32	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
33	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
34	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
35	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
36	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
37	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
40	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
41	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
42	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
44	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
45	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
46	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
47	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
48	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
49	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
50	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
51	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
52	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
53	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
54	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
55	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
56	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
59	Amphi 25 : parlons discriminations	Amphi 25 : parlons discriminations	Society & Culture	34	Ausha	73
60	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
61	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
63	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
64	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
65	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
66	Du Pin sur la Planche - à la découverte de la forêt et du bois	Delphine Gardin	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	63
67	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
68	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
69	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
70	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
71	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
72	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
73	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
74	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
75	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
76	C'est sa vie - podcast franco-allemand	OFAJ - DFJW	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	43
77	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
78	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
79	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
80	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
81	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
82	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
83	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
84	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
85	KICK RADIO	Ice Americano	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
86	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
87	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
88	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
89	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
90	Elizabeth II	RTL	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	59
91	Savoirs & culture - L'Envers du décor Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
92	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
93	OMG : décodons les biotech	Inf'OGM	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	53
94	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
95	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
96	IT'S YOUR ARCHIVES	Amelle Sokamessou	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	69
97	Experience Audiobook in Fiction, Contemporary	Free Audiobook	Society & Culture	2000	Unknown	53
98	Une bataille mais pas la guerre	Making Waves	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	48
99	Nos trajectoires comme des planètes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	63
100	Ter-Ter	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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