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 May 2026

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05/20/2026

Average data

Episodes: 105

Frequency: every 30 days

Duration: 00:35:22

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. Making Waves (3 shows)

4. Ky Dickens (2 shows)

5. RTL (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Audiomeans (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Ausha (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 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	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
10	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
13	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
14	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
17	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
20	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
21	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
22	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
23	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
24	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
27	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
28	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
29	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
31	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
32	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
33	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
34	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
35	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
36	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
37	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
39	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
40	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
41	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
42	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
43	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
44	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
45	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
46	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
48	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
49	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
50	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
51	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
52	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
53	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
54	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
57	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
58	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
59	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
60	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
61	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
62	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
63	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
64	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
65	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
66	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
67	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
68	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
69	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
70	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
71	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
72	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
73	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
74	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
75	NRC Uitgelicht: Koekoekskind	NRC	Society & Culture	30	ART19	83
76	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
77	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
78	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
79	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
80	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
81	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
82	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
83	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
84	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
85	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
86	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
87	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
88	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
89	Savoirs & culture - L'Envers du décor Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
90	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
91	Les gens	lesgenspodcast	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	64
92	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
93	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
94	Une bataille mais pas la guerre	Making Waves	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	48
95	Danni Irreversibili - Il Caso Michael Jackson	Vois con Roberta Lippi e Lorenzo Brillo	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
96	FRAGMENTS DE VIE	NADIA LOUNIS-DAHAN	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	59
97	Les IDEstructibles - un podcast des étudiants en sciences infirmières de l'IFSI de Blois	IFSI Blois	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	42
98	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
99	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
100	Der Koch von Gaza	DIE ZEIT	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

The podcast landscape in France is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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