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 Dec 2025

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12/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 122

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:34:01

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

5. StudioFact Audio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (21 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Ausha (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 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	208	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	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
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 société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
12	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
13	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
14	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
15	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
16	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
17	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
21	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
22	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
23	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
24	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
25	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
26	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
28	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
29	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
30	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
31	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
32	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
33	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
34	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
35	Le Roi des Monstres	École normale supérieure - PSL	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
36	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
37	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
38	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
39	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
40	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
42	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
43	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
44	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
45	Maudites chansons…de Noël	majelan X	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
47	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
48	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
49	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
51	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
52	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
53	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
54	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
55	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
56	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	59
57	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
59	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
61	Tempête	Enedis x Slate For Brands	Society & Culture	5	Audion	79
62	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
63	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
64	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
65	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
66	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
67	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
68	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
69	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
70	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
71	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
72	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
73	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
74	Bleue comme Mars	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	74
75	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
76	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
77	Faire groupe à la campagne	Université de Bourgogne / Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	63
78	VIE DE QUINQUA Le Podcast	VIEDEQUINQUA	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	63
79	F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
80	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
81	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
82	Meurtres et Mystères	Hosnelle	Society & Culture	121	Spotify for Podcasters	63
83	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
84	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
85	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
86	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
87	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
88	XXI	Revue 21	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	79
89	CO	CO	Society & Culture	6	Substack	59
90	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
91	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
92	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
93	Enden: Die Rückkehr	Undone & Futurium	Society & Culture	16	Podigee	79
94	Et néanmoins la poésie...Philippe Jaccottet	Chahut Média	Society & Culture	4	Captivate	52
95	MursMurs	Lua Bouclier	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	84
96	Greenpeace Expérience	Greenpeace France	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	79
97	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
98	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
99	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
100	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53

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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