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 21 Jan 2026

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01/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 130

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:33:57

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

5. StudioFact Audio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (21 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Ausha (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
7	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
9	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
10	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
11	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	370	Audion	58
12	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
13	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
16	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
17	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
18	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
19	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	101	Acast	73
20	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	30	Simplecast	49
21	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
22	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
23	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
24	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
25	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
26	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	938	Simplecast	38
28	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
29	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	161	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
31	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	19	Acast	68
32	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
33	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
34	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
35	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
36	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
37	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	518	Audiomeans	84
38	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
39	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
40	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
41	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
42	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
43	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
44	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
45	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
46	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
47	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
48	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
49	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
50	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
51	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
52	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
53	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
54	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
55	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
56	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	440	Acast	74
57	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
58	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
59	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
60	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
61	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
62	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
63	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	769	Audiomeans	74
65	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
66	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	432	Megaphone	32
67	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	188	Ximalaya	53
69	Documentales TV -Historia y Ficción	JuAnRa	Society & Culture	659	iVoox	48
70	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
71	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
72	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
73	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
74	Jungle Prince	The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	63
75	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
76	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
77	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
78	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	96	BBC	53
79	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
80	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
81	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
82	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	122	Simplecast	53
83	Nos Voix Ordinaires	Nos Voix Ordinaires	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	53
84	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
85	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
86	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	68	Spreaker	43
87	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
88	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	695	BBC	28
90	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
91	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
92	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	45	Ausha	43
93	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
94	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
95	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
96	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
97	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
98	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
99	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
100	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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