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 mars 2026

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03/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 106

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:33:01

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. The Observer (2 shows)

3. RTBF (2 shows)

4. RTL (2 shows)

5. INA (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Audiomeans (11 shows)

3. Ausha (9 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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 Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
4	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
9	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
18	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
19	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
21	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
22	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
23	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
24	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
26	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
27	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
28	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
29	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
30	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
31	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
32	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
34	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
35	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
36	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
37	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
38	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
39	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
40	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
41	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
42	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
43	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
44	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
45	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
46	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
47	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
48	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
49	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
50	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
51	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
52	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
53	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
54	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
56	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
57	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
58	Racines & Récits	UPro-G	Society & Culture	28	Podcastics	69
59	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
60	Die Lieblingsschülerin	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	7	Deutschlandradio	59
61	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
62	Parlons du Congo	Valéry Ntwali, Clémence Auzary, Emma Belmonte	Society & Culture	11	Spreaker	74
64	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
65	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
66	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
67	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
68	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
69	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	120	Simplecast	53
70	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
71	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
72	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
73	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
74	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
75	Kintsugi, l'histoire de ma reconstruction	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Audion	83
76	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
77	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
78	DES TRAINS PAS COMME LES AUTRES	TV ON EAR	Society & Culture	69	Audiomeans	58
79	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
80	En immersion à l'école des commissaires de police	ENSP Podcasts	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	48
81	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
82	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
83	Toute cette bravoure qui était en moi	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	4	Acast	63
84	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
85	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
86	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
87	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
88	Left To Their Own Devices	Toronto Star	Society & Culture	13	Libsyn	68
89	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
90	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
91	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
92	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
93	Entre les silences	Daredare	Society & Culture	2	Acast	73
94	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
95	Alice in Wanderland	Alice Morrison	Society & Culture	110	Simplecast	63
96	Nature Peinture	Coco.cheradame	Society & Culture	10	Vodio	54
97	GEOTIME : La Culture Géographique !	M4RCO	Society & Culture	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
98	The Daddy Issue	Connor James	Society & Culture	12	Zencastr	73
99	Ce qui nous lie	Domitille Tassin	Society & Culture	36	Ausha	63
100	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63

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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