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 Apr 2026

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04/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 108

Frequency: every 26 days

Duration: 00:34:36

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Radio 4 (2 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. Making Waves (2 shows)

5. INA (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Ausha (13 shows)

3. Audiomeans (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	72	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	386	Audion	58
9	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
10	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
11	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
12	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
13	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	105	Acast	73
14	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
15	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
16	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
17	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
18	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
19	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
20	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
21	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
22	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
23	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
24	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
26	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
27	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
28	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
29	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
30	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	69
31	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
32	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
34	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
35	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	299	Spotify for Podcasters	32
36	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	22
37	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
38	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
39	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
40	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
41	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
42	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	975	Spreaker	64
43	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
44	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
45	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
46	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
47	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
49	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
50	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	219	Unknown	43
51	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	451	Acast	74
52	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
53	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
54	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
55	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
56	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
57	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
58	KICK RADIO	Ice Americano	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
59	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
60	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
61	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
62	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
63	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
64	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
65	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
66	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
67	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
68	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
69	L'Actuelle	Radio Larzac	Society & Culture	33	Unknown	53
70	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
71	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
72	Passeurs de Reggae	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	69
73	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	161	Acast	43
74	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
75	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
76	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	313	Megaphone	42
78	Amphi 25 : parlons discriminations	Amphi 25 : parlons discriminations	Society & Culture	34	Ausha	73
79	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
80	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	128	BBC	38
81	The Cows Are Mad	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	11	BBC	39
82	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
84	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	54	Ausha	53
85	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
86	Racines & Récits	UPro-G	Society & Culture	31	Podcastics	63
87	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	72	Triton Digital	63
88	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
89	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	80	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	Le podcast du Boulon	Le Boulon	Society & Culture	89	Podcastics	49
91	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
92	Esperluette - Anthropologue du quotidien	Marie-Cécile Drécourt	Society & Culture	245	Ausha	94
93	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43
94	Le Meurtre Mystérieux De Jack Brown	Preuves du paranormal	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
96	Pépin, change ton regard sur le handicap	Pauline Elharar	Society & Culture	48	Ausha	73
97	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	443	Megaphone	32
98	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
99	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
100	Solastalgie	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	73

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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