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 May 2026

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05/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 110

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:34:53

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (2 shows)

4. Audible Original (2 shows)

5. TVONEAR (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Ausha (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. BBC (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	387	Audion	58
9	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
10	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
11	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
12	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	106	Acast	73
13	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
14	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
17	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
18	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
19	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
21	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
22	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
23	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	300	Spotify for Podcasters	32
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	True Crime	27	Acast	79
26	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
28	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	173	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
30	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	975	Spreaker	64
31	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
33	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
34	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
35	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
37	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
38	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
39	Les mémoires effacées	L'ambre fin	Society & Culture	3	Vodio	84
40	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
41	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
42	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
43	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
44	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
45	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
46	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
47	OnlyFantasy	Audible Original	Society & Culture	31	ART19	53
48	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
49	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	90	Acast	69
50	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
52	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
53	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	33	Ausha	79
54	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	14	Audiomeans	68
55	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	37	Podcastics	63
56	The Pornhub Empire	CBC	Society & Culture	5	Triton Digital	63
57	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
58	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
59	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
60	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
61	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
62	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
63	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
64	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
65	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
66	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
67	Les Abysses de la BIS	RSU Radio Sorbonne Université	Society & Culture	8	Acast	63
68	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
69	Toute cette bravoure qui était en moi	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	4	Acast	63
70	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	129	BBC	38
71	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	132	Acast	43
72	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
73	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
74	Meurtres et Mystères	Hosnelle	Society & Culture	121	Spotify for Podcasters	63
75	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	54	Ausha	53
77	INSIDE CumEx – Jagd auf die Steuer-Mafia	ARD	Society & Culture	9	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	42
78	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
79	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
80	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	219	Unknown	43
81	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
82	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	80	Spotify for Podcasters	43
83	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	73
84	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
85	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
86	DES RACINES & DES AILES	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	35	Audiomeans	63
87	Comment on s'aime ?	Klaam	Society & Culture	13	Acast	64
88	The Method	Louie Media & Les Glorieuses	Society & Culture	7	Acast	74
89	All My Relations Podcast	Matika Wilbur & Temryss Lane	Society & Culture	78	Buzzsprout	62
90	Unspoken: The Fertility Network Podcast	fertilitynetworkuk.org	Society & Culture	23	RSS.com	78
91	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	79
92	Mosaïque	Akadem, Institut français d'Israël	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	38
93	Les films cultes israéliens	Akadem	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	38
94	Основано на реальных событиях	libo/libo	Society & Culture	17	Transistor	79
95	Rihanna - Biography Flash	Quiet. Please	Society & Culture	67	Spreaker	49
96	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
97	أثر الفراشة	Atheer ~ أثير	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	73
98	Gary Vaynerchuk - Biography Flash Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	69
99	Europe Explained	Council of Europe	Society & Culture	43	Ausha	38
100	Ma langue maternelle n'est pas la langue de ma mère	Alice MAGDELAINE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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