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 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

Average data

Episodes: 138

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:36:44

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (6 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (2 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (28 shows)

2. Audiomeans (12 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Megaphone (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
5	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
8	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
9	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
11	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
12	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
13	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
14	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
17	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
18	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
21	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
22	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
23	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
24	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
25	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
26	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
27	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
28	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
29	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
30	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
31	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
32	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
33	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
34	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
35	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
36	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
37	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
38	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
39	Territoires en résistance	Terres de luttes	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
40	Ensemble derrière les barreaux	Yann Besson & Ilona Cathelin	Society & Culture	4	Acast	63
41	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
42	L'Île aux Podcasts - جزيرة البودكاست - Die Podcast Insel	Alice Magar, Margot Geay, Eva Boser, Assïa Khemici, Léna Rosada, Paulina Rübenstahl, Rawiya Abdoulkarim, Anushree Kurhe	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	48
43	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
44	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
45	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
46	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
47	Un jour la terre s'ouvre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
48	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
49	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
50	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
51	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
52	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
53	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
54	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
56	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
57	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
58	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
59	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
60	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
61	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
62	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
63	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
64	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
65	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
66	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
67	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
68	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
69	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
70	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
71	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
72	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
73	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
74	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
75	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
76	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
77	Trapped in Treatment	iHeartPodcasts and Warner Bros	Society & Culture	37	Omny Studio	63
78	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
80	Une bataille mais pas la guerre	Making Waves	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	48
81	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	90	Acast	52
82	Transmission	Collectif Transmission	Society & Culture	44	Ausha	63
83	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
84	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
85	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
87	ROC Taiwan : la singularité d'une île	Muriel Couton / Virginie Jortay	Society & Culture	10	Acast	79
88	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
89	FIXER LE VIDE, REMPLIR LE MONDE	Méline Guilherme	Society & Culture	1	Acast	73
90	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
91	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
93	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
94	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
95	Trump - Photo Op	RTL	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	54
96	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
97	La Oreja Peluda	Daniel Pérez, María José Mesías	Society & Culture	18	Simplecast	73
98	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
99	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
100	Parc naturel régional du Massif des Bauges	Parc naturel régional du Massif des Bauges	Society & Culture	18	Ausha	48

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