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 22 Jan 2026

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01/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 120

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:32:54

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. RTL (3 shows)

5. Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (20 shows)

2. Audiomeans (20 shows)

3. Ausha (14 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (11 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	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
8	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
9	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
11	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
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	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
15	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
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	100	Acast	73
20	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
22	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
23	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
24	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
26	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
27	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
28	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
29	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
30	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
31	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
33	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
34	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
35	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
36	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
37	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
38	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
39	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
40	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
41	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
42	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
44	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
45	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
46	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
47	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
48	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
49	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
50	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
51	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
53	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
54	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
55	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
56	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
57	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
58	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
59	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
60	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
61	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
62	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
63	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
64	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
65	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
66	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
67	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
68	Dans mon étude	Chambre des notaires de la Gironde	Society & Culture	9	Podcastics	49
69	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
70	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
71	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
72	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
73	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
74	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
75	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
76	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
77	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
78	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
79	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
80	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
81	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
82	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
83	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
84	Les mots sauvages	Anne-Sophie Gouyen	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
85	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
86	L'histoire de la Grande Guerre	Musée de la Grande Guerre	Society & Culture	14	Audiomeans	53
87	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
88	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
89	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
90	Pour de vrai	Clémentine C	Society & Culture	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48
91	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
92	Les grandes histoires de l’est	Est Republicain/Republicain Lorrain/Vosges Matin	Society & Culture	76	Acast	89
93	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
95	Documentales TV -Historia y Ficción	JuAnRa	Society & Culture	659	iVoox	48
96	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
97	FRAGMENTS DE VIE	NADIA LOUNIS-DAHAN	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	59
98	OMG : décodons les biotech	Inf'OGM	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	53
99	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
100	Mesdames	Mélanie Legendre	Society & Culture	66	Ausha	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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