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 Feb 2026

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02/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 106

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:33:50

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

3. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

4. RTBF (2 shows)

5. Inception Point Ai (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Audiomeans (14 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Podcastics (6 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	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
6	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
10	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
11	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
12	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
13	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
18	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
19	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
20	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
21	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
24	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
25	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
27	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
28	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
29	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
30	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
31	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
32	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
33	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
34	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
35	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
36	Tracés : des récits qui laissent des traces	Florian Morel	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	79
37	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
38	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
39	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
40	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
41	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
42	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
43	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
44	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
45	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
46	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
47	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
48	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
49	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
50	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
51	MISTERIO OVNI TERROR Y PARANORMAL	MISTERIO OVNI Y PARANORMAL	Society & Culture	1441	iVoox	53
52	NOUS GUÉRIR	Alice Lefilleul et Malika Beloucif	Society & Culture	7	Transistor	59
53	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
54	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
55	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
56	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
57	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
58	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
59	Le bon angle	Manon Marques	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	69
60	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	79
61	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
62	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
63	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
64	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
65	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
66	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
67	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
68	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
69	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
70	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
71	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
72	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
74	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
75	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
76	Kylian Mbappé - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	69
77	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
78	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
79	Gueules Cassées	Audio Pictura	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	84
80	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
81	Création Documentaire	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	24	Transistor	63
82	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	47	Acast	69
83	Maison Radieuse, premières années	ECPAD	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	69
84	Tough Cookie: The Wally “Famous” Amos Story	Vanity Fair	Society & Culture	8	PRX	53
85	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
86	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
87	BABY GANG	Publispei e storielibere.fm	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	49
88	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
89	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
90	Savoirs & culture - L'Envers du décor Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
91	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
92	Dans mon étude	Chambre des notaires de la Gironde	Society & Culture	9	Podcastics	49
93	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
94	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
95	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
96	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
98	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
99	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
100	人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材	厭世姬＆邊角料	Society & Culture	208	Firstory	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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