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 Sep 2026

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09/22/2026

Average data

Episodes: 112

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:32:26

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (2 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

5. BFMTV (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (19 shows)

3. Ausha (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 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	136	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	73
6	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	77	Megaphone	62
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	373	Audion	58
9	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	102	Acast	73
10	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
11	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
12	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	19	Acast	68
13	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
15	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
16	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
17	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	16	Acast	90
21	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
22	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
23	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
24	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
25	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
26	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
27	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	164	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
29	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	32	Simplecast	49
30	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
31	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	518	Audiomeans	84
32	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	124	Simplecast	53
33	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
34	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	71	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	957	Spreaker	64
38	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
39	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
40	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
41	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
42	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
44	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
46	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	30	Ausha	89
47	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
49	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	291	Spotify for Podcasters	32
50	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
52	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
53	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
54	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	192	Simplecast	58
55	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
56	Les Désaxé•es	Les Désaxé•es	Society & Culture	6	Vodio	79
57	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
58	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
59	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
60	Bref, l’effondrement.	Cyril Hique	Society & Culture	46	Ausha	38
61	Verts - Le Podcast	Groupe Linear	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	53
62	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
63	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
64	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
65	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
66	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	435	Megaphone	32
67	Premiers Cris	Premiers Cris	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	59
68	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	226	Acast	43
69	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
70	OMBRE ITALIANE	Angelo Soro	Society & Culture	54	Megaphone	59
71	Transformer le travail	Anact	Society & Culture	17	Audiomeans	94
72	Van Dis Ongefilterd	Atlas Contact / Adriaan van Dis	Society & Culture	75	Omny Studio	83
73	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
74	Frantz Fanon: revolutionary psychiatrist	WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	48
75	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Society & Culture	34	Audiomeans	59
76	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
77	Ex-oeco	Louise Germain	Society & Culture	39	Acast	84
78	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
79	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
80	Femme de militaire, le combat de la base arrière	Océane	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Storie per Dormire Bene Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Storie per Dormire bene	Documentary	36	N/A	N/A
82	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
83	Tout est affaires	Outre-mer la 1ère	Society & Culture	9	Octopus	43
84	Le Tour de France avec Sully	We Tell Stories	Society & Culture	23	Unknown	48
85	Faire des sciences avec Star Wars Details temporarily unavailable	BLYND	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	73
86	Racines & Récits	UPro-G	Society & Culture	30	Podcastics	63
87	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	269	Megaphone	32
88	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
89	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
90	Blast - La première Gilet jaune du dernier rond-point	Franck Dépretz, France Timmermans, Baptiste Veilhan	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	49
91	No te lo habías preguntado Details temporarily unavailable	Podimo	Society & Culture	149	ART19	53
92	Avenirs par AirZen	AirZen Radio	Society & Culture	40	Audiomeans	64
93	Crime e Castigo	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	9	Acast	49
94	LES MOMENTS CULTES TV DE DJAM \| LYON 1ERE	LYON 1ERE	Society & Culture	384	Ausha	28
95	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
96	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
97	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
98	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
99	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
100	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69

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