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 23 Apr 2026

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04/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 138

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:39:24

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. Audible (2 shows)

3. BFMTV (2 shows)

4. Making Waves (2 shows)

5. RTBF (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Ausha (14 shows)

3. Audiomeans (13 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

5. Simplecast (5 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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
7	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
8	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
9	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
12	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
13	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
17	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
18	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
19	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
20	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
22	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
23	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
26	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
27	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
28	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
29	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
30	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
31	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
32	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
33	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
34	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
35	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
36	L'Envers de la case	Groupe Delcourt	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	69
37	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
38	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
39	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
40	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
41	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
42	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
43	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
44	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
45	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
46	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
47	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
49	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
50	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
51	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
52	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
54	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
55	Comment on s'aime ?	Klaam	Society & Culture	13	Acast	64
56	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
57	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
58	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
59	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
60	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
61	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
62	Terra Fabula	Flora Gaulin Mey	Society & Culture	1	Ausha	64
64	De Vondeling	AT5	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	53
66	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
67	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
68	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
69	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
70	De voix en voies	OPCO Santé	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
71	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
72	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
73	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
74	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
75	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
76	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
77	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
78	人間動物園：厭世姬外出取材	厭世姬＆邊角料	Society & Culture	208	Firstory	43
79	Experience Audiobook in Fiction, Contemporary	Free Audiobook	Society & Culture	2000	Unknown	53
80	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
81	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
82	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
83	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
84	Les Mousquetaires : 50 ans d’histoire	Groupement Les Mousquetaires	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	53
85	Meurtres et Mystères	Hosnelle	Society & Culture	121	Spotify for Podcasters	63
86	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
87	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
88	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
89	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
90	L' Ultima Granita	Cronache Sepolte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	43
91	X Docs Français	X Dox	Society & Culture	15	Spotify for Podcasters	43
92	L'art du silence, raconté par Guillaume Canet	Audi France	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	53
93	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
94	Ce qui nous lie	Domitille Tassin	Society & Culture	36	Ausha	63
95	La conquête de l'Egypte	Nicolas Ménard	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
96	Narratif	Potron-Minet Radio	Society & Culture	4	Unknown	79
97	Mystic Sciences Theater	Al-Steve	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	68
98	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
99	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
100	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

The podcast landscape in France is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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