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 Aug 2026

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08/23/2026

Average data

Episodes: 109

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:33:06

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. INA (3 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. RTL (3 shows)

5. RTBF (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Audiomeans (20 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Ausha (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	208	Acast	79
3	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	51	Audiomeans	73
4	Chroniques Obscures	Neoxi	Society & Culture	68	Spotify for Podcasters	28
5	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
8	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	366	Audion	58
10	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
11	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
12	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
13	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
14	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
15	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
16	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
17	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
18	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
19	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
20	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
21	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
22	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
23	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
24	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
25	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
26	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	948	Spreaker	64
28	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	286	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
30	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
31	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
32	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
33	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
34	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
35	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
36	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
37	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
38	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
39	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
40	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
42	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
43	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
44	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
45	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
46	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
47	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
48	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
49	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
50	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
51	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
52	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
53	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	117	Simplecast	53
54	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
55	Chroniques du Grand Domaine	Lili Sohn et Théo Boulenger	Society & Culture	5	Acast	69
56	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
57	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
58	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
59	Discours & Plaidoiries	Jean-Michel Venden	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
60	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
61	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
62	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Everyday Abundance: The hidden stories behind everyday technologies	Virginia Postrel and Charles C. Mann	Society & Culture	8	Castos	52
64	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
65	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
66	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
67	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	704	Megaphone	53
68	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
69	Solastalgie	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	73
70	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
71	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
72	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
73	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
74	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
76	Odessa	The New York Times	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	73
77	Confort moderne Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	11	N/A	N/A
78	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
79	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	188	Simplecast	58
80	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
81	Réel média	Réel média	Society & Culture	3	Acast	73
82	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
83	Sumud Podcast: Inspired by Palestine	Dr. Ed Hasan	Society & Culture	110	Megaphone	68
84	Why Here	Benton Whitley and Tristan McAllister	Society & Culture	40	Buzzsprout	68
85	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	222	Acast	43
86	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
87	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
89	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
90	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
92	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
93	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
94	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
95	Ariana Grande - Audio Biography	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	111	Megaphone	58
96	XXI	Revue 21	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	79
97	Dans l'impasse	Marsactu	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	38
98	Where the River Took Us	Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	64
99	Mémoire- De Tunis à Rennes	L'ambre fin	Society & Culture	1	Vodio	48
100	RENCONTRES, le podcast du Laboratoire de la Mobilité inclusive	Le Laboratoire de la Mobilité inclusive	Society & Culture	19	Audiomeans	78

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