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 24 janv. 2026

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01/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 102

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:32:25

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. StudioFact Audio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Ausha (16 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 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	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
16	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
19	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
20	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
21	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
22	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
23	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
24	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
27	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
28	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
29	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
30	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
31	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
33	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
34	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
35	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
36	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
37	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
38	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
39	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
40	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
41	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
42	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
44	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
45	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
46	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
47	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
48	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
49	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
50	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
51	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
52	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
53	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
54	Maison Radieuse, premières années	ECPAD	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	69
55	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
56	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
57	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
59	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
60	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
61	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
62	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
63	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
64	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
65	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
66	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
67	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
68	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
69	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
70	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
71	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
73	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
74	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
75	Beyond the Veil - un podcast sur la mort	Virginie Barba	Society & Culture	26	Ausha	78
76	INSPIRANT	Guillaume Descave	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	38
77	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
78	Ce qui nous lie	Domitille Tassin	Society & Culture	36	Ausha	63
79	Un bled à soi	Institut du monde arabe	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	59
80	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
81	Un quart d'heure à Paris	Ville de Paris	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	79
82	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
83	Grossophobia	PaulineCD	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	69
84	Balance ta pépite	Les Petits Poings	Society & Culture	13	Unknown	53
85	A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa	Observador	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	53
86	Avis de Tempête	Avis de Tempête	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
87	Le Grand Large	Le Grand Large	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	53
88	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	79
89	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
90	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
91	Les histoires extraordinaires	Le_monde_d'antho	Society & Culture	2	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Taf Punk	Taf Punk	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
93	What's Missing	Casefile Presents	Society & Culture	10	Acast	73
94	שורדות	לא עומדות מנגד	Society & Culture	15	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
96	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
97	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
98	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
99	DOLLS HOUSE	Claude-Emmanuelle Gajan-Maull	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	59
100	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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