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 Jun 2026

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06/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 107

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:33:45

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. Audible (2 shows)

4. RTBF (2 shows)

5. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

3. Audiomeans (14 shows)

4. Ausha (12 shows)

5. Omny Studio (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
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	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
10	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
14	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
15	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
18	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
19	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
20	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
22	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
23	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
24	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
25	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
26	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
27	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
28	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
29	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
30	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
31	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
32	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
33	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
34	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
35	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
38	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
39	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
40	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
41	Latitudes Pyrénées	Anne-Sophie Estruch	Society & Culture	53	Ausha	53
42	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
43	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Stuff Matters with Ed Conway	Sky News	Society & Culture	9	Captivate	42
45	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
46	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
47	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
48	Power Girls Club by Jho,	Jho,	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	63
49	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
51	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
52	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
53	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
54	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
55	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
56	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
57	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
58	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
59	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
60	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
61	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
62	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
64	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
65	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
66	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
67	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
68	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
69	Expertes à la Une	Christelle Chiroux, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	54	Audiomeans	64
70	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
71	Ce n'est qu'une théorie	QUB radio	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	69
72	Decode - Explore Media	Explore Media	Society & Culture	81	Audion	43
73	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
74	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
75	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
76	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
77	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
78	Kurzgesagt Podcast: Science Revealed	Lynn Studio	Society & Culture	122	Acast	43
79	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
80	Les Voix de la Ville	Collectif LES VOIX DE LA VILLE	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
81	The Long Time Academy	Headspace Studios, The Long Time Project, Scenery Studios	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	79
82	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
84	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
85	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
86	Paroles Publiques	MGEN	Society & Culture	49	Ausha	69
87	Welkom in de volksbuurt	NPO Radio 1 / Omroep MAX	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	59
88	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
89	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
90	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
91	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
92	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
93	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
94	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
95	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
96	Dans mon étude	Chambre des notaires de la Gironde	Society & Culture	9	Podcastics	49
97	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
98	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
99	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
100	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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