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 Jul 2025

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07/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 100

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:33:04

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. Europe 1 (3 shows)

5. RTBF (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (29 shows)

2. Acast (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (8 shows)

5. BBC (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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
3	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
7	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
8	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
11	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
14	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
15	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
16	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
17	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
18	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
19	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
20	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
22	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
23	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
24	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
25	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
26	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
27	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
28	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
29	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
30	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
31	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
32	Faire groupe à la campagne	Université de Bourgogne / Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	63
33	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
34	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
35	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
36	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
37	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
38	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
39	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
40	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
41	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
42	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
43	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
44	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
45	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
46	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
47	La ville devant soi	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
48	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
49	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
50	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
51	Working Less ? Le podcast qui questionne notre rapport au temps de travail	Samuel Durand	Society & Culture	15	Spotify for Podcasters	32
52	1940, Winston devient Churchill	Creation Collective / Binge Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	48
53	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
54	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
55	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
56	Espèce de chômeur !	Solidarités nouvelles face au chômage (SNC)	Society & Culture	6	Acast	79
57	Nos Chemins de Liberté	Mairie de Plouguerneau	Society & Culture	23	Podcastics	74
58	Que História!	BBC Brasil	Society & Culture	40	BBC	33
59	DES TRAINS PAS COMME LES AUTRES	TV ON EAR	Society & Culture	69	Audiomeans	58
61	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
62	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
63	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
64	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
65	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
67	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
68	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
69	Création Documentaire	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	24	Transistor	63
70	L'Art Diplomatique	L'art Diplomatique	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
72	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
73	A Caça ao Estripador de Lisboa	Observador	Society & Culture	15	Omny Studio	53
74	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
75	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
76	Les complots du Kremlin	majelan	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	59
77	Enquête d'avenir	Ariane Cronel	Society & Culture	36	Spotify for Podcasters	73
78	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
79	A Bauges que veux tu ?	Guillaume Houlier	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	La Buissonnière	Clap Audio	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	89
81	The Design Entrepreneurs	Maison&Objet	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	59
82	Ici Alger : Europe n°1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
83	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
84	Nos Cœurs Battants	Sébastien Rousselle	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	59
85	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
86	D'Kalé - Le podkast	Elodie Maillot	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	63
87	Circle of Voices - Immersive audio documentaries & ecological sound art	Louise Romain	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	KICK RADIO	Ice Americano	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
89	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
90	L'heure de Loire	Vins de Loire	Society & Culture	11	Podcastics	79
91	Ripple	American Public Media	Society & Culture	11	American Public Media	63
92	COURT CIRCUIT	Jérémy Camus	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	84
93	Playlist Halloween - Mort de Ci-trouille	Prisma Media	Society & Culture	27	Audion	43
94	There's A Lot I Haven't Asked	Hannah Donelon	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	The Realness	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	9	Simplecast	63
96	Les mots sauvages	Anne-Sophie Gouyen	Society & Culture	7	Spotify for Podcasters	53
97	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
98	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
99	C'est sa vie - podcast franco-allemand	OFAJ - DFJW	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	43
100	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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