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 Sep 2026

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09/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 111

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:34:31

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. Making Waves (2 shows)

4. BFMTV (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (8 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	139	N/A	N/A
2	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
3	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
4	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	73
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	77	Megaphone	62
7	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
8	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	102	Acast	73
9	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	373	Audion	58
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
13	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	19	Acast	68
16	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
17	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
18	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	291	Spotify for Podcasters	32
19	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	164	Spotify for Podcasters	28
20	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
21	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
22	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
23	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
24	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
25	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	16	Acast	90
26	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
28	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
29	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	956	Spreaker	64
30	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
31	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
32	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
33	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
34	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	53
35	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
37	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
38	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
39	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	192	Simplecast	58
40	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
41	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
42	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
44	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	32	Simplecast	49
45	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
46	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
47	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
48	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
49	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
50	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
51	Power Girls Club by Jho,	Jho,	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	63
52	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
54	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
55	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
56	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	71	Spotify for Podcasters	48
57	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
58	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	518	Audiomeans	84
59	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
60	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
61	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	30	Ausha	89
62	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	32
63	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
64	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
65	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
66	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	2	Podcastics	69
67	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
68	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	201	Megaphone	53
69	À contre-courant	Université de Liège	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	63
70	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
71	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
72	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
73	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
74	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
75	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Society & Culture	92	Megaphone	63
76	Čestmír Strakatý	Čestmír Strakatý	Society & Culture	460	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Le Jour du Donut	Mathilde Billet	Society & Culture	8	Acast	69
78	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
79	Les Cris	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	13	Acast	69
80	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
81	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
82	Impkt	IMPKT PODCAST	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The Cost of Happiness: Tony Hsieh	Imperative Entertainment and Vespucci	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
84	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
85	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
86	KICK RADIO	Ice Americano	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
88	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
89	Haunted UK Podcast: History, Hauntings and the Unexplained	Haunted UK	Society & Culture	226	Acast	43
90	L'histoire de la Grande Guerre	Musée de la Grande Guerre	Society & Culture	14	Audiomeans	53
91	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
92	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
93	Radio Marz \| پادکست فارسی رادیو مرز	Marzie	Society & Culture	91	Acast	52
94	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
95	Europe Explained	Council of Europe	Society & Culture	42	Ausha	38
96	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
97	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
99	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
100	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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