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 Oct 2026

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10/24/2026

Average data

Episodes: 106

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:32:38

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. RTBF (2 shows)

4. Making Waves (2 shows)

5. Europe 1 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (18 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (11 shows)

4. Ausha (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
5	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
7	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
8	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
9	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	22
10	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	72	Spotify for Podcasters	28
11	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	386	Audion	58
12	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	21	Acast	68
13	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	104	Acast	73
15	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	63
16	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	37	Octopus	59
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	299	Spotify for Podcasters	32
19	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
20	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
21	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
22	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
23	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
24	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
25	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	25	Acast	58
26	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	171	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
28	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
29	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
30	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
31	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	25	RSS.com	58
32	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	36	Simplecast	69
34	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	944	Simplecast	38
35	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	974	Spreaker	64
36	WIDE SPIRIT, le podcast qui vous donne la parole sur vos expériences inexpliquées	Emmanuelle Chaumont Rey	Society & Culture	7	Acast	58
37	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	45	Audiomeans	73
38	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
39	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	371	Omny Studio	73
40	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
41	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
42	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	126	BBC	38
43	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
44	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	127	Simplecast	53
45	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
46	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
47	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	18	Acast	90
48	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
49	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
50	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
51	Tech Bro Topia	Deutschlandfunk	Society & Culture	9	Deutschlandradio	63
52	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
53	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	69
54	La jungle des miroirs	Louise	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
55	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	27	American Public Media	62
56	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
57	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	115	Acast	73
58	A Vida Dupla do Espião Traidor	Observador	Society & Culture	16	Omny Studio	58
59	Better in Person with Stephen Dubner	Freakonomics Radio	Society & Culture	11	Simplecast	62
60	Al Jazeera English	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	12	Spreaker	43
61	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	708	Megaphone	53
62	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
63	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	205	Megaphone	63
64	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
67	Les merveilleuses tribus du net	Benjamin Lubszynski & Guillaume Vendé	Society & Culture	2	Audiomeans	63
68	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
69	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	54	Megaphone	48
70	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
71	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	270	WideOrbit	48
72	IMPACT POSITIF - les solutions existent	LCI - Sylvia Amicone	Society & Culture	200	Audiomeans	59
73	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
74	Под куполом	Ivan Makridin	Society & Culture	5	Podbean	53
75	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	19	Omny Studio	63
76	Georges Brassens... j’ai rendez-vous avec Vous	Europe 1	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	43
77	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	49
78	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
79	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Society & Culture	34	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	Toutes une montagne	Les Gypaètes Poilues	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	68
81	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
82	American Miles	FieldCast	Society & Culture	3	Podcastics	74
83	Maudites chansons…de Noël	majelan X	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
84	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
85	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Audiomeans	84
86	Les complots du Kremlin	majelan	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	59
87	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
88	Agricultivez-vous	Salon International de l'Agriculture	Society & Culture	46	Acast	74
89	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
90	O Misterioso Engenheiro Jardim	Observador	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	58
91	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
92	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
93	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
94	Le douze, le podcast 100% Aveyron	Sandrine Casses	Society & Culture	62	Podcastics	68
95	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
96	The Flood	The Australian	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	74
97	Europe Explained	Council of Europe	Society & Culture	43	Ausha	38
98	Premiers Cris	Premiers Cris	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	59
99	I Serve	Foreign Policy	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	63
100	Xingu em disputa \| Amazônia Sem Lei	Agência Pública	Society & Culture	32	Spreaker	59

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