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 25 Feb 2026

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02/25/2026

Average data

Episodes: 144

Frequency: every 23 days

Duration: 00:32:58

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Paradiso Media (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (16 shows)

3. Ausha (15 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 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	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
6	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	367	Audion	58
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
12	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
19	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
20	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
21	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
24	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
27	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
28	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
29	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
30	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
31	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
32	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
33	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
34	La vie sans filtre - Les Podcasts Macif	Les Podcasts Macif	Society & Culture	40	Audiomeans	83
35	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
36	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
37	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
38	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
40	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
41	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
42	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
43	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
44	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
45	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
46	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
47	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
48	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	79
49	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
50	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
51	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
52	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
54	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
55	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
56	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
57	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
58	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
59	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
60	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
61	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
62	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
63	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
64	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
65	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
66	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
67	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
68	Les grandes histoires de l’est	Est Republicain/Republicain Lorrain/Vosges Matin	Society & Culture	76	Acast	89
69	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
70	Canal Café Brasil	Luciano Pires & Café Brasil Editorial Ltda	Society & Culture	2481	Omny Studio	43
71	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
72	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
73	NOUS GUÉRIR	Alice Lefilleul et Malika Beloucif	Society & Culture	7	Transistor	59
74	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
75	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
76	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
78	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
79	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
80	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
81	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
82	Mesdames	Mélanie Legendre	Society & Culture	66	Ausha	73
83	Radio Diaries	Radio Diaries & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	271	PRX	43
84	Du Pin sur la Planche - à la découverte de la forêt et du bois	Delphine Gardin	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	63
85	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
86	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
87	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
88	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
89	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
90	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
91	Mes Sorties Culture	Mes Sorties Culture	Society & Culture	93	Ausha	69
92	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
93	Bleue comme Mars	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	74
94	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
95	Champs Queers	Elodie Potente	Society & Culture	19	Ausha	53
96	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
97	Le Balafon \| Le Podcast de l'APIA	Association APIA - Association pour la Promotion de la Propriété Intellectuelle en Afrique	Society & Culture	51	Ausha	63
98	Bertolt Brecht	Ah ALT	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Chroniques du Grand Domaine	Lili Sohn et Théo Boulenger	Society & Culture	5	Acast	69
100	2023	Max Laulom	Society & Culture	29	Acast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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