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 Aug 2025

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08/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 150

Frequency: every 37 days

Duration: 00:38:12

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

5. INA (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (25 shows)

2. Acast (23 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

4. Ausha (6 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	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
7	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
8	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
9	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
10	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Parcours, la parole aux invisibles	Society & Culture	34	Audiomeans	59
13	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
14	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
17	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
18	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
19	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
20	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
21	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
22	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
23	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
24	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
26	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
27	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
28	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
29	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
30	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
31	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
32	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
33	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
34	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
35	Une bataille mais pas la guerre	Making Waves	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	48
36	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
37	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
38	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
39	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
40	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
41	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
42	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
43	impermanent	Léonie Ragot	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
44	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
45	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
46	Itinéraire de vie	Christian VALERA	Society & Culture	10	podCloud	69
47	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
48	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
49	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
50	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
51	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
52	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
53	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
54	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
55	Immersion Podcast \| Documentaires Français Intéressants VF \| Docs Reportages & Emissions 2024	Immersion DOCS Podcast	Society & Culture	2	Acast	48
56	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
57	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
58	F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
59	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
60	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
61	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
62	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
63	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
64	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
65	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
66	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
67	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
68	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
69	Gisors et le trésor des Templiers	Jocelyne Giani	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	43
70	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
71	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
72	DES TRAINS PAS COMME LES AUTRES	TV ON EAR	Society & Culture	69	Audiomeans	58
73	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
74	Afterlives: Marsha P. Johnson	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	25	Omny Studio	63
75	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
76	La Buissonnière	Clap Audio	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	89
77	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
78	Capsule Bpi	Bibliothèque publique d'information	Society & Culture	11	Acast	79
79	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
81	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
82	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
83	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
84	EcoloThème	Plume, Daphnée et O2 l'écolo	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
85	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
86	juste un moment	ipso santé	Society & Culture	5	Acast	74
87	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
88	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
89	Experience Audiobook in Fiction, Contemporary	Free Audiobook	Society & Culture	2000	Unknown	53
90	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
91	Majora Prod	Majora Prod	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	43
92	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
93	Sociétés	Yoann Missolo	Science	29	Acast	89
94	Breaking Down: Collapse	Kory & Kellan	Science	362	Acast	69
95	Plein La Vue	Plein La Vue	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	43
96	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
97	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
98	Bitter Blood: Kasem V Kasem	Audible Originals	Society & Culture	9	ART19	53
99	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
100	Au Pays de Nulle Part	Au Pays de Nulle Part	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	89

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

The podcast landscape in France is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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