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 26 Jan 2026

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01/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 114

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:32:01

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (17 shows)

3. Ausha (14 shows)

4. BBC (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 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	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
6	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
13	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
16	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
19	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
20	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
24	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
25	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
26	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
27	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
28	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
30	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
31	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
32	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
33	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
34	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
35	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
36	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
37	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
39	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
40	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
41	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
42	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
43	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
44	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
45	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
46	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
47	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
48	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
49	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
50	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
51	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
52	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
53	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
54	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
55	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
56	Avis de Tempête	Avis de Tempête	Society & Culture	8	Unknown	49
57	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
58	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
59	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
60	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
61	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
62	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
63	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
64	Beyond the Veil - un podcast sur la mort	Virginie Barba	Society & Culture	26	Ausha	78
65	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
66	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
67	Grossophobia	PaulineCD	Society & Culture	35	Podcastics	69
68	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
69	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
70	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
71	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
73	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
74	Comment on s'aime ?	Klaam	Society & Culture	13	Acast	64
75	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
76	Das wahre Leben	SWR	Society & Culture	51	Unknown	43
77	Autre perspective	Kollectif	Society & Culture	12	Acast	89
78	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
79	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
80	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
81	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
82	OMG : décodons les biotech	Inf'OGM	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	53
83	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
84	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
85	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
86	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
87	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
88	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
89	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
90	Call Bethel	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	6	Acast	53
91	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
92	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
93	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
94	Une épopée : Victor Hugo	Valentin Lavoillotte	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	59
95	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
96	Violences policières : la répression des migrations	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	1	Acast	53
97	La Buissonnière	Clap Audio	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	89
98	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
99	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
100	MursMurs	Lua Bouclier	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	84

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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