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 Feb 2026

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02/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 120

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:33:43

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. BFMTV (2 shows)

3. RTBF (2 shows)

4. RTL (2 shows)

5. ADEME (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (16 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Megaphone (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	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
9	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
11	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
12	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
13	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
14	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
18	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
19	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
20	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
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	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
26	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
27	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
28	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
29	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
30	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
31	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
32	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
33	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
34	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
35	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
36	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
37	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
38	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
39	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	79
40	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
41	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
42	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
43	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
44	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
45	La vie sans filtre - Les Podcasts Macif	Les Podcasts Macif	Society & Culture	40	Audiomeans	83
46	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
47	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
48	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
49	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
50	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
51	De Rossistische Podcast	Rosie Coetsier	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
53	NOUS GUÉRIR	Alice Lefilleul et Malika Beloucif	Society & Culture	7	Transistor	59
54	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
55	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
56	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
57	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
58	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
59	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
60	Du Pin sur la Planche - à la découverte de la forêt et du bois	Delphine Gardin	Society & Culture	17	Ausha	63
61	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
62	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
63	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
65	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
66	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
67	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
68	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
69	Jay Shetty - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	76	Spreaker	69
70	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
71	Au Parloir	Cédric Bergeron	Society & Culture	155	Acast	43
72	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
73	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
74	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
75	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
76	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
77	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
78	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
79	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
80	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
81	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
82	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	47	Acast	69
83	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
84	Parole aux réfugié·e·s	France terre d'asile	Society & Culture	10	Podcastics	84
85	Femme de militaire, le combat de la base arrière	Océane	Society & Culture	9	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
87	Neymar (UOL Prime)	UOL	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	69
88	Violences policières : la répression des migrations	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	1	Acast	53
89	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
90	Andes. 72 días en la montaña	El País Uruguay	Society & Culture	10	Spreaker	59
91	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
92	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
93	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
95	C'est sa vie - podcast franco-allemand	OFAJ - DFJW	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	43
96	Πρωταγωνιστές με τον Σταύρο Θεοδωράκη	pod.gr	Society & Culture	85	Simplecast	68
97	Wirecard: 1,9 Milliarden Lügen	Süddeutsche Zeitung	Society & Culture	29	Megaphone	53
98	Curious Tourism: Responsible Travel Podcast	Erin Elizabeth Hynes of Pina Travels	Society & Culture	158	Audioboom	47
99	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
100	Europe Explained	Council of Europe	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	43

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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