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 Jul 2025

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07/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 132

Frequency: every 29 days

Duration: 00:36:11

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. Sky News (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (21 shows)

2. Acast (20 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Transistor (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	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
4	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
6	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
8	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
9	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
11	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
12	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
15	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
16	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
17	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
18	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
19	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
20	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
23	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
24	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
25	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
27	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
28	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
29	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
30	NUREA Podcast 🎙️	Nora & Guillaume	Society & Culture	1	Buzzsprout	62
31	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
32	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
33	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
34	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
35	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
36	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
37	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
38	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
39	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
40	impermanent	Léonie Ragot	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
41	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
42	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
43	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
44	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
45	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
46	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
47	Demi-Sel // Le podcast qui révèle la Bretagne	Région Bretagne	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	79
48	Faire groupe à la campagne	Université de Bourgogne / Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	63
49	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
50	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
51	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
53	Tronches de Cadres	Revue Cadres CFDT	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	64
54	CUIR: Historias disidentes	Erick Yáñez y Esto No Es Radio	Society & Culture	31	Blubrry	53
55	Cherchez le daron Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
56	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
57	Nos Cœurs Battants	Sébastien Rousselle	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	59
58	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
59	En immersion à l'école des commissaires de police	ENSP Podcasts	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	48
60	Les Garde-Fous	Les Garde-Fous	Society & Culture	55	Ausha	74
61	Les murs ont des oreilles	Les Murs ont des oreilles - Clapas	Society & Culture	36	Audiomeans	43
62	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
63	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
64	La Machine à écrire	Yannick Lejeune et Mike Cesneau	Society & Culture	32	Ausha	84
66	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
67	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
68	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
69	Balance ta pépite	Les Petits Poings	Society & Culture	13	Unknown	53
70	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
71	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
72	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
73	Une place à table	Making Waves	Society & Culture	6	Transistor	59
74	Georges Brassens... j’ai rendez-vous avec Vous	Europe 1	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	43
75	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	47	Acast	69
76	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
77	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
78	Ma vie en Suède	Maxime Krummenacker	Society & Culture	28	Podcastics	84
79	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
80	ROC Taiwan : la singularité d'une île	Muriel Couton / Virginie Jortay	Society & Culture	10	Acast	79
81	Le Podcast des Reporters	La Maison Des Reporters	Society & Culture	14	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
83	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
84	La révolution, et après ? Un podcast Frictions	Frictions	Society & Culture	15	Ausha	53
85	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
86	Listen on the Go, Anytime With Free Audiobook \| Fiction, Contemporary	Free Audiobook	Society & Culture	3998	Unknown	59
87	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
88	Away Days Podcast: Reporting from the Underbelly	H11, Cool Zone Media & iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	48
89	Mes Sorties Culture	Mes Sorties Culture	Society & Culture	93	Ausha	69
90	Fugues vers leurs histoires	fanny blanc	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
91	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
92	Mysteries van Vlaanderen	Radio 2	Society & Culture	86	Simplecast	68
93	O.R Le Podcast	O.R	Society & Culture	8	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	Canary: The Washington Post Investigates	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	12	The Washington Post	59
95	Les humains derrière la recherche en soins palliatifs	Réseau québécois de recherche en soins palliatifs et de fin de vie (RQSPAL)	Society & Culture	39	Spotify for Podcasters	42
96	Les Dossiers Warren	Emma Benzelmat	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
97	Femin Tokyo Podcast	Samantha Lassaux	Society & Culture	22	Acast	79
98	Les Archi.culteurs	Les Archi.culteurs	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	53
99	Niche to Meet You	Leslie Eiler Thompson	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
100	Patient 11	Sky News	True Crime	6	Spreaker	64

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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