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 Sep 2026

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09/26/2026

Average data

Episodes: 117

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:35:03

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. The Guardian (2 shows)

5. Making Waves (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (20 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	139	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	213	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	73
6	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	70	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	77	Megaphone	62
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	373	Audion	58
10	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	19	Acast	68
11	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
12	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	102	Acast	73
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
15	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
16	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
17	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
18	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	164	Spotify for Podcasters	28
19	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	16	Acast	90
20	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
21	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
22	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
23	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
24	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	291	Spotify for Podcasters	32
25	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
26	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	35	BBC	58
27	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
28	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
29	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	32	Simplecast	49
30	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	956	Spreaker	64
31	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	63
33	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
34	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
35	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	123	Simplecast	53
36	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	939	Simplecast	38
37	Cartels & Cie	Autorité de la concurrence	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	73
38	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
39	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
40	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
41	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	23	Acast	58
42	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	71	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
44	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
45	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
46	Embedded	NPR	Society & Culture	192	Simplecast	58
48	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
49	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
50	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
51	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	53
52	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	29	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
54	En Immersion	Antoine Mazère, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	3	Audiomeans	43
55	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
56	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
57	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
58	Power Girls Club by Jho,	Jho,	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	63
59	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	78	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	21	ART19	73
61	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
62	Retours en Algérie	Saphia Arezki	Society & Culture	1	Acast	59
63	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	434	Megaphone	32
64	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
65	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
66	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	189	Ximalaya	53
67	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
68	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
69	Reaching Out	Futuro Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
70	Juifs, Musulmans: tenir ensemble	Chahut Media	Society & Culture	3	Captivate	52
71	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	260	WideOrbit	48
72	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
73	Campagnes urbaines	Plan Urbanisme Construction Architecture	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	63
74	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	69	Triton Digital	63
75	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
76	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
77	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
78	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	22	RSS.com	52
79	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	305	Megaphone	42
80	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	34	Podcastics	63
81	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
82	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
83	Verts - Le Podcast	Groupe Linear	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	53
84	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	13	PRX	69
85	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	11	Audiomeans	68
86	Bleue comme Mars	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	74
87	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
88	Au coeur des tiers-lieux : les éclaireurs de la transformation écologique	ANCT Agence-nationale-de-la-cohésion-des-territoires	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	53
90	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	518	Audiomeans	84
91	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
92	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	30	Ausha	89
93	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
94	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	442	Acast	74
95	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	513	BBC	28
96	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
97	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
98	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
99	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	351	ART19	68
100	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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