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 27 Jun 2026
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France
Society & Culture
Documentary
06/27/2026
Average data
Episodes: 104
Frequency: every 56 days
Duration: 00:35:34
Top 5 authors
1. INA (6 shows)
2. Louie Media (5 shows)
3. Rádio Novelo (4 shows)
4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)
5. RTBF (3 shows)
Top 5 hosting
1. Acast (20 shows)
2. Audiomeans (14 shows)
3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)
4. Ausha (6 shows)
5. Transistor (6 shows)
| Rank | Logo | Name | Artist | Main Category | Eps | Hosting | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator | France Inter | Documentary | 145 | N/A | N/A |
| 2 |  | Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 214 | Acast | 79 |
| 3 |  | Ça peut vous arriver | RTL | Society & Culture | 133 | Audiomeans | 49 |
| 4 |  | Archives | Neoxi | Society & Culture | 73 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 5 |  | La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir | The French Whisperer | Society & Culture | 81 | Megaphone | 62 |
| 6 |  | La fabrique du mensonge | France Télévisions | Society & Culture | 38 | Octopus | 59 |
| 7 |  | Ou peut-être une nuit | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 69 |
| 8 |  | Rôles Modèles | ELLE | Society & Culture | 19 | Acast | 90 |
| 9 |  | Injustices | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 60 | Acast | 73 |
| 10 |  | PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies | Minuit | Society & Culture | 387 | Audion | 58 |
| 11 |  | Une lettre d'Amérique | RTL | Society & Culture | 101 | Audiomeans | 54 |
| 12 |  | Le bureau des complots | RTBF | Society & Culture | 59 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 13 |  | La société de minuit | Tatiana Benhamou | Society & Culture | 106 | Acast | 73 |
| 14 |  | The Documentary Podcast | BBC World Service | Society & Culture | 2000 | BBC | 33 |
| 15 |  | Destins Extraordinaires | Europe1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 43 |
| 16 |  | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée | Society & Culture | 75 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 17 |  | Dark Stories | Dark Stories | Society & Culture | 174 | Spotify for Podcasters | 28 |
| 18 |  | Inspirants | François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info | Society & Culture | 8 | Audiomeans | 54 |
| 19 |  | CANAL 16 | SNSM | Society & Culture | 38 | Acast | 79 |
| 20 |  | Freakonomics Radio | Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher | Society & Culture | 945 | Simplecast | 38 |
| 21 |  | Espace Documentaire | Espace Documentaire | Society & Culture | 975 | Spreaker | 64 |
| 22 |  | In Tenebris | Marine Benoit | True Crime | 27 | Acast | 79 |
| 23 |  | Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel | RTBF | Society & Culture | 7 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 24 |  | L'Affaire | Paradiso Media | Society & Culture | 73 | Acast | 79 |
| 25 |  | Gilles Galloux | Gilles Galloux | Society & Culture | 11 | Transistor | 53 |
| 26 |  | Remonter la piste | Nastasia Time | Society & Culture | 11 | Spotify for Podcasters | 63 |
| 27 |  | JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia | Isabelle Farrugia | Society & Culture | 22 | Acast | 68 |
| 28 |  | Le monde selon Trump | BFMTV | Society & Culture | 37 | Simplecast | 69 |
| 29 |  | Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 6 | Acast | 73 |
| 30 |  | PRESS ROOM | Esther Press Room | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 94 |
| 31 |  | OÙ EST LE BEAU ? | Hélène Aguilar | Society & Culture | 524 | Audiomeans | 84 |
| 32 |  | Thread Horreur By Delkor | Delkor | Society & Culture | 300 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 33 |  | La dame du CDI | Nathanael | Society & Culture | 31 | Spotify for Podcasters | 38 |
| 34 |  | Oh my planète | ADEME | Society & Culture | 46 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 35 |  | Anaïs Lenar | Anaïs Lenar | Society & Culture | 26 | Acast | 38 |
| 36 |  | Otherworld | Otherworld | Society & Culture | 272 | WideOrbit | 48 |
| 37 |  | Journal Intime | Paradiso Media | Society & Culture | 42 | Acast | 89 |
| 38 |  | Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973) | INA | Society & Culture | 7 | Octopus | 59 |
| 39 |  | The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable | Ky Dickens | Society & Culture | 88 | Acast | 84 |
| 40 |  | Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit | Veridox | Society & Culture | 22 | Spotify for Podcasters | 32 |
| 41 |  | Adrift | Apple TV / Blanchard House | Society & Culture | 10 | ART19 | 63 |
| 42 |  | Entre | Louie Media | Society & Culture | 61 | Acast | 94 |
| 43 |  | Radio Ambulante | My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 372 | Omny Studio | 73 |
| 44 |  | La Minute Géographie | La Minute Géographie | Society & Culture | 26 | Spotify for Podcasters | 22 |
| 45 |  | Great Lives | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 416 | BBC | 28 |
| 46 |  | OnlyFantasy | Audible Original | Society & Culture | 31 | ART19 | 53 |
| 47 |  | ET PAN ! | ET PAN ! | Society & Culture | 4 | Ausha | 64 |
| 48 |  | Les Enfermé·es | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 10 | Transistor | 53 |
| 49 |  | Blast - Infernet | Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info | Society & Culture | 11 | Transistor | 59 |
| 50 |  | La Fille sur le canapé | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 10 | Audiomeans | 59 |
| 51 |  | Il suffit d'écouter les femmes | INA | Society & Culture | 6 | Octopus | 59 |
| 52 |  | La Lignée | Julien Goetz | Society & Culture | 5 | RSS.com | 58 |
| 53 |  | Uncanny | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 130 | BBC | 38 |
| 54 |  | Le Procès Harelle | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 53 |
| 55 |  | Tous Parano | Tous Parano | Society & Culture | 59 | Podcastics | 89 |
| 56 |  | Police, le podcast | Police nationale | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 83 |
| 57 |  | World of Secrets | BBC | Society & Culture | 101 | BBC | 53 |
| 58 |  | Champs Queers | Elodie Potente | Society & Culture | 20 | Ausha | 48 |
| 59 |  | Nos chaînons invisibles | Elson | Society & Culture | 15 | Podcastics | 74 |
| 60 |  | Sound, Light & Frequency | iHeartPodcasts | Society & Culture | 38 | Omny Studio | 83 |
| 61 |  | THE DAISY AGE PODCAST | The Daisy Age Podcast | Society & Culture | 12 | Spotify for Podcasters | 43 |
| 62 |  | Ce n'est qu'une théorie | QUB radio | Society & Culture | 18 | Omny Studio | 69 |
| 63 |  | Non-Binaires | Studio Balado | Society & Culture | 9 | Acast | 69 |
| 65 |  | Personally: Agent Layla | CBC | Society & Culture | 72 | Triton Digital | 63 |
| 66 |  | Lignes de crêtes | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 3 | Transistor | 59 |
| 67 |  | Rádio Novelo Apresenta | Rádio Novelo | Society & Culture | 206 | Megaphone | 63 |
| 69 |  | The Coming Storm | BBC Radio 4 | Society & Culture | 24 | BBC | 39 |
| 70 |  | Podme Dokumentär | Podme | Society & Culture | 12 | Podspace | 53 |
| 71 |  | 7 jours sur Terre | 7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay | Society & Culture | 127 | Simplecast | 53 |
| 72 |  | À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| 73 |  | Power Girls Club by Jho, | Jho, | Society & Culture | 6 | Ausha | 63 |
| 74 |  | Black Box: The Chatbots | The Guardian | Society & Culture | 51 | Acast | 68 |
| 75 |  | Wind of Change | Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify | Society & Culture | 16 | Megaphone | 53 |
| 76 |  | Mécréantes | Léane Alestra | Society & Culture | 14 | Buzzsprout | 52 |
| 77 |  | I Talk To Ghosts | Jennifer Page | Society & Culture | 301 | Buzzsprout | 73 |
| 78 |  | The Hidden Third | Mariana van Zeller | Society & Culture | 55 | Megaphone | 48 |
| 79 |  | Création Documentaire | Radio Grenouille | Society & Culture | 27 | Transistor | 63 |
| 80 |  | Focus: We Keep Us Safe | KUOW News and Information | Society & Culture | 25 | Omny Studio | 73 |
| 81 |  | ROC Taiwan : la singularité d'une île | Muriel Couton / Virginie Jortay | Society & Culture | 10 | Acast | 79 |
| 82 |  | Intime & Politique | Nouvelles Écoutes | Society & Culture | 53 | Audiomeans | 69 |
| 83 |  | Une bataille mais pas la guerre | Making Waves | Society & Culture | 4 | Transistor | 48 |
| 84 |  | Manger les riches | Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias | Society & Culture | 26 | RSS.com | 58 |
| 85 |  | Au cœur des archives | Europe 1 | Society & Culture | 100 | Audiomeans | 49 |
| 86 |  | F - Chroniques d'un féminisme ordinaire Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 7 | N/A | N/A |
| 87 |  | Crime e Castigo | Rádio Novelo | Society & Culture | 9 | Acast | 49 |
| 88 |  | Parlamento Yakın Geçmiş | Aposto Radyo | Society & Culture | 14 | Megaphone | 79 |
| 89 |  | Révolutions philosophiques | majelan X | Society & Culture | 12 | Audiomeans | 69 |
| 90 |  | Avestruz Master | Rádio Novelo | Society & Culture | 6 | Megaphone | 53 |
| 91 |  | 5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan | Andrew Callaghan | Society & Culture | 31 | Buzzsprout | 38 |
| 92 |  | Confort moderne Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 11 | N/A | N/A |
| 93 |  | Cherchez le daron Feed not publicly shared by the creator | INA | Documentary | 6 | N/A | N/A |
| 94 |  | Avis de Tempête | Avis de Tempête | Society & Culture | 8 | Unknown | 49 |
| 95 |  | Praia dos Ossos | Rádio Novelo | Society & Culture | 16 | Acast | 59 |
| 96 |  | P3 Dokumentar | NRK | Society & Culture | 5 | Unknown | 43 |
| 97 |  | Les Anonymes Fantastiques | Radio ELLEBORE | Society & Culture | 35 | Acast | 43 |
| 98 |  | Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange | RTBF | Society & Culture | 9 | Audiomeans | 73 |
| 99 |  | Embedded | NPR | Society & Culture | 196 | Simplecast | 58 |
| 100 |  | L'art de l'attention | Fanny Auger | Society & Culture | 24 | Ausha | 89 |
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