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 28 Jan 2026

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01/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 119

Frequency: every 20 days

Duration: 00:32:05

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. The Observer (2 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

5. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Audiomeans (20 shows)

3. Ausha (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
11	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
12	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
13	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
14	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
15	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
16	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
19	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
20	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
22	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
23	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
24	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
25	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
26	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
27	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
28	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
29	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
30	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
31	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
32	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
34	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
35	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
36	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
37	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
38	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
39	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
41	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
42	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
44	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
45	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
46	Les Garde-Fous	Les Garde-Fous	Society & Culture	55	Ausha	74
47	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
48	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
49	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
50	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
51	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
52	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
53	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
54	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
55	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
56	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
57	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
58	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
59	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
60	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
61	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
62	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
63	L'autre assemblée	CESE	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	84
64	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
65	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
66	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
67	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
68	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
69	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
70	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
71	SEXTORTION	Lars van Eijden & Rick Uilenbroek / Audiohuis	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	69
72	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
73	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
75	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
76	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
77	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
78	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
79	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
80	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
81	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
82	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
83	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
84	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
85	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
86	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
87	Три Истории	ТО Без Тормозов	Society & Culture	301	Castos	63
88	Eaux-vives	Établissement public Menelik	Society & Culture	5	Acast	74
89	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
90	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
91	Albert nous parle	Le Prix Albert-Londres	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	79
92	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
93	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
94	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
95	1940, Winston devient Churchill	Creation Collective / Binge Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	48
96	Paroles de vi(ll)e	RIVP	Society & Culture	1	Ausha	53
97	Borghesia violenta	Nicola Ventura, David Barra	Society & Culture	18	Megaphone	74
98	Claude Monet - Audio Biography	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	1	Spreaker	59
99	Les enjeux de la RSE	OPS Partners	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
100	L'Art Diplomatique	L'art Diplomatique	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

The podcast landscape in France is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

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