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 août 2026

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08/28/2026

Average data

Episodes: 109

Frequency: every 21 days

Duration: 00:34:06

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. Audible (2 shows)

5. Paradiso Media (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (16 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (9 shows)

5. Transistor (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
5	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
8	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
9	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
10	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
11	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
14	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
15	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
16	Juifs, Musulmans: tenir ensemble	Chahut Media	Society & Culture	3	Captivate	52
17	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
18	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
19	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
20	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
21	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
22	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
23	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
24	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
25	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
26	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
27	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
28	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
29	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
31	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
32	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
33	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
34	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
35	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
36	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
37	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
38	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
40	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
41	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
42	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
43	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
45	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
46	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
47	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
48	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
49	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
50	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
51	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
52	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
53	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
54	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
55	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
56	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
57	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
58	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
59	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
60	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
61	Septentrion	Stéphane Dugast	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
62	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
63	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
64	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	20	ART19	73
65	Hateland	ARD	Society & Culture	15	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	63
66	Paper Trail	ProPublica	Society & Culture	12	PRX	69
67	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
68	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
69	Dari Diaries : ma maison dans la médina	Dari Diaries	Society & Culture	6	Substack	58
70	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
71	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
72	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
73	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
74	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
75	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
76	Le journal de Louise, 1914-1918	Musée de la Grande Guerre / Artips	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	63
77	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
78	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
79	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
80	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
81	Le Tour de France avec Sully	We Tell Stories	Society & Culture	23	Unknown	48
82	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
84	(De eso no se habla)	(De eso no se habla)	Society & Culture	41	PRX	69
85	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
87	Non-Binaires	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	9	Acast	69
88	A Vida Dupla do Espião Traidor	Observador	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	58
89	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
90	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
91	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
92	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
93	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
94	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
95	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
96	Et néanmoins la poésie...Philippe Jaccottet	Chahut Média	Society & Culture	4	Captivate	52
97	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
98	Historia para Dormir	Historia para Dormir	Society & Culture	85	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	Sous contraintes, le podcast de la transition socio-écologique	Fanny Parise, alias Mme l’anthropologue et Novethic - Musique : "Phase" by Xylo-Ziko.	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	32
100	Transmission	Collectif Transmission	Society & Culture	44	Ausha	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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