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 29 Jan 2026

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01/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 118

Frequency: every 19 days

Duration: 00:33:54

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. majelan (2 shows)

5. iHeartPodcasts (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. Audiomeans (21 shows)

3. Ausha (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
6	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
7	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
8	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Leurs vestiaires	Coraline Chancibot	Business	17	Acast	79
12	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
13	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
16	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
17	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
18	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
19	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
20	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
21	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
22	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
23	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
24	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
25	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
26	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
27	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
28	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
29	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
30	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
31	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
32	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
33	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
34	Puerto Rico, la isla del encanto	Heïdi Soupault	Society & Culture	12	Ausha	63
35	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
36	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
37	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
38	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
39	Nano, ce qu'il reste de nous	Marion Passault	Society & Culture	11	Ausha	63
40	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
41	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
42	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
43	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
44	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
45	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
46	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
47	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
48	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
49	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
50	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
51	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
53	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
54	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
55	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
56	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
57	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
58	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Créations originales	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	20	Audiomeans	79
60	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
61	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
62	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
63	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
64	La Relève	Mediapart	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	49
65	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
66	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
67	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
68	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
69	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
70	En immersion à l'école des commissaires de police	ENSP Podcasts	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	48
71	Les Garde-Fous	Les Garde-Fous	Society & Culture	55	Ausha	74
72	Être un homme	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	35	Acast	89
73	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
74	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
75	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
77	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
78	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
80	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
81	NOUS Malouins - Le podcast des amoureux de Saint-Malo	Brieuc Quil	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	62
82	En quête de l’étrange	Pia Brunner	Society & Culture	77	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	De Ware Jacob	Dagblad van het Noorden	Society & Culture	13	Omny Studio	69
84	CAMBIUM, le podcast de l'agroforesterie	Association Française d'Agroforesterie	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	73
85	INSPIRANT	Guillaume Descave	Society & Culture	39	Ausha	38
86	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
87	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
88	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
89	Identités	Dakitse ou Eloge	Society & Culture	5	Ausha	53
90	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
91	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
92	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
93	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
94	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
95	Green Scandal	majelan	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	53
96	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
98	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	17	Acast	59
99	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
100	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53

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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