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 Apr 2026

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04/29/2026

Average data

Episodes: 97

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:33:16

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

4. Observador (3 shows)

5. RTBF (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. Audiomeans (16 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (9 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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
4	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
5	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
11	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
12	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
13	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
16	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
19	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
20	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
22	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
23	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
24	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
25	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
26	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
27	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
28	Samy Scoop : les sombres secrets des célébrités	Samy Scoop	Society & Culture	5	Acast	63
29	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	29	Simplecast	49
31	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
32	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
33	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
34	Os Segredos da Seita do Yoga	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	58
35	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
36	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
37	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
40	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
41	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
42	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
43	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
44	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
45	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
46	Empire Stories	Entrepreneur Mindset	Society & Culture	60	Ausha	53
47	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
48	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
49	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
50	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
51	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
52	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
53	NUES	Mathilde-Elind (physiomathildeelind)	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	43
54	Le Fumoir	Sylvain Di Cristo alias La Pieuvre	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
55	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
57	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
58	Problèmes de riches	majelan	Society & Culture	18	Audiomeans	53
59	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
60	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
61	La mort, tout un art !	Lucile Milliard	Society & Culture	21	podCloud	73
62	Prisons: hors les mythes	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	69
63	Kintsugi, l'histoire de ma reconstruction	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Audion	83
64	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
65	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
66	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
67	À Travers La Serrure \| Podcast Paranormal	À Travers La Serrure	Society & Culture	6	Spotify for Podcasters	32
68	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
69	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	68
70	Elizabeth II	RTL	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	59
71	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
72	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
73	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
74	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Phantoms and Everything Weird	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	22
75	Extra Muros	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
76	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
77	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
78	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
79	Hop Eloquence	Corentin Eveno	Society & Culture	6	Ausha	43
80	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
81	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
82	Histoires lesbiennes	Marine GILIS	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
83	Aveyronnais et engagés	SDIS de l'Aveyron	Society & Culture	11	Podcastics	94
84	Crímenes Ibéricos	Abbcast	Society & Culture	286	Unknown	49
85	1983: Portugal à Queima-Roupa	Observador	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	63
86	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
87	O Encantador de Ricos	Observador	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	59
88	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
89	Czarnobyl. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	43
90	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
91	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
92	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
93	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
94	Les Garde-Fous	Les Garde-Fous	Society & Culture	55	Ausha	74
95	Les Dossiers Warren	Emma Benzelmat	Society & Culture	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
96	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
97	Une bataille mais pas la guerre	Making Waves	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	48
98	The Telepathy Tapes	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	94	ART19	83
99	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
100	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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