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 Dec 2025

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12/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 120

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:32:14

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTL (3 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (3 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Audiomeans (14 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (9 shows)

5. BBC (5 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 fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
5	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
6	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
7	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
10	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
11	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
12	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
13	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
14	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
17	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
18	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
19	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
20	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
21	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
22	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
23	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
24	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
25	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
26	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
27	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
28	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
29	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
32	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
33	Le Roi des Monstres	École normale supérieure - PSL	Society & Culture	3	Acast	69
34	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
35	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
36	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
37	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
38	Les casseroles palestiniennes	Basile Crespin et Louis Le Mesre de Pas	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	53
39	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
40	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
41	بودكاست روايتهم	Aware Media	Society & Culture	52	Spotify for Podcasters	63
42	TIJ (The Inner Journey)	Amel	Society & Culture	100	Podbean	53
43	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
44	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
46	C'est sa vie - podcast franco-allemand	OFAJ - DFJW	Society & Culture	4	Spreaker	43
47	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
48	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
49	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
50	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
51	Police, le podcast	Police nationale	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	83
52	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
53	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
54	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
55	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
56	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
57	impermanent	Léonie Ragot	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
58	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
59	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
60	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
61	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
62	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
63	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
64	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
65	When The Wolves Came	Meanings of Democracy Lab	Society & Culture	7	ART19	63
66	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
67	Intime & Politique	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	53	Audiomeans	69
68	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
69	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
70	Priscille Podcast	Priscille Podcast	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	37
71	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
72	La tête haute	Charlotte Abramow	Society & Culture	1	Audiomeans	64
73	The Redefector	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	69
74	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	278	Megaphone	43
75	Histoires d'en haut	Le Dauphiné Libéré	Society & Culture	61	Acast	59
76	Luso Bribes	Gabrielle Hlt	Society & Culture	22	Ausha	73
77	Blast - Adolescence	Vincent Decque, Loulou Robert	Society & Culture	8	Transistor	54
78	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
80	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
81	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Emma Chamberlain - Biography Flash	Inception Point Ai	Society & Culture	77	Spreaker	69
83	Confort moderne Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	11	N/A	N/A
84	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
85	Necesito poder respirar: La vida de Jorge González	Podium Podcast Chile	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	38
86	وثائقيات هادئة	Asharq Podcasts	Society & Culture	24	Omny Studio	83
87	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
88	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
89	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
90	From Now On	LA PHILLIPS MEDIA	Society & Culture	46	Megaphone	69
91	Que História!	BBC Brasil	Society & Culture	40	BBC	33
92	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	63	Spreaker	43
93	Homo swipiens	Homo swipiens	Society & Culture	30	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Delayland – Germany and the Missing Magic	DW	Society & Culture	24	Unknown	48
95	Canary: The Washington Post Investigates	The Washington Post	Society & Culture	12	The Washington Post	59
96	sÉDITIONS	sÉDITIONS	Society & Culture	23	Ausha	64
97	Akon'i Gasikara	Soa i Madagasikara	Society & Culture	69	Unknown	49
98	LetsCatchup!	LestCatchup! Podcast	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	68
100	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59

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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