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 30 May 2025

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05/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 110

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:31:01

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. RTBF (2 shows)

4. Nouvelles Écoutes (2 shows)

5. Europe 1 (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Audiomeans (18 shows)

2. Acast (18 shows)

3. Ausha (9 shows)

4. Transistor (8 shows)

5. Megaphone (8 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	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
5	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
6	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
7	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
8	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
9	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
10	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
11	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
14	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
15	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
16	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
17	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
20	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
21	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
22	Les femmes qui lisent	Laure Gabus	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
23	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
24	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
25	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
26	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
27	Mécréantes	Léane Alestra	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	52
28	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
29	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
30	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
31	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
32	Transmission	Collectif Transmission	Society & Culture	44	Ausha	63
33	Penser le 9-3	Making Waves et Profession Banlieue	Society & Culture	14	Transistor	63
34	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
35	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
36	Au cœur des archives	Europe 1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	59
37	Non-Binaires	Studio Balado	Society & Culture	9	Acast	69
38	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
39	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
40	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
41	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
42	Les Garde-Fous	Les Garde-Fous	Society & Culture	55	Ausha	74
43	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
44	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
45	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
46	Extra Muros	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
47	La ville devant soi	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	59
48	Blast - La première Gilet jaune du dernier rond-point	Franck Dépretz, France Timmermans, Baptiste Veilhan	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	49
49	Dark Matters – Geheimnisse der Geheimdienste	SWR3, rbb24 Inforadio, Eva-Maria Lemke	Society & Culture	101	Unknown	48
50	Les gens qui restent	Slate.fr Podcasts	Society & Culture	8	Audion	69
51	101 Visages	Webistan & Les Ateliers Reza	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
52	JULIE IN GENDERLAND	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	10	Substack	59
53	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
54	Crimes non résolus	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	94
55	Mosaïque	Akadem, Institut français d'Israël	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	38
56	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
57	O Misterioso Engenheiro Jardim	Observador	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	63
58	Le conflit mot à mot	Akadem	Society & Culture	5	Unknown	43
59	La voix des métiers	Orientation Vaud	Society & Culture	60	Acast	69
60	La Voix des Oublié.e.s	Romain Rossard et Agathe Gallo du Média Quartier Libre	Society & Culture	12	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	Meurtres et Mystères	Hosnelle	Society & Culture	121	Spotify for Podcasters	63
62	Histórias de Portugal	Marco António \| 366 Ideias	Society & Culture	48	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Encore une question	nathalie côte	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
64	CONTREPLAQUÉS	CONTREPLAQUÉS	Society & Culture	84	Ausha	63
65	Portraits	Elise Miara	Society & Culture	3	Acast	59
66	Ter-Ter	Making Waves	Society & Culture	5	Transistor	63
67	Turbulences : traverser les troubles anxieux	Julien Morissette (Transistor Média)	Society & Culture	1	Transistor	73
68	Flammes	Sapeurs-pompiers du Nord	Society & Culture	23	Podcastics	54
69	DERRIÈRE L'ÉCRAN	Nordine TAFROUNT	Society & Culture	13	Acast	73
70	MEUFS-3	Louise Breon, Basma Nasser et Isotta Manfrin.	Society & Culture	1	Transistor	69
71	OBSESSED - Döner Papers	ARD	Society & Culture	11	Bayerischer Rundfunk	59
72	Damages	Critical Frequency	Society & Culture	71	Megaphone	63
73	La familia correcta	El País Audio / WePod	Society & Culture	8	Omny Studio	84
74	QUEER GROVE	Parker Sargent	Society & Culture	11	Buzzsprout	38
75	Nos précieux aînés	NADIA AOI-YDI	Society & Culture	21	Ausha	63
76	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
77	impermanent	Léonie Ragot	Society & Culture	24	Acast	79
78	Women of the Seas	Le podcast des aventurières de la Mer	Society & Culture	20	Acast	74
79	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Les Chroniques de l'Etrange	Society & Culture	25	Ausha	83
80	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
81	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
82	Relatos Forenses Podcast	pepe&chema	Society & Culture	265	Megaphone	32
83	À la recherche du fromage disparu Feed not publicly shared by the creator	INA	Documentary	7	N/A	N/A
84	Les Vrais Souverains	Arnaud Montebourg	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	74
85	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
86	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
87	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	320	Simplecast	53
88	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
89	Pour de vrai	Clémentine C	Society & Culture	56	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
91	Le Dernier Verre	Marianne Moing	Society & Culture	5	RSS.com	58
92	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
93	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	31	BBC	58
94	Les Grands Entretiens d'Europe 1	Europe 1	Society & Culture	86	Audiomeans	43
95	To Catch a Thief: North Korea On Our Payroll	Rubrik \| Nicole Perlroth \| Pod People	Society & Culture	19	Megaphone	63
96	E poi il silenzio - Il disastro di Rigopiano	Pablo Trincia – Sky Original by Chora Media	Society & Culture	10	Megaphone	48
97	Solastalgie	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	16	Audiomeans	73
98	Learn From Altitude	Globule Radio / Mountain Path	Society & Culture	22	Audiomeans	54
99	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
100	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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