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 Nov 2025

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11/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 113

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:30:19

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (4 shows)

2. RTBF (3 shows)

3. RTL (3 shows)

4. The Observer (2 shows)

5. Hélène Aguilar (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (21 shows)

2. Audiomeans (19 shows)

3. Ausha (12 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
4	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
5	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
6	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
7	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
8	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
9	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
10	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
11	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
12	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
13	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
14	Embarquement immédiat - Histoire de crash	Karine de Falchi	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	58
15	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
16	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
17	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
18	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
19	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
20	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
21	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
22	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
23	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
24	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
25	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
26	Le Procès Harelle	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	53
27	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
28	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
29	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
30	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
31	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
32	Suivez le guide	Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	59
33	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
34	Glitch, devenir handi.e	La Clameur Podcast Social Club	Society & Culture	5	podCloud	84
35	Off Investigation - Les coulisses de la politique	Jean-Baptiste Rivoire	News	32	Ausha	89
36	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
37	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
38	Soif de Sens \| Écologie	Pierre Chevelle \| Écologie	Science	766	Audiomeans	74
39	Attentats du 13 novembre 2015 : les héros du chaos	RMC Découverte	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	63
40	Juste avant	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
41	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
42	Les mille et une vies de Sign	Karim Boukercha	Society & Culture	11	RedCircle	48
43	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
44	Le monstre du Loudness - Le podcast d'Acoustik L'école 100% Son -	Acoustik L'école 100% Son	Society & Culture	14	Ausha	48
45	La liste de Paul Arcand	Cogeco Média	Society & Culture	10	Omny Studio	63
46	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
47	Sur la route de la Pomme du Limousin AOP	Syndicat AOP Pomme du Limousin	Society & Culture	1	Podcastics	69
48	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
49	Journal Intime	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	42	Acast	89
50	OMG : décodons les biotech	Inf'OGM	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	53
51	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	81	Acast	69
53	7 jours sur Terre	7 jours sur Terre, Benjamin Tremblay	Society & Culture	119	Simplecast	53
54	Nos chaînons invisibles	Elson	Society & Culture	15	Podcastics	74
55	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
56	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
57	Une histoire, une vie	Aymeric	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	73
58	Classical Music Happy Hour	WNYC, WQXR	Music	27	Simplecast	63
59	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
60	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
61	murmur	murmur média	Society & Culture	4	Acast	84
62	Révolutions philosophiques	majelan X	Society & Culture	12	Audiomeans	69
63	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
64	La Jeune Rue	Nouvelles Ecoutes	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
65	Comique !	Ghislain Blique	Comedy	58	Acast	49
66	LE DESIGN SUR ÉCOUTE	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	31	Audiomeans	73
67	CO	CO	Society & Culture	6	Substack	59
68	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
69	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
70	LE DIVAN	TVONEAR	Society & Culture	74	Audiomeans	69
71	Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories	John "Jay" Wiley	Society & Culture	605	Omny Studio	59
72	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
73	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
74	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
75	Les orphelins du 13 novembre	BFMTV	Society & Culture	4	Simplecast	48
76	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
77	Mesdames	Mélanie Legendre	Society & Culture	66	Ausha	73
78	Afterres2050	AFTERRES	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	69
79	La Fille sur le canapé	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	59
80	Plein La Vue	Plein La Vue	Society & Culture	25	Spotify for Podcasters	43
81	働く女と○○と。	小沢あや（ピース）	Society & Culture	159	Spotify for Podcasters	43
82	Mes Sorties Culture	Mes Sorties Culture	Society & Culture	93	Ausha	69
83	Translations	Claire Legendre et Transistor Média	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	79
84	Europe Explained	Council of Europe	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	43
85	Visionaries	unknown_author	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	48
86	Carnet de Voyage	Carnet de Voyage	Society & Culture	63	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	#SRFglobal	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)	Society & Culture	50	Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen	49
88	Dr Bitcoin - The Man Who Wasn't Satoshi Nakamoto	Tulip Publishing	Society & Culture	57	Acast	79
89	250 Dollar - Wie ich einen Menschen freikaufe	NZZ	Society & Culture	3	Podigee	48
90	Maison Radieuse, premières années	ECPAD	Society & Culture	6	Podcastics	69
91	L'arbre à cirque, récit à voix multiples	Cécile Liège	Society & Culture	4	podCloud	69
92	PRÉSENT RECOMPOSÉ	ADD ASSOCIES	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	74
93	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
94	Ligne Rouge	BFMTV	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	53
95	Création Documentaire	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	24	Transistor	63
96	Elizabeth II	RTL	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	59
97	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
98	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
99	XXI	Revue 21	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	79
100	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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