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 31 Aug 2026

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08/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 108

Frequency: every 25 days

Duration: 00:33:08

Top 5 authors

1. Louie Media (5 shows)

2. RTL (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

5. The Observer (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. Audiomeans (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Ausha (8 shows)

5. Transistor (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	134	N/A	N/A
2	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	208	Acast	79
3	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
4	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	52	Audiomeans	73
5	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	69	Spotify for Podcasters	28
6	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	75	Megaphone	62
8	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
9	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	368	Audion	58
10	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
11	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	13	Ausha	63
12	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	39	Octopus	59
13	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
14	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	22
15	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
16	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	15	Acast	90
17	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	100	Acast	73
18	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	287	Spotify for Podcasters	32
19	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	18	Acast	68
20	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
21	Gilles Galloux	Gilles Galloux	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
22	Serial Mytho : un mythomane raconté par ses ex. Une histoire vraie, au micro de Mathieu Palain	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	73
23	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
24	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
25	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	1005	Simplecast	38
26	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
27	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
28	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	41	Audiomeans	79
29	Blast - Infernet	Pacôme Thiellement, Blast le souffle de l’info	Society & Culture	11	Transistor	59
30	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	160	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	949	Spreaker	64
32	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
33	In Tenebris	Marine Benoit	Society & Culture	23	Acast	84
34	Juifs, Musulmans: tenir ensemble	Chahut Media	Society & Culture	3	Captivate	52
35	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
36	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
37	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	9	Transistor	59
38	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
39	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
40	Otherworld	Otherworld	Society & Culture	258	WideOrbit	48
41	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	24	Spotify for Podcasters	22
42	Les imposteurs	RTL	Society & Culture	5	Audiomeans	64
43	Mythomane - Contes et légendes de la Grèce antique	Thomas Hellman	Society & Culture	16	RSS.com	42
44	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
45	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	22	Acast	58
46	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
47	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	526	ART19	68
48	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
49	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	21	RSS.com	48
50	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
51	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	7	Ausha	73
52	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
54	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
55	Une Autre Agriculture	Château Cheval Blanc	Society & Culture	21	Acast	84
56	Happy End	Sarah Dumont	Society & Culture	33	Podcastics	63
57	Entre	Louie Media	Society & Culture	61	Acast	94
58	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
59	Le Monde en Cartes	Le Monde en Cartes	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
61	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	120	Acast	73
62	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
63	Free From Desire	Aline Laurent-Mayard	Society & Culture	17	Acast	79
64	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
65	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
66	1940, Winston devient Churchill	Creation Collective / Binge Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	48
67	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
68	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
69	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
70	La Mallette verte	Perrine Sokal	Society & Culture	9	Ausha	74
71	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	516	Audiomeans	84
72	Réparer les violences	La Maison des femmes	Society & Culture	7	Acast	84
73	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	28	Ausha	79
74	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
75	Les grandes enquêtes	Binge Audio	Society & Culture	38	Audiomeans	73
76	L'heure de grande écoute	Transistor Média	Society & Culture	25	Transistor	90
77	Présence \| Radiola	Radiola	Society & Culture	218	Unknown	43
78	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
79	Alain face à Duhamel	BFMTV, BFM	Society & Culture	6	Simplecast	59
80	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
81	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
82	Storie per Dormire Bene Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Storie per Dormire bene	Documentary	36	N/A	N/A
83	La Politique des putes	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	73
84	Risqué	Camille Olive	Society & Culture	14	Acast	84
85	Insomniaque – Documentaires pour la Nuit	Veridox	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
87	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
88	Remonter la piste	Nastasia Time	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	63
89	Les grandes histoires de l’est	Est Republicain/Republicain Lorrain/Vosges Matin	Society & Culture	76	Acast	89
90	Swingers	BBC Radio Wales	Society & Culture	7	BBC	43
91	À Brûler Sans Ouvrir	Nouvelles Écoutes	Society & Culture	13	Audiomeans	83
92	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	438	Acast	74
93	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	21	Spotify for Podcasters	32
94	Détenues	Insider Podcast	Society & Culture	10	Acast	89
95	不明真相	罐头	Society & Culture	4	Ximalaya	43
96	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
97	Par le petit bout du mythe	Le prof de latin-grec	Society & Culture	40	Ausha	69
98	À VIF ! Créer pour Résister	Noa Levy-Baron, Agathe Redier, Marie Wallaert	Society & Culture	11	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	Le temps des écrivains	ACTUCEDRE	Society & Culture	3	Unknown	43
100	Les voix d'Euphonia	Radio Grenouille	Society & Culture	16	Transistor	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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