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 Oct 2026

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10/31/2026

Average data

Episodes: 100

Frequency: every 22 days

Duration: 00:35:56

Top 5 authors

1. RTL (4 shows)

2. Louie Media (4 shows)

3. RTBF (3 shows)

4. BBC World Service (2 shows)

5. The Guardian (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (23 shows)

2. Audiomeans (15 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (14 shows)

4. Ausha (10 shows)

5. BBC (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	145	N/A	N/A
3	Passages, le podcast d'histoires vraies de Louie Media	Louie Media	Society & Culture	214	Acast	79
4	WIDE SPIRIT, le podcast qui vous donne la parole sur vos expériences inexpliquées	Emmanuelle Chaumont Rey	Society & Culture	7	Acast	58
5	Ça peut vous arriver	RTL	Society & Culture	133	Audiomeans	49
6	Archives	Neoxi	Society & Culture	73	Spotify for Podcasters	28
7	La Bibliothèque des Rêves: Documentaires pour s'endormir	The French Whisperer	Society & Culture	81	Megaphone	62
8	Le bureau des complots	RTBF	Society & Culture	59	Audiomeans	73
9	Une lettre d'Amérique	RTL	Society & Culture	101	Audiomeans	54
10	La société de minuit	Tatiana Benhamou	Society & Culture	107	Acast	73
11	La fabrique du mensonge	France Télévisions	Society & Culture	38	Octopus	59
12	Les Mystères des lieux (externe) Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Culture	Documentary	29	N/A	N/A
13	PARANORMAL • Histoires Vraies	Minuit	Society & Culture	388	Audion	58
14	Ce qui se dit la nuit	Julie Vigneron	Society & Culture	16	Ausha	63
15	La Minute Géographie	La Minute Géographie	Society & Culture	26	Spotify for Podcasters	22
16	TERRAIN	Tibi Jones	Society & Culture	1	Acast	79
17	Lignes de crêtes	Making Waves	Society & Culture	3	Transistor	59
18	Les Enfermé·es	Making Waves	Society & Culture	10	Transistor	53
19	METRO with Sarah Koenig	Serial Productions & The New York Times	Society & Culture	3	Simplecast	58
20	Destins Extraordinaires	Europe1	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
21	L'Affaire	Paradiso Media	Society & Culture	73	Acast	79
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	Le monde selon Trump	BFMTV	Society & Culture	37	Simplecast	69
24	Françoise Combes, les grands mystères de l'espace	RTL	Society & Culture	10	Audiomeans	48
25	Thread Horreur By Delkor	Delkor	Society & Culture	300	Spotify for Podcasters	32
26	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
27	Rôles Modèles	ELLE	Society & Culture	19	Acast	90
28	JAMAIS DIT ! le podcast d'Isabelle Farrugia	Isabelle Farrugia	Society & Culture	22	Acast	68
29	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
30	AU LONG	Society	Society & Culture	49	Acast	63
31	Empreinte Criminelle	Empreinte criminelle	Society & Culture	75	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	Injustices	Louie Media	Society & Culture	60	Acast	73
33	Ou peut-être une nuit	Louie Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	69
34	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
35	Anaïs Lenar	Anaïs Lenar	Society & Culture	26	Acast	38
36	Dark Stories	Dark Stories	Society & Culture	174	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	Substance Podcast	Benjamin Billot	Society & Culture	189	Ausha	43
38	Oh my planète	ADEME	Society & Culture	46	Audiomeans	73
39	Espace Documentaire	Espace Documentaire	Society & Culture	975	Spreaker	64
40	Tous Parano	Tous Parano	Society & Culture	59	Podcastics	89
41	Inheritance	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	15	BBC	63
42	Inspirants	François-Xavier Ménage, TF1 Info	Society & Culture	8	Audiomeans	54
43	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Mythologie Grecque Décomplexée	Society & Culture	76	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Le piège : dans les coulisses du développement personnel	RTBF	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	73
45	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
46	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	132	BBC	38
47	La dame du CDI	Nathanael	Society & Culture	31	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	PRESS ROOM	Esther Press Room	Society & Culture	20	Ausha	94
49	Parlons du Congo	Valéry Ntwali, Clémence Auzary, Emma Belmonte	Society & Culture	13	Spreaker	74
50	Tellement Cliché	Aurore Pautet	Society & Culture	7	Podcastics	69
51	CANAL 16	SNSM	Society & Culture	38	Acast	79
52	OÙ EST LE BEAU ?	Hélène Aguilar	Society & Culture	524	Audiomeans	84
53	Les icebergs ÉPOUVANTABLES de Creepy Machine	Creepy Machine	Society & Culture	22	Spotify for Podcasters	32
54	Le meilleur des Docus	La référence des grands documentaires	Society & Culture	63	Acast	53
55	Je suis migrant·e	ProjetM	Society & Culture	10	Ausha	53
56	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	La Diagonale des Autres	LAETITA LANTIERI	Society & Culture	18	Unknown	63
59	Il suffit d'écouter les femmes	INA	Society & Culture	6	Octopus	59
60	Shame on you	StudioFact Audio	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	74
61	Notre Histoire en Avenir - le podcast de la Fondation du patrimoine	FeuilleBlanche	Society & Culture	14	Audiomeans	68
62	Territoires en résistance	Terres de luttes	Society & Culture	3	Spotify for Podcasters	17
63	L'art de l'attention	Fanny Auger	Society & Culture	24	Ausha	89
64	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
65	Maisons hantées, Fantômes et Revenants : Rendez-vous avec l’Étrange	RTBF	Society & Culture	9	Audiomeans	73
66	Écouter le Japon	Podcast-Ecouter-le Japon	Society & Culture	8	Ausha	73
67	Ils dévoraient la ville en imagination (Maroc, 1965 - 1973)	INA	Society & Culture	7	Octopus	59
68	Stories from a Stranger	Higher Ground	Society & Culture	26	ART19	73
69	Un jour, un doc	RTL	Society & Culture	100	Audiomeans	43
70	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
71	VYRAJE	Sarah Bardin	Society & Culture	33	Ausha	79
72	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
73	A bout de Taf	Laure Girardot & Boutayna Burkel	Society & Culture	90	Acast	69
74	ET PAN !	ET PAN !	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	64
75	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
76	"J'AI HARCELÉ"	LACMÉ	Society & Culture	7	Audiomeans	59
77	Homefront : Civilians in Modern Conflict	Giuliano Stochino Weiss, Luke Irving	Society & Culture	4	Unknown	58
78	Là où les voix résonnent : échos de centres de rétention administrative	La Cimade Podcasts	Society & Culture	10	Acast	63
79	L'Eclaireur des Soignants	MACSF Exercice Professionnel	Society & Culture	1	Podcastics	73
80	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	14	Acast	59
81	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
82	Manger les riches	Pier-Luc Ouellet & Colin Boudrias	Society & Culture	26	RSS.com	58
83	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
85	Impkt	IMPKT PODCAST	Society & Culture	23	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	Armand Vaquerin, la dernière tournée	Atelier Frissonne	Society & Culture	2	Ausha	48
87	Être infirmier(ère)	Réussis ton IFSI	Society & Culture	19	Spotify for Podcasters	53
88	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
89	Racines & Récits	UPro-G	Society & Culture	32	Podcastics	63
90	Bir Nevi Biyografi	Bir Nevi Biyografi	Society & Culture	79	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Science Interdite	Erwan Prieur	Society & Culture	18	Spotify for Podcasters	52
92	The Birth Keepers	The Guardian	Society & Culture	6	Acast	58
93	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
94	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
95	Prato Cheio	O Joio e O Trigo	Society & Culture	161	Simplecast	63
96	Blast - La première Gilet jaune du dernier rond-point	Franck Dépretz, France Timmermans, Baptiste Veilhan	Society & Culture	4	Transistor	49
97	Aliens in the Clouds	Matt & Anna Schultz	Society & Culture	7	Unknown	73
98	Toutes une montagne	Les Gypaètes Poilues	Society & Culture	4	Ausha	68
99	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
100	Staffel 1	PODCAST - MIR SIN BASEL	Society & Culture	13	Spotify for Podcasters	22

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in France

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