France Inter leads French podcast rankings in July

In July, French podcasts reached over 150 million listens and downloads globally, with 123 million occurring within France. According to Médiamétrie's EAR Podcast measurements, France Inter remains the leading publisher brand with 41,957,000 listens and downloads, followed by RTL with 32,572,000 and France Culture with 22,946,000.

Among specific podcast titles, RTL’s ‘Les Grosses Têtes’ holds the top position with 15,419,000 listens, ahead of RMC’s ‘L’After Foot’ (10,514,000) and France Inter’s ‘Affaires sensibles’ (6,352,000).

Technical issues were noted during the measurement period. A distribution incident on a podcast aggregator resulted in an underestimation of RMC’s results, and atypical log volumes from Google News Audio Briefings required statistical modeling to adjust the performance data for franceinfo and RTL’s ‘Le Journal’.