Apple Podcast Rankings - Great Britain - Documentary

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in Great Britain

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in Great Britain. 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 01 févr. 2025

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02/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 207

Frequency: every 48 days

Duration: 00:43:16

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (13 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC (2 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (24 shows)

2. BBC (20 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
2	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
4	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
5	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
6	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
7	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
8	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
9	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
11	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Hysterical	Audible \| Pineapple Street Studios	Society & Culture	4	ART19	63
15	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
16	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	489	Megaphone	63
17	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
18	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
19	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
20	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
21	The Trapped	ITV News	Society & Culture	9	Spreaker	74
22	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
23	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
24	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
25	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
26	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
27	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
28	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
29	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
30	13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II	BBC World Service	History	56	BBC	33
31	The Illuminator: Art, Conspiracy and Madness	Brazen	Society & Culture	9	Megaphone	79
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
33	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
34	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
35	Plank Of The Week	Talk	News	96	Acast	59
36	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
37	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
38	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	43	Acast	89
39	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
40	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
41	Amanda Wakeley: StyleDNA	Hatch 108 Productions	Arts	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
42	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
43	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
44	Top Comment	BBC	News	97	BBC	48
45	JAXXON PODCAST	Jaxxon Podcast	Society & Culture	352	Spotify for Podcasters	38
46	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
47	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
48	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
49	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
50	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
51	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
52	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
53	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
54	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
55	How I Survived	That's Life!	Society & Culture	41	Omny Studio	53
56	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
57	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1959	Omny Studio	52
58	JFK The Enduring Secret	Jeff Crudele	Society & Culture	397	Buzzsprout	83
59	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
60	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
61	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
62	Inconceivable Truth	audiochuck	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
63	Weight For It	ohitsBigRon Studios	Society & Culture	25	PRX	84
64	Boomtown	Imperative Entertainment and Texas Monthly	Society & Culture	15	Megaphone	64
65	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	486	BBC	28
66	The Other Latif	WNYC Studios	Society & Culture	8	Simplecast	69
67	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
68	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	141	Captivate	79
69	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
70	The Whispering Woods : Real Life Ghost & Paranormal Stories	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	635	Acast	69
71	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	23	American Public Media	62
72	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
73	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
74	Privateer Station: War In Ukraine	Privateer	Society & Culture	491	Spreaker	53
75	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
76	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
77	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42
78	Unfit For Service	Wavland	Society & Culture	10	Simplecast	63
79	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
80	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
81	Yeti	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	14	BBC	49
82	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
83	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
84	Split Screen: Bachelor of Buckingham Palace	CBC	TV & Film	30	Triton Digital	63
85	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
86	On podcast پادکست آن	mersen	Society & Culture	53	Simplecast	52
87	Gaia Unexplained	Gaia.com	Society & Culture	36	Buzzsprout	58
88	Next Question with Katie Couric	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	432	Omny Studio	63
89	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	267	Buzzsprout	58
90	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
91	Rádio Novelo Apresenta	Rádio Novelo	Society & Culture	199	Megaphone	53
92	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	69
93	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
94	Who Robs A Banksy?	Podimo & Message Heard	Society & Culture	10	Audioboom	53
95	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
96	Hooked on Freddie	Wondery	Society & Culture	9	ART19	59
97	7 metrów pod ziemią	Rafał Gębura	Society & Culture	266	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	My Year in Mensa	iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus	Society & Culture	5	Omny Studio	53
99	Mothers of Invention	Doc Society	Society & Culture	39	PRX	69
100	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in Great Britain

The podcast landscape in Great Britain 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.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in Great Britain.
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