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 Feb 2026

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02/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 209

Frequency: every 24 days

Duration: 00:41:39

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (12 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (9 shows)

3. BBC (3 shows)

4. BBC Sounds (2 shows)

5. The Telegraph (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (26 shows)

2. BBC (18 shows)

3. Megaphone (13 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Spiral \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	117	Acast	73
2	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	130	BBC	38
4	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	709	Megaphone	53
6	Criminal	Vox Media Podcast Network	True Crime	414	Megaphone	63
7	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	10	ART19	63
8	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
9	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	945	Simplecast	38
10	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	452	Acast	74
11	Missing Debbie \| Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	True Crime	30	Acast	83
12	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
13	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
14	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1207	Acast	59
15	This Is Actually Happening	Audible Original	Society & Culture	358	ART19	68
16	Curse of: Miss America	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	20	Omny Studio	63
17	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	22	Spreaker	84
18	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	91	Spotify for Podcasters	32
19	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	314	Megaphone	42
20	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	101	BBC	53
21	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
22	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	416	BBC	28
23	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
24	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	54	Acast	94
25	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	38	BBC	58
26	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	444	Megaphone	32
27	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	146	Megaphone	68
28	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	3	Acast	79
29	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	131	Acast	79
30	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	105	Acast	79
31	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
32	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	55	Megaphone	48
33	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	700	BBC	28
34	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	517	BBC	28
35	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
36	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	285	Megaphone	43
37	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
38	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
39	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
40	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
41	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	271	Spreaker	69
42	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	167	Acast	69
43	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
44	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	58	PRX	74
45	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
46	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	13	BBC	53
47	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
48	Coining It	Global	Society & Culture	7	Captivate	53
49	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
50	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
51	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1957	Omny Studio	42
52	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
53	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
54	The Big Drink Rethink	Anna Donaghey	Health & Fitness	147	Captivate	79
55	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
56	Signal Hill	Signal Hill	Society & Culture	34	Buzzsprout	62
57	Top Comment	BBC	News	104	BBC	48
58	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
59	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
60	ChannelB پادکست فارسی	Ali Bandari	Society & Culture	105	Acast	69
61	Sasquatch Odyssey	Sasquatch Odyssey-Bigfoot Encounters	Society & Culture	766	Spreaker	64
62	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
63	The Whispering Woods : True Ghost Stories & Paranormal Encounters	True, Scary, Paranormal, Folklore and Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	675	Acast	69
64	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	193	Ximalaya	53
65	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	192	PRX	79
66	Σκληρές αλήθειες	LIFO PODCASTS, ΑΡΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΚΙΔΗΣ	Society & Culture	327	Simplecast	53
67	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	204	ART19	37
68	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
69	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
70	Paranormal Files	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Religion & Spirituality	93	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
72	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
73	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
74	You Look Like Me	Louise McLoughlin	Society & Culture	16	Spotify for Podcasters	53
75	Extreme	BBC	Society & Culture	18	BBC	69
76	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	100	Omny Studio	89
77	PRIDE AND PREDATOR	Julie Bindel	Society & Culture	6	Substack	79
78	Russell Brand: On Trial	Sky News	News	66	Captivate	69
79	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
80	Paranormal Portal UK	Den and Luke \| Paranormal Portal UK	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	58
81	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
82	Short Cuts	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	249	BBC	33
83	Pipeline	Daily Mail	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
84	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
85	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	372	Omny Studio	73
86	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
87	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	28	American Public Media	62
88	Be Amazed	Be Amazed	Society & Culture	504	RedCircle	43
89	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	157	Megaphone	63
90	Strange Stories UK	DBC	Society & Culture	278	Buzzsprout	58
91	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	94	Libsyn	62
92	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	219	Megaphone	38
93	Blethered	Sean McDonald	Society & Culture	261	Acast	63
94	Secrets We Keep	LiSTNR	Society & Culture	169	Omny Studio	69
95	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
96	Seriously...	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	482	BBC	28
97	Conspiracy Theories and Cover-Ups	The Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	47	Podbean	58
98	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	33	Libsyn	68
99	The Vanishing of Janis Rose	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	8	Megaphone	58
100	Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World	Jimmy Akin	Society & Culture	300	Unknown	42

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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