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 Apr 2026

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04/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 165

Frequency: every 38 days

Duration: 00:44:50

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (9 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (8 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (4 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. BBC World Service (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (22 shows)

2. BBC (17 shows)

3. Megaphone (14 shows)

4. Omny Studio (10 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Lucky Boy \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	119	Acast	73
2	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
3	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	170	BBC	38
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
6	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	705	Megaphone	53
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	98	BBC	53
8	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	302	Megaphone	42
9	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	439	Acast	74
10	Focus: Adults in the Room	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	17	Omny Studio	68
11	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
12	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	937	Simplecast	38
13	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	93	Acast	79
14	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
15	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
16	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	349	ART19	68
17	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
18	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	431	Megaphone	32
19	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	68	Triton Digital	63
20	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
21	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	48	Acast	94
22	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
23	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1187	Acast	59
24	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	115	Spreaker	84
25	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
26	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	511	BBC	28
27	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
28	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
29	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	82	Spotify for Podcasters	32
30	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	79
31	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	32	Omny Studio	83
32	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	279	Megaphone	43
33	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	140	Megaphone	68
34	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	13	BBC	49
35	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	64	Spreaker	43
36	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	410	BBC	28
37	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
38	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	32	BBC	58
39	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
40	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	263	Spreaker	69
41	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
42	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	32	Megaphone	48
43	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
44	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
45	Uncovering Roots	Uncovering Roots	Society & Culture	14	Buzzsprout	58
46	The Land in Between	Global Reporting Centre	Society & Culture	6	PRX	84
47	Campus Files: Scandals, Secrets & Crimes at American Universities	Audacy	Society & Culture	92	WideOrbit	68
48	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	Society & Culture	194	Spotify for Podcasters	27
49	Johnathan Walton Media	Johnathan Walton	Society & Culture	48	RedCircle	73
50	Something Was Wrong	Broken Cycle Media	True Crime	377	Audioboom	62
51	Profile	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	694	BBC	28
52	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	54	PRX	64
53	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
54	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	162	Acast	69
55	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
56	Delirios de España. Las frivolidades que cambiaron un país	Podium Podcast	Society & Culture	44	Omny Studio	63
57	Made in China	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	5	BBC	49
58	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
59	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	47	Megaphone	48
60	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
61	Flightless Bird	David Farrier	Society & Culture	211	Megaphone	38
62	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	130	Buzzsprout	62
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	87	Libsyn	62
64	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
65	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	148	Spotify for Podcasters	52
66	Love Bombed	BBC Local Radio	Society & Culture	34	BBC	39
67	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
68	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	154	Megaphone	63
69	The Gas Man	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	69
70	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	22	Buzzsprout	42
71	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
73	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
74	搞钱女孩	搞钱女孩小辉	Society & Culture	187	Ximalaya	53
75	Inspectre Paranormal	Tom Barrow	Society & Culture	30	Libsyn	79
76	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
77	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	96	Omny Studio	89
78	MAD THAT w/ Harry Robinson & Carl Reigler	MAD THAT	Society & Culture	18	Acast	63
79	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	347	Simplecast	78
80	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
81	Elon's Spies	Tortoise Media	News	5	Acast	79
82	On Assignment	Reuters	Society & Culture	51	Megaphone	53
83	Pig Iron	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	12	Acast	74
84	The Shrink Next Door	Audible \| Bloomberg	Society & Culture	3	ART19	63
85	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	127	Acast	79
86	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
87	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
88	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
89	Mysteries and Monsters	Mysteries and Monsters	Society & Culture	428	Audioboom	48
90	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	187	PRX	79
91	Radio Ambulante	My Cultura, Radio Ambulante and iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	369	Omny Studio	73
92	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	140	PRX	59
93	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
94	Where Is John's Daughter?	Jamie & Natalie	Society & Culture	10	Unknown	63
95	Thrilling Threads - Conspiracy Theories, Strange Phenomena, True Crime, Unsolved Mysteries, etc!	Byte & Pieces	Society & Culture	1000	Spreaker	79
96	The Brohio Podcast	Aliens, Conspiracy Theories, Paranormal, Famous Murders, Cryptozoology, Strange Occurrences, Monsters, UFOs, True Crime, Demons, Occult, Urban Legends, Comedy	Society & Culture	522	Spreaker	43
97	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
98	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	7	Omny Studio	58
99	给女孩的商业第一课	闪光少女斯斯	Society & Culture	110	Ximalaya	59
100	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63

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.

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