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 May 2026

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05/01/2026

Average data

Episodes: 148

Frequency: every 28 days

Duration: 00:43:30

Top 5 authors

1. BBC Radio 4 (10 shows)

2. Tortoise Media (6 shows)

3. BBC Sounds (3 shows)

4. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

5. Audible (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (25 shows)

2. BBC (16 shows)

3. Megaphone (12 shows)

4. Omny Studio (11 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Careless \| Tortoise Investigates	The Observer	Society & Culture	121	Acast	73
2	Uncanny	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	104	BBC	38
3	Strangers on a Bench	Tom Rosenthal	Society & Culture	100	Acast	59
4	The Secret World of Roald Dahl	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	14	Omny Studio	78
5	Heretics \| Andrew Gold	Andrew Gold	Society & Culture	701	Megaphone	53
6	OnlyFantasy	Audible	Society & Culture	29	ART19	63
7	World of Secrets	BBC	Society & Culture	99	BBC	53
8	The Slow Newscast	The Observer	Society & Culture	444	Acast	74
9	Adrift	Apple TV / Blanchard House	Society & Culture	9	ART19	69
10	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	The Why Files: Operation Podcast	Society & Culture	307	Megaphone	42
11	Black Box: The Chatbots	The Guardian	Society & Culture	51	Acast	68
12	Inheritance: Samsung	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	11	BBC	63
13	The Documentary Podcast	BBC World Service	Society & Culture	2000	BBC	33
14	Freakonomics Radio	Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher	Society & Culture	940	Simplecast	38
15	Focus: We Keep Us Safe	KUOW News and Information	Society & Culture	21	Omny Studio	73
16	The Telepathy Tapes Details temporarily unavailable	Ky Dickens	Society & Culture	88	Acast	84
17	Wind of Change	Pineapple Street Studios / Crooked Media / Spotify	Society & Culture	16	Megaphone	53
18	Noble	Wavland	Society & Culture	12	Simplecast	63
19	Untold: Opus Dei	Financial Times	Society & Culture	25	Acast	69
20	This Is Actually Happening	Audible	Society & Culture	353	ART19	68
21	The Jeff Stelling Show	The Jeff Stelling Show	Sports	11	Audioboom	58
22	The Missing Cryptoqueen	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	25	BBC	33
23	Sword and Scale	Sword and Scale	True Crime	28	Spreaker	84
24	Lucky Boy	Gary Marshall	Documentary	6	N/A	N/A
25	Sweet Bobby	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	79
26	The Gift	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	23	BBC	59
27	Danny Jones Podcast	Danny Jones \| Daylight Media	Society & Culture	436	Megaphone	32
28	Into The Fog with Peter Laws	Peter Laws	Society & Culture	86	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	The Witch Farm	BBC Radio 4	Drama	14	BBC	53
30	The Underworld Podcast	The Underworld Podcast	Society & Culture	281	Megaphone	43
31	Hoaxed	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	9	Acast	74
32	I’m Not a Monster Presents… Where is Austin Tice?	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	37	BBC	58
33	A Very British Cult	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	9	BBC	49
34	The Turning - Seasons 1, 2 & 3	iHeartPodcasts and Rococo Punch	Society & Culture	42	Omny Studio	63
35	File on 4 Investigates	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	514	BBC	28
36	Real Life Ghost Stories	Real Life Ghost Stories	Society & Culture	1196	Acast	59
37	Mind Games	Kaleidoscope	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	53
38	Lights Out Library: Sleep Documentaries	Olimpia Pérez	Society & Culture	143	Megaphone	68
39	Great Lives	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	412	BBC	28
40	What It Was Like	Superreal	Society & Culture	97	Acast	79
41	Ear Hustle	Ear Hustle & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	190	PRX	79
42	Sound, Light & Frequency	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	83
43	What I survived	Jack Laurence	Society & Culture	66	Acast	83
44	The Diamond King \| Telegraph Investigates	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	52	Acast	78
45	Telephone Stories	Ninth Planet Audio	Society & Culture	15	Acast	63
46	Bed of Lies	The Telegraph	Society & Culture	33	Acast	69
47	The Crux True Survival Stories	The Crux True Survival Stories	Society & Culture	265	Spreaker	69
48	The Overturn	The Future Justice Project	Society & Culture	10	Spotify for Podcasters	63
49	The Coming Storm	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	24	BBC	39
50	Everyone Has An Ex	Mamamia Podcasts	Society & Culture	97	Omny Studio	89
51	REAL LIVES	Naomi Channell	Society & Culture	50	Acast	94
52	The Hidden Third	Mariana van Zeller	Society & Culture	50	Megaphone	48
53	Natalie McNally Murder: YouTuber on Trial	BBC Sounds	Society & Culture	21	BBC	38
54	The Banksy Story	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	19	BBC	33
55	Secrets and Spies Podcast: Espionage \| Global Issues \| Current Affairs	Secrets & Spies	Society & Culture	350	Simplecast	78
56	Affaires sensibles Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	Documentary	140	N/A	N/A
57	The Darkling Chronicles - Real life ghost stories	Becky	Society & Culture	41	Spotify for Podcasters	27
58	5CAST w/ Andrew Callaghan	Andrew Callaghan	Society & Culture	31	Buzzsprout	38
59	Ghost Tales by the Fireside - True Ghost Stories Podcast	Clem Dallaway	History	196	ART19	37
60	Czarnobyl. Prawdziwa historia	Polskie Radio S.A.	Society & Culture	6	Unknown	43
61	Hidden Homicides	Louise Tickle and Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	6	Acast	64
62	The Unconventional Soldier	theunconventionalsoldier	Society & Culture	129	Acast	79
63	The Know Rogan Experience	Cross Pond Productions	Society & Culture	90	Libsyn	62
64	28ish Days Later	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	29	BBC	43
65	Alien UFO Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Simon Bown	Society & Culture	423	Simplecast	63
66	The Brothers Ortiz	Campside Media & iHeart Podcasts	Society & Culture	11	Omny Studio	79
67	Into The Dirt	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	10	Acast	74
68	Personally: Agent Layla	CBC	Society & Culture	70	Triton Digital	63
69	Conspiracy Files with Paige Carter	Forbidden Knowledge Network	Society & Culture	151	Spotify for Podcasters	52
70	Reflector	Longview	Society & Culture	34	Megaphone	48
71	More Muslim	More Muslim	Society & Culture	12	Captivate	73
72	Decoder Ring	Slate Podcasts	Society & Culture	163	Acast	69
73	The Tavistock: inside the gender clinic	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	8	Acast	59
74	Death in Westminster	Planet B Productions	Society & Culture	5	Spotify for Podcasters	48
75	The Commune	Stuff Audio	Society & Culture	13	Megaphone	63
76	TheBlueTickShow	THE BLUETICK SHOW	Society & Culture	186	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera Network	Society & Culture	75	Spreaker	43
78	The Paranormal Podcast	Jim Harold	Society & Culture	14	Megaphone	52
79	Sold a Story	APM Reports	Society & Culture	24	American Public Media	62
80	The Good Listener Podcast	John Hadden	Society & Culture	131	Buzzsprout	62
81	On Hold	Storied	Society & Culture	7	Buzzsprout	73
82	Dalton Fischer Podcast	Dalton Fischer	Society & Culture	23	Buzzsprout	42
83	Atonement: The John Paulk Story	iHeartPodcasts	Society & Culture	9	Omny Studio	42
84	Child	BBC Radio 4	Society & Culture	37	BBC	63
85	Witness: Sex, Lies and Streaming	news.com.au	Society & Culture	35	Omny Studio	89
86	This Is America: Free Luigi	WDR & Undone für die ARD	Society & Culture	6	Westdeutscher Rundfunk	38
87	Belief Hole \| Paranormal, Mysteries and Other Tasty Thought Snacks	SpectreVision Radio	Society & Culture	155	Megaphone	63
88	Documentary on One Podcast	RTÉ Documentary on One	Society & Culture	1956	Omny Studio	42
89	Master: the allegations against Neil Gaiman	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	7	Acast	59
90	Tango Juliet Foxtrot - the police podcast	Iain Donnelly	Society & Culture	98	Podbean	37
91	Hyperfixed	Alex Goldman & Radiotopia	Society & Culture	55	PRX	64
92	Thunder Bay	Canadaland	Society & Culture	12	Acast	63
93	Pariah	Tortoise Media	Society & Culture	5	Acast	53
94	Wilder Podcast	Grange Project	Science	54	Captivate	83
95	Curse of: America’s Next Top Model	iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts	Society & Culture	18	Omny Studio	58
96	Scene on Radio	Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University	Society & Culture	141	PRX	59
97	Unreliable Witness \| Storycast	Sky News	Society & Culture	54	Captivate	63
98	The Crimes of Margo Freshwater	Sony Music Entertainment	Society & Culture	7	Megaphone	63
99	The Lodge	RNZ	Society & Culture	10	Acast	83
100	Legacy: Sports Stories	Stak	Society & Culture	45	Acast	89

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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